| September 24, 1789 1 Stat. 73 |
The Judiciary Act of 1789 organized Georgia as a single judicial district, authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court, and assigned the district to the Southern Circuit. |
| February 13, 1801 2 Stat. 89 |
The Judiciary Act of 1801 reorganized the federal judiciary into six circuits and assigned the District of Georgia to the Fifth Circuit. |
| March 8, 1802 2 Stat. 132 |
The repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801 restored the judicial organization in effect before 1801. |
| April 29, 1802 2 Stat. 156 |
Congress in the Judiciary Act of 1802 again organized the federal courts into six circuits and assigned the District of Georgia to the Sixth Circuit. |
| August 11, 1848 9 Stat. 280 |
This act divided Georgia into two judicial districts, the Northern and the Southern, with one judgeship serving both districts. Congress granted the U.S. District Court for the Northern District the jurisdiction of a circuit court except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the districts of Georgia to the Fifth Circuit. |
| June 4, 1872 17 Stat. 218 |
This act repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and established a U.S. circuit court for the district. |
| April 25, 1882 22 Stat. 47 |
One judgeship authorized for the Northern District and the judgeship previously serving both districts assigned exclusively to the Southern District. |
| March 3, 1915 38 Stat. 959 |
One temporary judgeship authorized for the Southern District. This position was never made permanent. |
| May 28, 1926 44 Stat. 670 |
The act established the Middle District and authorized one judgeship for the new district. |
| May 24, 1940 54 Stat. 219 |
One temporary judgeship authorized for the Northern District. This position never made permanent. |
| March 29, 1949 63 Stat. 16 |
Temporary judgeship authorized for the Middle District. |
| August 3, 1949 63 Stat. 493 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Northern District. |
| May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Northern District and the temporary judgeship in the Middle District made permanent. |
| June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294 |
Three additional judgeships authorized for the Northern District and one for the Southern District. |
| October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
Five additional judgeships authorized for the Northern District and one for the Southern District. |
| October 14, 1980 94 Stat. 1994 |
Congress divided the Fifth Circuit and assigned the district courts of Georgia to the newly established Eleventh Circuit. |
| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Middle District. |
| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Middle District. |