1801 | $2,000 | First through Fifth Circuits (judgeships abolished in 1802) |
$1,500 | Sixth Circuit (judgeship abolished in 1802) | |
1855 | $4,500 | California Circuit |
1857 | $6,000 | California Circuit (judgeship abolished in 1863) |
1869 | $5,000 | Newly created circuit judgeships |
1871 | $6,000 | |
1891 | Circuit Judges assigned to the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. |
Judicial Salaries
U.S. Circuit Court Judges, 1801-1891