Judicial Salaries—U.S. District Court Judges by State, 1789-1891



Alabama

1820
$1,500
1830
$2,500
1844
$800 in additional compensation for five years for the adjustment of land claims; superseded by 1847 statute
1847
$200 in additional compensation for one year for the adjustment of land claims
1867
$3,500

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Arkansas

1836
$2,000
1844
$800 in additional compensation for five years for the adjustment of land claims; superseded by 1847 statute
1847
$200 in additional compensation for one year for the adjustment of land claims
1867
$3,500

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California

1850
$3,500
Northern District
$2,800
Southern District
1852
$5,000
To the judge of the Northern District for holding court in both districts.
1854
$3,500
Northern District
$2,800
Southern District
1860
$6,000
Northern District (this salary, which included additional compensation for the handling of land claims, was to last no more than two years)
$3,500
Southern District (this salary, which included additional compensation for the handling of land claims, was to last no more than two years)
1862
$3,500
Northern District
$2,800
Southern District
1867
$5,000
As a single district
1886
$5,000
Northern District
$4,000
Southern District

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Colorado

1876
$3,500

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Connecticut

1789
$1,000
1830
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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Delaware

1789
$800
1795
$1,000
1801
$1,200
1830
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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Florida

1845
$2,000
1867
$3,500

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Georgia

1789
$1,500
1830
$2,500
1867
$3,500

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Idaho

1890
$3,500

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Illinois

1819
$1,000
1845
$1,500
1855
$2,500
1857
$3,500
Northern District
$2,500
Southern District
1867
$4,000
Northern District
$3,500
Southern District

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Indiana

1817
$1,000
1845
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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Iowa

1845
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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Kansas

1861
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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Kentucky

1789
$1,000
1801
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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Louisiana

1812
$3,000
1844
$800 in additional compensation for five years for the adjustment of land claims; superseded by 1847 statute
1847
$200 in additional compensation for one year for the adjustment of land claims
1849
$3,000
Eastern District
$2,000
Western District
1866
$4,500
As a single district
1881
$3,500
Western District
$4,500
Eastern District

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Maine

1789
$1,000
1830
$1,800
1867
$3,500

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Maryland

1789
$1,500
1801
$1,600
1830
$2,000
1867
$4,000

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Massachusetts

1789
$1,200
1801
$1,600
1830
$2,500
1867
$4,000

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Michigan

1836
$1,500
1857
$3,000
1867
$3,500

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Minnesota

1858
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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Mississippi

1818
$2,000
1844
$800 in additional compensation for five years for the adjustment of land claims; superseded by 1847 statute
1847
$200 in additional compensation for one year for the adjustment of land claims
1867
$3,500

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Missouri

1822
$1,200
1824
$800 per year in additional compensation to hear land claims for an unspecified period of time
1844
$800 in additional compensation for five years for the adjustment of land claims; superseded by 1847 statute
1845
$1,500
1847
$200 in additional compensation for one year for the adjustment of land claims
1857
$3,000
Eastern District
$1,500
Western District
1867
$3,500

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Montana

1889
$3,500

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Nebraska

1867
$3,500

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Nevada

1865
$3,500

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New Hampshire

1789
$1,000
1867
$3,500

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New Jersey

1789
$1,000
1801
$1,200
1830
$1,500
1867
$4,000

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New York

1789
$1,500
1801
$1,600
1816
$3,100
Southern District: $1,500 in additional compensation for the judge in the southern district to hold court in N.D.NY
1817
$2,600
Southern District: $1,000 in additional compensation for one year to hold court in N.D.NY
1818
$1,600
1830
$3,500
Southern District
$2,000
Northern District
1864
$3,500
1867
$4,000
1872
$10/day to any visiting district judge for holding sessions of the district or circuit court in S.D.NY
1873
$300, per term, in additional compensation to the judge of the Eastern District for sitting in the circuit court in S.D.NY

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North Carolina

1790
$1,500
1830
$2,000
1867
$3,500

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North Dakota

1889
$3,500

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Ohio

1803
$1,000
1845
$1,500
1867
$4,000
Southern District
$3,500
Northern District

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Oregon

1859
$2,500
1860
$3,000
1867
$3,500

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Pennsylvania

1789
$1,600
1830
$2,500
Eastern District
$1,800
Western District
1867
$4,000

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Rhode Island

1790
$800
1795
$1,000
1830
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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South Carolina

1789
$1,800
1830
$2,500
1867
$3,500

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South Dakota

1889
$3,500

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Tennessee

1797
$800
1801
$1,500
1867
$3,500

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Texas

1845
$2,000
1867
$3,500

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Vermont

1791
$800
1830
$1,200
1867
$3,500

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Virginia

1789
$1,800
1819
$1,800
Eastern District
$1,600
Western District
1826
$8/day in additional compensation to the judge of the W.D.VA to hear a case in the W.D.PA in which that judge had been counsel prior to his appointment to the bench
1867
$3,500

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Washington

1889
$3,500

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West Virginia

1864
$1,600
1867
$3,500

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Wisconsin

1846
$1,500
1857
$2,500
1867
$3,500

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Wyoming

1890
$3,500

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