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U.S. Circuit Courts for the Districts of Alabama: Circuit Justices and Judges

Supreme Court Justices Allotted to Alabama's Circuit, 1837-1911

Ninth Circuit, 1837-1842
McKinley, John (1837-1842)

Fifth Circuit, 1842-1911
Daniel, Peter Vivian (1842-1843)
McKinley, John (1843-1852)
Campbell, John Archibald (1853-1861)
Wayne, James Moore (1862-1867)
Swayne, Noah Haynes (1869-1870)
Bradley, Joseph P. (1870-1881)
Woods, William Burnham (1881-1887)
Harlan, John Marshall (1887-1888)
Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus (1888-1893)
Jackson, Howell Edmunds (1893-1894)
White, Edward Douglass (1894-1911)
Lamar, Joseph Rucker (1911)

Circuit Judges Serving Alabama's Circuit (Fifth), 1869-1911

Number of judges: 4
Woods, William Burnham (1869-1880)
Pardee, Don Albert (1881-1911)
McCormick, Andrew Phelps (1892-1911)
Shelby, David Davie (1899-1911)

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