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U.S. Circuit Courts for the Districts of California: Circuit judge who served on the U.S. Circuit Court for the Districts of

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Districts of California
Circuit judge who served on the U.S. Circuit Court for the Districts of California, 1855-1863

McAllister, Matthew Hall (1855-1863)

Supreme Court justices who were allotted to the judicial circuits to which the circuit courts of California were assigned

Field, Stephen Johnson (1863-1866)
Miller, Samuel Freeman (1866-1867)
Field, Stephen Johnson (1867-1897)
Brewer, David Josiah (1897-1898)
McKenna, Joseph (1898-1911)


Circuit judges who served on the judicial circuit to which the circuit courts of California were assigned

Sawyer, Lorenzo (1870-1891)
McKenna, Joseph (1892-1897)
Gilbert, William Ball (1892-1911)
Ross, Erskine Mayo (1895-1911)
Morrow, William W. (1897-1911)
Hunt, William Henry (1911)

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