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

Supreme Court Justices Allotted to Iowa's Circuit, 1862-1911

Ninth Circuit, 1862-1866
Miller, Samuel Freeman (1862-1866)

Eighth Circuit, 1866-1911
Davis, David (1866-1867)
Miller, Samuel Freeman (1867-1890)
Brewer, David Josiah (1890-1910)
Van Devanter, Willis (1911)

Circuit Judges Serving Iowa's Circuit (Eighth), 1869-1911

Number of judges: 11

Dillon, John Forrest (1869-1879)

McCrary, George Washington (1879-1884)

Brewer, David Josiah (1884-1890)

Caldwell, Henry Clay (1890-1903)

Sanborn, Walter Henry (1892-1911)

Thayer, Amos Madden (1894-1905)

Van Devanter, Willis (1903-1910)

Hook, William Cather (1903-1911)

Adams, Elmer Bragg (1905-1911)

Carland, John Emmett (1911)

Smith, Walter Inglewood (1911)

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