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

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

Seventh Circuit, 1837-1862
McLean, John (1837-1861)
Swayne, Noah Haynes (1862)

Eighth Circuit, 1862-1863
Catron, John (1862)
Davis, David (1862-1863)

Seventh Circuit, 1863-1866
Swayne, Noah Haynes (1863-1866)

Sixth Circuit, 1866-1911
Swayne, Noah Haynes (1867-1881)
Bradley, Joseph P. (1881)
Matthews, Stanley (1881-1889)
Harlan, John Marshall (1889-1890)
Brewer, David Josiah (1890-1891)
Brown, Henry Billings (1891-1894)
Jackson, Howell Edmunds (1894-1895)
Brown, Henry Billings (1895-1896)
Harlan, John Marshall (1896-1911)

Circuit Judges Serving Michigan's Circuit (Sixth), 1869-1911

Number of judges: 11
Emmons, Halmor Hull (1870-1877)
Baxter, John (1877-1886)
Jackson, Howell Edmunds (1886-1893)
Taft, William Howard (1892-1900)
Lurton, Horace Harmon (1893-1909)
Day, William Rufus (1899-1903)
Severens, Henry Franklin (1900-1911)
Richards, John Kelvey (1903-1909)
Warrington, John Wesley (1909-1911)
Knappen, Loyal Edwin (1910-1911)
Denison, Arthur Carter (1911)

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