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

Supreme Court Justices Allotted to North Carolina's Circuit, 1790-1911

Southern Circuit, 1790-1801
Iredell, James (Spring 1790-Fall 1790)
Rutledge, John (Spring 1790-Fall 1790)
Blair, John Jr. (Spring 1791)
Iredell, James (Fall 1791-Spring 1792)
Johnson, Thomas (Fall 1792)
Paterson, William (Spring 1793)
Cushing, William (Fall 1793)
Iredell, James (Spring 1794)
Wilson, James (Fall 1794)
Blair, John Jr. (Spring 1795)
Rutledge, John (Fall 1795)
Ellsworth, Oliver (Spring 1796)
Paterson, William (Fall 1796)
Chase, Samuel (Spring 1797)
Wilson, James (Fall 1797)
Iredell, James (Spring 1798)
Washington, Bushrod (Fall 1798)
Ellsworth, Oliver (Spring 1799)
Paterson, William (Fall 1799)
Moore, Alfred (Spring 1800)
Washington, Bushrod (Fall 1800)

Fifth Circuit, 1802-1842
Marshall, John (1802-1835)
Barbour, Philip Pendelton (1836-1841)
Daniel, Peter Vivian (1841-1842)

Sixth Circuit, 1842-1862
Wayne, James Moore (1842-1862)

Fourth Circuit, 1862-1911
Taney, Roger Brooke (1862-1864)
Chase, Salmon Portland (1865-1873)
Waite, Morrison Remick (1874-1888)
Harlan, John Marshall (1888)
Fuller, Melville Weston (1888-1910)
White, Edward Douglass (1911)

Circuit Judges Serving North Carolina's Circuit (Fourth), 1869-1911

Number of judges: 4
Bond, Hugh Lennox (1870-1893)
Goff, Nathan (1892-1911)

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