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

Supreme Court Justices Allotted to Ohio's Circuit, 1807-1911

Seventh Circuit, 1807-1866
Todd, Thomas (1807-1826)
Trimble, Robert (1826-1828)
McLean, John (1829-1861)
Swayne, Noah Haynes (1862-1866)

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 Ohio's Circuit (Sixth), 1869-1911

Number of judges: 11

Emmons, Halmor Hull (1870-1877)

Baxter, John (1877-1886)

Taft, William Howard (1892-1900)

Lurton, Horace Harmon (1893-1909)

Day, William Rufus (1899-1903)

Richards, John Kelvey (1903-1909)

Knappen, Loyal Edwin (1910-1911)

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