| February 24, 1807 2 Stat. 420 |
Congress established the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Tennessee and assigned the district to the Seventh Circuit. |
| March 22, 1808 2 Stat. 477 |
Act established U.S. circuit courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee. |
| March 3, 1837 5 Stat. 176 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the districts of Tennessee to the Eighth Circuit. |
| June 18, 1838 5 Stat. 249 |
Act gives the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee concurrent civil jurisdiction with the circuit court. |
| January 18, 1839 5 Stat. 313 |
Act established the Middle District of Tennessee and assigned it to the Eighth Circuit. The Western District of Tennessee, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| April 14, 1842 5 Stat. 471 |
Congress attached the Western District of Tennessee to the Eighth Circuit. Circuit justice to hold one U.S. circuit court a year. The district judge had circuit court jurisdiction at the other session. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the districts of Tennessee to the Sixth Circuit. |
| March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087 |
Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912. |