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

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

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

Ninth Circuit (1863-1866)
Miller, Samuel Freeman (1863-1866)

Seventh Circuit, 1866-1911
Swayne, Noah Haynes (1866-1867)
Davis, David (1867-1877)
Harlan, John Marshall (1878-1892)
Fuller, Melville Weston (1892-1894)
Harlan, John Marshall (1894-1896)
Brown, Henry Billings (1896-1903)
Day, William Rufus (1903-1911)
Brewer, David Josiah (1907)

Circuit Judges Serving Wisconsin's Circuit (Seventh), 1869-1911

Number of judges: 10
Drummond, Thomas (1869-1884)
Gresham, Walter Quintin (1884-1893)
Woods, William Allen (1892-1901)
Jenkins, James Graham (1893-1905)
Showalter, John William (1895-1898)
Grosscup, Peter Stenger (1899-1911)
Baker, Francis Elisha (1902-1911)
Seaman, William Henry (1905-1911)
Kohlsaat, Christian Cecil (1905-1911)
Mack, Julian William (1911)

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