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Federal Judicial History
The Center conducts research and produces resources on the history of the judicial branch of the federal government. These resources include compilations of historical data on the courts, information about judges and judicial administration, as well as publications on federal judicial history. The Center also maintains a biographical directory of Article III judges from 1789 to the present, engages in outreach and education on federal judicial history, and works to promote the preservation of the history of the judicial branch.
Timelines of Federal Judicial History
Twitter Feed (@FedJudicialHist)
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Abraham Lincoln nominated Connally Findlay Trigg to be U.S. district judge for Tennessee #OTD in 1862, replacing West Humphreys, who had been impeached and convicted for waging war against U.S. https://t.co/jL5kWI2nwM https://t.co/3OKmLOlWSx16 hours 23 min ago
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Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Walls (D. New Jersey) died July 11 at age 86 https://t.co/ZL89lUf7Cm https://t.co/ndc4AqphYb16 hours 31 min ago
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Congress reorganized the federal judicial circuits #OTD in 1862 https://t.co/D4T4W62dua https://t.co/OEy873EVyn1 day 16 hours ago
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Congress required #SCOTUS #OTD in 1870 to dismiss any case from the Court of Claims in which a claimant had received a presidential pardon after the Civil War (SCOTUS overturned the law in U.S. v. Klein (1871)) #CivilWar https://t.co/O7CAF4dGNP4 days 16 hours ago
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Judge Murray Gurfein, who presided over the Pentagon Papers case (https://t.co/tLX9RzN40C) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, was nominated by Richard Nixon to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit #OTD in 1974 https://t.co/hhkzSBfaLA5 days 15 hours ago
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Additional Resources:
Creating the Federal Judicial System
Debates on the Federal Judiciary: A Documentary History
Federal Judiciary Appropriations
Talking Points on Federal Judicial History
To submit questions about federal judicial history, email us at history@fjc.gov.