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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.

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Irma E. Gonzalez was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California by George H.W. Bush #OTD in 1992; one of first 5 Hispanic women to hold Article III judgeship and along with Lourdes G. Baird, first in California https://t.co/eSNmLBxQ3V https://t.co/auN2rbiA9M

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Stephen Johnson Field, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1863-1897) died #OTD in 1899 #SCOTUS https://t.co/SOCxnah6pY

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Hiram Knowles, justice of the Supreme Court of Montana Territory and the first judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana (1890-1904), died #OTD in 1911 https://t.co/BhqXHDpiyA #Montana https://t.co/JKh0N9Wc5S

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Judge Irving Kaufman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death for conspiracy to commit espionage #OTD in 1951; see our materials on the Rosenberg case: https://t.co/7RaYWoJWPt https://t.co/zeFqztOGAB

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Supreme Court Justice John McLean (1829-1861) died #OTD in 1861 https://t.co/UCnXHWYMzt #SCOTUS https://t.co/tYjDeBQ3Sr

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