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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)

  • Landmark federal trial over school segregation in Yonkers began #OTD in 1983 before Judge Leonard Sand of S.D.N.Y.… https://t.co/8ZCYfUoBgr
    2 weeks 15 hours ago
  • Senior U.S. District Judge Warren K. Urbom (D. Nebraska) died Friday 7/28 at age 91 https://t.co/QgVWFOIz7m https://t.co/UNNUmNW3nT
    2 weeks 2 days ago
  • Norma H. Johnson, 1st African American woman on U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, born #OTD in 1932… https://t.co/fnIefFpqJY
    2 weeks 5 days ago
  • Judge J. Waties Waring of S. Car. born #OTD in 1880; son of Confederate soldier became known as civil rights hero… https://t.co/o0KTcMH42d
    2 weeks 6 days ago
  • #DYK? John J. Jackson, Jr is the only U.S. district judge to move from 1 state to another; W.D. Va. --> D. W.V. 186… https://t.co/YHSdA8EgA2
    3 weeks 15 hours ago

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