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

Supreme Court Justices Allotted to Illinois's Circuit, 1837-1911

Seventh Circuit, 1837-1862
McLean, John (1837-1861)
Swayne, Noah Haynes (1862)

Eighth Circuit, 1862-1866
Catron, John (1862)
Davis, David (1862-1866)

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 Illinois'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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