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

Supreme Court Justices Allotted to West Virginia's Circuit (Fourth), 1864-1911
Taney, Roger Brooke (1864)
Chase, Salmon Portland (1865-1873)
Waite, Morrison Remick (1874-1888)
Harlan, John Marshall (1888)
Fuller, Melville Weston (1888-1910)
White, Edward Douglass (1911)

Circuit Judges Serving West Virginia's Circuit (Fourth), 1864-1911

Number of judges: 4

Bond, Hugh Lennox (1870-1893)

Goff, Nathan (1892-1911)

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