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  • Seat numbers were designated based off the date that the commission of the first Justice to hold the seat was issued.

    While Justice John Catron was sworn in on May 1, 1837, his seat was designated Seat 9 because he was the only person to hold that seat.

  • Established by the Judiciary Act of 1789

    Abolished by the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866

    Re-established by the Circuit Judges Act of 1869

  • Established by the Seventh Circuit Act of 1807

  • Established by the Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837

  • Established by the Tenth Circuit Act of 1863

  • Established by the Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837

    Abolished by the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866