The following are former United States district courts , which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units. With the exception of California, each of these courts initially covered an entire U.S. state , and was subdivided as the jurisdictions which they covered increased in population. Two of the district courts—those of South Carolina and New Jersey—were subdivided but later recreated. Every change to the divisions and boundaries of these courts is effected by an act of the United States Congress , and for each such action, the statutory reference is identified.
43-702: Wyche is a surname, and may refer to: C. Thomas Wyche (1926–2015), American lawyer and conservationist Charles Cecil Wyche (1885–1966), judge Cyril Wyche (1632–1707), president of the Royal Society Cyril Wyche ( Wyche baronets ) (1695–1756), 1st Baronet, Ambassador to Russia Ira T. Wyche (1887–1981), American major general James Wyche (born 1982), American football player Jane Wyche (17th century), wife of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath Larry D. Wyche , retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Nathaniel Wyche (1607–1659), president of
86-548: A United States federal judge. On June 4, 1872, North Carolina was re-divided into two Districts, Eastern and Western , by 17 Stat. 215 . The Middle District was created from portions of the Eastern and Western Districts on March 2, 1927, by 44 Stat. 1339 . The United States District Court for the District of Ohio was established on February 19, 1803, by 2 Stat. 201 . The District
129-555: A reorganization on October 2, 1978, which replaced it with a Central District, 92 Stat. 883 , also formed from parts of the Northern and Southern Districts. The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by 3 Stat. 390 . The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by 45 Stat. 437 . Of all district courts that have been subdivided, Indiana existed for
172-534: A single district. The latter combination was occasionally referred to by the cumbersome title of the United States District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina . Judge Henry Potter 's 55 years of service on this court during the period in which the state contained a single district, from April 1802 to December 1857, represents one of the longest terms ever held by
215-539: A single judgeship. The district court was not assigned to a judicial circuit, but was granted the same jurisdiction as United States circuit courts , except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Due to the so-called " Toledo War ", a boundary dispute with Ohio , Michigan did not become a state of the Union until January 26, 1837. On March 3, 1837, Congress passed an act that repealed
258-574: A state. When Missouri became a state in 1819, a territorial government, including a territorial court, was organized for Arkansas, taking effect on July 4, 1819. The United States District Court for the District of Arkansas was established with a single judge when Arkansas became a state, on June 15, 1836, by 5 Stat. 50 , 51. The court was subdivided into Eastern and the Western Districts on March 3, 1851, by 9 Stat. 594 . The United States District Court for
301-464: A substantial increase in the number of admiralty cases arising from traffic on the Mississippi River . These disputes involved "contracts of affreightment, collisions, mariners' wages, and other causes of admiralty jurisdiction", and litigants of matters arising in the port city of St. Louis found it inconvenient to travel far inland to Jefferson City for their cases to be tried. The District
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387-622: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles Cecil Wyche Charles Cecil Wyche (July 7, 1885 – September 17, 1966) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina . Born in Prosperity , South Carolina , Wyche received a Bachelor of Science degree from The Citadel in 1906 and attended Georgetown Law , but read law to enter
430-1272: The English East India Company Peter Wyche (ambassador) (1593–1643), English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Peter Wyche (diplomat) (1628–1699), English Ambassador to Russia and Poland Richard Wyche aka Richard of Chichester (1197–1253), Saint and Bishop of Chichester Richard Wyche (merchant) (1554–1621), director of the English East India Company Sam Wyche (1945–2020), former American football coach and player Sid Wyche (1922–1983), American songwriter Steve Wyche (born 1966), American football journalist and broadcaster Zelma Wyche (1918–1999), Louisiana politician and African-American civil rights activist Rachel Wyche (2003), Feminist, environmentalist and writer See also [ edit ] Wyche Fowler , former U.S. Senator and Ambassador Wyche, Virginia , community in Brunswick County, U.S. Wyche, Worcestershire , suburb of Malvern, England Wyche Island , Antarctica Dark Eldar , elements of
473-519: The Judiciary Act of 1789 , 1 Stat. 73 , on September 24, 1789. At the time, Kentucky was not yet a state, but was within the territory of the state of Virginia . The District was unchanged when Kentucky became a state on June 1, 1792. On February 13, 1801, the Judiciary Act of 1801 , 2 Stat. 89 , abolished the U.S. district court in Kentucky, but the repeal of this Act restored
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#1732844638080516-538: The Middle District on March 2, 1901, by 31 Stat. 880 . The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 , 1 Stat. 73 , on September 24, 1789. It was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for
559-506: The Middle District was created from portions of the other districts by 76 Stat. 247 . The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 , 1 Stat. 73 , on September 24, 1789. The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by 9 Stat. 280 . The Middle District
602-530: The Northern and the Southern Districts. The boundaries of the District and the seats of the courts were set forth in the statute: The district has since been re-organized several times. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois was created on March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992 , by splitting counties out of the Northern and Southern Districts. It was later eliminated in
645-533: The United States District Court for the District of Florida , 5 Stat. 788 . On February 23, 1847, 9 Stat. 131 divided the jurisdiction of this court between the Northern District and a Southern District Courts with the boundary between as: The same statute directed the Northern District to hold court at Apalachicola, Florida , and Pensacola, Florida . On July 30, 1962,
688-464: The United States District Court for the Western District of New Jersey on February 13, 1801, by the Judiciary Act of 1801 , 2 Stat. 89 , with the judicial districts being headquartered in New Brunswick and Burlington , respectively. The repeal of the 1801 Act on March 8, 1802, by 2 Stat. 132 , restored New Jersey as a single judicial district. The only judge to serve on
731-627: The Bar in 1909. He was in private practice in Spartanburg , South Carolina from 1909 to 1937. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1913 to 1914. He was a Major in the United States Army during World War I from 1917 to 1919. He was a city attorney for Spartanburg from 1919 to 1922, and a county attorney for Spartanburg County from 1919 to 1933. He was a special judge of
774-633: The Circuit Court of Cherokee County , South Carolina in 1924. He was a special associate justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina in 1929. From 1933 to 1937 he was the United States Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina. Wyche was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 11, 1937, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina vacated by Judge Henry H. Watkins . He
817-480: The District of California existed from 1866 to 1886. California was admitted as a state on September 9, 1850, and was initially divided into two districts, the Northern and the Southern, by Act of Congress approved September 28 9 Stat. 521 . The boundary line was at the 37th parallel north . The creating act provided that: On February 27, 1851, President Millard Fillmore appointed Ogden Hoffman Jr. , as
860-501: The District on March 8, 1802, 2 Stat. 132 . The District was subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on February 12, 1901, by 31 Stat. 781 . On March 26, 1804, Congress organized the Territory of Orleans and created the United States District Court for the District of Orleans – the first time Congress provided a territory with a district court equal in its authority and jurisdiction to those of
903-717: The Middle District Court was to be held at Tuscaloosa , the Northern District Court at Huntsville , and the Southern District Court at Mobile . The Districts were reorganized on August 7, 1848. Only one judge was ever appointed to the District of Alabama. Arkansas , originally part of the Louisiana Purchase , became part of the Missouri Territory in 1812, when Louisiana became
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#1732844638080946-605: The Seventh and Eight Circuits and assigned Michigan to the Seventh Circuit, by 12 Stat. 637 . On February 24, 1863, Congress divided the District of Michigan into the Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each district, by 12 Stat. 660 . Ross Wilkins was the only district judge to serve the District of Michigan. He was nominated by President Andrew Jackson on July 2, 1836, to
989-443: The Western District of South Carolina The United States District Court for the District of Alabama was created on April 21, 1820, by 3 Stat. 564 . It was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on March 10, 1824, by 4 Stat. 9 . The Middle District was subsequently formed from parts of these two districts on February 6, 1839, by 5 Stat. 315 , with legislation specifying that
1032-513: The briefly subdivided courts was Robert Morris , who had begun serving as a recess appointment to the District of New Jersey on August 28, 1790 and continued serving after the restoration of the single court, until June 2, 1815. The United States District Court for the District of New York was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 , 1 Stat. 73 , on September 24, 1789. It existed for nearly twenty-five years before, on April 9, 1814, New York
1075-582: The circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the District of Michigan, assigned the District of Michigan to the Seventh Circuit , and established a U.S. circuit court for the district, 5 Stat. 176 . On July 15, 1862, Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned Michigan to the Eighth Circuit by 12 Stat. 576 , and on January 28, 1863, the Congress again reorganized
1118-594: The court were taken directly to the United States Supreme Court . In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit , placing it in Chicago , Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois, 5 Stat. 176 . The District itself was eliminated by a statute passed on February 13, 1855, 10 Stat. 606 , under which it was subdivided into
1161-518: The judge presiding over the Northern District. The Act of August 31, 1852, made the Judge of the Northern District be Judge of the Southern District as well until otherwise provided, by 10 Stat. 76 , 84, effectively creating a single District in all but name until an Act of January 18, 1854 provided for the appointment of a Judge for the Southern District. The Southern District of California
1204-436: The longest time as a single court, 111 years. The United States District Court for the District of Iowa was established on March 3, 1845, by 5 Stat. 789 . The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on July 20, 1882, by 22 Stat. 172 . The United States District Court for the District of Kentucky was part of one of the original 13 courts established by
1247-491: The names of the cities in which the courts sat. After the first division, they were styled the District of Edenton , the District of New Bern , and the District of Wilmington ; after the second division, they were styled the District of Albemarle , the District of Cape Fear , and the District of Pamptico . However, in both instances, only one judge was authorized to serve all three districts, causing them to effectively operate as
1290-489: The newly created seat, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 2, 1836. He received his commission on January 26, 1837. Upon termination of the District of Michigan, Wilkins was reassigned to the Eastern District of Michigan. The United States District Court for the District of Mississippi was established on April 3, 1818, by 3 Stat. 413 . It existed for over twenty years, and
1333-437: The states. The United States District Court for the District of Louisiana was established on April 8, 1812, by 2 Stat. 701 , several weeks before Louisiana was formally admitted as a state of the union. The District was thereafter subdivided and reformed several times. It was first subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on March 3, 1823, by 3 Stat. 774 . On February 13, 1845, Louisiana
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1376-593: Was abolished and the State made to constitute one district by Act of Congress approved July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 300 . Twenty years later, on August 5, 1886, Congress re-created the Southern District of California (and, by extension, the Northern District) by 24 Stat. 308 . Hoffman, who had continued serving as the sole district judge, again became judge of the Northern district only, there continuing in service for five more years. Erskine Mayo Ross
1419-534: Was appointed Judge of the new Southern District and served until his promotion to the Circuit Judgeship, when he was succeeded by Olin Wellborn . On March 18, 1966, the Eastern and Central Districts were created from portions of the Northern and Southern Districts by 80 Stat. 75 . On the same day that Florida was admitted as a state, March 3, 1845, Congress enacted legislation creating
1462-534: Was appointed to the District of Louisiana twice. He briefly resigned from the District Court to serve as a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court . He was shortly thereafter reappointed to the same seat on the District Court, which had remained vacant in his absence. The United States District Court for the District of Michigan was established on July 1, 1836, by 5 Stat. 61 , with
1505-443: Was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1937, and received his commission on January 30, 1937. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1962. Wyche was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965, to a new seat authorized by 79 Stat. 951. His service terminated on September 17, 1966, due to his death. United States District Court for
1548-494: Was divided into Northern and Southern Districts by 3 Stat. 120 . These Districts were later further subdivided with the creation of Eastern District on February 25, 1865 by 13 Stat. 438 , and the Western District on May 12, 1900, by 31 Stat. 175 . The United States District Court for the District of North Carolina has a unique history among defunct district courts. It
1591-517: Was established on June 4, 1790, by 1 Stat. 126 . On June 9, 1794 it was subdivided into three districts by 1 Stat. 395 , but on March 3, 1797, the three districts were abolished and the single District restored by 1 Stat. 517 , until April 29, 1802, when the state was again subdivided into three different districts by 2 Stat. 156 . In both instances, these districts, unlike those with geographic designations that existed in other states, were titled by
1634-615: Was for a third time divided into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each. The Middle District was formed from portions of those two Districts on December 18, 1971, by 85 Stat. 741 . During the course of its frequent subdivisions and reunifications, four judges served as judge of the District of Louisiana: Dominic Augustin Hall , (1812–1820), John Dick , (1821–1823), Theodore Howard McCaleb (1845–1849), and Edward Henry Durell (1866–1874). Hall
1677-510: Was formed from portions of those two Districts on May 28, 1926, by 44 Stat. 670 . The United States District Court for the District of Illinois was established by a statute passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1819, 3 Stat. 502 . The act established a single office for a judge to preside over the court. Initially, the court was not within any existing judicial circuit, and appeals from
1720-423: Was reorganized into a single District with one judgeship, by 5 Stat. 722 , but was again divided into Eastern and the Western Districts on March 3, 1849, by 9 Stat. 401 . Congress again abolished the Western District of Louisiana and reorganized Louisiana as a single judicial district on July 27, 1866, by 14 Stat. 300 . On March 3, 1881, by 21 Stat. 507 , Louisiana
1763-618: Was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on February 10, 1855, by 10 Stat. 604 . The United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 , 1 Stat. 73 , on September 24, 1789. It was subdivided on April 20, 1818, by 3 Stat. 462 , into the Eastern and Western Districts, to be headquartered in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh , respectively. Portions of these districts were subsequently subdivided into
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1806-422: Was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on June 18, 1838, by 5 Stat. 247 : The United States District Court for the District of Missouri was established on March 16, 1822, by 3 Stat. 653 . However, an act of Congress passed in 1845 and upheld by the United States Supreme Court in 1851, extending federal admiralty jurisdiction to inland waterways, resulted in
1849-428: Was therefore subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on March 3, 1857, by 11 Stat. 197 . The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 , 1 Stat. 73 , on September 24, 1789. The District was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New Jersey and
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