West Virginia
West Virginia split from the state of Virginia during the American Civil War. At that time, Virginia was already divided into an Eastern and Western District. Congress reorganized the Western District of Virginia to conform to the boundaries of the new state of West Virginia, renaming it the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia on June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124. This District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on January 22, 1901, by 31 Stat. 736.
John Jay Jackson, Jr., who had been appointed by Abraham Lincoln to what was then the Western District of Virginia, became the first judge of the District of West Virginia. He remained the only judge on that court until its subdivision.
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
End reason |
| John Jay Jackson, Jr. | Abraham Lincoln | 01861-08-03August 3, 1861 | 01901-07-01July 1, 1901 | reassigned to Northern District of West Virginia |
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