Louisiana
On March 26, 1804, Congress organized the Territory of Orleans and created the United States District Court for the District of Orleans – the only time Congress provided a territory with a district court equal in its authority and jurisdiction to those of 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 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 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 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.
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
End reason |
| Dick, JohnJohn Dick | James Monroe | 01821-03-02March 2, 1821 | 01823-03-03March 3, 1823 | reassigned to both Districts of Louisiana |
| Durell, Edward HenryEdward Henry Durell | Abraham Lincoln | 01863-05-20May 20, 1863 | 01874-12-04December 4, 1874 | resignation |
| Hall, Dominic AugustinDominic Augustin Hall | James Madison | 01812-06-01June 1, 1812 May 29, 1813 |
01813-02-22February 22, 1813 December 19, 1820 |
resignation death |
| McCaleb, Theodore HowardTheodore Howard McCaleb | John Tyler, Sr. | 01841-09-03September 3, 1841 | 01849-03-03March 3, 1849 | reassigned to both Districts of Louisiana |
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