Kentucky
The United States District Court for the District of Kentucky was part of one of the original 13 courts established by 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 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.
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
End reason |
| Ballard, BlandBland Ballard | Abraham Lincoln | 01861-10-16October 16, 1861 | 01879-07-29July 29, 1879 | death |
| Barr, John WatsonJohn Watson Barr | Rutherford B. Hayes | 01880-04-16April 16, 1880 | 01899-02-21February 21, 1899 | retirement |
| Boyle, JohnJohn Boyle | John Quincy Adams | 01826-10-20October 20, 1826 | 01834-01-28January 28, 1834 | death |
| Evans, WalterWalter Evans | William McKinley | 01899-03-03March 3, 1899 | 01901-07-01July 1, 1901 | reassigned to Western District of Kentucky |
| Hays, William HerculesWilliam Hercules Hays | Rutherford B. Hayes | 01879-09-06September 6, 1879 | 01880-03-07March 7, 1880 | death |
| Innes, HarryHarry Innes | George Washington | 01789-09-26September 26, 1789 | 01816-09-20September 20, 1816 | death |
| Monroe, Thomas BellThomas Bell Monroe | Andrew Jackson | 01834-03-08March 8, 1834 | 01861-09-18September 18, 1861 | resignation |
| Trimble, RobertRobert Trimble | James Madison | 01817-01-31January 31, 1817 | 01826-05-09May 9, 1826 | reappointment |
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Famous quotes containing the word kentucky:
“The head must bow, and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the darkey may go;
A few more days, and the trouble all will end,
In the field where the sugar-canes grow.
A few more days for to tote the weary load,—
No matter, ‘t will never be light;
A few more days till we totter on the road:—
Then my old Kentucky home, good-night!”
—Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)
“He believes without reservation that Kentucky is the garden spot of the world, and is ready to dispute with anyone who questions his claim. In his enthusiasm for his State he compares with the Methodist preacher whom Timothy Flint heard tell a congregation that “Heaven is a Kentucky of a place.””
—For the State of Kentucky, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The pure products of America go crazy—mountain folk from Kentucky or the ribbed north end of Jersey with its isolate lakes and valleys, its deaf-mutes, thieves.”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)