United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois
(E.D. Ill.)
(Defunct)

Map indicating the changing Districts of Illinois
Appeals to: Seventh Circuit
Established: March 3, 1905
Eliminated: October 2, 1978

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois is a former federal district court for the state of Illinois. The court was established March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992.[1] The Northern and Southern Districts had been established February 13, 1855. The statute establishing the Eastern District specified the counties to be included in that District as follows:

Kankakee, Iroquois, Ford, Vermilion, Champaign, Piatt, Moultrie, Douglas, Edgar, Shelby, Coles, Clark, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Marion, Clay, Jasper, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland, Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington, Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Gallatin, Saline, Williamson, Jackson, Hardin, Pope, Johnson, Union, Alexander, Pulaski, and Massac.

On October 2, 1978, Illinois was reorganized into the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts, with thirteen judgeships authorized for the Northern District, two for the Central District, and two for the Southern District.

JudgeAppointed byBegan active
service		Ended active
service		Ended senior
status		End reason
Harold A. BakerJimmy CarterSeptember 23, 1978March 31, 1979-assignment to another court
George W. EnglishWoodrow WilsonMay 3, 1918November 4, 1926-resignation
James L. ForemanRichard NixonMarch 7, 1972March 31, 1979-assignment to another court
William George JuergensDwight D. EisenhowerJune 22, 1956April 26, 1972March 30, 1979assignment to another court
Walter C. LindleyWarren G. HardingSeptember 22, 1922October 23, 1949-reappointment
Casper PlattHarry S. TrumanOctober 13, 1949September 16, 1965-death
Fred Louis WhamCalvin CoolidgeMarch 1, 1927March 3, 1956February 2, 1967death
Henry Seiler WiseLyndon B. JohnsonSeptember 21, 1966March 31, 1978March 31, 1979assignment to another court
Francis Marion WrightTheodore RooseveltMarch 17, 1905July 15, 1917-death

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. District Courts of Illinois, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
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