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A. Nine, each presided over by a Circuit Judge; and their names are as follows:

1. Circuit consisting of Maine, N. H, Ma.s.s., R. I. John Sowell, Judge.

2. Circuit consisting of Conn., Vt. and N. Y. Samuel J.

Blatchford, Judge.

3. Circuit consisting of Penn., N. J. and Del. Wm. McKennan, Judge.

4. Circuit consisting of N. C., S. C., Md. and Va. Hugh L. Bond, Judge.

5. Circuit consisting of Miss., La., Ala., Fla., Ga. and Texas.

William B. Woods, Judge.

6. Circuit consisting of Ohio, Mich., Ky., Tenn. and W. Va. John Baxter, Judge.

7. Circuit consisting of Ind., Ill. and Wis. Thomas Drummond, Judge.

8. Circuit consisting of Minn, Iowa, Mo., Ark., Kan. and Nebraska.

George W. McCrary, Judge.

9. Circuit consisting of Cal., Oregon, Nevada and Colorado.

Lorenzo Sawyer, Judge.

Q. What jurisdiction has the Circuit Court?

A. Original. Salary of the Judges, $6,000.

SUPREME COURT.

Q. What territory is embraced in the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

A. The whole of the United States.

Q. How many judges const.i.tute the Supreme Court?

A. Nine; corresponding with the number of the Circuits.

Q. What are the names of the Supreme Judges.

CHIEF JUSTICE.

Morrison R. Waite ... appointed 1874

a.s.sOCIATE JUSTICES.

Nathan Clifford ... appointed 1858 Noah H. Swayne ... appointed 1862 John M. Harlan ... appointed 1877 Samuel F. Miller ... appointed 1862 Stephen J. Field ... appointed 1863 Wiliam Strong ... appointed 1870 Joseph P. Bradley ... appointed 1870 Ward Hunt ... appointed 1872

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