The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois (in

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. The court was established on March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992. The

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Districts had been established on 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,

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, and Southern Districts, with thirteen judgeships authorized for the Northern District, two for the Central District, and two for the Southern District.''Federal District Court Organization Act of 1978'
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Former judges

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