Eastern District of Louisiana
History
The
Territory of Orleans was established on
October 1,
1804 by the Organic Act of
March 26 ,
1804 . The territory later
became Louisiana, the nation’s 
18th state on
March 30 ,
1812.
The Organic Act of 1804 also created the
United States District Court for the
District of Orleans . This was the only time Congress had
ever provided a territory with a
United States 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, just weeks before Louisiana was formally
admitted to the Union.
From 1845 until 1971, the District of Louisiana was reorganized numerous
times under single and multiple districts. The judicial Districts are:
Eastern which is headquartered in New Orleans, Middle which is
headquartered in Baton Rouge, and Western which is headquartered in
Shreveport.
After
a federal court ordered the desegregation of schools in the South, U.S.
Marshals escorted a young black girl,
Ruby Bridges, to school on
November 14, 1960, in the midst
of racial tension and
violence. Bridges attended William Frantz Elementary School in New
Orleans and with U.S. Marshals by her side; she became the first black
child to enter an all-white school in the history of the American
South. This inspired the famous painting "'The Problem We All Live
With," by Norman Rockwell that depicts four Deputy Marshals escorting a
first-grade student to school in New Orleans in the 60’s.
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MARSHAL
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TERRITORY OF ORLEANS |
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Francis J.L. D'Orgenay |
December 12, 1804 |
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June 12, 1805 |
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December 23, 1805 |
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John M. Fortier |
June 28, 1809 |
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Martin Duralde Jr. |
December 14, 1810 |
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Peter L.B. Duplissis, |
April 30, 1811 |
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November 27, 1811 |
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DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA |
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Peter L.B. Duplissis |
June 1, 1812 |
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Michael Reynolds |
January 17, 1815 |
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John Nicholson |
January 27, 1819 |
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA |
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John Nicholson |
January 12, 1827 |
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February 15, 1831 |
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John H. Holland |
February 23, 1835 |
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Mandeville Marigny |
February 28, 1839 |
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Algernon S. Robertson |
September 22, 1841 |
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February 2, 1842 |
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DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA |
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Algernon S. Robertson |
February 13, 1845 |
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William F. Wagner |
May 10, 1845 |
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February 24, 1846 |
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA |
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William S. Scott |
March 22, 1849 |
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Mandeville Marigny |
April 6, 1853 |
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Joseph M. Kennedy |
November 30, 1853 |
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March 14, 1854 |
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March 30, 1858 |
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Robert A. Hunter |
October 29, 1860 |
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James Graham |
May 20, 1863 |
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January 20, 1864 |
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Luthbert Bullitt |
July 6, 1864 |
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February 14, 1865 |
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DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA |
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F.J. Herron |
April 19, 1867 |
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Stephen B. Packard |
April 16, 1869 |
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John R.G. Pitkin |
February 13, 1877 |
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Jack Wharton |
December 3, 1877 |
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA |
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Jack Wharton |
January 11, 1882 |
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John R.G. Pitkin |
April 14, 1882 |
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Rueben B. Pleasants |
July 17, 1885 |
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May 28, 1886 |
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George Moorman |
September 3, 1888 |
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John B. Donally |
April 17, 1889 |
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January 20, 1890 |
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J.V. Guillote |
January 17, 1894 |
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Charles Fontelieu |
July 19, 1898 |
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December 20, 1898 |
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Victor Loisel |
March 15, 1904 |
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May 19, 1908 |
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June 14, 1912 |
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Frank M. Miller |
April 24, 1914 |
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Victor Loisel |
April 18, 1921 |
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December 15, 1925 |
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Tom W. Dutton |
April 15, 1930 |
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Sidney A. Freudenstein |
August 15, 1934 |
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Philip Albares |
August 28, 1935 |
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June 22, 1936 |
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H. Chess Richardson |
September 2, 1936 |
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February 6, 1937 |
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May 17, 1941 |
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September 28, 1945 |
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Paul A. Gaudet |
October 1, 1949 |
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Louis F. Knop Jr. |
November 9, 1949 |
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February 2, 1950 |
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Victor L. Petitbon |
March 6, 1954 |
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August 5, 1958 |
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Victor L. Wogan |
September 5, 1961 |
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October 2, 1965 |
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Ollie Canion |
October 1969 |
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Rufus W. Campbell |
December 1977 |
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James V. Serio, Jr. |
March 1978 |
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Charles V. Serio, |
November 1997 |
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Theophile A. Duroncelet |
March 2002 |
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Michael D. Credo |
September 18, 2007 |
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Genny L. May |
March 11, 2010 |
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