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Alaska

Description

49th State - January 3, 1959

District Date Created Statutory Citation
District District of Alaska Date Created May 17, 1884 Statutory Citation 23 Stat. 24
District District of Alaska, Division #1 Date Created June 6, 1900 Statutory Citation 31 Stat. 321, 324
District District of Alaska, Division #2 Date Created June 6, 1900 Statutory Citation 31 Stat. 321, 324
District District of Alaska, Division #3 Date Created June 6, 1900 Statutory Citation 31 Stat. 321, 324
District District of Alaska, Division #4 Date Created June 6, 1900 Statutory Citation 35 Stat. 838, 839
District Territory of Alaska, Division #1 * Date Created August 24, 1912 * Statutory Citation 37 Stat. 512 *
District Territory of Alaska, Division #2 * Date Created August 24, 1912 * Statutory Citation 37 Stat. 512 *
District Territory of Alaska, Division #3 * Date Created August 24, 1912 * Statutory Citation 37 Stat. 512 *
District Territory of Alaska, Division #4 * Date Created August 24, 1912 * Statutory Citation 37 Stat. 512 *
District District of Alaska ** Date Created July 7, 1958 ** Statutory Citation 72 Stat. 339, 350 **

* Effective November 5, 1912

** Effective February 20, 1960 by Presidential Executive Order 10867

District of Alaska (1884)

(District Court created May 17, 1884)

Marshal Date Vice
Marshal Hillyer, M.C. Date July 5, 1884 (C) Vice Original Appointment
Marshal Atkins, Barton Date

July 21, 1885 (R)

July 26, 1886 (C)

Vice Hillyer (Suspended)
Marshal Porter, Orville T. Date

June 21, 1889 (R)

February 11, 1890 (C)

Vice Atkins (Resigned)
Marshal Williams, Louis L. Date

February 20, 1894 (C)

Vice Porter (Term Expired)
Marshal Shoup, James M. Date June 26, 1897 (C) Vice Williams (Removed)
District of Alaska, Division #1

(Created June 6, 1900. Became Territory of Alaska, Division #1 on August 24, 1912.)

Marshal Date Vice
Marshal Shoup, James M. Date

June 6, 1900 (C)

April 27, 1904 (C)

March 30, 1908 (C)

Vice Himself, as Marshal of District of Alaska
Marshal Sutherland, Daniel A. Date

April 28, 1909 (C)

Vice Shoup (Resigned)
Marshal Faulkner, Herbert L. Date

April 28, 1910 (C.A.) 

May 9, 1911 (C)

Vice Sutherland (Removed)
Marshal Bishop, Harry A. Date

May 13, 1914 (C.A.) 

May 28, 1914 (C)

Vice Faulkner (Removed)
Marshal Tanner, J.M. Date

April 14, 1917 (C.A.)

June 2, 1917 (C)

Vice Bishop (Resigned)
Marshal Beaumont, George D. Date August 16, 1921 (C) Vice Tanner (Term Expired)
Marshal White, Albert Date

May 19, 1926 (C)

February 25, 1931 (C)

Vice Beaumont (Term Expired)
Marshal Mahoney, William T. Date

December 9, 1933 (R)

April 5, 1934 (C)

April 22, 1938 (C)

July 7, 1942 (C)

July 15, 1946 (C)

Vice White (Resigned)
Marshal Hellan, Walter G. Date August 31, 1950 (C.A.) Vice Mahoney (Deceased)
Marshal Thompson, Sidney J. Date

October 30, 1951 (R)

April 8, 1952 (C)

Vice Hellan (Court Appointed)
Marshal Byington, Glenn L. Date January 29, 1953 (C.A.) Vice Thompson (Resigned)
Marshal Wilder, Claire A. Date

October 27, 1953 (R)

March 9, 1954 (C)

May 8, 1958 (C)

Vice Byington (Court Appointed)
District of Alaska, Division #2

(Created June 6, 1900. Became Territory of Alaska Division #2, on August 24, 1912.)

Marshal Date Vice
Marshal Vawter, Cornelius L. Date

June 6, 1900 (C)

Vice Original Appointment
Marshal Richards, Frank H. Date

February 13, 1901

Vice Vawter (Resigned)
Marshal Dunn, John H. Date

November 23, 1904 (C.A.)

Vice Richards (Removed)
Marshal Powell, Thomas Cader Date

January 24, 1905 (C)

June 16, 1909 (C)

Vice Dunn (Court Appointee)
Marshal Jordan, Emmet R. Date

June 5, 1913 (C)

October 24, 1918 (C)

Vice Powell (Term Expired)
Marshal Griffith, Morris W. Date August 19, 1921 (C) Vice Jordan (Resigned)
Marshal Jones, Charles D. Date

April 21, 1925 (C.A.)

June 30, 1926 (C)

April 28, 1932 (C)

Vice Griffith (Deceased)
Marshal Gaffney, Thomas J. Date

August 24, 1933 (R)

January 26, 1934 (C)

Vice Jones (Resigned)
Marshal Mozee, Benjamin B. Date

December 9, 1937 (C.A.)

February 14, 1938 (C)

March 4, 1942 (C)

May 13, 1946 (C)

July 5, 1950 (C)

Vice Gaffney (Deceased)
Marshal Oliver, Robert W. Date

May 12, 1955 (C)

Vice Mozee (Term Expired)
District of Alaska, Division #3

 

District of Alaska, Division #4

 

District of Alaska (1958)