| U.S. District Courts of Texas Legislative History | |
| December 29, 1845 9 Stat. 1 |
Congress organized Texas as one judicial district and authorized one judgeship for the district court. The district court in Texas, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| February 21, 1857 11 Stat. 164 |
Texas divided into two judicial districts, the Eastern and the Western, with one judgeship authorized for the court in each district. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
The act repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the district courts in Texas and established a U.S. circuit court for the district, which was assigned to Sixth Circuit. |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Texas assigned to the Fifth Circuit |
| February 24, 1879 20 Stat. 318 |
Northern District established and one judgeship authorized for the district court. |
| February 9, 1898 30 Stat. 240 |
Temporary judgeship authorized for the Northern District; statute provided that any vacancy in the existing judgeship would not be filled. |
| March 11, 1902 32 Stat. 64 |
Southern District established and one judgeship authorized for the district court. |
| February 26, 1917 39 Stat. 938 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Western District. |
| February 26, 1919 40 Stat. 1183 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Northern District. |
| September 14, 1922 42 Stat. 837 |
One temporary judgeship authorized for the Northern District. |
| August 19, 1935 49 Stat. 659 |
Temporary judgeship authorized in 1922 for the Northern District was made permanent. |
| May 31, 1938 52 Stat. 584 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Southern District. |
| August 3, 1949 63 Stat. 493 |
One permanent and one temporary judgeship authorized for the Southern District. |
| February 10, 1954 68 Stat. 8 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Eastern District. Temporary judgeship authorized for the Southern District in 1949 made permanent. |
| March 18, 1966 80 Stat. 75 |
Two additional judgeships authorized for the Southern District and one for the Western District. |
| June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294 |
One additional judgeship authorized for each of the four districts. |
| October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
Five additional judgeships authorized for the Southern District, three for the Northern District, one for the Eastern District, and one for the Western District. |
| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Northern District, two for the Eastern District, and one for the Western District. |
| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
Two additional judgeships authorized for the Northern District, one for the Eastern District, five for the Southern District, and three for the Western District. |
| December 21, 2000 114 Stat. 2762 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Southern District and one for the Western District. |
November 2, 2002 |
Two additional judgeships authorized for the Western District and one temporary judgeship authorized for the Eastern District. |