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Judicial calendar 1837
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January
- January 26:
- Ross Wilkins received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Michigan.
February
March
- March 3:
- The Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837 was passed.
- March 8:
- John Catron received his commission to be a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States.
April
May
June
July
- July 19:
- Samuel Hadden Harper died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
August
September
- September 12:
- Philip Kissick Lawrence received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
- September 25:
- John McKinley received his commission to be a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States.
