United States District Court for the District of Potomac

This page is about a former federal court. For a list of active courts, see: United States federal courts.

The United States District Court for the District of Potomac was created by Congress as part of the Judiciary Act of 1801, which divided Virginia into three districts: the District of Virginia, comprised of the counties west of the Tidewater and south of the Rappahannock River; the District of Norfolk, comprised of the Tidewater counties south of the Rappahannock; and the District of Potomac, comprised of the counties north and east of the Rappahannock as well as Maryland counties along the Potomac. This act was repealed less than a year later, with a different president and a new majority in Congress, thereby reuniting Virginia under the District of Virginia. From 1801 to 1802, both the District of Virginia and the District of Norfolk were presided over by Cyrus Griffin. The District of Potomac was presided over by James Winchester, the judge of the District of Maryland during that year.

See also

• Defunct federal district courts

External links

• U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Virginia and the District of Potomac from the Federal Judicial Center