later, on March 8, 1802, the Judiciary Act of 1801 was repealed and Virginia became a single District again, , effective July 1, 1802. The District of Virginia was subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on February 4, 1819, by . At that time, West Virginia was still part of Virginia, and was encompassed in Virginia's Western District. With the division of West Virginia from Virginia during the American Civil War, the Western District of Virginia became the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with the Eastern District to again form a single District of Virginia on June 11, 1864, by . Congress again divided Virginia into Eastern and the Western Districts on February 3, 1871, by . Washington The United States District Court for the District of Washington was established on April 5, 1890, by . The District was subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on March 2, 1905, by . Only one judge was ever appointed to the District of Washington. West Virginia West Virginia split from the state of Virginia during the American Civil War. At that time, Virginia was already divided into an Eastern and Western District. Congress reorganized the Western District of Virginia to conform to the boundaries of the new state of West Virginia, renaming it the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia on June 11, 1864, by . This District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on January 22, 1901, by . John Jay Jackson Jr., who had been appointed by Abraham Lincoln to what was then the Western District of Virginia, became the first judge of the District of West Virginia. He remained the only judge on that court until its subdivision. Wisconsin The United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin was established on May 29, 1848, by . It was subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on June 30, 1870, by . Only one judge was ever appointed to the District of Wisconsin. See also List of courts of the United States List of United States district and territorial courts List of United States federal courthouses References