The subject category is composed of correspondence, memoranda, drafts, transmittal memos, and handwritten notes regarding nominations, appointments, and resignations to the United States District Courts within the judicial branch. The district courts are the lowest trial courts which have general Federal jurisdiction. There are a total of eighty-eight district courts in the fifty states, as well as additional courts for the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Each district court has between one and twenty-four judgeships, depending on the amount of judicial work within the district. The subject category is subdivided by state number. For example, FG 53/ST 1 contains documents relating to district courts in the state of Alabama. (See appendix for a complete listing of state numbers.)
Principal correspondents include John Mitchell, William Saxbe, Richard Kleindienst, John Ehrlichman, William Timmons, and Henry Fleming. Related subject categories in the White House Central Files include Federal Government (FG) files for subject concerned agencies, commissions and White House staff members.
The Executive files typically contain communications among White House staff members and with heads of agencies, members of Congress and other important correspondents. Although General file material overlaps in type with that of the Executive files - most notably in that both files usually contain exchanges with members of Congress - it is more likely to be composed primarily of communications with state and local officials, representatives of concerned organizations, and the general public.
This category subdivides first by the FG # for the District Court for the District of Columbia (FG 106) and then by the subdivisions for the individual states (ST #). Where "A" follows a numeric file designation, it indicates files relating to appointments, nominations, and resignations within that organization.
Appendix
ST 1 Alabama
ST 2 Alaska
ST 3 Arizona
ST 4 Arkansas
ST 5 California
ST 6 Colorado
ST 7 Connecticut
ST 8 Delaware
ST 9 Florida
ST 10 Georgia
ST 11 Hawaii
ST 12 Idaho
ST 13 Illinois
ST 14 Indiana
ST 15 Iowa
ST 16 Kansas
ST 17 Kentucky
ST 18 Louisiana
ST 19 Maine
ST 20 Maryland
ST 21 Massachusetts
ST 22 Michigan
ST 23 Minnesota
ST 24 Mississippi
ST 25 Missouri
ST 26 Montana
ST 27 Nebraska
ST 28 Nevada
ST 29 New Hampshire
ST 30 New Jersey
ST 31 New Mexico
ST 32 New York
ST 33 North Carolina
ST 34 North Dakota
ST 35 Ohio
ST 36 Oklahoma
ST 37 Oregon
ST 38 Pennsylvania
ST 39 Rhode Island
ST 40 South Carolina
ST 41 South Dakota
ST 42 Tennessee
ST 43 Texas
ST 44 Utah
ST 45 Vermont
ST 46 Virginia
ST 47 Washington
ST 48 West Virginia
ST 49 Wisconsin
ST 50 Wyoming
ST 51 Territories and Islands
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