The court was one of the original 13 courts established by the
Judiciary Act of 1789, , on September 24, 1789. From its establishment until 1946, the court had a single judge. A temporary additional judgeship was authorized on July 24, 1946, by , and was made permanent on September 5, 1950, by . A third judge was authorized on February 10, 1954, by , and a fourth on July 10, 1984, by . == Current judges ==