The Peck years 1822-1836 -- Wells and the creation of the Western District 1836-1864 -- Krekel and Reconstruction 1865-1888 -- Philips and the railroads 1888-1910 -- Twentieth-Century justice 1910-1918 -- War and prohibition 1918-1929 -- The challenge of the New Deal 1929-1939 -- Breaking the Pendergast machine 1933-1939 -- Justice in World War II 1939-1945 -- Judicial modernization 1945-1961.
