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Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
Supreme Court justices have life tenure, meaning that they serve until they die, resign, retire, or are impeached and removed from office. For the 107 non-incumbent justices, the average length of service was 6,203 days (16 years, 359 days). [1] [A] The longest serving justice was William O. Douglas, with a tenure of 13,358 days (36
Supreme Court justices Circuit judges District judges Total Supreme Court justices Circuit judges District judges Total Supreme Court justices Circuit judges District judges Total; George Washington: 11 – 28: 39: John Adams: 3: 16: 4: 23: Thomas Jefferson: 3: 7: 9: 19: James Madison: 2: 2: 9: 13: James Monroe: 1 – 21: 22: John Quincy Adams ...
Congress specified the Court's original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the initial size of the Supreme Court. The number of justices on the Supreme Court was changed six times before settling at the present total of nine in 1869. [1] A total of 115 persons have served on the Supreme Court since 1789.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1858–1881 Alfred Conkling: Minister to Mexico, 1852–1853: Representative, New York, 1821–1823: U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1825–1852 J. Harry Covington: Member, Railway Wage Commission, 1918–1920: Representative, Maryland ...
Since 1789 Congress has changed the maximum number of justices on the Court several times, with a bit of a tug-of-war in 1801. In short, the Judiciary Act of 1801 was passed by President John ...
Since the Supreme Court first convened in 1790, 116 justices have served on the bench. Of those, 108 have been White men. Of the 116 Supreme Court justices in US history, all but 8 have been White men
The Judiciary Act of 1789 (1 Stat. 73) set the number of Supreme Court justices at six: one chief justice and five associate justices. [2] One of the associate justice seats established in 1789 (seat 5 below) was later abolished, as a result of the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 209), which provided for the gradual elimination of seats on the Supreme Court until there would be seven ...