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The table below ranks all United States Supreme Court justices by time in office. [ C ] For five individuals confirmed for associate justice, and who later served as chief justice— Charles Evans Hughes , William Rehnquist , John Rutledge, Harlan F. Stone , and Edward Douglass White —their cumulative length of service on the court is measured.
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.
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.
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 ...
Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state) (1 C, 77 P) H. Justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court (1 C, 62 P) I. Justices of the Idaho Supreme Court (2 C, 48 P)
A term of the Supreme Court commences on the first Monday of each October, and continues until June or early July of the following year. Each term consists of alternating periods of around two weeks known as "sittings" and "recesses"; justices hear cases and deliver rulings during sittings, and discuss cases and write opinions during recesses ...
Democrats held a 6-1 edge going into the 2020 election and lost three state Supreme Court races, reducing their advantage to 4-3. In 2022, Republicans won both races to gain their 5-2 majority.
Judge Began active service Ended active service Term as chief justice Eugenius Aristides Nisbet: 1845: 1853: Joseph Henry Lumpkin: 1845: 1867: 1863–1867 Hiram B. Warner