Every Supreme Court seat, 1789 to today Each row is a seat. Bars are justices' tenures; hatched gaps are vacancies, from the day one justice left to the day the next took the oath. Rows start and end where Congress created or abolished a seat. Drag the date to see the Court on any day.
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← The Court on November 7, 2026 Vacant 78 days March 3, 1863 – May 20, 1863 Stephen Johnson Field 1863–1897 · 34 years, 6 months ·
Lincoln Vacant 56 days December 1, 1897 – January 26, 1898 Joseph McKenna 1898–1925 · 26 years, 11 months ·
McKinley Vacant 56 days January 5, 1925 – March 2, 1925 Harlan Fiske Stone 1925–1941 · 16 years, 4 months ·
Coolidge Vacant 9 days July 2, 1941 – July 11, 1941 Robert Houghwout Jackson 1941–1954 · 13 years, 2 months ·
F. Roosevelt Vacant 170 days October 9, 1954 – March 28, 1955 John Marshall Harlan II 1955–1971 · 16 years, 5 months ·
Eisenhower Vacant 106 days September 23, 1971 – January 7, 1972 William H. Rehnquist 1972–1986 · 14 years, 8 months ·
Nixon Antonin Scalia 1986–2016 · 29 years, 4 months ·
Reagan Vacant 422 days February 13, 2016 – April 10, 2017 Neil M. Gorsuch 2017–present · 9 years, 6 months ·
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