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 107 days December 6, 1869 – March 23, 1870 Joseph P. Bradley 1870–1892 · 21 years, 9 months ·
Grant Vacant 262 days January 22, 1892 – October 10, 1892 George Shiras, Jr. 1892–1903 · 10 years, 4 months ·
B. Harrison Vacant 7 days February 23, 1903 – March 2, 1903 William Rufus Day 1903–1922 · 19 years, 8 months ·
T. Roosevelt Vacant 50 days November 13, 1922 – January 2, 1923 Pierce Butler 1923–1939 · 16 years, 10 months ·
Harding Vacant 81 days November 16, 1939 – February 5, 1940 Frank Murphy 1940–1949 · 9 years, 5 months ·
F. Roosevelt Vacant 36 days July 19, 1949 – August 24, 1949 Tom Campbell Clark 1949–1967 · 17 years, 9 months ·
Truman Vacant 112 days June 12, 1967 – October 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall 1967–1991 · 23 years, 11 months ·
L. Johnson Vacant 22 days October 1, 1991 – October 23, 1991 Clarence Thomas 1991–present · 35 years ·
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