Every Supreme Court seat, 1789 to today Each row is a seat. Bars are justices' tenures;
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← The Court on November 7, 2026 Vacant 25 days September 24, 1789 – October 19, 1789 John Jay 1789–1795 · 5 years, 8 months ·
Washington Vacant 44 days June 29, 1795 – August 12, 1795 John Rutledge 1795–1795 · 4 months, 3 days ·
Washington Vacant 84 days December 15, 1795 – March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth 1796–1800 · 4 years, 9 months ·
Washington Vacant 51 days December 15, 1800 – February 4, 1801 John Marshall 1801–1835 · 34 years, 5 months ·
J. Adams Vacant 266 days July 6, 1835 – March 28, 1836 Roger Brooke Taney 1836–1864 · 28 years, 6 months ·
Jackson Vacant 64 days October 12, 1864 – December 15, 1864 Salmon Portland Chase 1864–1873 · 8 years, 4 months ·
Lincoln Vacant 301 days May 7, 1873 – March 4, 1874 Morrison Remick Waite 1874–1888 · 14 years ·
Grant Vacant 199 days March 23, 1888 – October 8, 1888 Melville Weston Fuller 1888–1910 · 21 years, 8 months ·
Cleveland Vacant 168 days July 4, 1910 – December 19, 1910 Edward Douglass White 1910–1921 · 10 years, 5 months ·
Taft Vacant 53 days May 19, 1921 – July 11, 1921 William Howard Taft 1921–1930 · 8 years, 6 months ·
Harding Vacant 21 days February 3, 1930 – February 24, 1930 Charles Evans Hughes 1930–1941 · 11 years, 4 months ·
Hoover Vacant 3 days June 30, 1941 – July 3, 1941 Harlan Fiske Stone 1941–1946 · 4 years, 9 months ·
F. Roosevelt Vacant 63 days April 22, 1946 – June 24, 1946 Fred Moore Vinson 1946–1953 · 7 years, 2 months ·
Truman Vacant 27 days September 8, 1953 – October 5, 1953 Earl Warren 1953–1969 · 15 years, 8 months ·
Eisenhower Warren Earl Burger 1969–1986 · 17 years, 3 months ·
Nixon William H. Rehnquist 1986–2005 · 18 years, 11 months ·
Reagan Vacant 26 days September 3, 2005 – September 29, 2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. 2005–present · 21 years, 1 month ·
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