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 131 days September 24, 1789 – February 2, 1790 William Cushing 1790–1810 · 20 years, 7 months ·
Washington Vacant 508 days September 13, 1810 – February 3, 1812 Joseph Story 1812–1845 · 33 years, 7 months ·
Madison Vacant 13 days September 10, 1845 – September 23, 1845 Levi Woodbury 1845–1851 · 5 years, 11 months ·
Polk Vacant 36 days September 4, 1851 – October 10, 1851 Benjamin Robbins Curtis 1851–1857 · 5 years, 11 months ·
Fillmore Vacant 113 days September 30, 1857 – January 21, 1858 Nathan Clifford 1858–1881 · 23 years, 6 months ·
Buchanan Vacant 168 days July 25, 1881 – January 9, 1882 Horace Gray 1882–1902 · 20 years, 8 months ·
Arthur Vacant 84 days September 15, 1902 – December 8, 1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1902–1932 · 29 years, 1 month ·
T. Roosevelt Vacant 62 days January 12, 1932 – March 14, 1932 Benjamin Nathan Cardozo 1932–1938 · 6 years, 3 months ·
Hoover Vacant 205 days July 9, 1938 – January 30, 1939 Felix Frankfurter 1939–1962 · 23 years, 6 months ·
F. Roosevelt Vacant 34 days August 28, 1962 – October 1, 1962 Arthur Joseph Goldberg 1962–1965 · 2 years, 9 months ·
Kennedy Vacant 71 days July 25, 1965 – October 4, 1965 Abe Fortas 1965–1969 · 3 years, 7 months ·
L. Johnson Vacant 391 days May 14, 1969 – June 9, 1970 Harry A. Blackmun 1970–1994 · 24 years, 1 month ·
Nixon Stephen G. Breyer 1994–2022 · 27 years, 10 months ·
Clinton Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022–present · 4 years, 4 months ·
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