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Associate Seat 7 Created February 24, 1807 by the Seventh Circuit Act of 1807, 2 Stat. 420. 14 justices have held it.
Vacant 69 days February 24, 1807 – May 4, 1807 Thomas Todd 1807–1826 · 18 years, 9 months ·
Jefferson Vacant 129 days February 7, 1826 – June 16, 1826 Robert Trimble 1826–1828 · 2 years, 2 months ·
J.Q. Adams Vacant 199 days August 25, 1828 – March 12, 1829 John McLean 1829–1861 · 32 years ·
Jackson Vacant 298 days April 4, 1861 – January 27, 1862 Noah Haynes Swayne 1862–1881 · 18 years, 11 months ·
Lincoln Vacant 113 days January 24, 1881 – May 17, 1881 Stanley Matthews 1881–1889 · 7 years, 10 months ·
Garfield Vacant 290 days March 22, 1889 – January 6, 1890 David Josiah Brewer 1890–1910 · 20 years, 2 months ·
B. Harrison Vacant 196 days March 28, 1910 – October 10, 1910 Charles Evans Hughes 1910–1916 · 5 years, 8 months ·
Taft Vacant 121 days June 10, 1916 – October 9, 1916 John Hessin Clarke 1916–1922 · 5 years, 11 months ·
Wilson Vacant 14 days September 18, 1922 – October 2, 1922 George Sutherland 1922–1938 · 15 years, 3 months ·
Harding Vacant 14 days January 17, 1938 – January 31, 1938 Stanley Forman Reed 1938–1957 · 19 years ·
F. Roosevelt Vacant 28 days February 25, 1957 – March 25, 1957 Charles Evans Whittaker 1957–1962 · 5 years ·
Eisenhower Vacant 16 days March 31, 1962 – April 16, 1962 Byron Raymond White 1962–1993 · 31 years, 2 months ·
Kennedy Vacant 43 days June 28, 1993 – August 10, 1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1993–2020 · 27 years, 1 month ·
Clinton Vacant 39 days September 18, 2020 – October 27, 2020 Amy Coney Barrett 2020–present · 6 years ·
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