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Associate Seat 9 Created March 3, 1837 by the Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837, 5 Stat. 176. 11 justices have held it.
Vacant 312 days March 3, 1837 – January 9, 1838 John McKinley 1838–1852 · 14 years, 6 months ·
Van Buren Vacant 266 days July 19, 1852 – April 11, 1853 John Archibald Campbell 1853–1861 · 8 years ·
Pierce Vacant 589 days April 30, 1861 – December 10, 1862 David Davis 1862–1877 · 14 years, 2 months ·
Lincoln Vacant 281 days March 4, 1877 – December 10, 1877 John Marshall Harlan 1877–1911 · 33 years, 10 months ·
Hayes Vacant 156 days October 14, 1911 – March 18, 1912 Mahlon Pitney 1912–1922 · 10 years, 9 months ·
Taft Vacant 50 days December 31, 1922 – February 19, 1923 Edward Terry Sanford 1923–1930 · 7 years ·
Harding Vacant 86 days March 8, 1930 – June 2, 1930 Owen Josephus Roberts 1930–1945 · 15 years, 1 month ·
Hoover Vacant 62 days July 31, 1945 – October 1, 1945 Harold Hitz Burton 1945–1958 · 13 years ·
Truman Vacant 1 day October 13, 1958 – October 14, 1958 Potter Stewart 1958–1981 · 22 years, 8 months ·
Eisenhower Vacant 84 days July 3, 1981 – September 25, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor 1981–2006 · 24 years, 4 months ·
Reagan Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 2006–present · 20 years, 9 months ·
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