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 144 days September 24, 1789 – February 15, 1790 John Rutledge 1790–1791 · 1 year ·
Washington Vacant 198 days March 5, 1791 – September 19, 1791 Thomas Johnson 1791–1793 · 1 year, 3 months ·
Washington Vacant 54 days January 16, 1793 – March 11, 1793 William Paterson 1793–1806 · 13 years, 5 months ·
Washington Vacant 133 days September 9, 1806 – January 20, 1807 Brockholst Livingston 1807–1823 · 16 years, 1 month ·
Jefferson Vacant 167 days March 18, 1823 – September 1, 1823 Smith Thompson 1823–1843 · 20 years, 3 months ·
Monroe Vacant 437 days December 18, 1843 – February 27, 1845 Samuel Nelson 1845–1872 · 27 years, 9 months ·
Tyler Vacant 42 days November 28, 1872 – January 9, 1873 Ward Hunt 1873–1882 · 9 years ·
Grant Vacant 66 days January 27, 1882 – April 3, 1882 Samuel Blatchford 1882–1893 · 11 years, 3 months ·
Arthur Vacant 248 days July 7, 1893 – March 12, 1894 Edward Douglass White 1894–1910 · 16 years, 9 months ·
Cleveland Vacant 16 days December 18, 1910 – January 3, 1911 Willis Van Devanter 1911–1937 · 26 years, 4 months ·
Taft Vacant 78 days June 2, 1937 – August 19, 1937 Hugo Lafayette Black 1937–1971 · 34 years ·
F. Roosevelt Vacant 112 days September 17, 1971 – January 7, 1972 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 1972–1987 · 15 years, 5 months ·
Nixon Vacant 237 days June 26, 1987 – February 18, 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy 1988–2018 · 30 years, 5 months ·
Reagan Vacant 67 days July 31, 2018 – October 6, 2018 Brett M. Kavanaugh 2018–present · 8 years, 1 month ·
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