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 John Blair 1790–1795 · 5 years, 8 months ·
Washington Vacant 102 days October 25, 1795 – February 4, 1796 Samuel Chase 1796–1811 · 15 years, 4 months ·
Washington Vacant 157 days June 19, 1811 – November 23, 1811 Gabriel Duvall 1811–1835 · 23 years, 1 month ·
Madison Vacant 484 days January 14, 1835 – May 12, 1836 Philip Pendleton Barbour 1836–1841 · 4 years, 9 months ·
Jackson Vacant 319 days February 25, 1841 – January 10, 1842 Peter Vivian Daniel 1842–1860 · 18 years, 4 months ·
Van Buren Vacant 781 days May 31, 1860 – July 21, 1862 Samuel Freeman Miller 1862–1890 · 28 years, 2 months ·
Lincoln Vacant 84 days October 13, 1890 – January 5, 1891 Henry Billings Brown 1891–1906 · 15 years, 4 months ·
B. Harrison Vacant 203 days May 28, 1906 – December 17, 1906 William Henry Moody 1906–1910 · 3 years, 11 months ·
T. Roosevelt Vacant 44 days November 20, 1910 – January 3, 1911 Joseph Rucker Lamar 1911–1916 · 4 years, 11 months ·
Taft Vacant 155 days January 2, 1916 – June 5, 1916 Louis Dembitz Brandeis 1916–1939 · 22 years, 8 months ·
Wilson Vacant 63 days February 13, 1939 – April 17, 1939 William Orville Douglas 1939–1975 · 36 years, 6 months ·
F. Roosevelt Vacant 37 days November 12, 1975 – December 19, 1975 John Paul Stevens 1975–2010 · 34 years, 6 months ·
Ford Vacant 39 days June 29, 2010 – August 7, 2010 Elena Kagan 2010–present · 16 years, 3 months ·
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