THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. CHIEF JUSTICES. JOHN JAY, of New York, appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, September 26, 1789. Nominated April 16, and confirmed April 19, 1794, Envoy Extraordinary to England. Resigned as Chief Justice. Successor appointed July 1, 1795. JOHN RUTLEDGE, of South Carolina, appointed July 1, 1795, in recess of Senate, in place of John Jay resigned, and presided on the bench at August term, 1795. Nominated December 10, and rejected by the Senate December 15, 1795. WILLIAM CUSHING, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed, etc. January 27, 1796, in place of John Jay, resigned. Declined the appointment. He was then an Associate Justice. Oliver EllsworTH, of Connecticut. Nomination confirmed and appointed, etc. March 4, 1796, in place of W. Cushing, declined. Appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France, February 27, 1799. He presided on the Bench at the August term, 1799. Proceeded on his mission to France, November 3, 1799. Resigned as Chief Justice. Successor appointed December 19, 1800. JOHN JAY, Governor of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed, etc. December 19, 1800, in place of Oliver Ellsworth, resigned. Declined the appointment. JOHN MARSHALL, Secretary of State.* Nomination confirmed January 27, and appointed, etc. January 31, 1801, in place of John Jay, declined. Died in 1835. ROGER B. TANEY, of Maryland. Nomination confirmed and appointed, etc. March 15, 1836, in the place of John Marshall, deceased. * John Marshall, Secretary of State, was nominated to the Senate as Chief Justice, January 20, 1801, was confirmed on the 27th, commissioned on the 31st, and presided on the bench of the Supreme Court from the 4th to the 9th of February, or during February term, 1801. From a message of the President to Congress, accompanied by a report from John Marshall, Secretary of State, dated February 27, 1801, it appears that he also continued to act in the latter capacity until that day, and from other circumstances, that he continued to act as such until March 3, 1801, on which day the then administration terminated. ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN RUTLEDGE, of South Carolina. Nomination confirmed and appointed September 26, 1789. Resigned, and Thomas Johnson appointed. WILLIAM CUSHING, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed September 26, and appointed September 27, 1789. Died, and Levi Lincoln appointed. JAMES WILSON, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed September 26, and appointed September 29, 1789. Died, and Bushrod Washington appointed. JOHN BLAIR, Of Virginia. Nomination confirmed September 26, and appointed September 30, 1789. Resigned, and Samuel Chase appointed. RORERT H. HARRISON, of Maryland. Nomination confirmed September 26, 1789. Resigned, and James Iredell appointed. JAMES IREDELL, of North Carolina. Appointed in recess of Senate, in place of Robert H. Harrison, resigned. Nomination confirmed and appointed February 10, 1790. Died, and Alfred Moore appointed. THOMAS JOHNSON, of Maryland. Appointed August 5, 1791, in recess of Senate, in place of John Rutledge, resigned. Nomination confirmed and appointed November 7, 1791. Resigned, and William Paterson appointed. WILLIAM PATERSON, Governor of New Jersey. Nomination confirmed and appointed March 4, 1793, in place of Thomas Johnson, resigned. Died, and Brockholst Livingston appointed. SAMUEL CHASE, of Maryland. Nomination confirmed and appointed January 27, 1796, in place of John Blair, resigned. Died, and Gabriel Duval appointed. BUSHROD WASHINGTON, of Virginia. Appointed September 29, 1798, in recess of Senate, in place of James Wilson, deceased. Nomination confirmed and appointed December 30, 1798. Died, and Henry Baldwin appointed. ALFRED MOORE, of North Carolina. Nomination confirmed and appointed December 10, 1799, in place of James Iredell, deceased. Resigned, and William Johnson appointed. WILLIAM JOHNSON, of South Carolina. Nomination confirmed and appointed March 26, 1804, in place of Alfred Moore, resigned. (Confirmed and appointed Collector of the Customs, February 22, 1819, and declined the appointment.) Died in 1834, and James M. Wayne appointed. THOMAS TODD, of Kentucky. Nomination confirmed March 2, and appointed March 3, 1807. BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON, of New York. Appointed November 10, 1806, in recess of Senate, in place of William Paterson, deceased. Nomination confirmed and appointed December 17, 1806. Died, and Smith Thompson appointed. LEVI LINCOLN, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed January 3, 1811, in place of William Cushing, deceased. Declined the appointment, and John Quincy Adams appointed. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed February 22, 1811, in place of Levi Lincoln, declined. Declined the appointment, and Joseph Story appointed. JOSEPH STORY, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed November 18, 1811, in place of John Quincy Adams, declined. Died, and Levi Woodbury appointed. GABRIEL DUVAL, of Maryland. Nomination confirmed and appointed November 18, 1811, in the place of Samuel Chase, deceased. Resigned, and Philíp P. Barbour appointed. SMITH THOMPSON, of New York. Appointed September 1, 1823, in recess of the Senate, in place of Brockholst Livingston, deceased. Nomination confirmed and appointed December 9, 1823. Died. and Samuel Nelson appointed. ROBERT TRIMBLE, of Kentucky. Nomination confirmed and appointed May 9, 1826, in the place of Thomas Todd, deceased. Died, and John McLean appointed. JOHN MCLEAN, of Ohio. Nomination confirmed and appointed March 7, 1829, in the place of Robert Trimble, deceased. HENRY BALDWIN, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed January 6, 1830, in place of Bushrod Washington, deceased. Died, and R. C. Grier appointed. JAMES M. WAYNE, of Georgia. Nomination confirmed and appointed January 9, 1835, in place of William Johnson, deceased. PHILIP P. BARBOUR, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and appointed March 15, 1836, in place of Gabriel Duval, resigned. Died, and P. V. Daniel appointed. JOHN CATRON, of Tennessee. Nomination confirmed and appointed March 8, 1837. WILLIAM SMITH, of Alabama. Nomination confirmed and appointed March 8, 1837. Declined the appointment, and John McKinley appointed. JOHN MCKINLEY, of Alabama. Appointed April 22, 1837, in recess of the Senate, in place of William Smith, declined. Nomination confirmed and appointed September 25, 1837. PETER V. DANIEL, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and appointed March 3, 1841, in place of Philip P. Barbour, deceased. SAMUEL NELSON, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed February 14, 1845, in place of Smith Thompson, deceased. LEVI WOODBURY, of New Hampshire. Appointed September 20, 1845, in recess of the Senate, in place of Joseph Story, deceased. Nomination confirmed and appointed January 3, 1846. ROBERT C. GRIER, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed August 4, 1846, in place of Henry Baldwin, deceased. BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS, of Massachusetts. Appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of Levi Woodbury, deceased. Nomination confirmed and appointed December 20, 1851. Resigned. JAMES A. CAMPBELL, of Alabama. Appointed in 1853. |