The Supreme Court of the United States was the top court in the United States government. The Supreme Court had the final say in all decisions put through the U.S. legal system. Justices of the Supreme Court were nominated by the President of the United States and served until death or until they decided to retire.
The Supreme Court was dissolved on September 14, 1928 when leftist militias captured Washington, D.C. Unlike many other politicians and officials in the city, all nine members of the court collectively decided to not flee the country. They were all arrested by the socialist force.
List of Justices of the Supreme Court[]
Justices prior to the Lincoln administration can be found here.
Justices in darker grey were the Chief Justice.
No. | Name | Portrait | State | Tenure Began | Tenure Ended | Replacing | Nominated By |
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29 | Samuel Nelson | New York | February 27, 1845 | November 28, 1872 | Smith Thompson | John Tyler | |
31 | Robert Cooper Grier | Pennsylvania | August 10, 1846 | January 31, 1870 | Henry Baldwin | James K. Polk | |
34 | Nathan Clifford | Maine | January 21, 1858 | July 25, 1881 | Benjamin R. Curtis | James Buchanan | |
35 | Noah Haynes Swayne | Ohio | January 27, 1862 | January 24, 1881 | John McLean | Abraham Lincoln | |
36 | Samuel Freeman Miller | Iowa | July 21, 1862 | October 13, 1890 | Peter V. Daniel | Abraham Lincoln | |
37 | David Davis | Illinois | December 10, 1862 | March 4, 1877 | John Archibald Campbell | Abraham Lincoln | |
38 | Stephen Johnson Field | California | May 10, 1863 | December 1, 1897 | New Seat | Abraham Lincoln | |
39 | Salmon P. Chase | Ohio | December 15, 1864 | May 7, 1873 | Roger B. Taney | Abraham Lincoln | |
40 | Thomas Swann | Maryland | March 14, 1870 | July 24, 1883 | Robert C. Grier | George H. Pendleton | |
41 | Thomas L. Jones | Kentucky | March 23, 1870 | June 20, 1887 | New Seat | George H. Pendleton | |
42 | William Mungen | Ohio | January 9, 1873 | September 9, 1887 | Samuel Nelson | George H. Pendleton | |
43 | George W. Morgan | Ohio | March 4, 1874 | July 26, 1893 | Salmon P. Chase | George H. Pendleton | |
44 | Eli M. Saulsbury | Delaware | December 10, 1877 | March 22, 1893 | David Davis | Samuel J. Tilden | |
45 | Lucius Robinson | New York | July 24, 1881 | March 23, 1891 | Noah Haynes Swayne | Samuel J. Tilden | |
46 | Richard P. Bland | Missouri | November 11, 1881 | June 15, 1899 | Nathan Clifford | Samuel J. Tilden | |
47 | William S. Holman | Indiana | September 30, 1883 | April 22, 1897 | Thomas Swann | Samuel J. Tilden | |
48 | Horace Gray | Massachusetts | December 2, 1887 | September 15, 1902 | Thomas L. Jones | Levi P. Morton | |
49 | David Josiah Brewer | Kansas | January 15, 1887 | March 28, 1910 | William Mungen | Levi P. Morton | |
50 | Melville Fuller | Illinois | December 15, 1890 | July 4, 1910 | Samuel Miller | John G. Carlisle | |
51 | Rufus W. Peckham | New York | August 19, 1891 | October 24, 1909 | Lucius Robinson | John G. Carlisle | |
52 | Henry Billings Brown | Michigan | June 6, 1893 | May 28, 1906 | Eli Saulsbury | William McKinley | |
53 | Marcus Wilson Acheson | Pennsylvania | September 14, 1893 | June 21, 1906 | George Morgan | William McKinley | |
54 | Sylvester Pennoyer | Oregon | July 28, 1897 | May 30, 1902 | William S. Holman | William Jennings Bryan | |
55 | Charles A. Towne | Minnesota | February 27, 1898 | September 14, 1928 | Stephen J. Field | William Jennings Bryan | |
56 | Louis Brandeis | Massachusetts | January 30, 1900 | September 14, 1928 | Richard P. Bland | William Jennings Bryan | |
57 | Charles B. Lore | Delaware | August 2, 1902 | March 6, 1911 | Sylvester Pennoyer | George Gray | |
58 | Richard Olney | Massachusetts | October 15, 1902 | April 8, 1917 | Horace Gray | George Gray | |
59 | Joseph McKenna | Pennsylvania | July 20, 1906 | January 5, 1925 | Henry Billings Brown | Charles W. Fairbanks | |
60 | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | Massachusetts | September 2, 1906 | September 14, 1928 | Marcus Wilson Acheson | Charles W. Fairbanks | |
61 | Willis Van Devanter | Wyoming | February 2, 1910 | September 14, 1928 | Rufus W. Peckham | Charles W. Fairbanks | |
62 | Mahlon Pitney | New Jersey | September 11, 1910 | December 31, 1922 | David Josiah Brewer | Charles W. Fairbanks | |
63 | William Howard Taft | Ohio | December 16, 1910 | September 14, 1928 | Melville Fuller | Charles W. Fairbanks | |
64 | Joseph Buffington | Pennsylvania | July 28, 1911 | September 14, 1928 | Charles B. Lore | Charles W. Fairbanks | |
65 | Charles Evans Hughes | New York | October 11, 1917 | September 14, 1928 | Richard Olney | Henry Cabot Lodge | |
66 | George Sutherland | Utah | May 2, 1923 | September 14, 1928 | Mahlon Pitney | Warren G. Harding | |
67 | Harlan F. Stone | New York | February 21, 1925 | September 14, 1928 | Joseph McKenna | Irvine Lenroot |
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