Justices Serving on the Court 1890 – 1937

The following tables include the names of the Justices serving on the Court for the indicated year. Each table also includes the name of the appointing President, the President’s party affiliation and the years each Justice served on the Court. The first Justice listed is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

1890

1891

1892

1893 – 1895

1896 – 1897

Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 (1896)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago 166 U.S. 226 (1897)

1898 – 1901

Maxwell v. Dow 176 U.S. 581 (1900)

1902

1903 – 1905

Mass v. Jacobsen 197 U.S. 11 (1905)

1906 – 1909

Mueller v. Oregon 208 U.S. 412 (1908)

1910

1911

1912 – 1913

1914 – 1915

Guinn v. United States 238 U.S. 347 (1915)

1916 – 1921

Schenck v. U.S. 249 U.S. 47 (1919)

Abrams v. United States 250 U.S. 216 (1919)

1922

1923 – 1924

Meyer v. Nebraska 262 U.S. 390 (1923)

1925 – 1929

Gitlow v. NY 268 U.S. 652 (1925)

Pierce v. Society of Sisters 68 U.S. 510 (1925)

Whitney v. California 274 U.S. 357 (1925)

Buck v. Bell 274 U.S. 200 (1927)

Nixon v. Herndon 273 U.S. 536 (1927)

Olmstead v. U.S. 277 U.S. 438 (1928)

1930 – 1931

Near v. Minnesota 283 U.S. 697 (1931)

Stromberg v. People of the State of California 283 U.S. 359 (1931)

1932 – 1937

Nixon v. Condon 286 U.S. 73 (1932)

United States v. Miller 307 U.S. 174 (1934)

Grovey v. Townsend 265 U.S. 45 (1935)