Justices Serving on the Court 1835 – 1889
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.
1835 – 1836
Justices serving on the Court, 1835 – 1836
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Thompson |
Monroe |
Dem-Rep |
1823-1843 |
Baldwin |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1830-1844 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Barbour |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1841 |
McLean |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1829-1861 |
Story |
Madison |
Dem-Rep |
1812-1845 |
1837 – 1841
Justices serving on the Court, 1837 – 1841
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Thompson |
Monroe |
Dem-Rep |
1823-1843 |
Baldwin |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1830-1844 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Barbour |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1841 |
McLean |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1829-1861 |
Story |
Madison |
Dem-Rep |
1812-1845 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
McKinley |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1838-1852 |
Proprietors of Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of Warren Bridge (1837)
1842 – 1844
Justices serving on the Court, 1842 – 1844
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Thompson |
Monroe |
Dem-Rep |
1823-1843 |
Baldwin |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1830-1844 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Daniel |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1842-1860 |
McLean |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1829-1861 |
Story |
Madison |
Dem-Rep |
1812-1845 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
McKinley |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1838-1852 |
1845 – 1850
Justices serving on the Court, 1845 – 1850
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Nelson |
Tyler |
None |
1845-1872 |
Grier |
Polk |
Democrat |
1846-1870 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Daniel |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1842-1860 |
McLean |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1829-1861 |
Woodbury |
Polk |
Democrat |
1845-1851 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
McKinley |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1838-1852 |
1851 – 1852
Justices serving on the Court, 1851 – 1852
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Nelson |
Tyler |
None |
1845-1872 |
Grier |
Polk |
Democrat |
1846-1870 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Daniel |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1842-1860 |
McLean |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1829-1861 |
Curtis |
Filmore |
Whig |
1851-1857 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
McKinley |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1838-1852 |
Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852)
1853 – 1857
Justices serving on the Court, 1853 – 1857
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Nelson |
Tyler |
None |
1845-1872 |
Grier |
Polk |
Democrat |
1846-1870 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Daniel |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1842-1860 |
McLean |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1829-1861 |
Curtis |
Filmore |
Whig |
1851-1857 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
Campbell |
Pierce |
Democrat |
1853-1861 |
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
1858 – 1861
Justices serving on the Court, 1858 – 1861
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Nelson |
Tyler |
None |
1845-1872 |
Grier |
Polk |
Democrat |
1846-1870 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Daniel |
Van Buren |
Democrat |
1842-1860 |
McLean |
Jackson |
Jacksonian |
1829-1861 |
Clifford |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
1858-1881 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
Campbell |
Pierce |
Democrat |
1853-1861 |
1862
Justices serving on the Court, 1862
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Nelson |
Tyler |
None |
1845-1872 |
Grier |
Polk |
Democrat |
1846-1870 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Swayne |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1881 |
Clifford |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
1858-1881 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
Davis |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1877 |
1863
Justices serving on the Court, 1863
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Taney |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1864 |
Nelson |
Tyler |
None |
1845-1872 |
Grier |
Polk |
Democrat |
1846-1870 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Swayne |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1881 |
Clifford |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
1858-1881 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
Davis |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1877 |
Field |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1863-1897 |
Prize Cases (1863)
1864 – 1869
Justices serving on the Court, 1864 – 1869
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Chase |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1864-1873 |
Nelson |
Tyler |
None |
1845-1872 |
Grier |
Polk |
Democrat |
1846-1870 |
Wayne |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1835-1867 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Swayne |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1881 |
Clifford |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
1858-1881 |
Catron |
Jackson |
Democrat |
1837-1865 |
Davis |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1877 |
Field |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1863-1897 |
Mississippi v. Johnson (1867)
Ex. parte McCardle (1869)
1870 – 1872
Justices serving on the Court, 1870 – 1872
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Chase |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1864-1873 |
Nelson |
Tyler |
None |
1845-1872 |
Strong |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1880 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Swayne |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1881 |
Clifford |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
1858-1881 |
Davis |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1877 |
Field |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1863-1897 |
Bradley |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1892 |
1873 – 1876
Justices serving on the Court, 1873 – 1876
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Waite |
Grant |
Republican |
1874-1888 |
Hunt |
Grant |
Republican |
1873-1882 |
Strong |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1880 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Swayne |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1881 |
Clifford |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
1858-1881 |
Davis |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1877 |
Field |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1863-1897 |
Bradley |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1892 |
Loan Association v. Topeka (1874)
1877 – 1880
Justices serving on the Court, 1877 – 1880
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Waite |
Grant |
Republican |
1874-1888 |
Hunt |
Grant |
Republican |
1873-1882 |
Strong |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1880 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Swayne |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1881 |
Clifford |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
1858-1881 |
Harlan |
Hayes |
Republican |
1877-1911 |
Field |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1863-1897 |
Bradley |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1892 |
1881
Justices serving on the Court, 1881
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Waite |
Grant |
Republican |
1874-1888 |
Hunt |
Grant |
Republican |
1873-1882 |
Woods |
Hayes |
Republican |
1881-1887 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Matthews |
Garfield |
Republican |
1881-1889 |
Clifford |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
1858-1881 |
Harlan |
Hayes |
Republican |
1877-1911 |
Field |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1863-1897 |
Bradley |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1892 |
1882 – 1887
Justices serving on the Court, 1882 – 1887
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Waite |
Grant |
Republican |
1874-1888 |
Blatchford |
Arthur |
Republican |
1882-1893 |
Woods |
Hayes |
Republican |
1881-1887 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Matthews |
Garfield |
Republican |
1881-1889 |
Gray |
Arthur |
Republican |
1882-1902 |
Harlan |
Hayes |
Republican |
1877-1911 |
Field |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1863-1897 |
Bradley |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1892 |
1888 – 1889
Justices serving on the Court, 1888 – 1889
Justice |
President |
Party of President |
Years Served |
Fuller |
Cleveland |
Democrat |
1888-1910 |
Blatchford |
Arthur |
Republican |
1882-1893 |
Lamar |
Cleveland |
Democrat |
1888-1893 |
Miller |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1862-1890 |
Matthews |
Garfield |
Republican |
1881-1889 |
Gray |
Arthur |
Republican |
1882-1902 |
Harlan |
Hayes |
Republican |
1877-1911 |
Field |
Lincoln |
Republican |
1863-1897 |
Bradley |
Grant |
Republican |
1870-1892 |
Chae Chan Ping v. United States (1889)