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The state with the most U.S. Supreme Court justice burial sites is Virginia with 20 – 14 of which are at Arlington National Cemetery. Since it was established in 1789, 114 persons have served as a justice (associate justice or chief justice) on the Supreme Court; of these, 104 have died.
Supreme Court Justices who have lain in state in the Old Senate Chamber at the United States Capitol are as follows: [118] Salmon P. Chase (May 11, 1873) Supreme Court Justices who have lain in repose in the Great Hall at the United States Supreme Court Building are as follows: [118] Earl Warren (July 11–12, 1974) Thurgood Marshall (January ...
Harold Fleming Snead (1903–1987), Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (1957–74) Leroy Augustus Stafford (1822–1864), Confederate Army brigadier general; William E. Starke (1814–1862), Confederate general killed at the Battle of Antietam; Walter Husted Stevens (1827–1867), U.S. Army lieutenant, C.S.A general
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
This is a list of past and present judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia.The court's name was the Supreme Court of Appeals until it was changed in 1971. [1] Members were titled Judge until a 1928 constitutional amendment changed the title to Justice and designated the presiding member Chief Justice.
Of the 116 justices in history, 110 – or 94.8% – have been men. Until 1981, every Supreme Court justice was male. But Ronald Reagan promised he’d put a woman on the court, ...
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States.Established by Article III of the Constitution, the Court was organized by the 1st United States Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789, which specified its original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the size of the Supreme Court at six, with one chief justice ...