Judiciary Act of 1869
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The Judiciary Act of 1869, formally An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States and sometimes called the Circuit Judges Act of 1869, is a statute providing that the Supreme Court of the U
Joseph P. Bradley was the first justice appointed to the new seat created by the 1869 act
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state cour
Judiciary Act of 1869
…formally An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States and sometimes called the Circuit Judges Act of 1869, is a statute providing that the Supreme Court of the United States consists of the chief justice of the United States and eight associate justices. It established separate judgeships for the U.S. circuit courts, and…
The Royal Exchange in New York City, the first meeting place of the Supreme Court
The court lacked its own building until 1935. For most of that time, it had chambers in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, between 1791 and 1801, the court met in City Hall (pictured) in Philadelphia.
John Marshall, chief justice from 1801 to 1835
The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., the home of the Supreme Court since 1935