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No. In the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress specified the original Supreme Court would consist of one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices, but it did not appoint anyone to those positions.

The sitting President nominates justices to the Supreme Court, and the Senate confirms or rejects the appointment. President Washington nominated the first Chief Justice, John Jay, on September 24, 1789, the same day Congress passed the Judiciary Act. Congress confirmed Jay's appointment on September 26.

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