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None of the Associate Justices on the current US Supreme Court are from Kansas. President Benjamin Harrison appointed the on Kansan to the Court, David Josiah Brewer, who served from 1890 until his death in 1910.
There are eight Associate Justices and one Chief Justice
The position of a Supreme Court Justice in the United States is typically served for life.
US Supreme Court justices are appointed by the President and approved by a simple majority vote of the Senate. This is intended to insulate the justices from political pressures and conflicts of interest that often accompany popular elections.
George Washington is the president that appointed the most Supreme Court Justices. There have been only seven US Presidents that served only one term.
There have been a total of 111 Justices on the US Supreme Court since its inception in 1790; 99 have served since 1800.
There are many different supreme courts - one of the US and one for each of the States. They have different numbers of judges, depending on the Constitution of each state. There are eight judges on the US Supreme Court (Nine seats for judges).
According to the Senate website, in the current congress, there are 26 senators who served in the military. These include senators who served in Korea, Vietnam, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
President Garfield appointed only one US Supreme Court justice, Stanley Matthews, who served from 1881-1889.
Two US Supreme Court justices were born in Iowa: Samuel Freeman Miller................1862 - 1890.........President Lincoln Wiley Blount Rutledge.................1943 - 1949.........President FD Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States from 1801-1809. He never served on the Supreme Court. He did, however, nominate three Associate Justices to the US Supreme Court: # William Johnson: Served 1804 - 1834, died in office # Henry Brockholst Livingston: Served 1807 - 1823, died in office # Thomas Todd: Served 1807 - 1826, died in office
No. Although the Constitution doesn't require US Supreme Court justices to have legal experience, all 111 past and present justices have been lawyers. In recent years, most have also served as judges before joining the Court.