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George Washington nominated fourteen justices and appointed eleven, but he had an edge over the other Presidents because he was in office when the Court was created and got to nominate the first seven justices (one declined after being confirmed) in the same year. John Rutledge was seated twice (one as Associate Justice, once as Chief Justice)

George Washington's appointments

  1. John Jay.....................1789-1795 (Chief Justice)
  2. John Rutledge.............1789-1791
  3. William Cushing...........1789-1810
  4. James Wilson..............1789-1798
  5. John Blair...................1789-1795
  6. James Iredell..............1790-1799
  7. Thomas Johnson..........1791-1793
  8. William Paterson..........1793-1806
  9. John Rutledge.............1795-1795 (Chief Justice)
  10. Samuel Chase.............1796-1811
  11. Oliver Ellsworth...........1796-1800 (Chief Justice)
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