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Congress set the size of the original Supreme Court at six in the Judiciary Act of 1789. The legislation provided for one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices.
The original Justices were:
Chief Justice:
John Jay, New York
Associate Justices:
John Rutledge, South Carolina
William Cushing, Massachusetts
James Wilson, Pennsylvania
John Blair, Virginia
James Iredell, North Carolina
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