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Show OUR HIGHEST mGHEST COURT . It is interesting to note that while while31 31 citizens of the United States havebeen have havebeen liavebeen been elevated to the presidency , only only11 11 have been appointed chief justice justicesince justicesince justicesince since the foundation foundatlon of our govern- govern governmentJay govern-ment- govern ment governmentJay - I governII governImentJay - Ellsworth govern-I govern I Marshall Mar Mar- Maril Marshall ment-Jay ment Jay - - Jay , Rutledge , , - shall , , Taney , Chase , Waite Walte , , Fuller FullerWhite , , il ilshall Wlute White , , Taft and HughesOne Hughcs Hughes HughcsOne One of these , John Rutledge , wa wasnever was wasnever > I Inever never confirmed by the Senate , as ascVIdences asevidences asevidences cVIdences evidences of approaching insanity msamty de- de developed developed de developed - veloped about the time bme of his hlS appoint appomt- appomt appoint- appomtment appointment appointment - ment by President Presldent Washington WasIDngton in 1795 1795and , and Ellsworth was named in m l his s stead steada a few months laterI laterJohn later laterJohn I John Marshall served longer thanany than thanan\ thanan thananother an any } \ other chief justice , 34 years , anddied and anddWd anddied dWd died in m office at the age of 80 Taney Taneyf Taneysel Taneyserved Taneyseived f served sel ved 28 years until his hl5 death at the age of 87 Jay , the first flrst fast chief justice justicewas , ' was the } youngest oungest at the time of his hisappomtment hisappointment hislappointment appomtment appointment , being only 44 Marshallwas MarshallI Marshallwas Marshall I was appointed appomted at the age of 46I 46Among 46Among 46 I I orI ofi ' Among former associate Justices or of orthe ofthe of'the ofthe ' the Supreme Court , Joseph Story , appointed appointed ap- ap appointed - I j apI apj } pointed at the age of 32 , , was the theI theyoungest theyoungest theyoungest youngest , \ while hlle William Wilham Johnson was was33 I I33 wasI33 33 at the time tlme of his appomtment appointment appomtmentAssocIate appointmentAssociate appointmentAssociate AssocIate Justice Brandeis Brandels Branders still in , , ac- ac actlve - acI I * tlve tive service at the age of 76 , is isthe theoldest theoldest - -the the - I theI ) oldest member of the present courtI courtThe courtThe court courtThe I The high ability ablhty and undisputed in- in inI Integrity in integrity - I tegrity tegrlty of our highest court have al- al al"ays alt al always - t " ways "ays ays ays been a source of pride pnde to everyAmerican every everyAmerIcan everyAmerican AmerIcan citizen The court as at atpresent atpresent atpresent present constituted constltuted flrn firmly Y mamtains maintains mamtainsthe maintainsthe maintainsthe the best traditions of the dlstfnguished distinguished dlstfnguishedjurIsts distinguishedjurists distinguishedjurists jurIsts who served in the earlier day days daysof daysof of the Republic |
