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Show OUR HIGHEST COURT. It is interesting to note that while 31 citizens of the United States have been elevated to the presidency, only 11 have been appointed chief justice since the foundation of our government govern-ment Jay, Rutledge, Ellsworth, Marshall, Mar-shall, Taney, Chase, Waite, Fuller, White, Taft and Hughes. One of these, John Rutledge, was never confirmed by the senate, as evidences evi-dences of approaching insanity developed de-veloped about the time of his appointment appoint-ment by President Washington in 1795, and Ellsworth was named in his stead a few months later. John Marshall served longer than any other chief justice, 34 years, and died in office at the age of 80. Taney served 28 years until his death at the age of 87. Jay, the first chief justice, was the youngest at the time of his appointment, being only 44. Marshall was appointed at the age of 46. Among former associate justices of the Supreme court, Joseph Story, appointed ap-pointed at the age of 32, was the youngest, while William Johnson was 33 at the time of his appointment. Associate As-sociate Justice Brandeis, still in active service at the age of 76, is the oldest member of the present court'. The high ability and undisputed integrity in-tegrity of our highest court have always al-ways been a source of pride, to every American citizen. The court as at present constituted firmly maintains Hie best traditions of the distinguished distinguish-ed jurists who served in the earlier days of the republic. |