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Show THE SUPREME COURT. It is interesting- to note that while 31 citizens of the United States havej been elevated to the presidency, only 11 have been appointed chief justice since the foundation of our government Jay, Ruthledge, Ellsworth, Marshall, Taney, Chase, Waite, Fuller, White, Taft and Hughes. Ona of these, John Rutledge, flas never confirmed by the senate, as eviderce of approaching insanity developed about the lime of his appointment 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 imti! 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 .Mar-shall was appointed at the( age of 46. Among former associate justices of the Supreme court, Joseph Story, appointed at the) age of 32, wlas the youngest, while William Johnson. was 33 at the time of his appointment. fThe hig-h, ability and undisputed integrity of our highest court have always been a source of pride to every American citizen. The court as at present constituted firmly maintains the best traditions of the distinguished jurists who served in the earlier days of the Republic. |