LIST OF LAW CLERKS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Law clerks have assisted Supreme Court Justices in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in the 1880s. By the traditions and rules that have developed around this procedure today Associate Justices on the Supreme Court of the United States have the opportunity to select four law clerks each term of the court. The Chief Justice is allowed five clerks, though late Chief Justice Rehnquist usually only hired three.
The following is a still-incomplete table of Supreme Court law clerks, listed by Justice and term.

★ The names of Justices who are active (as of Justice Samuel Alito's appointment on January 31, 2006) are in 'bold'.

Contents

Chief Justice

Associate Justice (Seat 1)

Associate Justice (Seat 2)

Associate Justice (Seat 3)

Associate Justice (Seat 4)

Associate Justice (Seat 5)

Associate Justice (Seat 6)

Associate Justice (Seat 7)

Associate Justice (Seat 8)

Associate Justice (Seat 9)

Associate Justice (Seat 10)

See also

External links

Chief Justice

This seat was established by the Constitution and organized on September 24, 1789 by the Judiciary Act of 1789 [see 1 ''Stat.'' 73].
Morrison Waite	March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888

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Associate Justice (Seat 1)

This seat was established on September 24, 1789 by the Judiciary Act of 1789 [see 1 ''Stat.'' 73].
William Burnham Woods	January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887
Lucius Q. C. Lamar	January 18, 1888 – January 23, 1893
Howell Edmunds Jackson	March 4, 1893 – August 8, 1895

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| Horace Harmon Lurton
| January 3, 1910 – July 12, 1914
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| James F. Byrnes
| July 8, 1941 – October 3, 1942
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Associate Justice (Seat 2)

This seat was established on September 24, 1789 by the Judiciary Act of 1789 [see 1 ''Stat.'' 73].

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Associate Justice (Seat 3)

This seat was established on September 24, 1789 by the Judiciary Act of 1789 [see 1 ''Stat.'' 73].
Samuel Freeman Miller	July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890

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| William Henry Moody
| December 17, 1906 – November 20, 1910
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Associate Justice (Seat 4)

This seat was established on September 24, 1789 by the Judiciary Act of 1789 [see 1 ''Stat.'' 73].
Samuel Blatchford	April 3, 1882 – July 7, 1893
Edward Douglass White	March 12, 1894 – December 18, 1910

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Associate Justice (Seat 5)

This seat was established on September 24, 1789 by the Judiciary Act of 1789 [see 1 ''Stat.'' 73]. The seat was abolished upon the death of James Moore Wayne on July 5, 1867 per the Judicial Circuits Act [see 14 ''Stat.'' 209]. This was before the first law clerk for a Supreme Court Justice was hired.

Associate Justice (Seat 6)

This seat was established on February 24, 1807 by the Seventh Circuit Act [see 2 ''Stat.'' 420].
Thomas Stanley Matthews	May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889

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| Charles Evans Hughes
| October 10, 1910 – June 10, 1916
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Associate Justice (Seat 7)

This seat was established on March 3, 1837 by the Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act [see 5 ''Stat.'' 176]. The seat was abolished over a year after the death of John Catron, the only Justice to occupy it, on July 23, 1866 by the Judicial Circuits Act [see 14 ''Stat.'' 209]. This was before the first law clerk for a Supreme Court Justice was hired.

Associate Justice (Seat 8)

This seat was established on March 3, 1837 by the Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act [see 5 ''Stat.'' 176].

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| Mahlon Pitney
| March 18, 1912 – December 31, 1922
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Associate Justice (Seat 9)

This seat was established on March 3, 1863 by the Tenth Circuit Act [see 12 ''Stat.'' 794].

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Associate Justice (Seat 10)

This seat was established on April 10, 1869 by the Circuit Judges Act of 1869 [see 16 ''Stat.'' 44].
Joseph Philo Bradley	March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892
George Shiras, Jr.	October 10, 1892 – February 23, 1903

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See also

★ Law clerk

External links

★ Supreme Court Law Clerks on Underneath Their Robes

★ Undue Influence? Ideology and Supreme Court Law Clerks, JURIST

★ Courtiers of the Marble Palace - The Rise and Influence of the Supreme Court Law Clerk, Todd C. Peppers.

★ The Varying Influence of Clerks, The Washington Post, March 6, 2006

★ Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court, Artemus Ward and David L. Weiden.