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List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by seat

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States. Established by Article III of the Constitution, the detailed structure of the Court was laid down by the 1st United States Congress in 1789. Congress specified the Court's original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the number of justices at six – one chief justice and five associate justices. The number of justices on the Supreme Court changed six times before settling at the present total of nine in 1869.

Original seats
The Judiciary Act of 1789 () set the number of Supreme Court justices at six: one chief justice and five associate justices. One of the associate justice seats established in 1789 (seat 5 below) was later abolished, as a result of the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 (), which provided for the gradual elimination of seats on the Supreme Court until there would be seven justices. ==Additional seats==
Additional seats
In 1807, Congress passed the Seventh Circuit Act (), which added a sixth associate justice to the Supreme Court. Two more seats were added in 1837, as a result of the Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act (); one of these (seat 7 below) was later abolished as a result of the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866. After fluctuating from nine to ten to eight members over a six-year period, the size of the Court was restored to nine members through the Circuit Judges Act of 1869 (), a broad Reconstruction era reorganization of the federal courts. This act remains the governing law regarding the number of seats on the Court. ==See also==
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