The record
Portrait credits
Sleyor never draws a real person. Every face on the bench is a portrait held by a named institution, printed here with the link that proves it. 116 sitters are standing so far, in the order they took a seat.
John Jay
Seated 1789 · Gilbert Stuart · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Jay_(Gilbert_Stuart_portrait).jpg
James Wilson
Seated 1789 · Unknown · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JusticeJamesWilson.jpg
John Rutledge
Seated 1790 · John Trumbull; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (NPG.97.190) · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/john_rutledge
William Cushing
Seated 1790 · Unknown artistUnknown artist · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamCushing.jpg
John Blair
Seated 1790 · New York Public Library, Emmet Collection; scan by NYPL · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/john_blair
James Iredell
Seated 1790 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Iredell,_1790-1799.jpg
Thomas Johnson
Seated 1791 · New York Public Library Digital Collections · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Johnson_(NYPL_NYPG94-F149-419967).tif
William Paterson
Seated 1793 · James Sharples, Sr · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Williampaterson.jpg
Oliver Ellsworth
Seated 1796 · Ralph Earl · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver_Ellsworth,_by_Ralph_Earl_(1785).jpg
Samuel Chase
Seated 1796 · John Wesley Jarvis · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Wesley_Jarvis_-_Samuel_Chase_-_NPG.67.2_-_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg
Bushrod Washington
Seated 1798 · Chester Harding · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BushrodWashington.jpg
Alfred Moore
Seated 1800 · United States Department of Justice · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/alfred_moore
John Marshall
Seated 1801 · James Lambdin / Henry Inman · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Marshall_(NPG).jpg
William Johnson
Seated 1804 · Unknown · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamJohnson.jpg
Henry Brockholst Livingston
Seated 1807 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Brockholst_Livingston.jpg
Thomas Todd
Seated 1807 · Matthew Harris Jouett (1788-1827) · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Todd_SCOTUS.jpg
Gabriel Duvall
Seated 1811 · Larry Dodd Wheeler · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GabrielDuvall.jpg
Joseph Story
Seated 1812 · Supreme Court Historical Society · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/joseph-story-1812-1845/
Smith Thompson
Seated 1823 · Unknown · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SmithThompson.jpg
Robert Trimble
Seated 1826 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RobertTrimble.jpg
John McLean
Seated 1829 · Charles Bird King · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnMcLean.jpg
Henry Baldwin
Seated 1830 · Thomas Sully · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_baldwin_(justice).jpg
James M. Wayne
Seated 1835 · Mathew Benjamin Brady · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_James_M._Wayne,_Supreme_Court_U.S_-_NARA_-_528749_(cropped).jpg
Roger B. Taney
Seated 1836 · Mathew Benjamin Brady · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justice_Roger_B._Taney,_Supreme_Court,_U.S_-_NARA_-_530100.jpg
Philip P. Barbour
Seated 1836 · Kate Flournoy Edwards (after G. P. A. Healy) · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Pendleton_Barbour.jpg
John Catron
Seated 1837 · Mathew Benjamin Brady · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Catron_-_Brady-Handy.jpg
John McKinley
Seated 1838 · Unknown · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_McKinley.jpg
Peter V. Daniel
Seated 1842 · Supreme Court Historical Society · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/peter-v-daniel-1841-1860/
Samuel Nelson
Seated 1845 · Supreme Court Historical Society · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/samuel-nelson-1845-1872/
Levi Woodbury
Seated 1845 · CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1844 and 1851] by Mathew Brady's studio. · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Levi_Woodbury.jpg
Robert Cooper Grier
Seated 1846 · Mathew Benjamin Brady · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/robert-c-grier-1846-1870/
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Seated 1851 · Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_R._Curtis_LCCN2002709535.tif
John Archibald Campbell
Seated 1853 · Supreme Court Historical Society · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/john-a-campbell-1853-1861/
Nathan Clifford
Seated 1858 · Thomas Sully, via Supreme Court Historical Society · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/nathan-clifford-1858-1881/
Samuel Freeman Miller
Seated 1862 · Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/samuel-f-miller-1862-1890/
Noah Haynes Swayne
Seated 1862 · Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/noah-h-swayne-1862-1881/
David Davis
Seated 1862 · Supreme Court Historical Society · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/david-davis-1862-1877/
Stephen Johnson Field
Seated 1863 · Supreme Court Historical Society · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/stephen-j-field-1863-1897/
Salmon P. Chase
Seated 1864 · The original uploader was The Mystery Man at English Wikipedia. · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/chief-justices/salmon-chase-1864-1873/
William Strong
Seated 1870 · Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/william-strong-1870-1880/
Joseph P. Bradley
Seated 1870 · Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/joseph-p-bradley-1870-1892/
Ward Hunt
Seated 1873 · Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/ward-hunt-1873-1882/
Morrison Waite
Seated 1874 · Mathew Benjamin Brady · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/chief-justices/morrison-waite-1874-1888/
John Marshall Harlan
Seated 1877 · part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress); no known restrictions on publication for this image according to its LOC entry · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/john-marshall-harlan-1877-1911/
William Burnham Woods
Seated 1881 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/william-b-woods-1881-1887/
Stanley Matthews
Seated 1881 · Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/stanley-matthews-1881-1889/
Samuel Blatchford
Seated 1882 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/samuel-blatchford-1882-1893/
Horace Gray
Seated 1882 · Unknown · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/horace-gray-1882-1902/
Melville Fuller
Seated 1888 · File:FULLER, MELVILLE W. CHIEF JUSTICE LCCN2016857465.jpg: Harris & Ewing, photographer derivative work: Robertus Pius · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/chief-justices/melville-weston-fuller-1888-1910/
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Seated 1888 · Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/lucius-q-c-lamar-1888-1893/
David J. Brewer
Seated 1890 · Harris & Ewing Collection · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/david-j-brewer-1890-1910/
Henry Billings Brown
Seated 1891 · Frances Benjamin Johnston · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/henry-b-brown-1891-1906/
George Shiras Jr.
Seated 1892 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/george-shiras-jr-1892-1903/
Howell E. Jackson
Seated 1893 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/howell-e-jackson-1893-1895/
Edward Douglass White
Seated 1894 · Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer. · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/chief-justices/edward-white-1910-1921/
Rufus W. Peckham
Seated 1896 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/rufus-w-peckham-1896-1909/
Joseph McKenna
Seated 1898 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/joseph-mckenna-1898-1925/
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Seated 1902 · Harris & Ewing Collection · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1902-1932/
William R. Day
Seated 1903 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/william-r-day-1903-1922/
William Henry Moody
Seated 1906 · James E. Purdy · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/william-h-moody-1906-1910/
Horace Harmon Lurton
Seated 1910 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/horace-h-lurton-1910-1914/
Charles Evans Hughes
Seated 1910 · Philip de László · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Evans_Hughes_by_Philip_Alexius_de_L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3,_1921,_oil_on_canvas,_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-NPG_84_230Hughes-000001.jpg
Willis Van Devanter
Seated 1911 · Bain News Service, publisher. · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willis_Van_Devanter.jpg
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Seated 1911 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Lamar.jpg
Mahlon Pitney
Seated 1912 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahlon_Pitney_cph.3b30300.jpg
James Clark McReynolds
Seated 1914 · National Photo Company · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jamescmcreynolds.jpg
Louis Brandeis
Seated 1916 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandeisl_(1).jpg
John Hessin Clarke
Seated 1916 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Hessin_Clarke_cph.3b09252.jpg
William Howard Taft
Seated 1921 · Pach Brothers, restored by Adam Cuerden · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Howard_Taft_by_Pach_Brothers_(3x4_ropped)_(cropped).jpg
George Sutherland
Seated 1922 · Harris & Ewing, photographer. · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/george_sutherland
Edward Terry Sanford
Seated 1923 · Harris & Ewing, Inc. · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/edward_t_sanford
Pierce Butler
Seated 1923 · Harris & Ewing, photographer. · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/pierce_butler
Harlan F. Stone
Seated 1925 · National Photo Company · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/harlan_fiske_stone
Owen Roberts
Seated 1930 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/owen_j_roberts
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Seated 1932 · Harris & Ewing, Inc. · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/benjamin_n_cardozo
Hugo Black
Seated 1937 · Harris & Ewing photography firm · Public domain
https://www.oyez.org/justices/hugo_l_black
Stanley Forman Reed
Seated 1938 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanley_Reed.jpg
Felix Frankfurter
Seated 1939 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frankfurter-Felix-LOC.jpg
William O. Douglas
Seated 1939 · Harris & Ewing, photographer · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/william-o-douglas-1939-1975/
Frank Murphy
Seated 1940 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justice_Frank_Murphy.jpg
James F. Byrnes
Seated 1941 · Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information · Public domain
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/james-f-byrnes-1941-1942/
Robert H. Jackson
Seated 1941 · Harris & Ewing · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roberthjackson.jpg
Wiley Rutledge
Seated 1943 · Unknown · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiley_Rutledge.jpg
Harold H. Burton
Seated 1945 · The original uploader was Postdlf at English Wikipedia. · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harold_Burton.jpg
Fred M. Vinson
Seated 1946 · AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chief_Justice_Fred_M._Vinson.jpg
Sherman Minton
Seated 1949 · US Goverment · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherman_Minton%27s_official_United_States_Supreme_Court_photograph.jpg
Tom C. Clark
Seated 1949 · Unknown photographer · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Associate_Justice_Tom_C._Clark,_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_(cropped).jpg
Earl Warren
Seated 1953 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earl_Warren_Portrait,_half_figure,_seated,_facing_front,_as_Governor.jpg
John Marshall Harlan II
Seated 1955 · Princeton University · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Marshall_Harlan_1920.jpg
William J. Brennan Jr.
Seated 1956 · Robert S. Oakes · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Supreme_Court_Justice_William_Brennan_-_1972_official_portrait.jpg
Charles Evans Whittaker
Seated 1957 · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Whittaker.jpg
Potter Stewart
Seated 1958 · Robert S. Oakes · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Supreme_Court_Justice_Potter_Stewart_-_1976_official_portrait.jpg
Arthur Goldberg
Seated 1962 · Supreme Court Historical Society · Courtesy of the Supreme Court Historical Society
https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/arthur-j-goldberg-1962-1965/
Byron White
Seated 1962 · Unknown · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Supreme_Court_Justice_Byron_White_-_1976_official_portrait.jpg
Abe Fortas
Seated 1965 · Harris & Ewing, photographer · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federal_Emergency_Administration%27s_General_Counsel._Washington,_D.C.,_May_1._A_new_informal_photograph_of_Abe_Fortas,_General_Counsel_of_the_Federal_Emergency_Administration_of_Public_Works_LCCN2016875554.jpg
Thurgood Marshall
Seated 1967 · Robert S. Oakes · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg
Warren E. Burger
Seated 1969 · U.S. Supreme Court photographer · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warren_E_Burger_official_photograph_as_chief_justice.jpg
Harry Blackmun
Seated 1970 · Unknown · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justice_Blackmun_Official.jpg
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Seated 1972 · Color negative by Robert S. Oakes · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Supreme_Court_Justice_Lewis_Powell_-_1976_official_portrait.jpg
William Rehnquist
Seated 1972 · Robert S. Oakes · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Rehnquist_official_portrait_1972.jpg
John Paul Stevens
Seated 1975 · Steve Petteway, photographer for the US Supreme Court · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Paul_Stevens,_SCOTUS_photo_portrait.jpg
Sandra Day O'Connor
Seated 1981 · Library of Congress (Transferred by Sven Manguard, · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandra_Day_O%27Connor_crop.jpg
Antonin Scalia
Seated 1986 · Steve Petteway, photographer, Supreme Court of the United States[1] (See [2]) · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonin_Scalia_Official_SCOTUS_Portrait_crop.jpg
Anthony Kennedy
Seated 1988 · Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthony_Kennedy_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg
David Souter
Seated 1990 · "Courtesy of the Supreme Court of the United States, National Geographic Society, Photographer: Joseph Bailey" · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DavidSouter.jpg
Clarence Thomas
Seated 1991 · Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Seated 1993 · Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg_official_SCOTUS_portrait_(cropped).jpg
Stephen Breyer
Seated 1994 · Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Photographer: Steve Petteway · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Breyer,_SCOTUS_photo_portrait.jpg
John Roberts
Seated 2005 · Steve Petteway · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Official_roberts_CJ.jpg
Samuel Alito
Seated 2006 · Steve Petteway · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justice_Alito_official.jpg
Sonia Sotomayor
Seated 2009 · Stacey Ilyse · CC BY 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonia_Sotomayor_7_in_robe,_2009.jpg
Elena Kagan
Seated 2010 · Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States · CC BY-SA 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elena_Kagan_Official_SCOTUS_Portrait_(2013).jpg
Neil Gorsuch
Seated 2017 · Franz Jantzen, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Associate_Justice_Neil_Gorsuch_Official_Portrait.jpg
Brett Kavanaugh
Seated 2018 · The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Associate_Justice_Brett_Kavanaugh_Official_Portrait.jpg
Amy Coney Barrett
Seated 2020 · United States Supreme Court · Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amy_Coney_Barrett_official_portrait.jpg
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Seated 2022 · File:Ketanji Brown Jackson at Loeb House (Harvard University, 2020).jpg: Rose Lincoln, Harvard University derivative work: Innisfree987 · CC BY-SA 4.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ketanji_Brown_Jackson_2020.jpeg