JOHN RUTLEDGE

Chief Justice (August 1795 - December 1975)

QUICK FACTS

APPOINTED BY

George Washington

PRECEDED BY

BIRTHPLACE

South Carolina (Colony)

SWORN IN

August 12, 1795

SUCCEEDED BY

Oliver Ellsworth

EDUCATION

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

What the Court looked like during Chief Justice Rutledge’s tenure.

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