stephen breyer has the shortest tenure on the supreme court.
stephen breyer has the shortest tenure on the supreme court.
who has the shortest tenure on the supreme court?
stephen breyer
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in 1789, president george washington appointed rutledge as one of the inaugural associate justices of the supreme court of the united states. rutledge left the supreme court in 1791 to become chief justice of the south carolina court of common pleas and sessions. he returned to the supreme court, this time as chief justice, following the resignation of john jay in june 1795. as the vacancy came during a long senate recess, washington named rutledge as the new chief justice by a recess appointment. when the senate reconvened in december 1795, it rejected rutledge's nomination by a 10–14 vote. rutledge resigned his commission shortly thereafter, and withdrew from public life until his death in 1800. he holds the record for the shortest tenure of any chief justice. his was the first supreme court nomination to be rejected by the senate, and he remains the only "recess appointed" justice not to be subsequently confirmed by the senate.
john rutledge