Under Lyndon B. Johnson, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American Justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Prior to joining the Court, he worked for the NAACP and coordinate...
After four years of construction, the Supreme Court moved out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol and into the completed building across the street. The grand structure is made of marble and its s...
It was Taft’s dream for the Supreme Court to have a building of its own, and in 1929 Congress approved the funds for it. Just under ten million dollars was granted for the construction of the Supre...
The Court moved out of its room in the basement of the Capitol and into the Old Senate Chamber in 1860. The Supreme Court remained here until 1935 with the completion of its present building behind...
John Marshall, a Revolutionary War veteran, is one of the most famous Chief Justices. Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court under President John Adams, and he held the position through Jeffer...
The Supreme Court moved as the nation’s Capitol moved to Washington, D.C. No plans were made for the Court’s accommodations, however, so Justices initially moved into a space intended for House Com...
All three branches of government moved from New York to Philadelphia, the new location of the Capitol, in 1791. Held at Independence Hall, the first session of the Court in its new location lasted...
The first two sessions of the Supreme Court were held in the Royal Exchange Building in New York before an “uncommonly crowded” scene, according to New York newspapers at the time. The Court heard ...
In the summer of 1787, the Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, during which the Constitution was written. The Supreme Court of the United States was established ...
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