Talk:List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States/Prototype--Chronological table--Draft 1

Justices in chronological order
The following list consists of past Supreme Court Justices since 1789 placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office. The names of Justices who are active (as of November 28, 2004) are in bold. Justices who received a recess appointment to the Supreme Court have an asterisk(*) following their name. All but one of these recess appointments went on to be confirmed by the Senate during the following session of Congress.

(a) ''This individual was elevated from Associate Justice to Chief Justice. Unlike the inferior courts, the Chief Justice is separately nominated and subject to a separate confirmation process, regardless of whether or not (s)he is already an Associate Justice.''

(b) ''There is some disagreement on how William Howard Taft exited office. According to some sources, such as the Supreme Court Historical Society, Chief Justice Taft retired. According to others, such as the Federal Judicial Center, Chief Justice Taft resigned.''