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Dates in Office

Although the CRS report cited at http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL31112.pdf says he was appointed in August 1791, this report is incorrect. First, Oyez, at http://www.oyez.org/justices/thomas_johnson says Commissioned 11/6/91 and sworn in 8/5/92, with length of service listed as 5 months.

Second, Appointment of Johnson, 2 U.S. 402, 1792 WL 385 says "Supreme Court of the United States. Appointment of Johnson. August Term 1792. The court being met, a commission, appointing Thomas Johnson one of the Justices, bearing date the 7th of November, 1791, was read; and he was qualified according to law."

Therefore, the correct date of his service is from August, 1792 onwards.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by SocraticPrince (talk • contribs) 17:48, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The correct date is the date on the commission, not the date he was sworn. The Oyez article states that his term of service was five months, but further down it says that his term in office was 14 months. I have changed the date to reflect this, and added the date he was sworn. Richard75 (talk) 12:36, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the start date in office from August 5th to August 6th because the article and PDF both state that he was sworn in on August 6, 1792.

Did John Rutledge resign?

In this article, it says John Rutledge resigned. In John Rutledge, it sounds like he was rejected over the chief justice nomination but remained as an associate justice (later resigned or retired). What's the whole story? -- Toytoy July 2, 2005 04:06 (UTC)

The Rutledge article could be a bit learer, but here is the expanded version...

Rutledge resigned from the court in 1791 to take job as the chief justice of and in South Carolina
Washington appointed Johnson to replace Rutledge as associate justice under John Jay
In 1795 John Jay resigned to become Governor of New Yotk
Washington appointed Rutledge (again) to the Supreme Court, this time as Chief Justice.
- This (2nd time) was the nomination that the senate rejected.

I hope that answers, if not e-mail me, and I'll adjust this summary... Lou I 18:24, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wasnt this guy a cheif justice instead of associate? will this ever be updated? DarkShadow 02:33, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 :The correct date is the date on the commission, not the date he was sworn. The Oyez article states that his term of ''service'' was five months, but further down it says that his term ''in office'' was 14 months. I have changed the date to reflect this, and added the date he was sworn. [[User:Richard75|Richard75]] ([[User talk:Richard75|talk]]) 12:36, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
+I changed the start date in office from August 5th to August 6th because the article and PDF both state that he was sworn in on August 6, 1792.
 == Did John Rutledge resign? ==