Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . of the building,across the main vestibule, were the offices of the Secretary of fhe Senate, nowoccupied by the officers of the court. The two rooms on the N. side were as-signed to the President and Vice President—now the robing rooms. Chief Justices.—1789, John Jay, N. Y.; 1795, John Rutledge, S C, re-jected; 1796, William Gushing. Mass.,declined; 1796 Oliver Ellsworth, Conn.,1800, John Jay, N. Y.; 1801, John Marshall, Va.; 1836, Roger B. Taney, Md.;
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . of the building,across the main vestibule, were the offices of the Secretary of fhe Senate, nowoccupied by the officers of the court. The two rooms on the N. side were as-signed to the President and Vice President—now the robing rooms. Chief Justices.—1789, John Jay, N. Y.; 1795, John Rutledge, S C, re-jected; 1796, William Gushing. Mass.,declined; 1796 Oliver Ellsworth, Conn.,1800, John Jay, N. Y.; 1801, John Marshall, Va.; 1836, Roger B. Taney, Md.;X864, Salmon P. Chase, Ohio; 1874, Morrison R. Waite, Ohio. The Judiciary.— The jfudicialpowtrof the United States,under Constitution,is vested in one Su-preme Court andliuch inferior courtsas Congress may de-termine. UnitedStates Judges canonly be removed byimpeachment. Theyare appointed by thePresident and con-firmed by the Sen-ate. The jurisdic-tion of the SupremeCourt is confined tocivil cases betweenstates or citizensthereof, questionsunder treaties or be-tween aliens andexercises appellateand revisory juris-diction in certaJn. 14, Kobing Koom.—In this apartment tlie Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court and his Associates attire themselves intheir court robes, in which thev sit on the supreme bench. On the walls are portraits of Chief Justices, John Jay, by Henry PeterGray, 1813, after Gilbert Stuart, 1793, represented in the robe with scarlet fac-ings worn by the degree, LL. D., University of Edinburgh, conferred on 1876, by John Jay, his grandson. John Marshall, by Rembrandteale, 1825, presented to Chief Justice Chase by the bar of New York, by whomit was bequeathed, 1873, to the Supreme Court of the United States. R. , by J. G. P. Healy, 1858, ^3oo, taken from life, 85th year, , by the bar and clerk of the court. From the Robing Room the Justices, in tlieir judicial robes,at the hour of meeting of the court, cross the corridor, an
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