One of the Court’s last pieces of business on August 15, 1800, was this allotment order assigning the Justices to the various circuits. It was signed by the four Justices who were present that day: William Paterson, Samuel Chase, Bushrod Washington and Alfred Moore. Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth and Justice William Cushing were absent.
Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Before moving to Washington, D.C., the Supreme Court met in this room in Congress Hall from August 5-15, 1800. The room had previously been used by the U.S. Senate. It was the third, and last, room the Supreme Court used as its courtroom in the three buildings known collectively today as Independence National Historical Park.
Franz Jantzen, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
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