Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1896 — Justice Field’s Long Servie. [ARTICLE]

Justice Field’s Long Servie.

Justice Field, of the Supreme Court of the United States, Is trying to beat the service record In that court, and he seems likely to do so. His health Is good, and his sturdy frame stands erect. Many have looked with longing eyes on his seat on the bench, for he could have applied for retirement some years ago. From time to time, at first, there was speculation on the subject. “If Justice Field should resign,” prefaced many a suggestion. But presently It became known that Justice Field was in no mood for resigning. Lately It has been understood that he had an ambition to serve on the bench longer than any of his predecessors. He was appointed March 10,1863. * He will have to serve until August 16, 1897, if he wishes to equal the service of Chief Justice Marshall. Mr. Marshall went on the bench Jan. 81, 1801, and served until his death, July 6, 1835. This Is the record of long service on the bench. Justice Field was appointed by President Lincoln March 10,1863, to a place on the Supreme bench created by the law of March 3, 1863. The Supreme Court originally consisted of a chief justice and five associate justices. An additional jusitice was authorized by the law of 1807, another In 1837, and in 1863 a law was passed providing that the court should consist of a chief justice and nine associates. The law of 1869, now in force, reduced the number of associates toeight.—New York Herald.