During the Supreme Court’s first term (1790) it had no docket & made no decisions. When the nation’s capitol moved to Washington D.C., in 1800 it did not even have a courtroom. Congress provided a small committee room in the basement of the Capitol, where the Court remained until the Civil War.
In 1789, the Chief Justice’s salary was $4,000, while associate justices made $3,500. By 2010, the Chief Justice’s salary had risen to $223,500, with associate justices receiving $213,900.
The youngest Supreme Court appointee was Joseph Story (32). The oldest sitting justice was Oliver Wendell Holmes, who served until he was 90.
Jimmy Carter is the only president to serve a full term without nominating a Supreme Court justice.
Source: Constitutional Facts