George Washington is the president that appointed the most Supreme Court Justices. There have been only seven US Presidents that served only one term.
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No. It only depends on how many supreme court justices leave office during the Presidents term. For example, if all of them died and/or decided to retire, the president would have the opportunity to appoint the entire bench.
Five of the eight seated justices (there is currently one vacancy on the bench) were nominated by Republican Presidents and served in government during Republican administrations prior to appointment. It is probably reasonable to infer all five are Republicans.
George Washington served two terms.
Only one and that was Franklin Roosevelt.
There have been a total of 111 Justices on the US Supreme Court since its inception in 1790; 99 have served since 1800.