U.S. Government – Supreme Court Justices Through History
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Died![]() |
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Chief Justice![]() |
117 | Ketanji Brown Jackson | Biden | 1970 | 2022 | |||
116 | Amy Coney Barrett | Trump | 1972 | 2020 | |||
115 | Brett Kavanaugh | Trump | 1965 | 2018 | |||
114 | Neil Gorsuch | Trump | 1967 | 2017 | |||
113 | Elena Kagan | Obama | 1960 | 2010 | |||
112 | Sonia Sotomayor | Obama | 1954 | 2009 | |||
111 | Samuel A. Alito, Jr. | G. W. Bush | 1950 | 2006 | |||
110 | John G. Roberts, Jr. | G. W. Bush | 1955 | 2005 | 2005- | ||
109 | Stephen G. Breyer | Clinton | 1938 | 1994 | 2022 | ||
108 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Clinton | 1933 | 2020 | 1993 | 2020 | |
107 | Clarence Thomas | G. H. W. Bush | 1948 | 1991 | |||
106 | David H. Souter | G. H. W. Bush | 1939 | 1990 | 2009 | ||
105 | Anthony Kennedy | Reagan | 1936 | 1988 | 2018 | ||
104 | Antonin Scalia | Reagan | 1936 | 2016 | 1986 | 2016 | |
103 | Sandra Day O'Connor | Reagan | 1930 | 2023 | 1981 | 2006 | |
102 | John Paul Stevens | Ford | 1920 | 2019 | 1975 | 2010 | |
101 | William H. Rehnquist | Nixon | 1924 | 2005 | 1972 | 2005 | 1986-2005 |
100 | Lewis Powell, Jr. | Nixon | 1907 | 1998 | 1972 | 1987 | |
99 | Harry A. Blackmun | Nixon | 1908 | 1999 | 1970 | 1994 | |
98 | Warren E. Burger | Nixon | 1907 | 1995 | 1969 | 1986 | 1969-1986 |
97 | Thurgood Marshall | L. Johnson | 1908 | 1993 | 1967 | 1991 | |
96 | Abe Fortas | L. Johnson | 1910 | 1982 | 1965 | 1969 | |
95 | Arthur J. Goldberg | Kennedy | 1908 | 1990 | 1962 | 1965 | |
94 | Byron White | Kennedy | 1917 | 2002 | 1962 | 1993 | |
93 | Potter Stewart | Eisenhower | 1915 | 1985 | 1958 | 1981 | |
92 | Charles E. Whittaker | Eisenhower | 1901 | 1973 | 1957 | 1962 | |
91 | William J. Brennan, Jr. | Eisenhower | 1906 | 1997 | 1956 | 1990 | |
90 | John Marshall Harlan II | Eisenhower | 1899 | 1971 | 1955 | 1971 | |
89 | Earl Warren | Eisenhower | 1891 | 1974 | 1953 | 1969 | 1953-1969 |
88 | Sherman Minton | Truman | 1890 | 1965 | 1949 | 1956 | |
87 | Tom C. Clark | Truman | 1899 | 1977 | 1949 | 1967 | |
86 | Frederick M. Vinson | Truman | 1890 | 1953 | 1946 | 1953 | 1946-1953 |
85 | Harold H. Burton | Truman | 1888 | 1964 | 1945 | 1958 | |
84 | Wiley Blount Rutledge | F. Roosevelt | 1894 | 1949 | 1943 | 1949 | |
83 | Robert H. Jackson | F. Roosevelt | 1892 | 1954 | 1941 | 1954 | |
82 | James F. Byrnes | F. Roosevelt | 1879 | 1972 | 1941 | 1942 | |
81 | Frank Murphy | F. Roosevelt | 1890 | 1949 | 1940 | 1949 | |
80 | William O. Douglas | F. Roosevelt | 1898 | 1980 | 1939 | 1975 | |
79 | Felix Frankfurter | F. Roosevelt | 1882 | 1965 | 1939 | 1962 | |
78 | Stanley F. Reed | F. Roosevelt | 1884 | 1980 | 1938 | 1957 | |
77 | Hugo L. Black | F. Roosevelt | 1886 | 1971 | 1937 | 1971 | |
76 | Benjamin N. Cardozo | Hoover | 1870 | 1938 | 1932 | 1938 | |
75 | Owen J. Roberts | Hoover | 1875 | 1955 | 1930 | 1945 | |
74 | Charles Evans Hughes | Hoover | 1862 | 1948 | 1930 | 1941 | 1930-1941 |
73 | Harlan Fiske Stone | Coolidge | 1872 | 1946 | 1925 | 1946 | 1941-1946 |
72 | Edward T. Sanford | Harding | 1865 | 1930 | 1923 | 1930 | |
71 | Pierce Butler | Harding | 1866 | 1939 | 1923 | 1939 | |
70 | George Sutherland | Harding | 1862 | 1942 | 1922 | 1942 | |
69 | William Howard Taft | Harding | 1857 | 1930 | 1921 | 1930 | 1921-1930 |
68 | John H. Clarke | Wilson | 1857 | 1945 | 1916 | 1922 | |
67 | Louis D. Brandeis | Wilson | 1856 | 1941 | 1916 | 1939 | |
66 | James C. McReynolds | Wilson | 1862 | 1946 | 1914 | 1941 | |
65 | Mahlon Pitney | Taft | 1858 | 1924 | 1912 | 1922 | |
64 | Joseph R. Lamar | Taft | 1857 | 1916 | 1911 | 1916 | |
63 | Willis Van Devanter | Taft | 1859 | 1941 | 1911 | 1937 | |
62 | Charles E. Hughes | Taft | 1862 | 1948 | 1910 | 1916 | |
61 | Horace H. Lurton | Taft | 1844 | 1914 | 1910 | 1914 | |
60 | William H. Moody | T. Roosevelt | 1853 | 1917 | 1906 | 1910 | |
59 | William Rufus Day | T. Roosevelt | 1849 | 1923 | 1903 | 1922 | |
58 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | T. Roosevelt | 1841 | 1935 | 1902 | 1932 | |
57 | Joseph McKenna | McKinley | 1843 | 1926 | 1898 | 1925 | |
56 | Rufus W. Peckham | Cleveland | 1838 | 1909 | 1896 | 1909 | |
55 | Edward D. White | Cleveland | 1845 | 1921 | 1894 | 1921 | 1910-1921 |
54 | Howell E. Jackson | B. Harrison | 1832 | 1895 | 1893 | 1895 | |
53 | George Shiras, Jr. | B. Harrison | 1832 | 1924 | 1892 | 1924 | |
52 | Henry B. Brown | B. Harrison | 1836 | 1913 | 1891 | 1906 | |
51 | David J. Brewer | B. Harrison | 1837 | 1910 | 1890 | 1910 | |
50 | Melville Fuller | Cleveland | 1833 | 1910 | 1888 | 1910 | 1888-1910 |
49 | Lucius Q.C. Lamar | Cleveland | 1825 | 1893 | 1888 | 1893 | |
48 | Samuel Blatchford | Arthur | 1820 | 1893 | 1882 | 1893 | |
47 | Horace Gray | Arthur | 1828 | 1902 | 1882 | 1902 | |
46 | Stanley Matthews | Garfield | 1824 | 1889 | 1881 | 1889 | |
45 | William B. Woods | Hayes | 1824 | 1887 | 1881 | 1887 | |
44 | John Marshall Harlan | Hayes | 1833 | 1911 | 1877 | 1911 | |
43 | Morrison Waite | Grant | 1816 | 1888 | 1874 | 1888 | 1874-1888 |
42 | Ward Hunt | Grant | 1810 | 1886 | 1873 | 1882 | |
41 | Joseph P. Bradley | Grant | 1813 | 1892 | 1870 | 1892 | |
40 | William Strong | Grant | 1808 | 1895 | 1870 | 1880 | |
39 | Salmon P. Chase | Lincoln | 1808 | 1873 | 1864 | 1873 | 1864-1873 |
38 | Stephen J. Field | Lincoln | 1816 | 1899 | 1863 | 1897 | |
37 | David Davis | Lincoln | 1815 | 1886 | 1862 | 1877 | |
36 | Samuel F. Miller | Lincoln | 1816 | 1890 | 1862 | 1890 | |
35 | Noah H. Swayne | Lincoln | 1804 | 1884 | 1862 | 1881 | |
34 | Nathan Clifford | Buchanan | 1803 | 1881 | 1858 | 1881 | |
33 | John A. Campbell | Pierce | 1811 | 1889 | 1853 | 1861 | |
32 | Benjamin R. Curtis | Fillmore | 1809 | 1874 | 1851 | 1857 | |
31 | Robert C. Grier | Polk | 1794 | 1870 | 1846 | 1870 | |
30 | Levi Woodbury | Polk | 1789 | 1851 | 1845 | 1851 | |
29 | Samuel Nelson | Tyler | 1792 | 1873 | 1845 | 1872 | |
28 | Peter V. Daniel | Van Buren | 1784 | 1860 | 1842 | 1860 | |
27 | John McKinley | Van Buren | 1780 | 1852 | 1838 | 1852 | |
26 | John Catron | Van Buren | 1786 | 1865 | 1837 | 1865 | |
25 | Philip P. Barbour | Jackson | 1783 | 1841 | 1836 | 1841 | |
24 | Roger B. Taney | Jackson | 1777 | 1864 | 1836 | 1864 | 1836-1864 |
23 | James M. Wayne | Jackson | 1790 | 1867 | 1835 | 1867 | |
22 | Henry Baldwin | Jackson | 1780 | 1844 | 1830 | 1844 | |
21 | John McLean | Jackson | 1785 | 1861 | 1830 | 1861 | |
19 | Smith Thompson | Monroe | 1768 | 1843 | 1823 | 1843 | |
18 | Joseph Story | Madison | 1779 | 1845 | 1812 | 1845 | |
17 | Gabriel Duvall | Madison | 1752 | 1844 | 1811 | 1835 | |
16 | Thomas Todd | Jefferson | 1765 | 1826 | 1807 | 1826 | |
15 | Henry B. Livingston | Jefferson | 1757 | 1823 | 1807 | 1823 | |
14 | William Johnson | Jefferson | 1771 | 1834 | 1804 | 1834 | |
13 | John Marshall | J. Adams | 1755 | 1835 | 1801 | 1835 | 1801-1835 |
12 | Alfred Moore | J. Adams | 1755 | 1810 | 1800 | 1804 | |
11 | Bushrod Washington | J. Adams | 1762 | 1829 | 1799 | 1829 | |
10 | Oliver Ellsworth | Washington | 1745 | 1807 | 1796 | 1800 | 1796-1800 |
9 | Samuel Chase | Washington | 1741 | 1811 | 1796 | 1811 | |
8 | William Paterson | Washington | 1745 | 1806 | 1793 | 1806 | |
7 | Thomas Johnson | Washington | 1732 | 1819 | 1792 | 1793 | |
6 | James Iredell | Washington | 1751 | 1799 | 1790 | 1799 | |
5 | John Rutledge | Washington | 1739 | 1800 | 1790 | 1791 | |
5 | John Rutledge | Washington | 1739 | 1800 | 1795 | 1795 | 1795 |
4 | John Blair | Washington | 1732 | 1800 | 1790 | 1795 | |
3 | William Cushing | Washington | 1732 | 1810 | 1790 | 1810 | |
2 | John Jay | Washington | 1745 | 1829 | 1789 | 1795 | 1789-1795 |
1 | James Wilson | Washington | 1742 | 1798 | 1789 | 1798 |