List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom constitute a quorum.[1][2] Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution grants plenary power to the President of the United States to nominate, and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, appoint justices to the Supreme Court. Justices have life tenure,[3] and receive a salary which is set at $255,500 per year for the chief justice and at $244,400 per year for each associate justice as of 2014.[4][5][6]
The Supreme Court was created by Article III of the United States Constitution, which stipulates that the "judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court,"[7] and was organized by the 1st United States Congress. Through the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress specified the Court's original and appellate jurisdiction, created thirteen judicial districts, and fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices).[8][9]
Since 1789, Congress has occasionally altered the size of the Supreme Court, historically in response to the country's own expansion in size. An 1801 act would have decreased the Court's size to five members upon its next vacancy. However, an 1802 act negated the effects of the 1801 act upon the Court before any such vacancy occurred, maintaining the Court's size at six members. Later legislation increased its size to seven members in 1807, to nine in 1837, and to ten in 1863. An 1866 act was to have reduced the Court's size from ten members to seven upon its next three vacancies, and two vacancies did occur during this period. However, before a third vacancy occurred, the Judiciary Act of 1869 intervened, restoring the Court's size to nine members, where it has remained ever since.[10]
While the justices of the Supreme Court are appointed for life, many have retired or resigned. Beginning in the early 20th century, many justices who left the Court voluntarily did so by retiring from the Court without leaving the federal judiciary altogether. A retired justice, according to the United States Code, is no longer a member of the Supreme Court, but remains eligible to serve by designation as a judge of a U.S. Court of Appeals or District Court, and many retired justices have served in these capacities. Historically, the average length of service on the Court has been less than 15 years. However, since 1970 the average length of service has increased to about 26 years.[11]
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Current justices
Nine justices currently serve on the Supreme Court. Listed in order of seniority, they are:
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John Roberts,
Chief Justice
since September 29, 2005
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Clarence Thomas,
Associate Justice
since October 23, 1991
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Stephen Breyer,
Associate Justice
since August 3, 1994
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Samuel Alito,
Associate Justice
since January 31, 2006
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Sonia Sotomayor,
Associate Justice
since August 8, 2009
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Elena Kagan,
Associate Justice
since August 7, 2010
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Neil Gorsuch,
Associate Justice
since April 10, 2017
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Brett Kavanaugh,
Associate Justice
since October 6, 2018
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Amy Coney Barrett,
Associate Justice
since October 27, 2020
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All justices
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 115 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 106 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 211 days to the 163-day tenure of Thomas Johnson. As of February 17, 2025, the length of service for the nine incumbent justices ranges from Clarence Thomas' Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. to Amy Coney Barrett's Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.. Five individuals were confirmed for associate justice, and later appointed chief justice separately: John Rutledge,[lower-alpha 1] Edward Douglass White,[lower-alpha 2] Charles Evans Hughes,[lower-alpha 1] Harlan F. Stone,[lower-alpha 2] and William Rehnquist.[lower-alpha 2] While listed twice, each of them has been assigned only one index number. The justices of the Supreme Court are:[21][22]
Justice | State[lower-alpha 3] | Position | Succeeded | Date confirmed (Vote) |
Tenure | Tenure length[lower-alpha 4] | Nominated by | ||
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John Jay (1745–1829) |
NY | Chief Justice |
Inaugural | September 26, 1789 (Acclamation) |
October 19, 1789 – June 29, 1795 (Resigned) |
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2 | ![]() |
John Rutledge (1739–1800) |
SC | Associate Justice |
Inaugural | September 26, 1789 (Acclamation) |
February 15, 1790 – March 4, 1791 (Resigned) |
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3 | ![]() |
William Cushing (1732–1810) |
MA | Associate Justice |
Inaugural | September 26, 1789 (Acclamation) |
February 2, 1790 – September 13, 1810 (Died) |
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4 | ![]() |
James Wilson (1742–1798) |
PA | Associate Justice |
Inaugural | September 26, 1789 (Acclamation) |
October 5, 1789 – August 21, 1798 (Died) |
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5 | 100px | John Blair (1732–1800) |
VA | Associate Justice |
Inaugural | September 26, 1789 (Acclamation) |
February 2, 1790 – October 25, 1795 (Resigned) |
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6 | ![]() |
James Iredell (1751–1799) |
NC | Associate Justice |
Inaugural | February 10, 1790 (Acclamation) |
May 12, 1790 – October 20, 1799 (Died) |
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7 | ![]() |
Thomas Johnson (1732–1819) |
MD | Associate Justice |
J. Rutledge | November 7, 1791 (Acclamation) |
August 6, 1792[lower-alpha 5] – January 16, 1793 (Resigned) |
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8 | ![]() |
William Paterson (1745–1806) |
NJ | Associate Justice |
T. Johnson | March 4, 1793 (Acclamation) |
March 11, 1793 – September 8, 1806 (Died) |
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2 | ![]() |
John Rutledge (1739–1800) |
SC | Chief Justice |
Jay | December 15, 1795 (10–14)[lower-alpha 6] |
August 12, 1795[lower-alpha 5] – December 28, 1795 (Resigned, nomination having been rejected) |
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9 | 100px | Samuel Chase[lower-alpha 7] (1741–1811) |
MD | Associate Justice |
Blair | January 27, 1796 (Acclamation) |
February 4, 1796 – June 19, 1811 (Died) |
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10 | ![]() |
Oliver Ellsworth (1745–1807) |
CT | Chief Justice |
J. Rutledge | March 4, 1796 (21–1) |
March 8, 1796 – December 15, 1800 (Resigned) |
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11 | ![]() |
Bushrod Washington (1762–1829) |
VA | Associate Justice |
Wilson | December 20, 1798 (Acclamation) |
November 9, 1798[lower-alpha 5] – November 26, 1829 (Died) |
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12 | ![]() |
Alfred Moore (1755–1810) |
NC | Associate Justice |
Iredell | December 9, 1799 (Acclamation) |
April 21, 1800 – January 26, 1804 (Resigned) |
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13 | ![]() |
John Marshall (1755–1835) |
VA | Chief Justice |
Ellsworth | January 27, 1801 (Acclamation) |
February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835 (Died) |
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14 | ![]() |
William Johnson (1771–1834) |
SC | Associate Justice |
Moore | March 24, 1804 (Acclamation) |
May 7, 1804 – August 4, 1834 (Died) |
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15 | ![]() |
Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757–1823) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Paterson | December 17, 1806 (Acclamation) |
January 20, 1807[lower-alpha 5] – March 18, 1823 (Died) |
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16 | ![]() |
Thomas Todd (1765–1826) |
KY | Associate Justice |
new seat | March 2, 1807 (Acclamation) |
March 3, 1807 – February 7, 1826 (Died) |
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17 | ![]() |
Gabriel Duvall (1752–1844) |
MD | Associate Justice |
S. Chase | November 18, 1811 (Acclamation) |
November 23, 1811 – January 12, 1835 (Resigned) |
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18 | ![]() |
Joseph Story (1779–1845) |
MA | Associate Justice |
Cushing | November 18, 1811 (Acclamation) |
February 3, 1812 – September 10, 1845 (Died) |
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19 | ![]() |
Smith Thompson (1768–1843) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Livingston | December 9, 1823 (Acclamation) |
September 1, 1823[lower-alpha 5] – December 18, 1843 (Died) |
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20 | ![]() |
Robert Trimble (1776–1828) |
KY | Associate Justice |
Todd | May 9, 1826 (25–5) |
June 16, 1826 – August 25, 1828 (Died) |
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21 | 100px | John McLean (1785–1861) |
OH | Associate Justice |
Trimble | March 7, 1829 (Acclamation) |
January 11, 1830 – April 4, 1861 (Died) |
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22 | ![]() |
Henry Baldwin (1780–1844) |
PA | Associate Justice |
Washington | January 6, 1830 (41–2) |
January 18, 1830 – April 21, 1844 (Died) |
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23 | 100px | James Moore Wayne (1790–1867) |
GA | Associate Justice |
W. Johnson | January 9, 1835 (Acclamation) |
January 14, 1835 – July 5, 1867 (Died) |
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24 | ![]() |
Roger B. Taney (1777–1864) |
MD | Chief Justice |
J. Marshall | March 15, 1836 (29–15) |
March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864 (Died) |
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25 | ![]() |
Philip P. Barbour (1783–1841) |
VA | Associate Justice |
Duvall | March 15, 1836 (30–11) |
May 12, 1836 – February 25, 1841 (Died) |
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26 | ![]() |
John Catron (1786–1865) |
TN | Associate Justice |
new seat | March 8, 1837 (28–15) |
May 1, 1837 – May 30, 1865 (Died) |
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27 | ![]() |
John McKinley (1780–1852) |
AL | Associate Justice |
new seat | September 25, 1837 (Acclamation) |
January 9, 1838[lower-alpha 5] – July 19, 1852 (Died) |
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28 | 100px | Peter Vivian Daniel (1784–1860) |
VA | Associate Justice |
Barbour | March 2, 1841 (25–5) |
January 10, 1842 – May 31, 1860 (Died) |
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29 | ![]() |
Samuel Nelson (1792–1873) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Thompson | February 14, 1845 (Acclamation) |
February 27, 1845 – November 28, 1872 (Retired) |
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30 | ![]() |
Levi Woodbury (1789–1851) |
NH | Associate Justice |
Story | January 31, 1846 (Acclamation) |
September 23, 1845[lower-alpha 5] – September 4, 1851 (Died) |
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31 | ![]() |
Robert Cooper Grier (1794–1870) |
PA | Associate Justice |
Baldwin | August 4, 1846 (Acclamation) |
August 10, 1846 – January 31, 1870 (Retired) |
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32 | 100px | Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809–1874) |
MA | Associate Justice |
Woodbury | December 20, 1851 (Acclamation) |
October 10, 1851[lower-alpha 5] – September 30, 1857 (Resigned) |
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33 | ![]() |
John Archibald Campbell (1811–1889) |
AL | Associate Justice |
McKinley | March 22, 1853 (Acclamation) |
April 11, 1853 – April 30, 1861 (Resigned) |
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34 | ![]() |
Nathan Clifford (1803–1881) |
ME | Associate Justice |
Curtis | January 12, 1858 (26–23) |
January 21, 1858 – July 25, 1881 (Died) |
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35 | ![]() |
Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884) |
OH | Associate Justice |
McLean | January 24, 1862 (38–1) |
January 27, 1862 – January 24, 1881 (Retired) |
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36 | ![]() |
Samuel Freeman Miller (1816–1890) |
IA | Associate Justice |
Daniel | July 16, 1862 (Acclamation) |
July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died) |
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37 | ![]() |
David Davis (1815–1886) |
IL | Associate Justice |
Campbell | December 8, 1862 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1862[lower-alpha 5] – March 4, 1877 (Resigned) |
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38 | ![]() |
Stephen Johnson Field (1816–1899) |
CA | Associate Justice |
new seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) |
May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
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39 | ![]() |
Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873) |
OH | Chief Justice |
Taney | December 6, 1864 (Acclamation) |
December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873 (Died) |
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40 | ![]() |
William Strong (1808–1895) |
PA | Associate Justice |
Grier | February 18, 1870 (No vote recorded) |
March 14, 1870 – December 14, 1880 (Retired) |
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41 | ![]() |
Joseph P. Bradley (1813–1892) |
NJ | Associate Justice |
new seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) |
March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |
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42 | ![]() |
Ward Hunt (1810–1886) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Nelson | December 11, 1872 (Acclamation) |
January 9, 1873 – January 27, 1882 (Retired) |
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43 | ![]() |
Morrison Waite (1816–1888) |
OH | Chief Justice |
S. P. Chase | January 21, 1874 (63–0) |
March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888 (Died) |
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44 | ![]() |
John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911) |
KY | Associate Justice |
Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
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45 | ![]() |
William Burnham Woods (1824–1887) |
GA | Associate Justice |
Strong | December 21, 1880 (39–8) |
January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887 (Died) |
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46 | ![]() |
Stanley Matthews (1824–1889) |
OH | Associate Justice |
Swayne | May 12, 1881 (24–23) |
May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 (Died) |
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47 | ![]() |
Horace Gray (1828–1902) |
MA | Associate Justice |
Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) |
January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) |
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48 | 100px | Samuel Blatchford (1820–1893) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Hunt | March 22, 1882 (Acclamation) |
April 3, 1882 – July 7, 1893 (Died) |
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49 | ![]() |
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825–1893) |
MS | Associate Justice |
Woods | January 16, 1888 (32–28) |
January 18, 1888 – January 23, 1893 (Died) |
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50 | ![]() |
Melville Fuller (1833–1910) |
IL | Chief Justice |
Waite | July 20, 1888 (41–20) |
October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910 (Died) |
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51 | ![]() |
David Josiah Brewer (1837–1910) |
KS | Associate Justice |
Matthews | December 18, 1889 (53–11) |
January 6, 1890 – March 28, 1910 (Died) |
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52 | 100px | Henry Billings Brown (1836–1913) |
MI | Associate Justice |
Miller | December 29, 1890 (Acclamation) |
January 5, 1891 – May 28, 1906 (Retired) |
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53 | ![]() |
George Shiras Jr. (1832–1924) |
PA | Associate Justice |
Bradley | July 26, 1892 (Acclamation) |
October 10, 1892 – February 23, 1903 (Retired) |
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54 | ![]() |
Howell Edmunds Jackson (1832–1895) |
TN | Associate Justice |
L. Lamar | February 18, 1893 (Acclamation) |
March 4, 1893 – August 8, 1895 (Died) |
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55 | ![]() |
Edward Douglass White (1845–1921) |
LA | Associate Justice |
Blatchford | February 19, 1894 (Acclamation) |
March 12, 1894 – December 18, 1910 (Continued as chief justice) |
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56 | ![]() |
Rufus W. Peckham (1838–1909) |
NY | Associate Justice |
H. Jackson | December 9, 1895 (Acclamation) |
January 6, 1896 – October 24, 1909 (Died) |
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57 | 147x147px | Joseph McKenna (1843–1926) |
CA | Associate Justice[lower-alpha 8] |
Field | January 21, 1898 (Acclamation) |
January 26, 1898 – January 5, 1925 (Retired) |
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58 | ![]() |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) |
MA | Associate Justice[lower-alpha 9] |
Gray | December 4, 1902 (Acclamation) |
December 8, 1902 – January 12, 1932 (Retired) |
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59 | 140x140px | William R. Day (1849–1923) |
OH | Associate Justice |
Shiras | February 23, 1903 (Acclamation) |
March 2, 1903 – November 13, 1922 (Retired) |
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60 | ![]() |
William Henry Moody (1853–1917) |
MA | Associate Justice |
Brown | December 12, 1906 (Acclamation) |
December 17, 1906 – November 20, 1910 (Retired) |
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61 | ![]() |
Horace Harmon Lurton (1844–1914) |
TN | Associate Justice |
Peckham | December 20, 1909 (Acclamation) |
January 3, 1910 – July 12, 1914 (Died) |
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62 | ![]() |
Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Brewer | May 2, 1910 (Acclamation) |
October 10, 1910 – June 10, 1916 (Resigned) |
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55 | ![]() |
Edward Douglass White (1845–1921) |
LA | Chief Justice |
Fuller | December 12, 1910 (Acclamation) |
December 19, 1910 – May 19, 1921 (Died) |
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63 | ![]() |
Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941) |
WY | Associate Justice |
E. D. White | December 15, 1910 (Acclamation) |
January 3, 1911[lower-alpha 10] – June 2, 1937 (Retired) |
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64 | ![]() |
Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857–1916) |
GA | Associate Justice |
Moody | December 15, 1910 (Acclamation) |
January 3, 1911[lower-alpha 10] – January 2, 1916 (Died) |
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65 | ![]() |
Mahlon Pitney (1858–1924) |
NJ | Associate Justice |
J. Harlan | March 13, 1912 (50–26) |
March 18, 1912 – December 31, 1922 (Resigned) |
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66 | ![]() |
James Clark McReynolds (1862–1946) |
TN | Associate Justice |
Lurton | August 29, 1914 (44–6) |
October 12, 1914 – January 31, 1941 (Retired) |
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67 | ![]() |
Louis Brandeis (1856–1941) |
KY | Associate Justice |
J. Lamar | June 1, 1916 (47–22) |
June 5, 1916 – February 13, 1939 (Retired) |
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68 | 100px | John Hessin Clarke (1857–1945) |
OH | Associate Justice |
Hughes | July 24, 1916 (Acclamation) |
October 9, 1916 – September 18, 1922 (Retired) |
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69 | 100px | William Howard Taft (1857–1930) |
CT | Chief Justice |
E. D. White | June 30, 1921 (Acclamation) |
July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Warren G. Harding |
70 | ![]() |
George Sutherland (1862–1942) |
UT | Associate Justice |
Clarke | September 5, 1922 (Acclamation) |
October 2, 1922 – January 17, 1938 (Retired) |
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71 | ![]() |
Pierce Butler (1866–1939) |
MN | Associate Justice |
Day | December 21, 1922 (61–8) |
January 2, 1923 – November 16, 1939 (Died) |
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72 | ![]() |
Edward Terry Sanford (1865–1930) |
TN | Associate Justice |
Pitney | January 29, 1923 (Acclamation) |
February 19, 1923 – March 8, 1930 (Died) |
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73 | ![]() |
Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946) |
NY | Associate Justice[lower-alpha 11] |
McKenna | February 5, 1925 (71–6) |
March 2, 1925 – July 2, 1941 (Continued as chief justice) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Calvin Coolidge |
62 | ![]() |
Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) |
NY | Chief Justice |
Taft | February 13, 1930 (52–26) |
February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941 (Retired) |
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74 | ![]() |
Owen Roberts (1875–1955) |
PA | Associate Justice |
Sanford | May 20, 1930 (Acclamation) |
June 2, 1930 – July 31, 1945 (Resigned) |
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75 | ![]() |
Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870–1938) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Holmes | February 24, 1932 (Acclamation) |
March 14, 1932 – July 9, 1938 (Died) |
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76 | ![]() |
Hugo Black (1886–1971) |
AL | Associate Justice[lower-alpha 12] |
Van Devanter | August 17, 1937 (63–16) |
August 19, 1937 – September 17, 1971 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
77 | ![]() |
Stanley Forman Reed (1884–1980) |
KY | Associate Justice |
Sutherland | January 25, 1938 (Acclamation) |
January 31, 1938 – February 25, 1957 (Retired) |
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78 | ![]() |
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) |
MA | Associate Justice |
Cardozo | January 17, 1939 (Acclamation) |
January 30, 1939 – August 28, 1962 (Retired) |
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79 | ![]() |
William O. Douglas (1898–1980) |
CT | Associate Justice |
Brandeis | April 4, 1939 (62–4) |
April 17, 1939 – November 12, 1975 (Retired) |
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80 | ![]() |
Frank Murphy (1890–1949) |
MI | Associate Justice |
Butler | January 16, 1940 (Acclamation) |
February 5, 1940 – July 19, 1949 (Died) |
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73 | ![]() |
Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946) |
NY | Chief Justice |
Hughes | June 27, 1941 (Acclamation) |
July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946 (Died) |
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81 | ![]() |
James F. Byrnes (1882–1972) |
SC | Associate Justice |
McReynolds | June 12, 1941 (Acclamation) |
July 8, 1941 – October 3, 1942 (Resigned) |
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82 | 100px | Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Stone | July 7, 1941 (Acclamation) |
July 11, 1941 – October 9, 1954 (Died) |
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83 | ![]() |
Wiley Blount Rutledge (1894–1949) |
IA | Associate Justice |
Byrnes | February 8, 1943 (Acclamation) |
February 15, 1943 – September 10, 1949 (Died) |
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84 | 100px | Harold Hitz Burton (1888–1964) |
OH | Associate Justice |
O. Roberts | September 19, 1945 (Acclamation) |
October 1, 1945 – October 13, 1958 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Harry S. Truman |
85 | ![]() |
Fred M. Vinson (1890–1953) |
KY | Chief Justice |
Stone | June 20, 1946 (Acclamation) |
June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953 (Died) |
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86 | ![]() |
Tom C. Clark (1899–1977) |
TX | Associate Justice |
Murphy | August 18, 1949 (73–8) |
August 24, 1949 – June 12, 1967 (Retired) |
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87 | ![]() |
Sherman Minton (1890–1965) |
IN | Associate Justice |
W. Rutledge | October 4, 1949 (48–16) |
October 12, 1949 – October 15, 1956 (Retired) |
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88 | ![]() |
Earl Warren (1891–1974) |
CA | Chief Justice |
Vinson | March 1, 1954 (Acclamation) |
October 5, 1953[lower-alpha 5] – June 23, 1969 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
89 | ![]() |
John Marshall Harlan II (1899–1971) |
NY | Associate Justice |
R. Jackson | March 16, 1955 (71–11) |
March 28, 1955 – September 23, 1971 (Retired) |
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90 | ![]() |
William J. Brennan Jr. (1906–1997) |
NJ | Associate Justice |
Minton | March 19, 1957 (Acclamation) |
October 16, 1956[lower-alpha 5] – July 20, 1990 (Retired) |
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91 | ![]() |
Charles Evans Whittaker (1901–1973) |
MO | Associate Justice |
Reed | March 19, 1957 (Acclamation) |
March 25, 1957 – March 31, 1962 (Retired) |
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92 | ![]() |
Potter Stewart (1915–1985) |
OH | Associate Justice |
Burton | May 5, 1959 (70–17) |
October 14, 1958[lower-alpha 5] – July 3, 1981 (Retired) |
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93 | ![]() |
Byron White (1917–2002) |
CO | Associate Justice |
Whittaker | April 11, 1962 (Acclamation) |
April 16, 1962 – June 28, 1993 (Retired) |
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94 | ![]() |
Arthur Goldberg (1908–1990) |
IL | Associate Justice |
Frankfurter | September 25, 1962 (Acclamation) |
October 1, 1962 – July 25, 1965 (Resigned) |
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95 | ![]() |
Abe Fortas (1910–1982) |
TN | Associate Justice |
Goldberg | August 11, 1965 (Acclamation) |
October 4, 1965 – May 14, 1969 (Resigned) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Lyndon B. Johnson |
96 | ![]() |
Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Clark | August 30, 1967 (69–11) |
October 2, 1967 – October 1, 1991 (Retired) |
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97 | ![]() |
Warren E. Burger (1907–1995) |
VA | Chief Justice |
Warren | June 9, 1969 (74–3) |
June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Richard Nixon |
98 | ![]() |
Harry Blackmun (1908–1999) |
MN | Associate Justice |
Fortas | May 12, 1970 (94–0) |
June 9, 1970 – August 3, 1994 (Retired) |
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99 | ![]() |
Lewis F. Powell Jr. (1907–1998) |
VA | Associate Justice |
Black | December 6, 1971 (89–1) |
January 7, 1972[lower-alpha 13] – June 26, 1987 (Retired) |
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100 | ![]() |
William Rehnquist (1924–2005) |
AZ | Associate Justice |
J. Harlan II | December 10, 1971 (68–26) |
January 7, 1972[lower-alpha 13] – September 26, 1986 (Continued as chief justice) |
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101 | ![]() |
John Paul Stevens (1920–2019) |
IL | Associate Justice[lower-alpha 14] |
Douglas | December 17, 1975 (98–0) |
December 19, 1975 – June 29, 2010 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Gerald Ford |
102 | ![]() |
Sandra Day O'Connor (born 1930) |
AZ | Associate Justice |
Stewart | September 21, 1981 (99–0) |
September 25, 1981 – January 31, 2006 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Ronald Reagan |
100 | ![]() |
William Rehnquist (1924–2005) |
VA | Chief Justice |
Burger | September 17, 1986 (65–33) |
September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005 (Died) |
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103 | 100px | Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) |
VA | Associate Justice |
Rehnquist | September 17, 1986 (98–0) |
September 26, 1986 – February 13, 2016 (Died) |
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104 | ![]() |
Anthony Kennedy (born 1936) |
CA | Associate Justice |
Powell | February 3, 1988 (97–0) |
February 18, 1988 – July 31, 2018 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
105 | ![]() |
David Souter (born 1939) |
NH | Associate Justice |
Brennan | October 2, 1990 (90–9) |
October 9, 1990 – June 29, 2009 (Retired) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | George H. W. Bush |
106 | ![]() |
Clarence Thomas (born 1948) |
GA | Associate Justice |
T. Marshall | October 15, 1991 (52–48) |
October 23, 1991 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | |
107 | ![]() |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020) |
NY | Associate Justice |
B. White | August 3, 1993 (96–3) |
August 10, 1993 – September 18, 2020 (Died) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bill Clinton |
108 | 100px | Stephen Breyer (born 1938) |
MA | Associate Justice |
Blackmun | July 29, 1994 (87–9) |
August 3, 1994 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | |
109 | ![]() |
John Roberts (born 1955) |
MD | Chief Justice |
Rehnquist | September 29, 2005 (78–22) |
September 29, 2005 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | George W. Bush |
110 | 100px | Samuel Alito (born 1950) |
NJ | Associate Justice |
O'Connor | January 31, 2006 (58–42) |
January 31, 2006 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | |
111 | ![]() |
Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) |
NY | Associate Justice |
Souter | August 6, 2009 (68–31) |
August 8, 2009 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | Barack Obama |
112 | ![]() |
Elena Kagan (born 1960) |
MA | Associate Justice |
Stevens | August 5, 2010 (63–37) |
August 7, 2010 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | |
113 | 100px | Neil Gorsuch (born 1967) |
CO | Associate Justice |
Scalia | April 7, 2017 (54–45) |
April 10, 2017 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | Donald Trump |
114 | 100px | Brett Kavanaugh (born 1965) |
MD | Associate Justice |
Kennedy | October 6, 2018 (50–48) |
October 6, 2018 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | |
115 | 100px | Amy Coney Barrett (born 1972) |
IN | Associate Justice |
Ginsburg | October 26, 2020 (52–48) |
October 27, 2020 – Incumbent |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.[lower-alpha 15] | |
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Tenure | Tenure length | Nominated by |
Notes
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Timeline of justices
This graphical timeline depicts the progression of the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.[21][22] Information regarding each justice's predecessors, successors, and fellow justices, as well as their tenure on the court, can be gleaned (and comparisons between justices drawn) from it. There are no formal names or numbers for the individual seats of the associate justices, which are listed in the table below simply by number. Additionally, the progression of U.S. presidents is shown at the top of the timeline to give a more detailed historical context.
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See also
References
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