Wikipedia:WikiProject United States courts and judges/Supreme Court of the United States

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Judge Appointed by Began active
service
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status
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Samuel Alito George W. Bush 20060131January 31, 2006 Incumbent - -
Henry Baldwin Andrew Jackson 18300106January 6, 1830 18440421April 21, 1844 - death
Philip Pendleton Barbour Andrew Jackson 18360315March 15, 1836 18410225February 25, 1841 - death
Hugo Black Franklin D. Roosevelt 19370818August 18, 1937 19710917September 17, 1971 19710925September 25, 1971 death
Harry Blackmun Richard M. Nixon 19700514May 14, 1970 19940803August 3, 1994 19990304March 4, 1999 death
John Blair Jr. George Washington 17890930September 30, 1789 17951025October 25, 1795 - resignation
Samuel Blatchford Chester A. Arthur 18820322March 22, 1882 18930707July 7, 1893 - death
Joseph P. Bradley Ulysses Grant 18700321March 21, 1870 18920122January 22, 1892 - death
Louis Brandeis Woodrow Wilson 19160601June 1, 1916 19390213February 13, 1939 19411005October 5, 1941 death
William J. Brennan, Jr. Dwight D. Eisenhower 19561015October 15, 1956[1] 19900720July 20, 1990 19970724July 24, 1997 death
David Josiah Brewer Benjamin Harrison 18891218December 18, 1889 19100328March 28, 1910 - death
Stephen Breyer Bill Clinton 19940803August 3, 1994 Incumbent - -
Henry Billings Brown Benjamin Harrison 18901229December 29, 1890 19060528May 28, 1906 - retirement
Warren E. Burger Richard M. Nixon 19690623June 23, 1969 19860926September 26, 1986 19950625June 25, 1995 death
Harold Hitz Burton Harry S Truman 19450922September 22, 1945 19581013October 13, 1958 19641028October 28, 1964 death
Pierce Butler Warren G. Harding 19221221December 21, 1922 19391116November 16, 1939 - death
James F. Byrnes Franklin D. Roosevelt 19410625June 25, 1941 19421003October 3, 1942 - resignation
John Archibald Campbell Franklin Pierce 18530322March 22, 1853 18610430April 30, 1861 - resignation
Benjamin N. Cardozo Herbert Hoover 19320302March 2, 1932 19380709July 9, 1938 - death
John Catron Andrew Jackson 18370308March 8, 1837 18650530May 30, 1865 - death
Salmon Portland Chase Abraham Lincoln 18641206December 6, 1864 18730507May 7, 1873 - death
Samuel Chase George Washington 17960127January 27, 1796 18110619June 19, 1811 - death
Tom C. Clark Harry S Truman 19490819August 19, 1949 19670612June 12, 1967 19770613June 13, 1977 death
John Hessin Clarke Woodrow Wilson 19160724July 24, 1916 19220918September 18, 1922 - resignation
Nathan Clifford James Buchanan 18580112January 12, 1858 18810725July 25, 1881 - death
Benjamin Robbins Curtis Millard Fillmore 18510922September 22, 1851[2] 18570930September 30, 1857 - resignation
William Cushing George Washington 17890927September 27, 1789 18100913September 13, 1810 - death
Peter Vivian Daniel Martin Van Buren 18410303March 3, 1841 18600531May 31, 1860 - death
David Davis Abraham Lincoln 18621017October 17, 1862[3] 18770304March 4, 1877 - resignation
William R. Day Theodore Roosevelt 19030223February 23, 1903 19221113November 13, 1922 - retirement
William O. Douglas Franklin D. Roosevelt 19390415April 15, 1939 19751112November 12, 1975 19800119January 19, 1980 death
Gabriel Duvall James Madison 18111118November 18, 1811 18350112January 12, 1835 - resignation
Oliver Ellsworth George Washington 17960304March 4, 1796 18000930September 30, 1800 - resignation
Stephen Johnson Field Abraham Lincoln 18630310March 10, 1863 18971201December 1, 1897 - retirement
Abe Fortas Lyndon B. Johnson 19650811August 11, 1965 19690514May 14, 1969 - resignation
Felix Frankfurter Franklin D. Roosevelt 19390120January 20, 1939 19620828August 28, 1962 19650222February 22, 1965 death
Melville Weston Fuller Grover Cleveland 18880720July 20, 1888 19100704July 4, 1910 - death
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bill Clinton 19930805August 5, 1993 Incumbent - -
Arthur Goldberg John F. Kennedy 19620928September 28, 1962 19650726July 26, 1965 - resignation
Horace Gray Chester A. Arthur 18811220December 20, 1881 19020915September 15, 1902 - death
Robert Cooper Grier James K. Polk 18460804August 4, 1846 18700131January 31, 1870 - retirement
John Marshall Harlan Rutherford B. Hayes 18771129November 29, 1877 19111014October 14, 1911 - death
John Marshall Harlan Dwight D. Eisenhower 19550317March 17, 1955 19710923September 23, 1971 19711229December 29, 1971 death
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Theodore Roosevelt 19020811August 11, 1902[4] 19320112January 12, 1932 - retirement
Charles Evans Hughes William H. Taft 19100502May 2, 1910 19160610June 10, 1916 - resignation
Charles Evans Hughes Herbert Hoover 19300213February 13, 1930 19410630June 30, 1941 19480827August 27, 1948 death
Ward Hunt Ulysses Grant 18721211December 11, 1872 18820127January 27, 1882 - retirement
James Iredell George Washington 17900210February 10, 1790 17991020October 20, 1799 - death
Howell Edmunds Jackson Benjamin Harrison 18930218February 18, 1893 18950808August 8, 1895 - death
Robert H. Jackson Franklin D. Roosevelt 19410711July 11, 1941 19541009October 9, 1954 - death
John Jay George Washington 17890926September 26, 1789 17950629June 29, 1795 - resignation
Thomas Johnson George Washington 17910805August 5, 1791[5] 17930116January 16, 1793 - resignation
William Johnson Jr. Thomas Jefferson 18040326March 26, 1804 18340804August 4, 1834 - death
Anthony Kennedy Ronald Reagan 19880211February 11, 1988 Incumbent - -
Joseph Rucker Lamar William H. Taft 19101217December 17, 1910 19160102January 2, 1916 - death
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar Grover Cleveland 18880116January 16, 1888 18930123January 23, 1893 - death
Henry Brockholst Livingston Thomas Jefferson 18061110November 10, 1806[6] 18230318March 18, 1823 - death
Horace Harmon Lurton William H. Taft 19091220December 20, 1909 19140712July 12, 1914 - death
John Marshall John Adams 18010131January 31, 1801 18350706July 6, 1835 - death
Thurgood Marshall Lyndon B. Johnson 19670830August 30, 1967 19911001October 1, 1991 19930124January 24, 1993 death
Stanley Matthews James A. Garfield 18810512May 12, 1881 18890322March 22, 1889 - death
Joseph McKenna William McKinley 18980121January 21, 1898 19250105January 5, 1925 - retirement
John McKinley Martin Van Buren 18370422April 22, 1837[7] 18520719July 19, 1852 - death
John McLean Andrew Jackson 18290307March 7, 1829 18610404April 4, 1861 - death
James Clark McReynolds Woodrow Wilson 19140829August 29, 1914 19410131January 31, 1941 19460824August 24, 1946 death
Samuel Freeman Miller Abraham Lincoln 18620716July 16, 1862 18901013October 13, 1890 - death
Sherman Minton Harry S Truman 19491005October 5, 1949 19561015October 15, 1956 19650409April 9, 1965 death
William Henry Moody Theodore Roosevelt 19061212December 12, 1906 19101119November 19, 1910 - resignation
Alfred Moore John Adams 17991210December 10, 1799 18040126January 26, 1804 - resignation
Frank Murphy Franklin D. Roosevelt 19400118January 18, 1940 19490719July 19, 1949 - death
Samuel Nelson John Tyler, Sr. 18450213February 13, 1845 18721128November 28, 1872 - retirement
Sandra Day O'Connor Ronald Reagan 19810922September 22, 1981 20060131January 31, 2006 Incumbent -
William Paterson George Washington 17930304March 4, 1793 18060909September 9, 1806 - death
Rufus Wheeler Peckham Grover Cleveland 18951209December 9, 1895 19091024October 24, 1909 - death
Mahlon Pitney William H. Taft 19120313March 13, 1912 19221231December 31, 1922 - resignation
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Richard M. Nixon 19711209December 9, 1971 19870626June 26, 1987 19980825August 25, 1998 death
Stanley Forman Reed Franklin D. Roosevelt 19380127January 27, 1938 19570225February 25, 1957 19800402April 2, 1980 death
William Rehnquist Richard M. Nixon 19711215December 15, 1971 19860926September 26, 1986 - reappointment
William Rehnquist Ronald Reagan 19860925September 25, 1986 20050903September 3, 2005 - death
John G. Roberts George W. Bush 20050929September 29, 2005 Incumbent - -
Owen Roberts Herbert Hoover 19300520May 20, 1930 19450731July 31, 1945 - resignation
John Rutledge George Washington 17890926September 26, 1789 17910305March 5, 1791 - resignation
John Rutledge George Washington 17950701July 1, 1795[8] 17951228December 28, 1795
Wiley Blount Rutledge Franklin D. Roosevelt 19430211February 11, 1943 19490910September 10, 1949 - death
Edward Terry Sanford Warren G. Harding 19230129January 29, 1923 19300308March 8, 1930 - death
Antonin Scalia Ronald Reagan 19860925September 25, 1986 Incumbent - -
George Shiras, Jr. Benjamin Harrison 18920726July 26, 1892 19030223February 23, 1903 - retirement
David Souter George H.W. Bush 19901003October 3, 1990 Incumbent - -
John Paul Stevens Gerald Ford 19751217December 17, 1975 Incumbent - -
Potter Stewart Dwight D. Eisenhower 19581014October 14, 1958[9] 19810703July 3, 1981 19851207December 7, 1985 death
Harlan Fiske Stone Calvin Coolidge 19250205February 5, 1925 19410703July 3, 1941 - reappointment
Harlan Fiske Stone Franklin D. Roosevelt 19410703July 3, 1941 19460422April 22, 1946 - death
Joseph Story James Madison 18111118November 18, 1811 18450910September 10, 1845 - death
William Strong Ulysses Grant 18700218February 18, 1870 18801214December 14, 1880 - retirement
George Sutherland Warren G. Harding 19220905September 5, 1922 19380117January 17, 1938 19420718July 18, 1942 death
Noah Haynes Swayne Abraham Lincoln 18620124January 24, 1862 18810124January 24, 1881 - retirement
William Howard Taft Warren G. Harding 19210630June 30, 1921 19300203February 3, 1930 - resignation
Roger Brooke Taney Andrew Jackson 18360315March 15, 1836 18641012October 12, 1864 - death
Clarence Thomas George H.W. Bush 19911018October 18, 1991 Incumbent - -
Smith Thompson James Monroe 18230901September 1, 1823[10] 18431218December 18, 1843 - death
Thomas Todd Thomas Jefferson 18070303March 3, 1807 18260207February 7, 1826 - death
Robert Trimble John Quincy Adams 18260509May 9, 1826 18280825August 25, 1828 - death
Willis Van Devanter William H. Taft 19101216December 16, 1910 19370602June 2, 1937 19410208February 8, 1941 death
Fred M. Vinson Harry S Truman 19460621June 21, 1946 19530908September 8, 1953 - death
Morrison Remick Waite Ulysses Grant 18740121January 21, 1874 18880323March 23, 1888 - death
Earl Warren Dwight D. Eisenhower 19531002October 2, 1953[11] 19690623June 23, 1969 19740709July 9, 1974 death
Bushrod Washington John Adams 17980929September 29, 1798[12] 18291126November 26, 1829 - death
James Moore Wayne Andrew Jackson 18350109January 9, 1835 18670705July 5, 1867 - death
Byron White John F. Kennedy 19620412April 12, 1962 19930628June 28, 1993 20020415April 15, 2002 death
Edward Douglass White Grover Cleveland 18940219February 19, 1894 19101218December 18, 1910 - reappointment
Edward Douglass White William H. Taft 19101212December 12, 1910 19210519May 19, 1921 - death
Charles Evans Whittaker Dwight D. Eisenhower 19570322March 22, 1957 19620331March 31, 1962 19650930September 30, 1965 resignation
James Wilson George Washington 17890929September 29, 1789 17980821August 21, 1798 - death
Levi Woodbury James K. Polk 18450920September 20, 1845[13] 18510904September 4, 1851 - death
William Burnham Woods Rutherford B. Hayes 18801221December 21, 1880 18870514May 14, 1887 - death

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.
  2. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 11, 1851, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 1851, and received commission on December 20, 1851.
  3. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 1, 1862, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1862, and received commission on December 8, 1862.
  4. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 2, 1902, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 4, 1902, and received commission on December 4, 1902.
  5. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on October 31, 1791, confirmed by the United States Senate on November 7, 1791, and received commission on November 7, 1791.
  6. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1806, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1806, and received commission on January 16, 1807.
  7. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on September 18, 1837, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1837, and received commission on September 25, 1837.
  8. ^ Rutledge served two different terms on the Supreme Court. He was first appointed as an Associate Justice in 1789, resigning from that position in 1791. He was made Chief Justice by a recess appointment in 1791, and formally nominated on December 10, 1795. His nomination was thereafter rejected by Congress in December 1791, and he resigned.
  9. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 5, 1959, and received commission on May 7, 1959.
  10. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1823, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1823, and received commission on December 9, 1823.
  11. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1954, and received commission on March 20, 1954.
  12. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 19, 1798, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 1798, and received commission on December 20, 1798.
  13. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 23, 1845, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 3, 1846, and received commission on January 3, 1846.