# | Judge | State | Born/Died | Active service | Chief Justice | Retirement | Appointed by | Reason for termination |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James Wilson | PA | 1742–1798 | (8–9 years) |
1789–1798— | — | Washington | Death |
2 | John Jay† | NY | 1745–1829 | (5–6 years) |
1789–17951789–1795 | — | Washington | Resignation |
3 | William Cushing | MA | 1732–1810 | (20–21 years) |
1789–1810— | — | Washington | Death |
4 | John Blair, Jr. | VA | 1732–1800 | (5–6 years) |
1789–1795— | — | Washington | Resignation |
5 | John Rutledge | SC | 1739–1800 | (1–2 years) |
1789–1791— | — | Washington | Resignation [n 1] |
6 | James Iredell | NC | 1751–1799 | (8–9 years) |
1790–1799— | — | Washington | Death |
7 | Thomas Johnson* | MD | 1732–1819 | (0–1 years) |
1792–1793— | — | Washington | Resignation |
8 | William Paterson | NJ | 1745–1806 | (12–13 years) |
1793–1806— | — | Washington | Death |
5 | John Rutledge*† | SC | 1739–1800 | (0 years) |
1795–17951795 | — | Washington | Rejection |
9 | Samuel Chase | MD | 1741–1811 | (14–15 years) |
1796–1811— | — | Washington | Death |
10 | Oliver Ellsworth† | CT | 1745–1807 | (3–4 years) |
1796–18001796–1800 | — | Washington | Resignation |
11 | Bushrod Washington | VA | 1762–1829 | (30–31 years) |
1798–1829— | — | Adams, J. | Death |
12 | Alfred Moore | NC | 1755–1810 | (3–4 years) |
1800–1804— | — | Adams, J. | Resignation |
13 | John Marshall† | VA | 1755–1835 | (33–34 years) |
1801–18351801–1835 | — | Adams, J. | Death |
14 | William Johnson | SC | 1771–1834 | (29–30 years) |
1804–1834— | — | Jefferson | Death |
15 | Henry Brockholst Livingston | NY | 1757–1823 | (15–16 years) |
1807–1823— | — | Jefferson | Death |
16 | Thomas Todd | KY | 1765–1826 | (18–19 years) |
1807–1826— | — | Jefferson | Death |
17 | Gabriel Duvall | MD | 1752–1844 | (23–24 years) |
1811–1835— | — | Madison | Resignation |
18 | Joseph Story | MA | 1779–1845 | (32–33 years) |
1812–1845— | — | Madison | Death |
19 | Smith Thompson* | NY | 1768–1843 | (19–20 years) |
1823–1843— | — | Monroe | Death |
20 | Robert Trimble | KY | 1776–1828 | (1–2 years) |
1826–1828— | — | Adams, J. Q. | Death |
21 | John McLean | OH | 1785–1861 | (30–31 years) |
1830–1861— | — | Jackson | Death |
22 | Henry Baldwin | PA | 1780–1844 | (13–14 years) |
1830–1844— | — | Jackson | Death |
23 | James Moore Wayne | GA | 1790–1867 | (31–32 years) |
1835–1867— | — | Jackson | Death |
24 | Roger B. Taney† | MD | 1777–1864 | (27–28 years) |
1836–18641836–1864 | — | Jackson | Death |
25 | Philip Pendleton Barbour | VA | 1783–1841 | (4–5 years) |
1836–1841— | — | Jackson | Death |
26 | John Catron | TN | 1786–1865 | (27–28 years) |
1837–1865— | — | Jackson | Death |
27 | John McKinley | AL | 1780–1852 | (14–15 years) |
1837–1852— | — | Van Buren | Death |
28 | Peter Vivian Daniel | VA | 1784–1860 | (17–18 years) |
1842–1860— | — | Van Buren | Death |
29 | Samuel Nelson | NY | 1792–1873 | (26–27 years) |
1845–1872— | — | Tyler | Retirement |
30 | Levi Woodbury* | NH | 1789–1851 | (5–6 years) |
1845–1851— | — | Polk | Death |
31 | Robert Cooper Grier | PA | 1794–1870 | (23–24 years) |
1846–1870— | — | Polk | Retirement |
32 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis* | MA | 1809–1874 | (5–6 years) |
1851–1857— | — | Fillmore | Resignation |
33 | John Archibald Campbell | AL | 1811–1889 | (7–8 years) |
1853–1861— | — | Pierce | Resignation |
34 | Nathan Clifford | ME | 1803–1881 | (22–23 years) |
1858–1881— | — | Buchanan | Death |
35 | Noah Haynes Swayne | OH | 1804–1884 | (18–19 years) |
1862–1881— | — | Lincoln | Retirement |
36 | Samuel Freeman Miller | IA | 1816–1890 | (27–28 years) |
1862–1890— | — | Lincoln | Death |
37 | David Davis* | IL | 1815–1886 | (14–15 years) |
1862–1877— | — | Lincoln | Resignation |
38 | Stephen Johnson Field | CA | 1816–1899 | (33–34 years) |
1863–1897— | — | Lincoln | Retirement |
39 | Salmon P. Chase† | OH | 1808–1873 | (8–9 years) |
1864–18731864–1873 | — | Lincoln | Death |
40 | William Strong | PA | 1808–1895 | (9–10 years) |
1870–1880— | — | Grant | Retirement |
41 | Joseph P. Bradley | NJ | 1813–1892 | (21–22 years) |
1870–1892— | — | Grant | Death |
42 | Ward Hunt | NY | 1810–1886 | (8–9 years) |
1873–1882— | — | Grant | Retirement |
43 | Morrison Waite† | OH | 1816–1888 | (13–14 years) |
1874–18881874–1888 | — | Grant | Death |
44 | John Marshall Harlan | KY | 1833–1911 | (33–34 years) |
1877–1911— | — | Hayes | Death |
45 | William Burnham Woods | AL | 1824–1887 | (5–6 years) |
1881–1887— | — | Hayes | Death |
46 | Stanley Matthews | OH | 1824–1889 | (7–8 years) |
1881–1889— | — | Garfield | Death |
47 | Horace Gray | MA | 1828–1902 | (19–20 years) |
1882–1902— | — | Arthur | Death |
48 | Samuel Blatchford | NY | 1820–1893 | (10–11 years) |
1882–1893— | — | Arthur | Death |
49 | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
MS | 1825–1893 | (4–5 years) |
1888–1893— | — | Cleveland | Death |
50 | Melville Fuller† | IL | 1833–1910 | (21–22 years) |
1888–19101888–1910 | — | Cleveland | Death |
51 | David Josiah Brewer | KS | 1837–1910 | (19–20 years) |
1890–1910— | — | Harrison, B. | Death |
52 | Henry Billings Brown | MI | 1836–1913 | (14–15 years) |
1891–1906— | — | Harrison, B. | Retirement |
53 | George Shiras, Jr. | PA | 1832–1924 | (10–11 years) |
1892–1903— | — | Harrison, B. | Retirement |
54 | Howell Edmunds Jackson | TN | 1832–1895 | (1–2 years) |
1893–1895— | — | Harrison, B. | Death |
55 | Edward Douglass White† | LA | 1845–1921 | (26–27 years) |
1894–19211910–1921 | — |
Cleveland (associate) Taft (chief) [n 2] |
Death |
56 | Rufus Wheeler Peckham | NY | 1838–1909 | (12–13 years) |
1896–1909— | — | Cleveland | Death |
57 | Joseph McKenna | CA | 1843–1926 | (26–27 years) |
1898–19251921 (acting) [n 3] | — | McKinley | Retirement |
58 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | MA | 1841–1935 | (29–30 years) |
1902–19321930 (acting) [n 4] | — | Roosevelt, T. | Retirement |
59 | William R. Day | OH | 1849–1923 | (18–19 years) |
1903–1922— | — | Roosevelt, T. | Retirement |
60 | William Henry Moody | MA | 1853–1917 | (3–4 years) |
1906–1910— | — | Roosevelt, T. | Retirement [n 5] |
61 | Horace Harmon Lurton | TN | 1844–1914 | (3–4 years) |
1910–1914— | — | Taft | Death |
62 | Charles Evans Hughes | NY | 1862–1948 | (5–6 years) |
1910–1916— | — | Taft | Resignation [n 1] |
63 | Willis Van Devanter | WY | 1859–1941 | (25–26 years) |
1911–1937— | (3–4 years) |
1937–1941Taft | Retirement |
64 | Joseph Rucker Lamar | GA | 1857–1916 | (4–5 years) |
1911–1916— | — | Taft | Death |
65 | Mahlon Pitney | NJ | 1858–1924 | (9–10 years) |
1912–1922— | — | Taft | Resignation |
66 | James Clark McReynolds | TN | 1862–1946 | (26–27 years) |
1914–1941— | (4–5 years) |
1941–1946Wilson | Retirement [n 6] |
67 | Louis Brandeis | MA | 1856–1941 | (22–23 years) |
1916–1939— | (1–2 years) |
1939–1941Wilson | Retirement [n 6] |
68 | John Hessin Clarke | OH | 1857–1945 | (5–6 years) |
1916–1922— | — | Wilson | Resignation |
69 | William Howard Taft† | OH | 1857–1930 | (8–9 years) |
1921–19301921–1930 | — | Harding | Resignation [n 7] |
70 | George Sutherland | UT | 1862–1942 | (15–16 years) |
1922–1938— | (3–4 years) |
1938–1942Harding | Retirement [n 6] |
71 | Pierce Butler | MN | 1866–1939 | (15–16 years) |
1923–1939— | — | Harding | Death |
72 | Edward Terry Sanford | TN | 1865–1930 | (6–7 years) |
1923–1930— | — | Harding | Death |
73 | Harlan F. Stone† | NY | 1872–1946 | (20–21 years) |
1925–1946[n 8] | 1941–1946— |
Coolidge (associate) Roosevelt, F. (chief) [n 2] |
Death |
62 | Charles Evans Hughes† | NY | 1862–1948 | (10–11 years) |
1930–19411930–1941 | — | Hoover | Retirement |
74 | Owen Roberts | PA | 1875–1955 | (14–15 years) |
1930–1945— | — | Hoover | Resignation |
75 | Benjamin N. Cardozo | NY | 1870–1938 | (5–6 years) |
1932–1938— | — | Hoover | Death |
76 | Hugo Black | AL | 1886–1971 | (33–34 years) |
1937–19711946 (acting) 1953 (acting) [n 9] [n 10] |
(0 years) |
1971–1971Roosevelt, F. | Retirement [n 6] |
77 | Stanley Forman Reed | KY | 1884–1980 | (18–19 years) |
1938–1957— | (22–23 years) |
1957–1980Roosevelt, F. | Retirement [n 6] |
78 | Felix Frankfurter | MA | 1882–1965 | (22–23 years) |
1939–1962— | (2–3 years) |
1962–1965Roosevelt, F. | Retirement [n 6] |
79 | William O. Douglas | CT | 1898–1980 | (35–36 years) |
1939–1975— | (4–5 years) |
1975–1980Roosevelt, F. | Retirement [n 6] |
80 | Frank Murphy | MI | 1890–1949 | (8–9 years) |
1940–1949— | — | Roosevelt, F. | Death |
81 | James F. Byrnes | SC | 1882–1972 | (0–1 years) |
1941–1942— | — | Roosevelt, F. | Resignation |
82 | Robert H. Jackson | NY | 1892–1954 | (12–13 years) |
1941–1954— | — | Roosevelt, F. | Death |
83 | Wiley Blount Rutledge | IA | 1894–1949 | (5–6 years) |
1943–1949— | — | Roosevelt, F. | Death |
84 | Harold Hitz Burton | OH | 1888–1964 | (12–13 years) |
1945–1958— | (5–6 years) |
1958–1964Truman | Retirement [n 6] |
85 | Fred M. Vinson† | KY | 1890–1953 | (6–7 years) |
1946–19531946–1953 | — | Truman | Death |
86 | Tom C. Clark | TX | 1899–1977 | (17–18 years) |
1949–1967— | (9–10 years) |
1967–1977Truman | Retirement [n 6] |
87 | Sherman Minton | IN | 1890–1965 | (6–7 years) |
1949–1956— | (8–9 years) |
1956–1965Truman | Retirement [n 6] |
88 | Earl Warren*† | CA | 1891–1974 | (15–16 years) |
1953–19691953–1969 | (4–5 years) |
1969–1974Eisenhower | Retirement [n 6] |
89 | John Marshall Harlan II | NY | 1899–1971 | (15–16 years) |
1955–1971— | (0 years) |
1971–1971Eisenhower | Retirement [n 6] |
90 | William J. Brennan, Jr.* | NJ | 1906–1997 | (33–34 years) |
1956–1990— | (6–7 years) |
1990–1997Eisenhower | Retirement [n 6] |
91 | Charles Evans Whittaker | MO | 1901–1973 | (4–5 years) |
1957–1962— | (2–3 years) |
1962–1965Eisenhower | Resignation |
92 | Potter Stewart* | OH | 1915–1985 | (22–23 years) |
1958–1981— | (3–4 years) |
1981–1985Eisenhower | Retirement |
93 | Byron White | CO | 1917–2002 | (30–31 years) |
1962–1993— | (8–9 years) |
1993–2002Kennedy | Retirement [n 6] |
94 | Arthur Goldberg | IL | 1908–1990 | (2–3 years) |
1962–1965— | — | Kennedy | Resignation |
95 | Abe Fortas | TN | 1910–1982 | (3–4 years) |
1965–1969— | — | Johnson, L. | Resignation |
96 | Thurgood Marshall | NY | 1908–1993 | (23–24 years) |
1967–1991— | (1–2 years) |
1991–1993Johnson, L. | Retirement [n 6] |
97 | Warren E. Burger† | VA | 1907–1995 | (16–17 years) |
1969–19861969–1986 | (8–9 years) |
1986–1995Nixon | Retirement [n 6] |
98 | Harry Blackmun | MN | 1908–1999 | (23–24 years) |
1970–1994— | (4–5 years) |
1994–1999Nixon | Retirement [n 6] |
99 | Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | VA | 1907–1998 | (14–15 years) |
1972–1987— | (10–11 years) |
1987–1998Nixon | Retirement [n 6] |
100 | William Rehnquist† |
AZ VA [n 11] |
1924–2005 | (32–33 years) |
1972–20051986–2005 | — |
Nixon (associate) Reagan (chief) [n 2] |
Death |
101 | John Paul Stevens | IL | 1920– | (34–35 years) |
1975–20102005 (acting) [n 12] | (13–14 years) |
2010–presentFord | Retirement |
102 | Sandra Day O'Connor | AZ | 1930– | (24–25 years) |
1981–2006— | (17–18 years) |
2006–presentReagan | Retirement |
103 | Antonin Scalia | VA | 1936– | (37–38 years) |
1986–present— | — | Reagan | Currently serving |
104 | Anthony Kennedy | CA | 1936– | (35–36 years) |
1988–present— | — | Reagan | Currently serving |
105 | David Souter | NH | 1939– | (18–19 years) |
1990–2009— | (14–15 years) |
2009–presentBush, G. H. W. | Retirement |
106 | Clarence Thomas | GA | 1948– | (32–33 years) |
1991–present— | — | Bush, G. H. W. | Currently serving |
107 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | NY | 1933– | (30–31 years) |
1993–present— | — | Clinton | Currently serving |
108 | Stephen Breyer | MA | 1938– | (29–30 years) |
1994–present— | — | Clinton | Currently serving |
109 | John G. Roberts† | MD | 1955– | (18–19 years) |
2005–present2005–present | — | Bush, G. W. | Currently serving |
110 | Samuel Alito | NJ | 1950– | (17–18 years) |
2006–present— | — | Bush, G. W. | Currently serving |
111 | Sonia Sotomayor | NY | 1954– | (14–15 years) |
2009–present— | — | Obama | Currently serving |
112 | Elena Kagan | MA | 1960– | (13–14 years) |
2010–present— | — | Obama | Currently serving |
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