| Name
| State
| Term of Office
| Appointed By
| Seat
| Reason Service Terminated
|
| James Wilson
| PA
| Oct 5, 1789 - Aug 21, 1798
| Washington
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| John Jay
| NY
| Oct 19, 1789 - Jun 29, 1795Events January 16 French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands. January 20 French troops enter Amsterdam and later proclaim Batavian Republic. January 23 Dutch fleet freezes in Issel Meer. February 7 The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
| Washington
| Chief Justice
| resigned
|
| William CushingWilliam Cushing ( March 1, 1732 September 13, 1810) was an early associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, from its inception to his death. Born in Scituate, Massachusetts, Cushing became a member of the bar in Boston in 1751. Although his fam
| MAMassachusetts is a state of the United States of America, part of the New England region. postal abbreviation is MA and its traditional abbreviation is Mass . It is properly called the Commonwealth of Massachusetts although there is no legal distinction b
| Feb 2February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 332 days remaining (333 in leap years). Events 962 Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. 1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy. 1119 Callixtus II, 1790Events January 8 George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address. January 30 The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. February 1 In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. - Sep 13September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). There are 109 days remaining in the year. Events 533 Belisarius and the Roman Empire defeat Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimium. 1440 Gilles de Rais is taken into custody up, 1810
| Washington
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| died in office
|
| John Blair
| VA
| Feb 2, 1790 - Oct 25, 1795
| Washington
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| resigned
|
| John Rutledge
| SC
| Feb 15, 1790 - Mar 5, 1791
| Washington
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| resigned
|
| James Iredell
| NC
| May 12, 1790 - Oct 20, 1799
| Washington
| Associate Justice (Seat #5)
| died in office
|
| Thomas Johnson
| MD
| Aug 6, 1792 - Jan 16, 1793
| Washington
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| resigned
|
| William Paterson
| NJ
| Mar 11, 1793 - Sep 9, 1806
| Washington
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| died in office
|
| John Rutledge *
| SC
| Aug 12, 1795 - Dec 15, 1795
| Washington
| Chief Justice
| recess appointment rejected by Senate
|
| Samuel Chase
| MD
| Feb 4, 1796 - Jun 19, 1811
| Washington
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| died in office
|
| Oliver Ellsworth
| CT
| Mar 8, 1796 - Dec 15, 1800
| Washington
| Chief Justice
| resigned
|
| Bushrod Washington
| VA
| Feb 4, 1799 - Nov 26, 1829
| Adams
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| Alfred Moore
| NC
| Apr 21, 1800 - Jan 26, 1804
| Adams
| Associate Justice (Seat #5)
| resigned
|
| John Marshall
| VA
| Feb 4, 1801 - Jul 6, 1835
| Adams
| Chief Justice
| died in office
|
| William Johnson
| SC
| May 7, 1804 - Aug 4, 1834
| Jefferson
| Associate Justice (Seat #5)
| died in office
|
| Henry Brockholst Livingston
| NY
| Jan 20, 1807 - Mar 18, 1823
| Jefferson
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| died in office
|
| Thomas Todd
| KY
| May 4, 1807 - Feb 7, 1826
| Jefferson
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| died in office
|
| Gabriel Duval
| MD
| Nov 23, 1811 - Jan 14, 1835
| Madison
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| resigned
|
| Joseph Story
| MA
| Feb 3, 1812 - Sep 10, 1845
| Madison
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| died in office
|
| Smith Thompson *
| NY
| Dec 9, 1823 - Dec 18, 1843
| Monroe
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| died in office
|
| Robert Trimble
| KY
| Jun 16, 1826 - Aug 25, 1828
| J. Q. Adams
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| died in office
|
| John McLean
| OH
| Jan 11, 1830 - Apr 4, 1861
| Jackson
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| died in office
|
| Henry Baldwin
| PA
| Jan 18, 1830 - Apr 21, 1844
| Jackson
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| James Moore Wayne
| GA
| Jan 14, 1835 - Jul 5, 1867
| Jackson
| Associate Justice (Seat #5)
| died in office
|
| Roger Brooke Taney
| MD
| Mar 28, 1836 - Oct 12, 1864
| Jackson
| Chief Justice
| died in office
|
| Philip Pendleton Barbour
| VA
| May 12, 1836 - Feb 25, 1841
| Jackson
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| died in office
|
| John Catron
| TN
| May 1, 1837 - May 30, 1865
| Van Buren
| Associate Justice (Seat #7)
| died in office
|
| John McKinley
| AL
| Jan 9, 1838 - Jul 19, 1852
| Van Buren
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| died in office
|
| Peter Vivian Daniel
| VA
| Jan 10, 1842 - May 31, 1860
| Van Buren
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| died in office
|
| Samuel Nelson
| NY
| Feb 27, 1845 - Nov 28, 1872
| Tyler
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| retired
|
| Levi Woodbury *
| NH
| Sep 23, 1845 - Sep 4, 1851
| Polk
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| died in office
|
| Robert Cooper Grier
| PA
| Aug 10, 1846 - Jan 31, 1870
| Polk
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| retired
|
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis *
| MA
| Oct 10, 1851 - Sep 30, 1857
| Fillmore
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| resigned
|
| John Archibald Campbell
| AL
| Apr 11, 1853 - Apr 30, 1861
| Pierce
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| resigned
|
| Nathan Clifford
| ME
| Jan 21, 1858 - Jul 25, 1881
| Buchanan
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| died in office
|
| Noah Haynes Swayne
| OH
| Jan 27, 1862 - Jan 24, 1881
| Lincoln
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| retired
|
| Samuel Freeman Miller
| IA
| Jul 21, 1862 - Oct 13, 1890
| Lincoln
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| died in office
|
| David Davis
| IL
| Dec 10, 1862 - Mar 4, 1877
| Lincoln
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| resigned
|
| Stephen Johnson Field
| CA
| May 20, 1863 - Dec 1, 1897
| Lincoln
| Associate Justice (Seat #9)
| retired
|
| Salmon Portland Chase
| OH
| Dec 15, 1864 - May 7, 1873
| Lincoln
| Chief Justice
| died in office
|
| William Strong
| PA
| Mar 15, 1870 - Dec 14, 1880
| U. S. Grant
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| retired
|
| Joseph Philo Bradley
| NJ
| Mar 23, 1870 - Jan 22, 1892
| U. S. Grant
| Associate Justice (Seat #10)
| died in office
|
| Ward Hunt
| NY
| Jan 9, 1873 - Jan 27, 1882
| U. S. Grant
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| retired
|
| Morrison Remick Waite
| OH
| Mar 4, 1874 - Mar 23, 1888
| U. S. Grant
| Chief Justice
| died in office
|
| John Marshall Harlan
| KY
| Dec 10, 1877 - Oct 14, 1911
| Hayes
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| died in office
|
| William Burnham Woods
| GA
| Jan 5, 1881 - May 14, 1887
| Hayes
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| Thomas Stanley Matthews
| OH
| May 17, 1881 - Mar 22, 1889
| James Garfield
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| died in office
|
| Horace Gray
| MA
| Jan 9, 1882 - Sep 15, 1902
| Arthur
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| died in office
|
| Samuel Blatchford
| NY
| Apr 3, 1882 - Jul 7, 1893
| Arthur
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| died in office
|
| Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
| MS
| Jan 18, 1888 - Jan 23, 1893
| Grover Cleveland
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| Melville Weston Fuller
| IL
| Oct 8, 1888 - Jul 4, 1910
| Grover Cleveland
| Chief Justice
| died in office
|
| David Josiah Brewer
| KS
| Jan 6, 1890 - Mar 28, 1910
| Harrison
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| died in office
|
| Henry Billings Brown
| MI
| Jan 5, 1891 - May 28, 1906
| Harrison
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| retired
|
| George Shiras, Jr.
| PA
| Oct 10, 1892 - Feb 23, 1903
| Harrison
| Associate Justice (Seat #10)
| retired
|
| Howell Edmunds Jackson
| TN
| Mar 14, 1893 - Aug 8, 1895
| Harrison
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| Edward Douglass White
| LA
| Mar 12, 1894 - Dec 18, 1910
| Cleveland
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| elevated to Chief Justice
|
| Rufus Wheeler Peckham
| NY
| Jan 6, 1896 - Oct 24, 1909
| Cleveland
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| Joseph McKenna
| CA
| Jan 26, 1898 - Jan 5, 1925
| McKinley
| Associate Justice (Seat #9)
| retired
|
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
| MA
| Dec 8, 1902 - Jan 12, 1932
| Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| retired
|
| William Rufus Day
| OH
| Mar 2, 1903 - Nov 13, 1922
| Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #10)
| retired
|
| William Henry Moody
| MA
| Dec 17, 1906 - Nov 20, 1910
| Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| resigned
|
| Horace Harmon Lurton
| TN
| Jan 3, 1910 - Jul 12, 1914
| Taft
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| Charles Evans Hughes
| NY
| Oct 10, 1910 - Jun 10, 1916
| Taft
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| resigned
|
| Edward Douglass White
| LA
| Dec 19, 1910 - May 19, 1921
| Taft
| Chief Justice
| died in office
|
| Willis Van Devanter
| WY
| Jan 3, 1911 - Jun 2, 1937
| Taft
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| died in office
|
| Joseph Rucker Lamar
| GA
| Jan 3, 1911 - Jan 2, 1916
| Taft
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| died in office
|
| Mahlon Pitney
| NJ
| Mar 18, 1912 - Dec 31, 1922
| Taft
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| resigned
|
| James Clark McReynolds
| TN
| Oct 12, 1914 - Jan 31, 1941
| Wilson
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| assumed senior status
|
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis
| MA
| Jun 5, 1916 - Feb 13, 1939
| Wilson
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| assumed senior status
|
| John Hessin Clarke
| OH
| Oct 9, 1916 - Sep 18, 1922
| Wilson
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| resigned
|
| William Howard Taft
| OH
| Jul 11, 1921 - Feb 3, 1930
| Harding
| Chief Justice
| resigned [1]
|
| George Sutherland
| UT
| Oct 2, 1922 - Jan 17, 1938
| Harding
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| assumed senior status
|
| Pierce Butler
| MN
| Jan 2, 1923 - Nov 16, 1939
| Harding
| Associate Justice (Seat #10)
| died in office
|
| Edward Terry Sanford
| TN
| Feb 19, 1923 - Mar 8, 1930
| Harding
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| died in office
|
| Harlan Fiske Stone
| NY
| Mar 2, 1925 - Jul 2, 1941
| Coolidge
| Associate Justice (Seat #9)
| elevated to Chief Justice
|
| Charles Evans Hughes
| NY
| Feb 24, 1930 - Jun 30, 1941
| Hoover
| Chief Justice
| retired
|
| Owen Josephus Roberts
| PA
| Jun 2, 1930 - Jul 31, 1945
| Hoover
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| resigned
|
| Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
| NY
| Mar 31, 1932 - Jul 9, 1938
| Hoover
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| died in office
|
| Hugo LaFayette Black
| AL
| Aug 19, 1937 - Sep 17, 1971
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| died in office
|
| Stanley Forman Reed
| KY
| Jan 31, 1938 - Feb 25, 1957
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| assumed senior status
|
| Felix Frankfurter
| MA
| Jan 30, 1939 - Aug 28, 1962
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| assumed senior status
|
| William Orville Douglas
| CT
| Apr 17, 1939 - Nov 12, 1975
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
| assumed senior status
|
| Francis William Murphy
| MI
| Feb 5, 1940 - Jul 19, 1949
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #10)
| died in office
|
| Harlan Fiske Stone
| NY
| Jul 3, 1941 - Apr 22, 1946
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Chief Justice
| died in office
|
| James Francis Byrnes
| SC
| Jul 8, 1941 - Oct 3, 1942
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| resigned
|
| Robert Houghwout Jackson
| NY
| Jul 11, 1941 - Oct 9, 1954
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #9)
| died in office
|
| Wiley Blount Rutledge
| IA
| Feb 15, 1943 - Sep 10, 1949
| F. D. Roosevelt
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| died in office
|
| Harold Hitz Burton
| OH
| Oct 1, 1945 - Oct 13, 1958
| Truman
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| assumed senior status
|
| Frederick Moore Vinson
| KY
| Jun 24, 1946 - Sep 8, 1953
| Truman
| Chief Justice
| died in office
|
| Thomas Campbell Clark
| TX
| Aug 24, 1949 - Jun 12, 1967
| Truman
| Associate Justice (Seat #10)
| assumed senior status
|
| Sherman Minton
| IN
| Oct 12, 1949 - Oct 15, 1956
| Truman
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| assumed senior status
|
| Earl Warren *
| CA
| Oct 5, 1953 - Jun 23, 1969
| Eisenhower
| Chief Justice
| assumed senior status
|
| John Marshall Harlan II
| NY
| Mar 28, 1955 - Sep 23, 1971
| Eisenhower
| Associate Justice (Seat #9)
| assumed senior status
|
| William Joseph Brennan *
| NJ
| Oct 16, 1956 - Jul 20, 1990
| Eisenhower
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
| assumed senior status
|
| Charles Evans Whittaker
| MO
| Mar 25, 1957 - Mar 31, 1962
| Eisenhower
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| assumed senior status
|
| Potter Stewart *
| OH
| Oct 14, 1958 - Jul 3, 1981
| Eisenhower
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
| assumed senior status
|
| Byron Raymond White
| CO
| Apr 16, 1962 - Jun 28, 1993
| Kennedy
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
| assumed senior status
|
| Arthur Joseph Goldberg
| IL
| Oct 1, 1962 - Jul 25, 1965
| Kennedy
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| resigned
|
| Abe Fortas
| TN
| Oct 4, 1965 - May 14, 1969
| Johnson
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| resigned
|
| Thurgood Marshall
| NY
| Oct 2, 1967 - Oct 1, 1991
| Johnson
| Associate Justice (Seat #10)
| assumed senior status
|
| Warren Earl Burger
| VA
| Jun 23, 1969 - Sep 26, 1986
| Nixon
| Chief Justice
| assumed senior status
|
| Harry Andrew Blackmun
| MN
| Jun 9, 1970 - Aug 3, 1994
| Nixon
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
| assumed senior status
|
| Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
| VA
| Jan 7, 1972 - Jun 26, 1987
| Nixon
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
| assumed senior status
|
| William Hubbs Rehnquist
| AZ
| Jan 7, 1972 - Sep 26, 1986
| Nixon
| Associate Justice (Seat #9)
| elevated to Chief Justice
|
| John Paul Stevens
| IL
| Dec 19, 1975
| Ford
| Associate Justice (Seat #3)
|
|
| Sandra Day O'Connor
| AZ
| Sep 25, 1981
| Reagan
| Associate Justice (Seat #8)
|
|
| William Hubbs Rehnquist
| AZ
| Sep 26, 1986 -
| Reagan
| Chief Justice
|
|
| Antonin Scalia
| VA
| Sep 26, 1986
| Reagan
| Associate Justice (Seat #9)
|
|
| Anthony McLeod Kennedy
| CA
| Feb 18, 1988
| Reagan
| Associate Justice (Seat #4)
|
|
| David Hackett Souter
| NH
| Oct 9, 1990
| G. H. W. Bush
| Associate Justice (Seat #1)
|
|
| Clarence Thomas
| GA
| Oct 23, 1991
| G. H. W. Bush
| Associate Justice (Seat #10)
|
|
| Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg
| NY
| Aug 10, 1993
| Clinton
| Associate Justice (Seat #6)
|
|
| Stephen Gerald Breyer
| MA
| Aug 3, 1994
| Clinton
| Associate Justice (Seat #2)
|
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