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Justices of the Supreme Court 20688_Tables-Lists.qxd 8/27/07 2:36 PM Page A-14 Justices of the Supreme Court Term of Years of Life Term of Years of Life Service Service Span Service Service Span John Jay 1789–1795 5 1745–1829 Melville W. Fuller 1888–1910 21 1833–1910 John Rutledge 1789–1791 1 1739–1800 David J. Brewer 1890–1910 20 1837–1910 William Cushing 1789–1810 20 1732–1810 Henry B. Brown 1890–1906 16 1836–1913 James Wilson 1789–1798 8 1742–1798 George Shiras, Jr. 1892–1903 10 1832–1924 John Blair 1789–1796 6 1732–1800 Howell E. Jackson 1893–1895 2 1832–1895 Robert H. Harrison 1789–1790 — 1745–1790 Edward D. White 1894–1910 16 1845–1921 James Iredell 1790–1799 9 1951–1799 Rufus W. Peckham 1895–1909 14 1838–1909 Thomas Johnson 1791–1793 1 1732–1819 Joseph McKenna 1898–1925 26 1843–1926 William Paterson 1793–1806 13 1745–1806 Oliver W. Holmes 1902–1932 30 1841–1935 John Rutledge* 1795 — 1739–1800 William D. Day 1903–1922 19 1849–1923 Samuel Chase 1796–1811 15 1741–1811 William H. Moody 1906–1910 3 1853–1917 Oliver Ellsworth 1796–1800 4 1745–1807 Horace H. Lurton 1910–1914 4 1844–1914 Bushrod Washington 1798–1829 31 1762–1829 Charles E. Hughes 1910–1916 5 1862–1948 Alfred Moore 1799–1804 4 1755–1810 Willis Van Devanter 1911–1937 26 1859–1941 John Marshall 1801–1835 34 1755–1835 Joseph R. Lamar 1911–1916 5 1857–1916 William Johnson 1804–1834 30 1771–1834 Edward D. White 1910–1921 11 1845–1921 H. Brockholst Livingston 1806–1823 16 1757–1823 Mahlon Pitney 1912–1922 10 1858–1924 Thomas Todd 1807–1826 18 1765–1826 James C. McReynolds 1914–1941 26 1862–1946 Joseph Story 1811–1845 33 1779–1845 Louis D. Brandeis 1916–1939 22 1856–1941 Gabriel Duval 1811–1835 24 1752–1844 John H. Clarke 1916–1922 6 1857–1945 Smith Thompson 1823–1843 20 1768–1843 William H. Taft 1921–1930 8 1857–1930 Robert Trimble 1826–1828 2 1777–1828 George Sutherland 1922–1938 15 1862–1942 John McLean 1829–1861 32 1785–1861 Pierce Butler 1922–1939 16 1866–1939 Henry Baldwin 1830–1844 14 1780–1844 Edward T. Sanford 1923–1930 7 1865–1930 James M. Wayne 1835–1867 32 1790–1867 Harlan F. Stone 1925–1941 16 1872–1946 Roger B. Taney 1836–1864 28 1777–1864 Charles E. Hughes 1930–1941 11 1862–1948 Philip P. Barbour 1836–1841 4 1783–1841 Owen J. Roberts 1930–1945 15 1875–1955 John Catron 1837–1865 28 1786–1865 Benjamin N. Cardozo 1932–1938 6 1870–1938 John McKinley 1837–1852 15 1780–1852 Hugo L. Black 1937–1971 34 1886–1971 Peter V. Daniel 1841–1860 19 1784–1860 Stanley F. Reed 1938–1957 19 1884–1980 Samuel Nelson 1845–1872 27 1792–1873 Felix Frankfurter 1939–1962 23 1882–1965 Levi Woodbury 1845–1851 5 1789–1851 William O. Douglas 1939–1975 36 1898–1980 Robert C. Grier 1846–1870 23 1794–1870 Frank Murphy 1940–1949 9 1890–1949 Benjamin R. Curtis 1851–1857 6 1809–1874 Harlan F. Stone 1941–1946 5 1872–1946 John A. Campbell 1853–1861 8 1811–1889 James F. Byrnes 1941–1942 1 1879–1972 Nathan Clifford 1858–1881 23 1803–1881 Robert H. Jackson 1941–1954 13 1892–1954 Noah H. Swayne 1862–1881 18 1804–1884 Wiley B. Rutledge 1943–1949 6 1894–1949 Samuel F. Miller 1862–1890 28 1816–1890 Harold H. Burton 1945–1958 13 1888–1964 David Davis 1862–1877 14 1815–1886 Fred M. Vinson 1946–1953 7 1890–1953 Stephen J. Field 1863–1897 34 1816–1899 Tom C. Clark 1949–1967 18 1899–1977 Salmon P. Chase 1864–1873 8 1808–1873 Sherman Minton 1949–1956 7 1890–1965 William Strong 1870–1880 10 1808–1895 Earl Warren 1953–1969 16 1891–1974 Joseph P. Bradley 1870–1892 22 1813–1892 John Marshall Harlan 1955–1971 16 1899–1971 Ward Hunt 1873–1882 9 1810–1886 William J. Brennan, Jr. 1956–1990 34 1906–1977 Morrison R. Waite 1874–1888 14 1816–1888 Charles E. Whittaker 1957–1962 5 1901–1973 John M. Harlan 1877–1911 34 1833–1911 Potter Stewart 1958–1981 23 1915–1985 William B. Woods 1880–1887 7 1824–1887 Byron R. White 1962–1993 31 1917– Stanley Mathews 1881–1889 7 1824–1889 Arthur J. Goldberg 1962–1965 3 1908–1990 Horace Gray 1882–1902 20 1828–1902 Abe Fortas 1965–1969 4 1910–1982 Samuel Blatchford 1882–1893 11 1820–1893 Thurgood Marshall 1967–1991 24 1908–1993 Lucius Q. C. Lamar 1888–1893 5 1825–1893 Warren C. Burger 1969–1986 17 1907–1995 FINAL PASS PAGES MASTER 20688_Tables-Lists.qxd 8/27/07 2:36 PM Page A-15 Justices of the Supreme Court (continued) Term of Years of Life Term of Years of Life Service Service Span Service Service Span Harry A. Blackmun 1970–1994 24 1908–1998 David H. Souter 1990– — 1939– Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 1972–1987 15 1907–1998 Clarence Thomas 1991– — 1948– William H. Rehnquist 1972–2005 33 1924–2005 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1993– — 1933– John P. Stevens III 1975– — 1920– Stephen Breyer 1994– — 1938– Sandra Day O’Connor 1981–2006 — 1930– John G. Roberts, Jr. 2005– – 1955– Antonin Scalia 1986– — 1936– Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 2006– – 1950– Anthony M. Kennedy 1988– — 1936– Note: Chief justices are in italics. *Appointed and served one term, but not confirmed by the Senate FINAL PASS PAGES MASTER.
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