Supreme Court Justices

Judge

Term of Service

Appointed by

110	Samuel Alito	2006–Present	George W. Bush
109	John Glover Roberts, Jr.*	2005–Present	George W. Bush
108	Stephen Breyer	1994–Present	Bill Clinton
107	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	1993–Present	Bill Clinton
106	Clarence Thomas	1991–Present	George H. W. Bush
105	David Souter	1990–Present	George H. W. Bush
104	Anthony Kennedy	1988–Present	Ronald Reagan
103	Antonin Scalia	1986–Present	Ronald Reagan
102	Sandra Day O’Connor	1981– 2006	Ronald Reagan
101	John Paul Stevens	1975–Present	Gerald Ford
100	William Hubbs Rehnquist*	1972–2005	Richard Nixon
99	Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.	1972–1987	Richard Nixon
98	Harry Blackmun	1970–1994	Richard Nixon
97	Warren Earl Burger*	1969–1986	Richard Nixon
96	Thurgood Marshall	1967–1991	Lyndon Johnson
95	Abe Fortas	1965–1969	Lyndon Johnson
94	Arthur Goldberg	1962–1965	John F. Kennedy
93	Byron White	1962–1993	John F. Kennedy
92	Potter Stewart	1958–1981	Dwight D. Eisenhower
91	Charles Evans Whittaker	1957–1962	Dwight D. Eisenhower
90	William J. Brennan	1956–1990	Dwight D. Eisenhower
89	John Marshall Harlan II	1955–1971	Dwight D. Eisenhower
88	Earl Warren*	1953–1969	Dwight D. Eisenhower
87	Sherman Minton	1949–1956	Harry S. Truman
86	Tom C. Clark	1949–1967	Harry S. Truman
85	Fred Moore Vinson*	1946–1953	Harry S. Truman
84	Harold Hitz Burton	1945–1958	Harry S. Truman
83	Wiley Blout Rutledge	1943–1949	Franklin D. Roosevelt
82	Robert H. Jackson	1941–1954	Franklin D. Roosevelt
81	James F. Byrnes	1941–1942	Franklin D. Roosevelt
80	Frank Murphy	1940–1949	Franklin D. Roosevelt
79	William O. Douglas	1939–1975	Franklin D. Roosevelt
78	Felix Frankfurter	1939–1962	Franklin D. Roosevelt
77	Stanley Forman Reed	1938–1957	Franklin D. Roosevelt
76	Hugo Black	1937–1971	Franklin D. Roosevelt
75	Benjamin N. Cardozo	1932–1938	Herbert Hoover
74	Owen Josephus Roberts	1930–1944	Herbert Hoover
73	Harlan Fiske Stone*	1925–1946	Calvin Coolidge
72	Edward Terry Sanford	1923–1930	Warren G. Harding
71	Pierce Butler	1923–1939	Warren G. Harding
70	George Sutherland	1922–1938	Warren G. Harding
69	William Howard Taft*	1921–1930	Warren G. Harding
68	John Hessin Clarke	1916–1922	Woodrow Wilson
67	Louis Brandeis	1916–1939	Woodrow Wilson
66	James Clark McReynolds	1914–1941	Woodrow Wilson
65	Mahlon Pitney	1912–1922	William Howard Taft
64	Joseph Rucker Lamar	1911–1916	William Howard Taft
63	Willis Van Devanter	1911–1937	William Howard Taft
62	Charles Evans Hughes*	1910–1916	William Howard Taft
61	Horace Harmon Lurton	1910–1914	William Howard Taft
60	William Henry Moody	1906–1910	Theodore Roosevelt
59	William R. Day	1903–1922	Theodore Roosevelt
58	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.	1902–1932	Theodore Roosevelt
57	Joseph McKenna	1898–1925	William McKinley
56	Rufus Wheeler Peckham	1896–1909	Grover Cleveland
55	Edward Douglass White*	1894–1921	Grover Cleveland
54	Howell Edmunds Jackson	1893–1895	Benjamin Harrison
53	George Shiras, Jr.	1892–1903	Benjamin Harrison
52	Henry Billings Brown	1891–1906	Benjamin Harrison
51	David Josiah Brewer	1890–1910	Benjamin Harrison
50	Melville Fuller*	1888–1910	Grover Cleveland
49	Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar	1888–1893	Grover Cleveland
48	Samuel Blatchford	1882–1893	Chester A. Arthur
47	Horace Gray	1882–1902	Chester A. Arthur
46	Thomas Stanley Matthews	1881–1889	James Garfield
45	William Burnham Woods	1881–1887	Rutherford B. Hayes
44	John Marshall Harlan	1877–1911	Rutherford B. Hayes
43	Morrison Remick Waite*	1874–1888	Ulysses S. Grant
42	Ward Hunt	1873–1882	Ulysses S. Grant
41	Joseph Philo Bradley	1870–1892	Ulysses S. Grant
40	William Strong	1870–1880	Ulysses S. Grant
39	Salmon Portland Chase*	1864–1873	Abraham Lincoln
38	Stephen Johnson Field	1863–1897	Abraham Lincoln
37	David Davis	1862–1877	Abraham Lincoln
36	Samuel Freeman Miller	1862–1890	Abraham Lincoln
35	Noah Haynes Swayne	1862–1881	Abraham Lincoln
34	Nathan Clifford	1858–1881	James Buchanan
33	John Archibald Campbell	1853–1861	Franklin Pierce
32	Benjamin Robbins Curtis	1851–1857	Millard Fillmore
31	Robert Cooper Grier	1846–1870	James K. Polk
30	Levi Woodbury	1845–1851	James K. Polk
29	Samuel Nelson	1845–1872	John Tyler
28	Peter Vivian Daniel	1842–1860	Martin Van Buren
27	John McKinley	1838–1852	Martin Van Buren
26	John Catron	1837–1865	Martin Van Buren
25	Philip Pendleton Barbour	1836–1841	Andrew Jackson
24	Roger Brooke Taney*	1836–1864	Andrew Jackson
23	James Moore Wayne	1835–1867	Andrew Jackson
22	Henry Baldwin	1830–1844	Andrew Jackson
21	John McLean	1830–1861	Andrew Jackson
20	Robert Trimble	1826–1828	John Quincy Adams
19	Smith Thompson	1823–1843	James Monroe
18	Joseph Story	1812–1845	James Madison
17	Gabriel Duvall	1811–1835	James Madison
16	Thomas Todd	1807–1826	Thomas Jefferson
15	Henry Brockholst Livingston	1807–1823	Thomas Jefferson
14	William Johnson	1804–1834	Thomas Jefferson
13	John Marshall*	1801–1835	John Adams
12	Alfred Moore	1800–1804	John Adams
11	Bushrod Washington	1799–1829	John Adams
10	Oliver Ellsworth*	1796–1800	George Washington
9	Samuel Chase	1796–1811	George Washington
8	William Paterson	1793–1806	George Washington
7	Thomas Johnson	1792–1793	George Washington
6	James Iredell	1790–1799	George Washington
5	John Rutledge*	1790–1791, 1795	George Washington
4	John Blair	1790–1795	George Washington
3	William Cushing*	1790–1810	George Washington
2	John Jay*	1789–1795	George Washington
1	James Wilson	1789–1798	George Washington

*Denotes a chief justice at some point in time.

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