Talk:List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States/Prototype--Chronological table--Draft 1

Justices in chronological order

The following list consists of past Supreme Court Justices since 1789 placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office. The names of Justices who are active (as of November 28, 2004) are in bold. Justices who received a recess appointment to the Supreme Court have an asterisk(*) following their name. All but one of these recess appointments went on to be confirmed by the Senate during the following session of Congress.

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
{{{index}}}	James Wilson	PA	14 September 1742 – 21 August 1798	5 October 1789 – 21 August 1798	(none)	(none)	Washington	death
{{{index}}}	John Jay	NY	12 December 1745 – 17 May 1829	19 October 1789 – 29 June 1795	19 October 1789 – 29 June 1795	(none)	Washington	resignation
{{{index}}}	William Cushing	MA	1 March 1732 – 13 September 1810	2 February 1790 – 13 September 1810	(none)	(none)	Washington	death
{{{index}}}	John Blair	VA	1732 – 31 August 1800	2 February 1790 – 25 October 1795	(none)	(none)	Washington	resignation
{{{index}}}	John Rutledge	SC	18 September 1739 – 21 June 1800	15 February 1790 – 5 March 1791	(none)	(none)	Washington	resignation
{{{index}}}	James Iredell	NC	5 October 1751 – 20 October 1799	May 12 1790 – 20 October 1799	(none)	(none)	Washington	death
{{{index}}}	Thomas Johnson *	MD	4 November 1732 – 26 October 1819	6 August 1792 – 16 January 1793	(none)	(none)	Washington	resignation
{{{index}}}	William Paterson	NJ	24 December 1745 – 9 September 1806	11 March 1793 – 9 September 1806	(none)	(none)	Washington	death
{{{index}}}	John Rutledge *	SC	18 September 1739 – 21 June 1800	12 August 1795 – 15 December 1795	12 August 1795 – 15 December 1795	(none)	Washington	rejection of recess appointment by Senate
{{{index}}}	Samuel Chase	MD	17 April 1741 – 19 June 1811	4 February 1796 – 19 June 1811	(none)	(none)	Washington	death
{{{index}}}	Oliver Ellsworth	CT	29 April 1745 26 November 1807	8 March 1796 – 15 December 1800	8 March 1796 – 15 December 1800	(none)	Washington	resignation
{{{index}}}	Bushrod Washington	VA	5 June 1762 – 26 November 1829	4 February 1799 – 26 November 1829	(none)	(none)	Adams	death
{{{index}}}	Alfred Moore	NC	21 May 1755 – 15 October 1810	21 April 1800 – 26 January 1804	(none)	(none)	Adams	resignation
{{{index}}}	John Marshall	VA	24 September 1755 – 6 July 1835	4 February 1801 – 6 July 1835	4 February 1801 – 6 July 1835	(none)	Adams	death
{{{index}}}	William Johnson	SC	27 December 1771 – 4 August 1834	May 7 1804 – 4 August 1834	(none)	(none)	Jefferson	death
{{{index}}}	Henry Brockholst Livingston	NY	25 November 1757 – 18 March 1823	20 January 1807 – 18 March 1823	(none)	(none)	Jefferson	death
{{{index}}}	Thomas Todd	KY	23 January 1765 – 7 February 1826	4 May 1807 – 7 February 1826	(none)	(none)	Jefferson	death
{{{index}}}	Gabriel Duval	MD	6 December 1752 – 6 March 1844	23 November 1811 – 14 January 1835	(none)	(none)	Madison	resignation
{{{index}}}	Joseph Story	MA	18 September 1779 – 10 September 1845	3 February 1812 – 10 September 1845	(none)	(none)	Madison	death
{{{index}}}	Smith Thompson *	NY	17 January 1768 – 18 December 1843	1 September 1823 – 18 December 1843	(none)	(none)	Monroe	death
{{{index}}}	Robert Trimble	KY	17 November 1776 – 25 August 1828	16 June 1826 – 25 August 1828	(none)	(none)	J. Q. Adams	death
{{{index}}}	John McLean	OH	11 March 1785 – 4 April 1861	11 January 1830 – 4 April 1861	(none)	(none)	Jackson	death
{{{index}}}	Henry Baldwin	PA	14 January 1780 – 21 April 1844	18 January 1830 – 21 April 1844	(none)	(none)	Jackson	death
{{{index}}}	James Moore Wayne	GA	1790 – 5 July 1867	14 January 1835 – 5 July 1867	(none)	(none)	Jackson	death
{{{index}}}	Roger Brooke Taney	MD	17 March 1777 – 12 October 1864	28 March 1836 – 12 October 1864	28 March 1836 – 12 October 1864	(none)	Jackson	death
{{{index}}}	Philip Pendleton Barbour	VA	May 25 1783 – 25 February 1841	May 12 1836 – 25 February 1841	(none)	(none)	Jackson	death
{{{index}}}	John Catron	TN	1786 – 30 May 1865	May 1 1837 – 30 May 1865	(none)	(none)	Van Buren	death
{{{index}}}	John McKinley	AL	May 1 1780 – 19 July 1852	9 January 1838 – 19 July 1852	(none)	(none)	Van Buren	death
{{{index}}}	Peter Vivian Daniel	VA	24 April 1784 – 31 May 1860	10 January 1842 – 31 May 1860	(none)	(none)	Van Buren	death
{{{index}}}	Samuel Nelson	NY	10 November 1792 – 13 December 1873	27 February 1845 – 28 November 1872	(none)	(none)	Tyler	retirement
{{{index}}}	Levi Woodbury *	NH	22 December 1789 – 4 September 1851	23 September 1845 – 4 September 1851	(none)	(none)	Polk	death
{{{index}}}	Robert Cooper Grier	PA	5 March 1794 – 25 September 1870	10 August 1846 – 31 January 1870	(none)	(none)	Polk	retirement
{{{index}}}	Benjamin Robbins Curtis *	MA	4 November 1809 – 15 September 1874	10 October 1851 – 30 September 1857	(none)	(none)	Fillmore	resignation
{{{index}}}	John Archibald Campbell	AL	24 June 1811 – 12 March 1889	11 April 1853 – 30 April 1861	(none)	(none)	Pierce	resignation
{{{index}}}	Nathan Clifford	ME	18 August 1803 – 25 July 1881	21 January 1858 – 25 July 1881	(none)	(none)	Buchanan	death
{{{index}}}	Noah Haynes Swayne	OH	7 December 1804 – 8 June 1884	27 January 1862 – 24 January 1881	(none)	(none)	Lincoln	retirement
{{{index}}}	Samuel Freeman Miller	IA	5 April 1816 – 13 October 1890	21 July 1862 – 13 October 1890	(none)	(none)	Lincoln	death
{{{index}}}	David Davis	IL	9 March 1815 – 26 June 1886	10 December 1862 – 4 March 1877	(none)	(none)	Lincoln	resignation
{{{index}}}	Stephen Johnson Field	CA	4 November 1816 – 9 April 1899	May 20 1863 – 1 December 1897	(none)	(none)	Lincoln	retirement
{{{index}}}	Salmon Portland Chase	OH	13 January 1808 – 7 May 1873	15 December 1864 – 7 May 1873	15 December 1864 – 7 May 1873	(none)	Lincoln	death
{{{index}}}	William Strong	PA	May 6 1808 – 19 August 1895	14 March 1870 – 14 December 1880	(none)	(none)	Grant	retirement
{{{index}}}	Joseph Philo Bradley	NJ	14 March 1813 – 22 January 1892	23 March 1870 – 22 January 1892	(none)	(none)	Grant	death
{{{index}}}	Ward Hunt	NY	14 June 1810 – 24 March 1886	9 January 1873 – 27 January 1882	(none)	(none)	Grant	retirement
{{{index}}}	Morrison Remick Waite	OH	29 November 1816 – 23 March 1888	4 March 1874 – 23 March 1888	4 March 1874 – 23 March 1888	(none)	Grant	death
{{{index}}}	John Marshall Harlan	KY	1 June 1833 – 14 October 1911	10 December 1877 – 14 October 1911	(none)	(none)	Hayes	death
{{{index}}}	William Burnham Woods	GA	3 August 1824 – 14 May 1887	5 January 1881 – 14 May 1887	(none)	(none)	Hayes	death
{{{index}}}	Thomas Stanley Matthews	OH	21 July 1824 – 22 March 1889	May 17 1881 – 22 March 1889	(none)	(none)	Garfield	death
{{{index}}}	Horace Gray	MA	24 March 1828 – 15 September 1902	9 January 1882 – 15 September 1902	(none)	(none)	Arthur	death
{{{index}}}	Samuel Blatchford	NY	9 March 1820 – 7 July 1893	3 April 1882 – 7 July 1893	(none)	(none)	Arthur	death
{{{index}}}	Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar	MS	17 September 1825 – 23 January 1893	18 January 1888 – 23 January 1893	(none)	(none)	Cleveland	death
{{{index}}}	Melville Weston Fuller	IL	11 February 1833 – 4 July 1910	8 October 1888 – 4 July 1910	8 October 1888 – 4 July 1910	(none)	Cleveland	death
{{{index}}}	David Josiah Brewer	KS	20 June 1837 – 28 March 1910	6 January 1890 – 28 March 1910	(none)	(none)	Harrison	death
{{{index}}}	Henry Billings Brown	MI	2 March 1836 – 4 September 1913	5 January 1891 – 28 May 1906	(none)	(none)	Harrison	retirement
{{{index}}}	George Shiras, Jr.	PA	26 January 1832 – 2 August 1924	10 October 1892 – 23 February 1903	(none)	(none)	Harrison	retirement
{{{index}}}	Howell Edmunds Jackson	TN	8 April 1832 – 8 August 1895	4 March 1893 – 8 August 1895	(none)	(none)	Harrison	death
{{{index}}}	Edward Douglass White	LA	3 November 1845 – 19 May 1921	12 March 1894 – 19 May 1921	19 December 1910 – 19 May 1921	(none)	Cleveland (associate) Taft (chief)(a)	death
{{{index}}}	Rufus Wheeler Peckham	NY	8 November 1838 – 24 October 1909	6 January 1896 – 24 October 1909	(none)	(none)	Cleveland	death
{{{index}}}	Joseph McKenna	CA	10 August 1843 – 21 November 1926	26 January 1898 – 5 January 1925	(none)	(none)	McKinley	retirement
{{{index}}}	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.	MA	8 March 1841 – 6 March 1935	8 December 1902 – 12 January 1932	(none)	(none)	T. Roosevelt	retirement
{{{index}}}	William Rufus Day	OH	7 April 1849 – 9 July 1923	2 March 1903 – 13 November 1922	(none)	(none)	T. Roosevelt	retirement
{{{index}}}	William Henry Moody	MA	23 December 1853 – 2 July 1917	17 December 1906 – 20 November 1910	(none)	(none)	T. Roosevelt	resignation
{{{index}}}	Horace Harmon Lurton	TN	26 February 1844 – 12 July 1914	3 January 1910 – 12 July 1914	(none)	(none)	Taft	death
{{{index}}}	Charles Evans Hughes	NY	11 April 1862 – 27 August 1948	10 October 1910 – 10 June 1916	(none)	(none)	Taft	resignation
{{{index}}}	Willis Van Devanter	WY	17 April 1859 – 2 June 1937	3 January 1911 – 2 June 1937	(none)	(none)	Taft	death
{{{index}}}	Joseph Rucker Lamar	GA	14 October 1857 – 2 January 1916	3 January 1911 – 2 January 1916	(none)	(none)	Taft	death
{{{index}}}	Mahlon Pitney	NJ	5 February 1858 – 9 December 1924	18 March 1912 – 31 December 1922	(none)	(none)	Taft	resignation
{{{index}}}	James Clark McReynolds	TN	3 February 1862 – 24 August 1946	12 October 1914 – 31 January 1941	(none)	31 January 1941 – 24 August 1946	Wilson	death
{{{index}}}	Louis Dembitz Brandeis	MA	13 November 1856 – 5 October 1941	5 June 1916 – 13 February 1939	(none)	13 February 1939 – 5 October 1941	Wilson	death
{{{index}}}	John Hessin Clarke	OH	18 September 1857 – 22 March 1945	9 October 1916 – 18 September 1922	(none)	(none)	Wilson	resignation
{{{index}}}	William Howard Taft	OH	15 September 1857 – 8 March 1930	11 July 1921 – 3 February 1930	11 July 1921 – 3 February 1930	(none)	Harding	resignation(b)
{{{index}}}	George Sutherland	UT	25 March 1862 – 18 July 1942	2 October 1922 – 17 January 1938	(none)	17 January 1938 – 18 July 1942	Harding	death
{{{index}}}	Pierce Butler	MN	17 March 1866 – 16 November 1939	2 January 1923 – 16 November 1939	(none)	(none)	Harding	death
{{{index}}}	Edward Terry Sanford	TN	23 July 1865 – 8 March 1930	19 February 1923 – 8 March 1930	(none)	(none)	Harding	death
{{{index}}}	Harlan Fiske Stone	NY	11 October 1872 – 22 April 1946	2 March 1925 – 22 April 1946	3 July 1941 – 22 April 1946	(none)	Coolidge (associate) F. Roosevelt (chief)(a)	death
{{{index}}}	Charles Evans Hughes	NY	11 April 1862 – 27 August 1948	24 February 1930 – 30 June 1941	24 February 1930 – 30 June 1941	(none)	Hoover	retirement
{{{index}}}	Owen Josephus Roberts	PA	May 2 1875 – 17 May 1955	2 June 1930 – 31 July 1945	(none)	(none)	Hoover	resignation
{{{index}}}	Benjamin Nathan Cardozo	NY	May 24 1870 – 9 July 1938	14 March 1932 – 9 July 1938	(none)	(none)	Hoover	death
{{{index}}}	Hugo LaFayette Black	AL	27 February 1886 – 17 September 1971	19 August 1937 – 17 September 1971	(none)	(none)	F. Roosevelt	death
{{{index}}}	Stanley Forman Reed	KY	31 December 1884 – 2 April 1980	31 January 1938 – 25 February 1957	(none)	25 February 1957 – 2 April 1980	F. Roosevelt	death
{{{index}}}	Felix Frankfurter	MA	15 November 1882 – 22 February 1965	30 January 1939 – 28 August 1962	(none)	28 August 1962 – 22 February 1965	F. Roosevelt	death
{{{index}}}	William Orville Douglas	CT	16 October 1898 – 19 January 1980	17 April 1939 – 12 November 1975	(none)	12 November 1975 – 19 January 1980	F. Roosevelt	death
{{{index}}}	Francis William Murphy	MI	13 April 1890 – 19 July 1949	5 February 1940 – 19 July 1949	(none)	(none)	F. Roosevelt	death
{{{index}}}	James Francis Byrnes	SC	May 2 1879 – 9 April 1972	8 July 1941 – 3 October 1942	(none)	(none)	F. Roosevelt	resignation
{{{index}}}	Robert Houghwout Jackson	NY	13 February 1892 – 9 October 1954	11 July 1941 – 9 October 1954	(none)	(none)	F. Roosevelt	death
{{{index}}}	Wiley Blount Rutledge	IA	20 July 1894 – 10 September 1949	15 February 1943 – 10 September 1949	(none)	(none)	F. Roosevelt	death
{{{index}}}	Harold Hitz Burton	OH	22 June 1888 – 28 October 1964	1 October 1945 – 13 October 1958	(none)	13 October 1958 – 28 October 1964	Truman	death
{{{index}}}	Frederick Moore Vinson	KY	22 January 1890 – 8 September 1953	24 June 1946 – 8 September 1953	24 June 1946 – 8 September 1953	(none)	Truman	death
{{{index}}}	Thomas Campbell Clark	TX	23 September 1899 – 13 June 1977	24 August 1949 – 12 June 1967	(none)	12 June 1967 – 13 June 1977	Truman	death
{{{index}}}	Sherman Minton	IN	20 October 1890 – 9 April 1965	12 October 1949 – 15 October 1956	(none)	15 October 1956 – 9 April 1965	Truman	death
{{{index}}}	Earl Warren *	CA	19 March 1891 – 9 July 1974	5 October 1953 – 23 June 1969	5 October 1953 – 23 June 1969	23 June 1969 – 9 July 1974	Eisenhower	death
{{{index}}}	John Marshall Harlan II	NY	May 20 1899 – 29 December 1971	28 March 1955 – 23 September 1971	(none)	23 September 1971 – 29 December 1971	Eisenhower	death
{{{index}}}	William Joseph Brennan *	NJ	25 April 1906 – 24 July 1997	16 October 1956 – 20 July 1990	(none)	20 July 1990 – 24 July 1997	Eisenhower	death
{{{index}}}	Charles Evans Whittaker	MO	22 February 1901 – 26 November 1973	25 March 1957 – 31 March 1962	(none)	31 March 1962 – 30 September 1965	Eisenhower	resignation
{{{index}}}	Potter Stewart *	OH	23 January 1915 – 7 December 1985	14 October 1958 – 3 July 1981	(none)	3 July 1981 – 7 December 1985	Eisenhower	death
{{{index}}}	Byron Raymond White	CO	8 June 1917 – 15 April 2002	16 April 1962 – 28 June 1993	(none)	28 June 1993 – 15 April 2002	Kennedy	death
{{{index}}}	Arthur Joseph Goldberg	IL	8 August 1908 – 19 January 1990	1 October 1962 – 25 July 1965	(none)	(none)	Kennedy	resignation
{{{index}}}	Abe Fortas	TN	19 June 1910 – 5 April 1982	4 October 1965 – 14 May 1969	(none)	(none)	Johnson	resignation
{{{index}}}	Thurgood Marshall	NY	2 July 1908 – 24 January 1993	2 October 1967 – 1 October 1991	(none)	1 October 1991 – 24 January 1993	Johnson	death
{{{index}}}	Warren Earl Burger	VA	17 September 1907 – 25 June 1995	23 June 1969 – 26 September 1986	23 June 1969 – 26 September 1986	26 September 1986 – 25 June 1995	Nixon	death
{{{index}}}	Harry Andrew Blackmun	MN	12 November 1908 – 4 March 1999	9 June 1970 – 3 August 1994	(none)	3 August 1994 – 4 March 1999	Nixon	death
{{{index}}}	Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.	VA	19 September 1907 – 25 August 1998	7 January 1972 – 26 June 1987	(none)	26 June 1987 – 25 August 1998	Nixon	death
{{{index}}}	William Hubbs Rehnquist	AZ	1 October 1924 – present	7 January 1972 – present	26 September 1986 – present	—	Nixon (associate) Reagan (chief)(a)	—
{{{index}}}	John Paul Stevens	IL	20 April 1920 – present	19 December 1975 – present	(none)	—	Ford	—
{{{index}}}	Sandra Day O'Connor	AZ	26 March 1930 – present	25 September 1981 – present	(none)	—	Reagan	—
{{{index}}}	Antonin Scalia	VA	11 March 1936 – present	26 September 1986 – present	(none)	—	Reagan	—
{{{index}}}	Anthony McLeod Kennedy	CA	23 July 1936 – present	18 February 1988 – present	(none)	—	Reagan	—
{{{index}}}	David Hackett Souter	NH	17 September 1939 – present	9 October 1990 – present	(none)	—	G. H. W. Bush	—
{{{index}}}	Clarence Thomas	GA	23 June 1948 – present	23 October 1991 – present	(none)	—	G. H. W. Bush	—
{{{index}}}	Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg	NY	15 March 1933 – present	10 August 1993 – present	(none)	—	Clinton	—
{{{index}}}	Stephen Gerald Breyer	MA	15 August 1938 – present	3 August 1994 – present	(none)	—	Clinton	—

^(a) This individual was elevated from Associate Justice to Chief Justice. Unlike the inferior courts, the Chief Justice is separately nominated and subject to a separate confirmation process, regardless of whether or not (s)he is already an Associate Justice.

^(b) There is some disagreement on how William Howard Taft exited office. According to some sources, such as the Supreme Court Historical Society, Chief Justice Taft retired. According to others, such as the Federal Judicial Center, Chief Justice Taft resigned.