List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States - wikipedia List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States This article is part of the series on the United States Supreme Court The Court Decisions Procedure History Court Building Current membership Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch Retired Associate Justices John Paul Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor David Souter All members List of all justices by court by seat by time in office by education List of Chief Justices List of Associate Justices Specialty lists All nominations Unsuccessful nominations Nominations late in presidency Court demographics Justices who served in Congress Ideological leanings of justices Court functionaries Clerks Reporter of Decisions Marshal of the Court Supreme Court Police Other countries Law Portal The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom would constitute a quorum. Justices are nominated by the President of the United States and appointed after confirmation by the United States Senate. Justices of the Supreme Court have life tenure and receive a salary which is set at $255,500 per year for the chief justice and at $244,400 per year for each associate justice as of 2014. The Supreme Court was created in 1789 by Article III of the United States Constitution, which stipulated that the `` judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court '' together with any lower courts Congress may establish. Congress organized the Court that year with the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789. It specified the Court 's original and appellate jurisdiction, created thirteen judicial districts, and fixed the number of justices at six ( one chief justice and five associate justices ). Since 1789, Congress has occasionally altered the size of the Supreme Court, historically in response to the country 's own expansion in size. An 1801 act would have decreased the Court 's size to five members upon its next vacancy. However, an 1802 act negated the effects of the 1801 act upon the Court before any such vacancy occurred, maintaining the Court 's size at six members. Later legislation increased its size to seven members in 1807, to nine in 1837, and to ten in 1863. An 1866 act was to have reduced the Court 's size from ten members to seven upon its next three vacancies, and two vacancies did occur during this period. However, before a third vacancy occurred, the Judiciary Act of 1869 intervened, restoring the Court 's size to nine members, where it has remained since. While the justices of the Supreme Court are appointed for life, many have retired or resigned. Beginning in the early 20th century, many justices who left the Court voluntarily did so by retiring from the Court without leaving the federal judiciary altogether. A retired justice, according to the United States Code, is no longer a member of the Supreme Court, but remains eligible to serve by designation as a judge of a U.S. Court of Appeals or District Court, and many retired justices have served in these capacities. Historically, the average length of service on the Court has been less than 15 years. However, since 1970 the average length of service has increased to about 26 years. Contents 1 Current justices of the Supreme Court 2 All justices of the Supreme Court 2.1 Notes 3 Timelines 3.1 All justices 3.2 Current justices 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Current justices of the Supreme Court There are currently nine justices serving on the Supreme Court ; listed in order of seniority, they are : John Roberts, Chief Justice since September 29, 2005 Age 7004231320000000000 ♠ 63 Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice since February 18, 1988 Age 7004298940000000000 ♠ 81 Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice since October 23, 1991 Age 7004255410000000000 ♠ 69 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice since August 10, 1993 Age 7004311200000000000 ♠ 85 Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice since August 3, 1994 Age 7004291410000000000 ♠ 79 Samuel Alito, Associate Justice since January 31, 2006 Age 7004248940000000000 ♠ 68 Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice since August 8, 2009 Age 7004233480000000000 ♠ 63 Elena Kagan, Associate Justice since August 7, 2010 Age 7004212140000000000 ♠ 58 Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice since April 10, 2017 Age 7004185350000000000 ♠ 50 All justices of the Supreme Court Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 113 persons have served on the Court. William O. Douglas holds the record for longest tenure on the Court -- 36 years, 211 days, and Thomas Johnson 's 163 day tenure is the shortest. Five individuals were confirmed for associate justice, and later appointed chief justice separately : Charles Evans Hughes, William Rehnquist, John Rutledge, Harlan F. Stone, and Edward Douglass White. While listed twice, each of them has been assigned only one index number. The justices of the Supreme Court are : Justice State Position Replacing Date confirmed ( Vote ) Tenure Tenure length Appointed by John Jay ( 1745 -- 1829 ) NY 001 ! Chief Justice New seat 000000001789 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 000000001789 - 10 - 19 - 0000 October 19, 1789 -- June 29, 1795 ( Resigned ) 7003207900000000000 ♠ 5 years, 253 days George Washington John Rutledge ( 1739 -- 1800 ) SC 018 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001789 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 000000001790 - 02 - 15 - 0000 February 15, 1790 -- March 4, 1791 ( Resigned ) 7002382000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 17 days William Cushing ( 1732 -- 1810 ) MA 019 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001789 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 000000001790 - 02 - 02 - 0000 February 2, 1790 -- September 13, 1810 ( Died ) 7003752700000000000 ♠ 20 years, 223 days James Wilson ( 1742 -- 1798 ) PA 020 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001789 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 000000001789 - 10 - 05 - 0000 October 5, 1789 -- August 21, 1798 ( Died ) 7003324200000000000 ♠ 8 years, 320 days 5 John Blair ( 1732 -- 1800 ) VA 021 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001789 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 000000001790 - 02 - 02 - 0000 February 2, 1790 -- October 25, 1795 ( Resigned ) 7003209100000000000 ♠ 5 years, 265 days 6 James Iredell ( 1751 -- 1799 ) NC 022 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001790 - 02 - 10 - 0000 February 10, 1790 ( Acclamation ) 000000001790 - 05 - 12 - 0000 May 12, 1790 -- October 20, 1799 ( Died ) 7003344800000000000 ♠ 9 years, 161 days 7 Thomas Johnson ( 1732 -- 1819 ) MD 023 ! Associate Justice J. Rutledge 000000001791 - 11 - 07 - 0000 November 7, 1791 ( Acclamation ) 000000001792 - 08 - 06 - 0000 August 6, 1792 -- January 16, 1793 ( Resigned ) 7002163000000000000 ♠ 163 days 8 William Paterson ( 1745 -- 1806 ) NJ 024 ! Associate Justice T. Johnson 000000001793 - 03 - 04 - 0000 March 4, 1793 ( Acclamation ) 000000001793 - 03 - 11 - 0000 March 11, 1793 -- September 8, 1806 ( Died ) 7003492800000000000 ♠ 13 years, 181 days John Rutledge ( 1739 -- 1800 ) SC 002 ! Chief Justice Jay 000000001795 - 12 - 15 - 0000 December 15, 1795 ( 10 -- 14 ) 000000001795 - 08 - 12 - 0000 August 12, 1795 -- December 28, 1795 ( Resigned, nomination having been rejected ) 7002138000000000000 ♠ 138 days 9 Samuel Chase ( 1741 -- 1811 ) MD 025 ! Associate Justice Blair 000000001796 - 01 - 27 - 0000 January 27, 1796 ( Acclamation ) 000000001796 - 02 - 04 - 0000 February 4, 1796 -- June 19, 1811 ( Died ) 7003561300000000000 ♠ 15 years, 135 days 10 Oliver Ellsworth ( 1745 -- 1807 ) CT 003 ! Chief Justice J. Rutledge 000000001796 - 03 - 04 - 0000 March 4, 1796 ( 21 -- 1 ) 000000001796 - 03 - 08 - 0000 March 8, 1796 -- December 15, 1800 ( Resigned ) 7003174200000000000 ♠ 4 years, 282 days 11 Bushrod Washington ( 1762 -- 1829 ) VA 026 ! Associate Justice Wilson 000000001798 - 12 - 20 - 0000 December 20, 1798 ( Acclamation ) 000000001798 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 1798 -- November 26, 1829 ( Died ) 7004113390000000000 ♠ 31 years, 17 days John Adams 12 Alfred Moore ( 1755 -- 1810 ) NC 027 ! Associate Justice Iredell 000000001799 - 12 - 09 - 0000 December 9, 1799 ( Acclamation ) 000000001800 - 04 - 21 - 0000 April 21, 1800 -- January 26, 1804 ( Resigned ) 7003137500000000000 ♠ 3 years, 280 days 13 John Marshall ( 1755 -- 1835 ) VA 004 ! Chief Justice Ellsworth 000000001801 - 01 - 27 - 0000 January 27, 1801 ( Acclamation ) 000000001801 - 02 - 04 - 0000 February 4, 1801 -- July 6, 1835 ( died ) 7004125700000000000 ♠ 34 years, 152 days 14 William Johnson ( 1771 -- 1834 ) SC 028 ! Associate Justice Moore 000000001804 - 03 - 24 - 0000 March 24, 1804 ( Acclamation ) 000000001804 - 05 - 07 - 0000 May 7, 1804 -- August 4, 1834 ( Died ) 7004110460000000000 ♠ 30 years, 89 days Thomas Jefferson 15 Henry Brockholst Livingston ( 1757 -- 1823 ) NY 029 ! Associate Justice Paterson 000000001806 - 12 - 17 - 0000 December 17, 1806 ( Acclamation ) 000000001807 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1807 -- March 18, 1823 ( Died ) 7003590100000000000 ♠ 16 years, 57 days 16 Thomas Todd ( 1765 -- 1826 ) KY 030 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001807 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2, 1807 ( Acclamation ) 000000001807 - 03 - 03 - 0000 March 3, 1807 -- February 7, 1826 ( Died ) 7003691600000000000 ♠ 18 years, 341 days 17 Gabriel Duvall ( 1752 -- 1844 ) MD 031 ! Associate Justice S. Chase 000000001811 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 1811 ( Acclamation ) 000000001811 - 11 - 23 - 0000 November 23, 1811 -- January 12, 1835 ( Resigned ) 7003845100000000000 ♠ 23 years, 50 days James Madison 18 Joseph Story ( 1779 -- 1845 ) MA 032 ! Associate Justice Cushing 000000001811 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 1811 ( Acclamation ) 000000001812 - 02 - 03 - 0000 February 3, 1812 -- September 10, 1845 ( Died ) 7004122730000000000 ♠ 33 years, 219 days 19 Smith Thompson ( 1768 -- 1843 ) NY 033 ! Associate Justice Livingston 000000001823 - 12 - 09 - 0000 December 9, 1823 ( Acclamation ) 000000001823 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 1, 1823 -- December 18, 1843 ( Died ) 7003741300000000000 ♠ 20 years, 108 days James Monroe 20 Robert Trimble ( 1776 -- 1828 ) KY 034 ! Associate Justice Todd 000000001826 - 05 - 09 - 0000 May 9, 1826 ( 25 -- 5 ) 000000001826 - 06 - 16 - 0000 June 16, 1826 -- August 25, 1828 ( Died ) 7002801000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 70 days John Quincy Adams 21 John McLean ( 1785 -- 1861 ) OH 035 ! Associate Justice Trimble 000000001829 - 03 - 07 - 0000 March 7, 1829 ( Acclamation ) 000000001830 - 01 - 11 - 0000 January 11, 1830 -- April 4, 1861 ( Died ) 7004114060000000000 ♠ 31 years, 83 days Andrew Jackson 22 Henry Baldwin ( 1780 -- 1844 ) PA 036 ! Associate Justice Washington 000000001830 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1830 ( 41 -- 2 ) 000000001830 - 01 - 18 - 0000 January 18, 1830 -- April 21, 1844 ( Died ) 7003520700000000000 ♠ 14 years, 94 days 23 James Moore Wayne ( 1790 -- 1867 ) GA 037 ! Associate Justice W. Johnson 000000001835 - 01 - 09 - 0000 January 9, 1835 ( Acclamation ) 000000001835 - 01 - 14 - 0000 January 14, 1835 -- July 5, 1867 ( Died ) 7004118600000000000 ♠ 32 years, 172 days 24 Roger B. Taney ( 1777 -- 1864 ) MD 005 ! Chief Justice J. Marshall 000000001836 - 03 - 15 - 0000 March 15, 1836 ( 29 -- 15 ) 000000001836 - 03 - 28 - 0000 March 28, 1836 -- October 12, 1864 ( Died ) 7004104250000000000 ♠ 28 years, 198 days 25 Philip Pendleton Barbour ( 1783 -- 1841 ) VA 038 ! Associate Justice Duvall 000000001836 - 03 - 15 - 0000 March 15, 1836 ( 30 -- 11 ) 000000001836 - 05 - 12 - 0000 May 12, 1836 -- February 25, 1841 ( Died ) 7003175000000000000 ♠ 4 years, 289 days 26 John Catron ( 1786 -- 1865 ) TN 039 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001837 - 03 - 08 - 0000 March 8, 1837 ( 28 -- 15 ) 000000001837 - 05 - 01 - 0000 May 1, 1837 -- May 30, 1865 ( Died ) 7004102560000000000 ♠ 28 years, 29 days 27 John McKinley ( 1780 -- 1852 ) AL 040 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001837 - 09 - 25 - 0000 September 25, 1837 ( Acclamation ) 000000001838 - 01 - 09 - 0000 January 9, 1838 -- July 19, 1852 ( Died ) 7003530500000000000 ♠ 14 years, 192 days Martin Van Buren 28 Peter Vivian Daniel ( 1784 -- 1860 ) VA 041 ! Associate Justice Barbour 000000001841 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2, 1841 ( 25 -- 5 ) 000000001842 - 01 - 10 - 0000 January 10, 1842 -- May 31, 1860 ( Died ) 7003671600000000000 ♠ 18 years, 142 days 29 Samuel Nelson ( 1792 -- 1873 ) NY 042 ! Associate Justice Thompson 000000001845 - 02 - 14 - 0000 February 14, 1845 ( Acclamation ) 000000001845 - 02 - 27 - 0000 February 27, 1845 -- November 28, 1872 ( Retired ) 7004101360000000000 ♠ 27 years, 275 days John Tyler 30 Levi Woodbury ( 1789 -- 1851 ) NH 043 ! Associate Justice Story 000000001846 - 01 - 31 - 0000 January 31, 1846 ( Acclamation ) 000000001845 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23, 1845 -- September 4, 1851 ( Died ) 7003217200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 346 days James K. Polk 31 Robert Cooper Grier ( 1794 -- 1870 ) PA 044 ! Associate Justice Baldwin 000000001846 - 08 - 04 - 0000 August 4, 1846 ( Acclamation ) 000000001846 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1846 -- January 31, 1870 ( Retired ) 7003857500000000000 ♠ 23 years, 174 days 32 Benjamin Robbins Curtis ( 1809 -- 1874 ) MA 045 ! Associate Justice Woodbury 000000001851 - 12 - 20 - 0000 December 20, 1851 ( Acclamation ) 000000001851 - 10 - 10 - 0000 October 10, 1851 -- September 30, 1857 ( Resigned ) 7003218200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 355 days Millard Fillmore 33 John Archibald Campbell ( 1811 -- 1889 ) AL 046 ! Associate Justice McKinley 000000001853 - 03 - 22 - 0000 March 22, 1853 ( Acclamation ) 000000001853 - 04 - 11 - 0000 April 11, 1853 -- April 30, 1861 ( Resigned ) 7003294100000000000 ♠ 8 years, 19 days Franklin Pierce 34 Nathan Clifford ( 1803 -- 1881 ) ME 047 ! Associate Justice Curtis 000000001858 - 01 - 12 - 0000 January 12, 1858 ( 26 -- 23 ) 000000001858 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 1858 -- July 25, 1881 ( Died ) 7003858600000000000 ♠ 23 years, 185 days James Buchanan 35 Noah Haynes Swayne ( 1804 -- 1884 ) OH 048 ! Associate Justice McLean 000000001862 - 01 - 24 - 0000 January 24, 1862 ( 38 -- 1 ) 000000001862 - 01 - 27 - 0000 January 27, 1862 -- January 24, 1881 ( Retired ) 7003693700000000000 ♠ 18 years, 363 days Abraham Lincoln 36 Samuel Freeman Miller ( 1816 -- 1890 ) IA 049 ! Associate Justice Daniel 000000001862 - 07 - 16 - 0000 July 16, 1862 ( Acclamation ) 000000001862 - 07 - 21 - 0000 July 21, 1862 -- October 13, 1890 ( Died ) 7004103110000000000 ♠ 28 years, 84 days 37 David Davis ( 1815 -- 1886 ) IL 050 ! Associate Justice Campbell 000000001862 - 12 - 08 - 0000 December 8, 1862 ( Acclamation ) 000000001862 - 12 - 10 - 0000 December 10, 1862 -- March 4, 1877 ( Resigned ) 7003519800000000000 ♠ 14 years, 84 days 38 Stephen Johnson Field ( 1816 -- 1899 ) CA 051 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001863 - 03 - 10 - 0000 March 10, 1863 ( Acclamation ) 000000001863 - 05 - 10 - 0000 May 10, 1863 -- December 1, 1897 ( Retired ) 7004126240000000000 ♠ 34 years, 205 days 39 Salmon P. Chase ( 1808 -- 1873 ) OH 006 ! Chief Justice Taney 000000001864 - 12 - 06 - 0000 December 6, 1864 ( Acclamation ) 000000001864 - 12 - 15 - 0000 December 15, 1864 -- May 7, 1873 ( Died ) 7003306500000000000 ♠ 8 years, 143 days 40 William Strong ( 1808 -- 1895 ) PA 052 ! Associate Justice Grier 000000001870 - 02 - 18 - 0000 February 18, 1870 ( No vote recorded ) 000000001870 - 03 - 14 - 0000 March 14, 1870 -- December 14, 1880 ( Retired ) 7003392800000000000 ♠ 10 years, 275 days Ulysses S. Grant 41 Joseph Philo Bradley ( 1813 -- 1892 ) NJ 053 ! Associate Justice New seat 000000001870 - 03 - 21 - 0000 March 21, 1870 ( 46 -- 9 ) 000000001870 - 03 - 23 - 0000 March 23, 1870 -- January 22, 1892 ( Died ) 7003797500000000000 ♠ 21 years, 305 days 42 Ward Hunt ( 1810 -- 1886 ) NY 054 ! Associate Justice Nelson 000000001872 - 12 - 11 - 0000 December 11, 1872 ( Acclamation ) 000000001873 - 01 - 09 - 0000 January 9, 1873 -- January 27, 1882 ( Retired ) 7003330500000000000 ♠ 9 years, 18 days 43 Morrison Waite ( 1816 -- 1888 ) OH 007 ! Chief Justice S.P. Chase 000000001874 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 1874 ( 63 -- 0 ) 000000001874 - 03 - 04 - 0000 March 4, 1874 -- March 23, 1888 ( Died ) 7003513300000000000 ♠ 14 years, 19 days 44 John Marshall Harlan ( 1833 -- 1911 ) KY 055 ! Associate Justice Davis 000000001877 - 11 - 29 - 0000 November 29, 1877 ( Acclamation ) 000000001877 - 12 - 10 - 0000 December 10, 1877 -- October 14, 1911 ( Died ) 7004123600000000000 ♠ 33 years, 308 days Rutherford B. Hayes 45 William Burnham Woods ( 1824 -- 1887 ) GA 056 ! Associate Justice Strong 000000001880 - 12 - 21 - 0000 December 21, 1880 ( 39 -- 8 ) 000000001881 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1881 -- May 14, 1887 ( Died ) 7003232000000000000 ♠ 6 years, 129 days 46 Stanley Matthews ( 1824 -- 1889 ) OH 057 ! Associate Justice Swayne 000000001881 - 05 - 12 - 0000 May 12, 1881 ( 24 -- 23 ) 000000001881 - 05 - 17 - 0000 May 17, 1881 -- March 22, 1889 ( Died ) 7003286600000000000 ♠ 7 years, 309 days James Garfield 47 Horace Gray ( 1828 -- 1902 ) MA 058 ! Associate Justice Clifford 000000001881 - 12 - 20 - 0000 December 20, 1881 ( 51 -- 5 ) 000000001882 - 01 - 09 - 0000 January 9, 1882 -- September 15, 1902 ( Died ) 7003755300000000000 ♠ 20 years, 249 days Chester A. Arthur 48 Samuel Blatchford ( 1820 -- 1893 ) NY 059 ! Associate Justice Hunt 000000001882 - 03 - 22 - 0000 March 22, 1882 ( Acclamation ) 000000001882 - 04 - 03 - 0000 April 3, 1882 -- July 7, 1893 ( Died ) 7003411300000000000 ♠ 11 years, 95 days 49 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II ( 1825 -- 1893 ) MS 060 ! Associate Justice Woods 000000001888 - 01 - 16 - 0000 January 16, 1888 ( 32 -- 28 ) 000000001888 - 01 - 18 - 0000 January 18, 1888 -- January 23, 1893 ( Died ) 7003183200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 5 days Grover Cleveland 50 Melville Fuller ( 1833 -- 1910 ) IL 008 ! Chief Justice Waite 000000001888 - 07 - 20 - 0000 July 20, 1888 ( 41 -- 20 ) 000000001888 - 10 - 08 - 0000 October 8, 1888 -- July 4, 1910 ( Died ) 7003793800000000000 ♠ 21 years, 269 days 51 David Josiah Brewer ( 1837 -- 1910 ) KS 061 ! Associate Justice Matthews 000000001889 - 12 - 18 - 0000 December 18, 1889 ( 53 -- 11 ) 000000001890 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1890 -- March 28, 1910 ( Died ) 7003738500000000000 ♠ 20 years, 81 days Benjamin Harrison 52 Henry Billings Brown ( 1836 -- 1913 ) MI 062 ! Associate Justice Miller 000000001890 - 12 - 29 - 0000 December 29, 1890 ( Acclamation ) 000000001891 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1891 -- May 28, 1906 ( Retired ) 7003598600000000000 ♠ 16 years, 143 days 53 George Shiras, Jr. ( 1832 -- 1924 ) PA 063 ! Associate Justice Bradley 000000001892 - 07 - 26 - 0000 July 26, 1892 ( Acclamation ) 000000001892 - 10 - 10 - 0000 October 10, 1892 -- February 23, 1903 ( Retired ) 7003378700000000000 ♠ 10 years, 136 days 54 Howell Edmunds Jackson ( 1832 -- 1895 ) TN 064 ! Associate Justice L. Lamar 000000001893 - 02 - 18 - 0000 February 18, 1893 ( Acclamation ) 000000001893 - 03 - 04 - 0000 March 4, 1893 -- August 8, 1895 ( Died ) 7002887000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 157 days 55 Edward Douglass White ( 1845 -- 1921 ) LA 065 ! Associate Justice Blatchford 000000001894 - 02 - 19 - 0000 February 19, 1894 ( Acclamation ) 000000001894 - 03 - 12 - 0000 March 12, 1894 -- December 18, 1910 ( Continued as chief justice ) 7003612400000000000 ♠ 16 years, 281 days Grover Cleveland 56 Rufus Wheeler Peckham ( 1838 -- 1909 ) NY 066 ! Associate Justice H. Jackson 000000001895 - 12 - 09 - 0000 December 9, 1895 ( Acclamation ) 000000001896 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1896 -- October 24, 1909 ( Died ) 7003503900000000000 ♠ 13 years, 291 days 57 Joseph McKenna ( 1843 -- 1926 ) CA 067 ! Associate Justice Field 000000001898 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 1898 ( Acclamation ) 000000001898 - 01 - 26 - 0000 January 26, 1898 -- January 5, 1925 ( Retired ) 7003984000000000000 ♠ 26 years, 345 days William McKinley 58 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ( 1841 -- 1935 ) MA 068 ! Associate Justice Gray 000000001902 - 12 - 04 - 0000 December 4, 1902 ( Acclamation ) 000000001902 - 12 - 08 - 0000 December 8, 1902 -- January 12, 1932 ( Retired ) 7004106270000000000 ♠ 29 years, 35 days Theodore Roosevelt 59 William R. Day ( 1849 -- 1923 ) OH 069 ! Associate Justice Shiras 000000001903 - 02 - 23 - 0000 February 23, 1903 ( Acclamation ) 000000001903 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2, 1903 -- November 13, 1922 ( Retired ) 7003719600000000000 ♠ 19 years, 256 days 60 William Henry Moody ( 1853 -- 1917 ) MA 070 ! Associate Justice Brown 000000001906 - 12 - 12 - 0000 December 12, 1906 ( Acclamation ) 000000001906 - 12 - 17 - 0000 December 17, 1906 -- November 20, 1910 ( Retired ) 7003143400000000000 ♠ 3 years, 338 days 61 Horace Harmon Lurton ( 1844 -- 1914 ) TN 071 ! Associate Justice Peckham 000000001909 - 12 - 20 - 0000 December 20, 1909 ( Acclamation ) 000000001910 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1910 -- July 12, 1914 ( Died ) 7003166500000000000 ♠ 4 years, 204 days William Howard Taft 62 Charles Evans Hughes ( 1862 -- 1948 ) NY 072 ! Associate Justice Brewer 000000001910 - 05 - 02 - 0000 May 2, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 000000001910 - 10 - 10 - 0000 October 10, 1910 -- June 10, 1916 ( Resigned ) 7003207000000000000 ♠ 5 years, 244 days 55 Edward Douglass White ( 1845 -- 1921 ) LA 009 ! Chief Justice Fuller 000000001910 - 12 - 12 - 0000 December 12, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 000000001910 - 12 - 19 - 0000 December 19, 1910 -- May 19, 1921 ( Died ) 7003380400000000000 ♠ 10 years, 151 days 63 Willis Van Devanter ( 1859 -- 1941 ) WY 073 ! Associate Justice E.D. White 000000001910 - 12 - 15 - 0000 December 15, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 000000001911 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1911 -- June 2, 1937 ( Retired ) 7003964700000000000 ♠ 26 years, 150 days 64 Joseph Rucker Lamar ( 1857 -- 1916 ) GA 074 ! Associate Justice Moody 000000001910 - 12 - 15 - 0000 December 15, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 000000001911 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1911 -- January 2, 1916 ( Died ) 7003182500000000000 ♠ 4 years, 364 days 65 Mahlon Pitney ( 1858 -- 1924 ) NJ 075 ! Associate Justice J. Harlan 000000001912 - 03 - 13 - 0000 March 13, 1912 ( 50 -- 26 ) 000000001912 - 03 - 18 - 0000 March 18, 1912 -- December 31, 1922 ( Resigned ) 7003394000000000000 ♠ 10 years, 288 days 66 James Clark McReynolds ( 1862 -- 1946 ) TN 076 ! Associate Justice Lurton 000000001914 - 08 - 29 - 0000 August 29, 1914 ( 44 -- 6 ) 000000001914 - 10 - 12 - 0000 October 12, 1914 -- January 31, 1941 ( Retired ) 7003960800000000000 ♠ 26 years, 111 days Woodrow Wilson 67 Louis Brandeis ( 1856 -- 1941 ) KY 077 ! Associate Justice J. Lamar 000000001916 - 06 - 01 - 0000 June 1, 1916 ( 47 -- 22 ) 000000001916 - 06 - 05 - 0000 June 5, 1916 -- February 13, 1939 ( Retired ) 7003828800000000000 ♠ 22 years, 253 days 68 John Hessin Clarke ( 1857 -- 1945 ) OH 078 ! Associate Justice Hughes 000000001916 - 07 - 24 - 0000 July 24, 1916 ( Acclamation ) 000000001916 - 10 - 09 - 0000 October 9, 1916 -- September 18, 1922 ( Retired ) 7003217000000000000 ♠ 5 years, 344 days 69 William Howard Taft ( 1857 -- 1930 ) CT 010 ! Chief Justice E.D. White 000000001921 - 06 - 30 - 0000 June 30, 1921 ( Acclamation ) 000000001921 - 07 - 11 - 0000 July 11, 1921 -- February 3, 1930 ( Retired ) 7003312900000000000 ♠ 8 years, 207 days Warren G. Harding 70 George Sutherland ( 1862 -- 1942 ) UT 080 ! Associate Justice Clarke 000000001922 - 09 - 05 - 0000 September 5, 1922 ( Acclamation ) 000000001922 - 10 - 02 - 0000 October 2, 1922 -- January 17, 1938 ( Retired ) 7003558600000000000 ♠ 15 years, 107 days 71 Pierce Butler ( 1866 -- 1939 ) MN 081 ! Associate Justice Day 000000001922 - 12 - 21 - 0000 December 21, 1922 ( 61 -- 8 ) 000000001923 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1923 -- November 16, 1939 ( Died ) 7003616200000000000 ♠ 16 years, 318 days 72 Edward Terry Sanford ( 1865 -- 1930 ) TN 082 ! Associate Justice Pitney 000000001923 - 01 - 29 - 0000 January 29, 1923 ( Acclamation ) 000000001923 - 02 - 19 - 0000 February 19, 1923 -- March 8, 1930 ( Died ) 7003257400000000000 ♠ 7 years, 17 days 73 Harlan F. Stone ( 1872 -- 1946 ) NY 083 ! Associate Justice McKenna 000000001925 - 02 - 05 - 0000 February 5, 1925 ( 71 -- 6 ) 000000001925 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2, 1925 -- July 2, 1941 ( Continued as chief justice ) 7003596600000000000 ♠ 16 years, 122 days Calvin Coolidge 62 Charles Evans Hughes ( 1862 -- 1948 ) NY 011 ! Chief Justice Taft 000000001930 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1930 ( 52 -- 26 ) 000000001930 - 02 - 24 - 0000 February 24, 1930 -- June 30, 1941 ( Retired ) 7003414400000000000 ♠ 11 years, 126 days Herbert Hoover 74 Owen Josephus Roberts ( 1875 -- 1955 ) PA 084 ! Associate Justice Sanford 000000001930 - 05 - 20 - 0000 May 20, 1930 ( Acclamation ) 000000001930 - 06 - 02 - 0000 June 2, 1930 -- July 31, 1945 ( Resigned ) 7003553800000000000 ♠ 15 years, 59 days 75 Benjamin N. Cardozo ( 1870 -- 1938 ) NY 085 ! Associate Justice Holmes 000000001932 - 02 - 24 - 0000 February 24, 1932 ( Acclamation ) 000000001932 - 03 - 14 - 0000 March 14, 1932 -- July 9, 1938 ( Died ) 7003230800000000000 ♠ 6 years, 117 days 76 Hugo Black ( 1886 -- 1971 ) AL 086 ! Associate Justice Van Devanter 000000001937 - 08 - 17 - 0000 August 17, 1937 ( 63 -- 16 ) 000000001937 - 08 - 19 - 0000 August 19, 1937 -- September 17, 1971 ( Retired ) 7004124470000000000 ♠ 34 years, 29 days Franklin D. Roosevelt 77 Stanley Forman Reed ( 1884 -- 1980 ) KY 087 ! Associate Justice Sutherland 000000001938 - 01 - 25 - 0000 January 25, 1938 ( Acclamation ) 000000001938 - 01 - 31 - 0000 January 31, 1938 -- February 25, 1957 ( Retired ) 7003696500000000000 ♠ 19 years, 25 days 78 Felix Frankfurter ( 1882 -- 1965 ) MA 088 ! Associate Justice Cardozo 000000001939 - 01 - 17 - 0000 January 17, 1939 ( Acclamation ) 000000001939 - 01 - 30 - 0000 January 30, 1939 -- August 28, 1962 ( Retired ) 7003861100000000000 ♠ 23 years, 210 days 79 William O. Douglas ( 1898 -- 1980 ) CT 089 ! Associate Justice Brandeis 000000001939 - 04 - 04 - 0000 April 4, 1939 ( 62 -- 4 ) 000000001939 - 04 - 17 - 0000 April 17, 1939 -- November 12, 1975 ( Retired ) 7004133600000000000 ♠ 36 years, 211 days 80 Frank Murphy ( 1890 -- 1949 ) MI 090 ! Associate Justice Butler 000000001940 - 01 - 16 - 0000 January 16, 1940 ( Acclamation ) 000000001940 - 02 - 05 - 0000 February 5, 1940 -- July 19, 1949 ( Died ) 7003345200000000000 ♠ 9 years, 164 days 73 Harlan F. Stone ( 1872 -- 1946 ) NY 012 ! Chief Justice Hughes 000000001941 - 06 - 27 - 0000 June 27, 1941 ( Acclamation ) 000000001941 - 07 - 03 - 0000 July 3, 1941 -- April 22, 1946 ( Died ) 7003175400000000000 ♠ 4 years, 293 days 81 James F. Byrnes ( 1882 -- 1972 ) SC 091 ! Associate Justice McReynolds 000000001941 - 06 - 12 - 0000 June 12, 1941 ( Acclamation ) 000000001941 - 07 - 08 - 0000 July 8, 1941 -- October 3, 1942 ( Resigned ) 7002452000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 87 days 82 Robert H. Jackson ( 1892 -- 1954 ) NY 092 ! Associate Justice Stone 000000001941 - 07 - 07 - 0000 July 7, 1941 ( Acclamation ) 000000001941 - 07 - 11 - 0000 July 11, 1941 -- October 9, 1954 ( Died ) 7003483800000000000 ♠ 13 years, 90 days 83 Wiley Blount Rutledge ( 1894 -- 1949 ) IA 093 ! Associate Justice Byrnes 000000001943 - 02 - 08 - 0000 February 8, 1943 ( Acclamation ) 000000001943 - 02 - 15 - 0000 February 15, 1943 -- September 10, 1949 ( Died ) 7003239900000000000 ♠ 6 years, 207 days 84 Harold Hitz Burton ( 1888 -- 1964 ) OH 094 ! Associate Justice O. Roberts 000000001945 - 09 - 19 - 0000 September 19, 1945 ( Acclamation ) 000000001945 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 1, 1945 -- October 13, 1958 ( Retired ) 7003476000000000000 ♠ 13 years, 12 days Harry S. Truman 85 Fred M. Vinson ( 1890 -- 1953 ) KY 013 ! Chief Justice Stone 000000001946 - 06 - 20 - 0000 June 20, 1946 ( Acclamation ) 000000001946 - 06 - 24 - 0000 June 24, 1946 -- September 8, 1953 ( Died ) 7003263300000000000 ♠ 7 years, 76 days 86 Tom C. Clark ( 1899 -- 1977 ) TX 094 ! Associate Justice Murphy 000000001949 - 08 - 18 - 0000 August 18, 1949 ( 73 -- 8 ) 000000001949 - 08 - 24 - 0000 August 24, 1949 -- June 12, 1967 ( Retired ) 7003650100000000000 ♠ 17 years, 292 days 87 Sherman Minton ( 1890 -- 1965 ) IN 095 ! Associate Justice W. Rutledge 000000001949 - 10 - 04 - 0000 October 4, 1949 ( 48 -- 16 ) 000000001949 - 10 - 12 - 0000 October 12, 1949 -- October 15, 1956 ( Retired ) 7003256000000000000 ♠ 7 years, 3 days 88 Earl Warren ( 1891 -- 1974 ) CA 014 ! Chief Justice Vinson 000000001954 - 03 - 01 - 0000 March 1, 1954 ( Acclamation ) 000000001953 - 10 - 05 - 0000 October 5, 1953 -- June 23, 1969 ( Retired ) 7003574000000000000 ♠ 15 years, 261 days Dwight D. Eisenhower 89 John Marshall Harlan II ( 1899 -- 1971 ) NY 096 ! Associate Justice R. Jackson 000000001955 - 03 - 16 - 0000 March 16, 1955 ( 71 -- 11 ) 000000001955 - 03 - 28 - 0000 March 28, 1955 -- September 23, 1971 ( Retired ) 7003602300000000000 ♠ 16 years, 179 days 90 William J. Brennan ( 1906 -- 1997 ) NJ 097 ! Associate Justice Minton 000000001957 - 03 - 19 - 0000 March 19, 1957 ( Acclamation ) 000000001956 - 10 - 16 - 0000 October 16, 1956 -- July 20, 1990 ( Retired ) 7004123300000000000 ♠ 33 years, 277 days 91 Charles Evans Whittaker ( 1901 -- 1973 ) MO 098 ! Associate Justice Reed 000000001957 - 03 - 19 - 0000 March 19, 1957 ( Acclamation ) 000000001957 - 03 - 25 - 0000 March 25, 1957 -- March 31, 1962 ( Resigned ) 7003183200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 6 days 92 Potter Stewart ( 1915 -- 1985 ) OH 099 ! Associate Justice Burton 000000001959 - 05 - 05 - 0000 May 5, 1959 ( 70 -- 17 ) 000000001958 - 10 - 14 - 0000 October 14, 1958 -- July 3, 1981 ( Retired ) 7003829800000000000 ♠ 22 years, 262 days 93 Byron White ( 1917 -- 2002 ) CO 100 ! Associate Justice Whittaker 000000001962 - 04 - 11 - 0000 April 11, 1962 ( Acclamation ) 000000001962 - 04 - 16 - 0000 April 16, 1962 -- June 28, 1993 ( Retired ) 7004113960000000000 ♠ 31 years, 73 days John F. Kennedy 94 Arthur Goldberg ( 1908 -- 1990 ) IL 101 ! Associate Justice Frankfurter 000000001962 - 09 - 25 - 0000 September 25, 1962 ( Acclamation ) 000000001962 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 1, 1962 -- July 25, 1965 ( Resigned ) 7003103100000000000 ♠ 2 years, 300 days 95 Abe Fortas ( 1910 -- 1982 ) TN 102 ! Associate Justice Goldberg 000000001965 - 08 - 11 - 0000 August 11, 1965 ( Acclamation ) 000000001965 - 10 - 04 - 0000 October 4, 1965 -- May 14, 1969 ( Resigned ) 7003131800000000000 ♠ 3 years, 222 days Lyndon B. Johnson 96 Thurgood Marshall ( 1908 -- 1993 ) NY 103 ! Associate Justice Clark 000000001967 - 08 - 30 - 0000 August 30, 1967 ( 69 -- 11 ) 000000001967 - 10 - 02 - 0000 October 2, 1967 -- October 1, 1991 ( Retired ) 7003876500000000000 ♠ 23 years, 364 days 97 Warren E. Burger ( 1907 -- 1995 ) VA 015 ! Chief Justice Warren 000000001969 - 06 - 09 - 0000 June 9, 1969 ( 74 -- 3 ) 000000001969 - 06 - 23 - 0000 June 23, 1969 -- September 26, 1986 ( Retired ) 7003630400000000000 ♠ 17 years, 95 days Richard Nixon 98 Harry Blackmun ( 1908 -- 1999 ) MN 104 ! Associate Justice Fortas 000000001970 - 05 - 12 - 0000 May 12, 1970 ( 94 -- 0 ) 000000001970 - 06 - 09 - 0000 June 9, 1970 -- August 3, 1994 ( Retired ) 7003882100000000000 ♠ 24 years, 55 days 99 Lewis F. Powell Jr. ( 1907 -- 1998 ) VA 105 ! Associate Justice Black 000000001971 - 12 - 06 - 0000 December 6, 1971 ( 89 -- 1 ) 000000001972 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1972 -- June 26, 1987 ( Retired ) 7003564900000000000 ♠ 15 years, 170 days 100 William Rehnquist ( 1924 -- 2005 ) AZ 106 ! Associate Justice J. Harlan II 000000001971 - 12 - 10 - 0000 December 10, 1971 ( 68 -- 26 ) 000000001972 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1972 -- September 26, 1986 ( Continued as chief justice ) 7003537600000000000 ♠ 14 years, 262 days 101 John Paul Stevens ( born 1920 ) IL 107 ! Associate Justice Douglas 000000001975 - 12 - 17 - 0000 December 17, 1975 ( 98 -- 0 ) 000000001975 - 12 - 19 - 0000 December 19, 1975 -- June 29, 2010 ( Retired ) 7004126110000000000 ♠ 34 years, 192 days Gerald Ford 102 Sandra Day O'Connor ( born 1930 ) AZ 108 ! Associate Justice Stewart 000000001981 - 09 - 21 - 0000 September 21, 1981 ( 99 -- 0 ) 000000001981 - 09 - 25 - 0000 September 25, 1981 -- January 31, 2006 ( Retired ) 7003889400000000000 ♠ 24 years, 128 days Ronald Reagan 100 William Rehnquist ( 1924 -- 2005 ) VA 016 ! Chief Justice Burger 000000001986 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17, 1986 ( 65 -- 33 ) 000000001986 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26, 1986 -- September 3, 2005 ( Died ) 7003691700000000000 ♠ 18 years, 342 days 103 Antonin Scalia ( 1936 -- 2016 ) VA 109 ! Associate Justice Rehnquist 000000001986 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17, 1986 ( 98 -- 0 ) 000000001986 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26, 1986 -- February 13, 2016 ( Died ) 7004107320000000000 ♠ 29 years, 140 days 104 Anthony Kennedy ( born 1936 ) CA 110 ! Associate Justice Powell 000000001988 - 02 - 03 - 0000 February 3, 1988 ( 97 -- 0 ) 000000001988 - 02 - 18 - 0000 February 18, 1988 -- Incumbent 7004110570000000000 ♠ 30 years, 99 days 105 David Souter ( born 1939 ) NH 110 ! Associate Justice Brennan 000000001990 - 10 - 02 - 0000 October 2, 1990 ( 90 -- 9 ) 000000001990 - 10 - 09 - 0000 October 9, 1990 -- June 29, 2009 ( Retired ) 7003683800000000000 ♠ 18 years, 263 days George H.W. Bush 106 Clarence Thomas ( born 1948 ) GA 111 ! Associate Justice T. Marshall 000000001991 - 10 - 15 - 0000 October 15, 1991 ( 52 -- 48 ) 000000001991 - 10 - 23 - 0000 October 23, 1991 -- Incumbent 7003971400000000000 ♠ 26 years, 217 days 107 Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( born 1933 ) NY 112 ! Associate Justice B. White 000000001993 - 08 - 03 - 0000 August 3, 1993 ( 96 -- 3 ) 000000001993 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1993 -- Incumbent 7003905700000000000 ♠ 24 years, 291 days Bill Clinton 108 Stephen Breyer ( born 1938 ) MA 113 ! Associate Justice Blackmun 000000001994 - 07 - 29 - 0000 July 29, 1994 ( 87 -- 9 ) 000000001994 - 08 - 03 - 0000 August 3, 1994 -- Incumbent 7003869900000000000 ♠ 23 years, 298 days 109 John Roberts ( born 1955 ) MD 017 ! Chief Justice Rehnquist 000000002005 - 09 - 29 - 0000 September 29, 2005 ( 78 -- 22 ) 000000002005 - 09 - 29 - 0000 September 29, 2005 -- Incumbent 7003462400000000000 ♠ 12 years, 241 days George W. Bush 110 Samuel Alito ( born 1950 ) NJ 115 ! Associate Justice O'Connor 000000002006 - 01 - 31 - 0000 January 31, 2006 ( 58 -- 42 ) 000000002006 - 01 - 31 - 0000 January 31, 2006 -- Incumbent 7003450000000000000 ♠ 12 years, 117 days 111 Sonia Sotomayor ( born 1954 ) NY 116 ! Associate Justice Souter 000000002009 - 08 - 06 - 0000 August 6, 2009 ( 68 -- 31 ) 000000002009 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 2009 -- Incumbent 7003321500000000000 ♠ 8 years, 293 days Barack Obama 112 Elena Kagan ( born 1960 ) MA 117 ! Associate Justice Stevens 000000002010 - 08 - 05 - 0000 August 5, 2010 ( 63 -- 37 ) 000000002010 - 08 - 07 - 0000 August 7, 2010 -- Incumbent 7003285100000000000 ♠ 7 years, 294 days 113 Neil Gorsuch ( born 1967 ) CO 118 ! Associate Justice Scalia 000000002017 - 04 - 07 - 0000 April 7, 2017 ( 54 -- 45 ) 000000002017 - 04 - 10 - 0000 April 10, 2017 -- Incumbent 7002413000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 48 days Donald Trump Justice State Position Replacing Date confirmed ( Vote ) Tenure Tenure length Appointed by Notes ^ Jump up to : Served on the Supreme Court twice, first as associate justice, and then, after a period of years off the Court, as chief justice. ^ Jump up to : Elevated from associate justice to chief justice while serving on the Supreme Court. Such appointments are subject to a separate confirmation process. ^ Jump up to : State of residence at the time of appointment. For example, in 1971, Rehnquist was appointed from Arizona, but in 1986, when elevated to chief justice, he was appointed from Virginia. Jump up ^ The start date given for each justice is the day he or she took the prescribed judicial oath of office, with the end date being the date of the justice 's death, resignation, or retirement. ^ Jump up to : Recess appointment Jump up ^ This was the first Supreme Court nomination to be rejected by the Senate. Rutledge remains the only `` recess appointed '' justice not to be subsequently confirmed by the Senate. Jump up ^ Was impeached, but not convicted, and remained in office. Jump up ^ Acted as chief justice under 36 Stat. 1152, May 19 -- July 11, 1921. Jump up ^ Acted as chief justice under 36 Stat. 1152, February 3 -- 24, 1930. ^ Jump up to : While Willis Van Devanter and Joseph Rucker Lamar were sworn in as associate justice on the same date, their seniority ( precedence ) on the Supreme Court was determined by the seniority of their commissions -- Van Devanter received and accepted his first -- in accordance with XIII Rev. Stat. 9 § 674. Jump up ^ Acted as chief justice under 36 Stat. 1152, June 30 -- July 3, 1941. Jump up ^ Acted as chief justice under 36 Stat. 1152, April 22 -- June 24, 1946, and again, under 62 Stat. 869, September 8 -- October 5, 1953. ^ Jump up to : While Lewis Powell and William Rehnqust were sworn in as associate justice on the same date, their seniority ( precedence ) on the Supreme Court was determined by the seniority of their commissions -- Powell received and accepted his first -- in accordance with accordance with 62 Stat. 869. Jump up ^ Acted as chief justice under 62 Stat. 869, September 3 -- 29, 2005. ^ Jump up to : As of May 28, 2018. Timelines All justices This graphical timeline depicts the progression of the justices on the Supreme Court. Information regarding each justice 's predecessors, successors and fellow justices, as well as their tenure on the court can be gleaned ( and comparisons between justices drawn ) from it. Additionally, The progression of presidents, along with the number of justices each nominated, is shown at the top of the timeline to give a more detailed historical context. Regarding the associate justice seat numbers, due to the several changes in the size of the Court since 1789, two of the ten seats chronicled below -- `` Seat 7 '' and `` Seat 5 '' -- have been abolished, both as a result of the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866. Current justices This graphical timeline depicts the length of each current Supreme Court justice 's tenure on the Court. See also Law of the United States List of courts of the United States List of national supreme courts References Jump up ^ Stathis, Stephen W. ( 2014 ). Landmark Legislation 1774 -- 2012 : Major U.S. Acts and Treaties. CQ Press. p. 122. Jump up ^ Hall, Kermit L. ( 2005 ). `` Judiciary Act of 1869 ''. In Hall, Kermit L. ; Ely, James W. ; Grossman, Joel B. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Oxford University Press. p. 548. ^ Jump up to : `` Article III ''. Cornell University Law School. Retrieved February 17, 2010. Jump up ^ Mears, Bill ( January 1, 2010 ). `` Chief Justice Roberts has little to say at year 's end ''. CNN. Retrieved February 17, 2010. Jump up ^ Barnes, Robert ( January 1, 2010 ). `` Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts opts not to ask Congress to raise judicial salaries ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved February 17, 2010. Jump up ^ Rowley, James ( January 13, 2014 ). `` Federal Judges in U.S. See $25,000 More as Salary Freeze Falls ''. Bloomberg. Retrieved May 28, 2014. Jump up ^ `` About The Supreme Court ''. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Supreme Court Research Guide ''. Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved February 17, 2010. Jump up ^ Smith, Jean Edward ( July 26, 2007 ). `` Stacking the Court ''. The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2010. Jump up ^ Rosen, Jeffrey ( February 26, 2008 ). `` Dems ' Choices For Bench Surprisingly Slim ''. CBS News. Retrieved February 17, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justice Anthony M. Kennedy ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justice Clarence Thomas ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justice Stephen G. Breyer ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justice Sonia Sotomayor ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justice Elena Kagan ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justice Neil M. Gorsuch ''. Washington, D.C. : The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Senate : Supreme Court Nominations : 1789 -- Present ''. www.senate.gov. United States Senate. Retrieved November 11, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Justices 1789 to Present ''. www.supremecourt.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Members of the Supreme Court of the United States ''. www.supremecourt.gov. United States Supreme Court. Retrieved November 14, 2016. 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Question: when was the last time the number of supreme court justices was altered
Answer: 1869