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 members by court by seat by time in office by education Succession Timeline 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 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 7001620000000000000 ♠ 62 Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice since February 18, 1988 Age 7001810000000000000 ♠ 81 Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice since October 23, 1991 Age 7001690000000000000 ♠ 69 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice since August 10, 1993 Age 7001840000000000000 ♠ 84 Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice since August 3, 1994 Age 7001790000000000000 ♠ 79 Samuel Alito, Associate Justice since January 31, 2006 Age 7001670000000000000 ♠ 67 Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice since August 8, 2009 Age 7001630000000000000 ♠ 63 Elena Kagan, Associate Justice since August 7, 2010 Age 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57 Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice since April 10, 2017 Age 7001500000000000000 ♠ 50 All justices of the Supreme Court Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 113 persons have served on the Court. Five individuals in this group were confirmed for associate justice, and later confirmed for chief justice separately. 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 Chief Justice New seat 001 ! September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 001 ! September 26, 1789 -- June 29, 1795 ( Resigned ) 7003210200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 276 days George Washington John Rutledge ( 1739 -- 1800 ) SC Associate Justice New seat 002 ! September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 002 ! September 26, 1789 -- March 4, 1791 ( Resigned ) 7002524000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 159 days William Cushing ( 1732 -- 1810 ) MA Associate Justice New seat 003 ! September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 003 ! September 27, 1789 -- September 13, 1810 ( Died ) 7003765500000000000 ♠ 20 years, 351 days James Wilson ( 1742 -- 1798 ) PA Associate Justice New seat 004 ! September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 004 ! September 29, 1789 -- August 21, 1798 ( Died ) 7003324800000000000 ♠ 8 years, 326 days 5 John Blair ( 1732 -- 1800 ) VA Associate Justice New seat 005 ! September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 005 ! September 30, 1789 -- October 25, 1795 ( Resigned ) 7003221600000000000 ♠ 6 years, 25 days 6 James Iredell ( 1751 -- 1799 ) NC Associate Justice New seat 006 ! February 10, 1790 ( Acclamation ) 006 ! May 12, 1790 -- October 20, 1799 ( Died ) 7003344800000000000 ♠ 9 years, 161 days 7 Thomas Johnson ( 1732 -- 1819 ) MD Associate Justice J. Rutledge 007 ! November 7, 1791 ( Acclamation ) 007 ! August 5, 1792 -- January 16, 1793 ( Resigned ) 7002164000000000000 ♠ 164 days 8 William Paterson ( 1745 -- 1806 ) NJ Associate Justice T. Johnson 008 ! March 4, 1793 ( Acclamation ) 008 ! March 4, 1793 -- September 8, 1806 ( Died ) 7003493500000000000 ♠ 13 years, 188 days John Rutledge ( 1739 -- 1800 ) SC Chief Justice Jay 009 ! December 15, 1795 ( 10 -- 14 ) 009 ! June 30, 1795 -- December 28, 1795 ( Resigned ) 7002181000000000000 ♠ 181 days 9 Samuel Chase ( 1741 -- 1811 ) MD Associate Justice Blair 010 ! January 27, 1796 ( Acclamation ) 010 ! January 27, 1796 -- June 19, 1811 ( Died ) 7003562100000000000 ♠ 15 years, 143 days 10 Oliver Ellsworth ( 1745 -- 1807 ) CT Chief Justice J. Rutledge 011 ! March 4, 1796 ( 21 -- 1 ) 011 ! March 8, 1796 -- December 15, 1800 ( Resigned ) 7003174200000000000 ♠ 4 years, 282 days 11 Bushrod Washington ( 1762 -- 1829 ) VA Associate Justice Wilson 012 ! December 20, 1798 ( Acclamation ) 012 ! December 20, 1798 -- November 26, 1829 ( Died ) 7004112980000000000 ♠ 30 years, 341 days John Adams 12 Alfred Moore ( 1755 -- 1810 ) NC Associate Justice Iredell 013 ! December 9, 1799 ( Acclamation ) 013 ! December 10, 1799 -- January 26, 1804 ( Resigned ) 7003150700000000000 ♠ 4 years, 47 days 13 John Marshall ( 1755 -- 1835 ) VA Chief Justice Ellsworth 014 ! January 27, 1801 ( Acclamation ) 014 ! February 4, 1801 -- July 6, 1835 ( died ) 7004125700000000000 ♠ 34 years, 152 days 14 William Johnson ( 1771 -- 1834 ) SC Associate Justice Moore 015 ! March 24, 1804 ( Acclamation ) 015 ! May 7, 1804 -- August 4, 1834 ( Died ) 7004110460000000000 ♠ 30 years, 89 days Thomas Jefferson 15 Henry Brockholst Livingston ( 1757 -- 1823 ) NY Associate Justice Paterson 016 ! December 17, 1806 ( Acclamation ) 016 ! January 20, 1807 -- March 18, 1823 ( Died ) 7003590100000000000 ♠ 16 years, 57 days 16 Thomas Todd ( 1765 -- 1826 ) KY Associate Justice New seat 017 ! March 2, 1807 ( Acclamation ) 017 ! March 3, 1807 -- February 7, 1826 ( Died ) 7003691600000000000 ♠ 18 years, 341 days 17 Gabriel Duvall ( 1752 -- 1844 ) MD Associate Justice S. Chase 018 ! November 18, 1811 ( Acclamation ) 018 ! November 23, 1811 -- January 12, 1835 ( Resigned ) 7003845100000000000 ♠ 23 years, 50 days James Madison 18 Joseph Story ( 1779 -- 1845 ) MA Associate Justice Cushing 019 ! November 18, 1811 ( Acclamation ) 019 ! February 3, 1812 -- September 10, 1845 ( Died ) 7004122730000000000 ♠ 33 years, 219 days 19 Smith Thompson ( 1768 -- 1843 ) NY Associate Justice Livingston 020 ! December 9, 1823 ( Acclamation ) 020 ! September 1, 1823 -- December 18, 1843 ( Died ) 7003741300000000000 ♠ 20 years, 108 days James Monroe 20 Robert Trimble ( 1776 -- 1828 ) KY Associate Justice Todd 021 ! May 9, 1826 ( 25 -- 5 ) 021 ! May 9, 1826 -- August 25, 1828 ( Died ) 7002839000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 108 days John Quincy Adams 21 John McLean ( 1785 -- 1861 ) OH Associate Justice Trimble 022 ! March 7, 1829 ( Acclamation ) 022 ! March 7, 1829 -- April 4, 1861 ( Died ) 7004117160000000000 ♠ 32 years, 28 days Andrew Jackson 22 Henry Baldwin ( 1780 -- 1844 ) PA Associate Justice Washington 023 ! January 6, 1830 ( 41 -- 2 ) 023 ! January 6, 1830 -- April 21, 1844 ( Died ) 7003521900000000000 ♠ 14 years, 106 days 23 James Moore Wayne ( 1790 -- 1867 ) GA Associate Justice W. Johnson 024 ! January 9, 1835 ( Acclamation ) 024 ! January 14, 1835 -- July 5, 1867 ( Died ) 7004118600000000000 ♠ 32 years, 172 days 24 Roger B. Taney ( 1777 -- 1864 ) MD Chief Justice J. Marshall 025 ! March 15, 1836 ( 29 -- 15 ) 025 ! March 28, 1836 -- October 12, 1864 ( Died ) 7004104250000000000 ♠ 28 years, 198 days 25 Philip Pendleton Barbour ( 1783 -- 1841 ) VA Associate Justice Duvall 026 ! March 15, 1836 ( 30 -- 11 ) 026 ! March 15, 1836 -- February 25, 1841 ( Died ) 7003180800000000000 ♠ 4 years, 347 days 26 John Catron ( 1786 -- 1865 ) TN Associate Justice New seat 027 ! March 8, 1837 ( 28 -- 15 ) 027 ! March 8, 1837 -- May 30, 1865 ( Died ) 7004103100000000000 ♠ 28 years, 83 days 27 John McKinley ( 1780 -- 1852 ) AL Associate Justice New seat 028 ! September 25, 1837 ( Acclamation ) 028 ! April 22, 1837 -- July 19, 1852 ( Died ) 7003556700000000000 ♠ 15 years, 88 days Martin Van Buren 28 Peter Vivian Daniel ( 1784 -- 1860 ) VA Associate Justice Barbour 029 ! March 2, 1841 ( 25 -- 5 ) 029 ! March 3, 1841 -- May 31, 1860 ( Died ) 7003702900000000000 ♠ 19 years, 89 days 29 Samuel Nelson ( 1792 -- 1873 ) NY Associate Justice Thompson 030 ! February 14, 1845 ( Acclamation ) 030 ! February 14, 1845 -- November 28, 1872 ( Retired ) 7004101490000000000 ♠ 27 years, 288 days John Tyler 30 Levi Woodbury ( 1789 -- 1851 ) NH Associate Justice Story 031 ! January 31, 1846 ( Acclamation ) 031 ! September 20, 1845 -- September 4, 1851 ( Died ) 7003217500000000000 ♠ 5 years, 349 days James K. Polk 31 Robert Cooper Grier ( 1794 -- 1870 ) PA Associate Justice Baldwin 032 ! August 4, 1846 ( Acclamation ) 032 ! August 4, 1846 -- January 31, 1870 ( Retired ) 7003858100000000000 ♠ 23 years, 180 days 32 Benjamin Robbins Curtis ( 1809 -- 1874 ) MA Associate Justice Woodbury 033 ! December 20, 1851 ( Acclamation ) 033 ! September 22, 1851 -- September 30, 1857 ( Resigned ) 7003220000000000000 ♠ 6 years, 8 days Millard Fillmore 33 John Archibald Campbell ( 1811 -- 1889 ) AL Associate Justice McKinley 034 ! March 22, 1853 ( Acclamation ) 034 ! March 23, 1853 -- April 30, 1861 ( Resigned ) 7003296000000000000 ♠ 8 years, 38 days Franklin Pierce 34 Nathan Clifford ( 1803 -- 1881 ) ME Associate Justice Curtis 035 ! January 12, 1858 ( 26 -- 23 ) 035 ! January 12, 1858 -- July 25, 1881 ( Died ) 7003859500000000000 ♠ 23 years, 194 days James Buchanan 35 Noah Haynes Swayne ( 1804 -- 1884 ) OH Associate Justice McLean 036 ! January 24, 1862 ( 38 -- 1 ) 036 ! January 24, 1862 -- January 24, 1881 ( Retired ) 7003694000000000000 ♠ 19 years, 0 days Abraham Lincoln 36 Samuel Freeman Miller ( 1816 -- 1890 ) IA Associate Justice Daniel 037 ! July 16, 1862 ( Acclamation ) 037 ! July 16, 1862 -- October 13, 1890 ( Died ) 7004103160000000000 ♠ 28 years, 89 days 37 David Davis ( 1815 -- 1886 ) IL Associate Justice Campbell 038 ! December 8, 1862 ( Acclamation ) 038 ! October 17, 1862 -- March 3, 1877 ( Resigned ) 7003525100000000000 ♠ 14 years, 137 days 38 Stephen Johnson Field ( 1816 -- 1899 ) CA Associate Justice New seat 039 ! March 10, 1863 ( Acclamation ) 039 ! March 10, 1863 -- December 1, 1897 ( Retired ) 7004126850000000000 ♠ 34 years, 266 days 39 Salmon P. Chase ( 1808 -- 1873 ) OH Chief Justice Taney 040 ! December 6, 1864 ( Acclamation ) 040 ! December 15, 1864 -- May 7, 1873 ( Died ) 7003307400000000000 ♠ 8 years, 152 days 40 William Strong ( 1808 -- 1895 ) PA Associate Justice Grier 041 ! February 18, 1870 ( No vote recorded ) 041 ! February 18, 1870 -- December 14, 1880 ( Retired ) 7003395200000000000 ♠ 10 years, 300 days Ulysses S. Grant 41 Joseph Philo Bradley ( 1813 -- 1892 ) NJ Associate Justice New seat 042 ! March 21, 1870 ( 46 -- 9 ) 042 ! March 21, 1870 -- January 22, 1892 ( Died ) 7003797700000000000 ♠ 21 years, 307 days 42 Ward Hunt ( 1810 -- 1886 ) NY Associate Justice Nelson 043 ! December 11, 1872 ( Acclamation ) 043 ! December 11, 1872 -- January 27, 1882 ( Retired ) 7003333400000000000 ♠ 9 years, 47 days 43 Morrison Waite ( 1816 -- 1888 ) OH Chief Justice S.P. Chase 044 ! January 21, 1874 ( 63 -- 0 ) 044 ! March 4, 1874 -- March 23, 1888 ( Died ) 7003513300000000000 ♠ 14 years, 19 days 44 John Marshall Harlan ( 1833 -- 1911 ) KY Associate Justice Davis 045 ! November 29, 1877 ( Acclamation ) 045 ! November 29, 1877 -- October 14, 1911 ( Died ) 7004123710000000000 ♠ 33 years, 319 days Rutherford B. Hayes 45 William Burnham Woods ( 1824 -- 1887 ) GA Associate Justice Strong 046 ! December 21, 1880 ( 39 -- 8 ) 046 ! December 21, 1880 -- May 14, 1887 ( Died ) 7003233500000000000 ♠ 6 years, 144 days 46 Stanley Matthews ( 1824 -- 1889 ) OH Associate Justice Swayne 047 ! May 12, 1881 ( 24 -- 23 ) 047 ! May 12, 1881 -- March 22, 1889 ( Died ) 7003287100000000000 ♠ 7 years, 314 days James Garfield 47 Horace Gray ( 1828 -- 1902 ) MA Associate Justice Clifford 048 ! December 20, 1881 ( 51 -- 5 ) 048 ! December 20, 1881 -- September 15, 1902 ( Died ) 7003757300000000000 ♠ 20 years, 269 days Chester A. Arthur 48 Samuel Blatchford ( 1820 -- 1893 ) NY Associate Justice Hunt 049 ! March 22, 1882 ( Acclamation ) 049 ! March 22, 1882 -- July 7, 1893 ( Died ) 7003412500000000000 ♠ 11 years, 107 days 49 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II ( 1825 -- 1893 ) MS Associate Justice Woods 050 ! January 16, 1888 ( 32 -- 28 ) 050 ! January 16, 1888 -- January 23, 1893 ( Died ) 7003183400000000000 ♠ 5 years, 7 days Grover Cleveland 50 Melville Fuller ( 1833 -- 1910 ) IL Chief Justice Waite 051 ! July 20, 1888 ( 41 -- 20 ) 051 ! October 8, 1888 -- July 4, 1910 ( Died ) 7003793800000000000 ♠ 21 years, 269 days 51 David Josiah Brewer ( 1837 -- 1910 ) KS Associate Justice Matthews 052 ! December 18, 1889 ( 53 -- 11 ) 052 ! December 18, 1889 -- March 28, 1910 ( Died ) 7003740400000000000 ♠ 20 years, 100 days Benjamin Harrison 52 Henry Billings Brown ( 1836 -- 1913 ) MI Associate Justice Miller 053 ! December 29, 1890 ( Acclamation ) 053 ! December 29, 1890 -- May 28, 1906 ( Retired ) 7003562800000000000 ♠ 15 years, 150 days 53 George Shiras, Jr. ( 1832 -- 1924 ) PA Associate Justice Bradley 054 ! July 26, 1892 ( Acclamation ) 054 ! July 26, 1892 -- February 23, 1903 ( Retired ) 7003386300000000000 ♠ 10 years, 212 days 54 Howell Edmunds Jackson ( 1832 -- 1895 ) TN Associate Justice L. Lamar 055 ! February 18, 1893 ( Acclamation ) 055 ! February 18, 1893 -- August 8, 1895 ( Died ) 7002901000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 171 days 55 Edward Douglass White ( 1845 -- 1921 ) LA Associate Justice Blatchford 056 ! February 19, 1894 ( Acclamation ) 056 ! February 19, 1894 -- December 18, 1910 ( Continued as chief justice ) 7003614500000000000 ♠ 16 years, 302 days Grover Cleveland 56 Rufus Wheeler Peckham ( 1838 -- 1909 ) NY Associate Justice H. Jackson 057 ! December 9, 1895 ( Acclamation ) 057 ! December 9, 1895 -- October 24, 1909 ( Died ) 7003506700000000000 ♠ 13 years, 319 days 57 Joseph McKenna ( 1843 -- 1926 ) CA Associate Justice Field 058 ! January 21, 1898 ( Acclamation ) 058 ! January 21, 1898 -- January 5, 1925 ( Retired ) 7003984500000000000 ♠ 26 years, 350 days William McKinley 58 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ( 1841 -- 1935 ) MA Associate Justice Gray 059 ! December 4, 1902 ( Acclamation ) 059 ! December 4, 1902 -- January 12, 1932 ( Retired ) 7004106310000000000 ♠ 29 years, 39 days Theodore Roosevelt 59 William R. Day ( 1849 -- 1923 ) OH Associate Justice Shiras 060 ! February 23, 1903 ( Acclamation ) 060 ! February 23, 1903 -- November 13, 1922 ( Retired ) 7003720300000000000 ♠ 19 years, 263 days 60 William Henry Moody ( 1853 -- 1917 ) MA Associate Justice Brown 061 ! December 12, 1906 ( Acclamation ) 061 ! December 12, 1906 -- November 20, 1910 ( Retired ) 7003143900000000000 ♠ 3 years, 343 days 61 Horace Harmon Lurton ( 1844 -- 1914 ) TN Associate Justice Peckham 062 ! December 20, 1909 ( Acclamation ) 062 ! December 20, 1909 -- July 12, 1914 ( Died ) 7003166500000000000 ♠ 4 years, 204 days William Howard Taft 62 Charles Evans Hughes ( 1862 -- 1948 ) NY Associate Justice Brewer 063 ! May 2, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 063 ! October 10, 1910 -- June 10, 1916 ( Resigned ) 7003207000000000000 ♠ 5 years, 244 days 55 Edward Douglass White ( 1845 -- 1921 ) LA Chief Justice Fuller 064 ! December 12, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 064 ! December 19, 1910 -- May 19, 1921 ( Died ) 7003380400000000000 ♠ 10 years, 151 days 63 Willis Van Devanter ( 1859 -- 1941 ) WY Associate Justice E.D. White 065 ! December 15, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 065 ! December 16, 1910 -- June 2, 1937 ( Retired ) 7003966500000000000 ♠ 26 years, 168 days 64 Joseph Rucker Lamar ( 1857 -- 1916 ) GA Associate Justice Moody 066 ! December 15, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 066 ! December 17, 1910 -- January 2, 1916 ( Died ) 7003184200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 16 days 65 Mahlon Pitney ( 1858 -- 1924 ) NJ Associate Justice J. Harlan 067 ! March 13, 1912 ( 50 -- 26 ) 067 ! March 13, 1912 -- December 31, 1922 ( Resigned ) 7003394500000000000 ♠ 10 years, 293 days 66 James Clark McReynolds ( 1862 -- 1946 ) TN Associate Justice Lurton 068 ! August 29, 1914 ( 44 -- 6 ) 068 ! August 29, 1914 -- January 31, 1941 ( Retired ) 7003965200000000000 ♠ 26 years, 155 days Woodrow Wilson 67 Louis Brandeis ( 1856 -- 1941 ) KY Associate Justice J. Lamar 069 ! June 1, 1916 ( 47 -- 22 ) 069 ! June 1, 1916 -- February 13, 1939 ( Retired ) 7003829200000000000 ♠ 22 years, 257 days 68 John Hessin Clarke ( 1857 -- 1945 ) OH Associate Justice Hughes 070 ! July 24, 1916 ( Acclamation ) 070 ! July 24, 1916 -- September 5, 1922 ( Retired ) 7003223400000000000 ♠ 6 years, 43 days 69 William Howard Taft ( 1857 -- 1930 ) CT Chief Justice E.D. White 071 ! June 30, 1921 ( Acclamation ) 071 ! July 11, 1921 -- February 3, 1930 ( Retired ) 7003312900000000000 ♠ 8 years, 207 days Warren G. Harding 70 George Sutherland ( 1862 -- 1942 ) UT Associate Justice Clarke 072 ! September 5, 1922 ( Acclamation ) 072 ! September 5, 1922 -- January 17, 1938 ( Retired ) 7003561300000000000 ♠ 15 years, 134 days 71 Pierce Butler ( 1866 -- 1939 ) MN Associate Justice Day 073 ! December 21, 1922 ( 61 -- 8 ) 073 ! December 21, 1922 -- November 16, 1939 ( Died ) 7003617400000000000 ♠ 16 years, 330 days 72 Edward Terry Sanford ( 1865 -- 1930 ) TN Associate Justice Pitney 074 ! January 29, 1923 ( Acclamation ) 074 ! January 29, 1923 -- March 8, 1930 ( Died ) 7003259500000000000 ♠ 7 years, 38 days 73 Harlan F. Stone ( 1872 -- 1946 ) NY Associate Justice McKenna 075 ! February 5, 1925 ( 71 -- 6 ) 075 ! February 5, 1925 -- July 3, 1941 ( Continued as chief justice ) 7003599200000000000 ♠ 16 years, 148 days Calvin Coolidge 62 Charles Evans Hughes ( 1862 -- 1948 ) NY Chief Justice Taft 076 ! February 13, 1930 ( 52 -- 26 ) 076 ! February 24, 1930 -- June 30, 1941 ( Retired ) 7003414400000000000 ♠ 11 years, 126 days Herbert Hoover 74 Owen Josephus Roberts ( 1875 -- 1955 ) PA Associate Justice Sanford 077 ! May 20, 1930 ( Acclamation ) 077 ! May 20, 1930 -- July 31, 1945 ( Resigned ) 7003555100000000000 ♠ 15 years, 72 days 75 Benjamin N. Cardozo ( 1870 -- 1938 ) NY Associate Justice Holmes 078 ! February 24, 1932 ( Acclamation ) 078 ! March 2, 1932 -- July 9, 1938 ( Died ) 7003232000000000000 ♠ 6 years, 129 days 76 Hugo Black ( 1886 -- 1971 ) AL Associate Justice Van Devanter 079 ! August 17, 1937 ( 63 -- 16 ) 079 ! August 18, 1937 -- September 17, 1971 ( Retired ) 7004124480000000000 ♠ 34 years, 30 days Franklin D. Roosevelt 77 Stanley Forman Reed ( 1884 -- 1980 ) KY Associate Justice Sutherland 080 ! January 25, 1938 ( Acclamation ) 080 ! January 27, 1938 -- February 25, 1957 ( Retired ) 7003696900000000000 ♠ 19 years, 29 days 78 Felix Frankfurter ( 1882 -- 1965 ) MA Associate Justice Cardozo 081 ! January 17, 1939 ( Acclamation ) 081 ! January 20, 1939 -- August 28, 1962 ( Retired ) 7003862100000000000 ♠ 23 years, 220 days 79 William O. Douglas ( 1898 -- 1980 ) CT Associate Justice Brandeis 082 ! April 4, 1939 ( 62 -- 4 ) 082 ! April 15, 1939 -- November 12, 1975 ( Retired ) 7004133600000000000 ♠ 36 years, 211 days 80 Frank Murphy ( 1890 -- 1949 ) MI Associate Justice Butler 083 ! January 16, 1940 ( Acclamation ) 083 ! January 18, 1940 -- July 19, 1949 ( Died ) 7003347000000000000 ♠ 9 years, 182 days 73 Harlan F. Stone ( 1872 -- 1946 ) NY Chief Justice Hughes 084 ! June 27, 1941 ( Acclamation ) 084 ! July 3, 1941 -- April 22, 1946 ( Died ) 7003175400000000000 ♠ 4 years, 293 days 81 James F. Byrnes ( 1882 -- 1972 ) SC Associate Justice McReynolds 085 ! June 12, 1941 ( Acclamation ) 085 ! July 8, 1941 -- October 3, 1942 ( Resigned ) 7002452000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 87 days 82 Robert H. Jackson ( 1892 -- 1954 ) NY Associate Justice Stone 086 ! July 7, 1941 ( Acclamation ) 086 ! July 11, 1941 -- October 9, 1954 ( Died ) 7003483800000000000 ♠ 13 years, 90 days 83 Wiley Blount Rutledge ( 1894 -- 1949 ) IA Associate Justice Byrnes 087 ! February 8, 1943 ( Acclamation ) 087 ! February 11, 1943 -- September 10, 1949 ( Died ) 7003240300000000000 ♠ 6 years, 211 days 84 Harold Hitz Burton ( 1888 -- 1964 ) OH Associate Justice O. Roberts 088 ! September 19, 1945 ( Acclamation ) 088 ! September 22, 1945 -- October 13, 1958 ( Retired ) 7003476900000000000 ♠ 13 years, 21 days Harry S. Truman 85 Fred M. Vinson ( 1890 -- 1953 ) KY Chief Justice Stone 089 ! June 20, 1946 ( Acclamation ) 089 ! June 24, 1946 -- September 8, 1953 ( Died ) 7003263300000000000 ♠ 7 years, 76 days 86 Tom C. Clark ( 1899 -- 1977 ) TX Associate Justice Murphy 090 ! August 18, 1949 ( 73 -- 8 ) 090 ! August 19, 1949 -- June 12, 1967 ( Retired ) 7003650600000000000 ♠ 17 years, 297 days 87 Sherman Minton ( 1890 -- 1965 ) IN Associate Justice W. Rutledge 091 ! October 4, 1949 ( 48 -- 16 ) 091 ! October 12, 1949 -- October 15, 1956 ( Retired ) 7003256000000000000 ♠ 7 years, 3 days 88 Earl Warren ( 1891 -- 1974 ) CA Chief Justice Vinson 092 ! March 1, 1954 ( Acclamation ) 092 ! October 5, 1953 -- June 23, 1969 ( Retired ) 7003574000000000000 ♠ 15 years, 261 days Dwight D. Eisenhower 89 John Marshall Harlan II ( 1899 -- 1971 ) NY Associate Justice R. Jackson 093 ! March 16, 1955 ( 71 -- 11 ) 093 ! March 17, 1955 -- September 23, 1971 ( Retired ) 7003603400000000000 ♠ 16 years, 190 days 90 William J. Brennan ( 1906 -- 1997 ) NJ Associate Justice Minton 094 ! March 19, 1957 ( Acclamation ) 094 ! October 15, 1956 -- July 20, 1990 ( Retired ) 7004123310000000000 ♠ 33 years, 278 days 91 Charles Evans Whittaker ( 1901 -- 1973 ) MO Associate Justice Reed 095 ! March 19, 1957 ( Acclamation ) 095 ! March 22, 1957 -- March 31, 1962 ( Resigned ) 7003183500000000000 ♠ 5 years, 9 days 92 Potter Stewart ( 1915 -- 1985 ) OH Associate Justice Burton 096 ! May 5, 1959 ( 70 -- 17 ) 096 ! October 14, 1958 -- July 3, 1981 ( Retired ) 7003829800000000000 ♠ 22 years, 262 days 93 Byron White ( 1917 -- 2002 ) CO Associate Justice Whittaker 097 ! April 11, 1962 ( Acclamation ) 097 ! April 16, 1962 -- June 28, 1993 ( Retired ) 7004113960000000000 ♠ 31 years, 73 days John F. Kennedy 94 Arthur Goldberg ( 1908 -- 1990 ) IL Associate Justice Frankfurter 098 ! September 25, 1962 ( Acclamation ) 098 ! September 28, 1962 -- July 26, 1965 ( Resigned ) 7003103200000000000 ♠ 2 years, 301 days 95 Abe Fortas ( 1910 -- 1982 ) TN Associate Justice Goldberg 099 ! August 11, 1965 ( Acclamation ) 099 ! October 4, 1965 -- May 14, 1969 ( Resigned ) 7003131800000000000 ♠ 3 years, 222 days Lyndon B. Johnson 96 Thurgood Marshall ( 1908 -- 1993 ) NY Associate Justice Clark 100 ! August 30, 1967 ( 69 -- 11 ) 100 ! October 2, 1967 -- October 1, 1991 ( Retired ) 7003876500000000000 ♠ 23 years, 364 days 97 Warren E. Burger ( 1907 -- 1995 ) VA Chief Justice Warren 101 ! June 9, 1969 ( 74 -- 3 ) 101 ! June 23, 1969 -- September 26, 1986 ( Retired ) 7003630400000000000 ♠ 17 years, 95 days Richard Nixon 98 Harry Blackmun ( 1908 -- 1999 ) MN Associate Justice Fortas 102 ! May 12, 1970 ( 94 -- 0 ) 102 ! June 9, 1970 -- August 3, 1994 ( Retired ) 7003882100000000000 ♠ 24 years, 55 days 99 Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. ( 1907 -- 1998 ) VA Associate Justice Black 103 ! December 6, 1971 ( 89 -- 1 ) 103 ! January 7, 1972 -- June 26, 1987 ( Retired ) 7003564900000000000 ♠ 15 years, 170 days 100 William Rehnquist ( 1924 -- 2005 ) AZ Associate Justice J. Harlan II 104 ! December 10, 1971 ( 68 -- 26 ) 104 ! January 7, 1972 -- September 26, 1986 ( Continued as chief justice ) 7003537600000000000 ♠ 14 years, 262 days 101 John Paul Stevens ( born 1920 ) IL Associate Justice Douglas 105 ! December 17, 1975 ( 98 -- 0 ) 105 ! December 19, 1975 -- June 29, 2010 ( Retired ) 7004126110000000000 ♠ 34 years, 192 days Gerald Ford 102 Sandra Day O'Connor ( born 1930 ) AZ Associate Justice Stewart 106 ! September 21, 1981 ( 99 -- 0 ) 106 ! September 25, 1981 -- January 31, 2006 ( Retired ) 7003889400000000000 ♠ 24 years, 128 days Ronald Reagan 100 William Rehnquist ( 1924 -- 2005 ) VA Chief Justice Burger 107 ! September 17, 1986 ( 65 -- 33 ) 107 ! September 26, 1986 -- September 3, 2005 ( Died ) 7003691700000000000 ♠ 18 years, 342 days 103 Antonin Scalia ( 1936 -- 2016 ) VA Associate Justice Rehnquist 108 ! September 17, 1986 ( 98 -- 0 ) 108 ! September 26, 1986 -- February 13, 2016 ( Died ) 7004107320000000000 ♠ 29 years, 140 days 104 Anthony Kennedy ( born 1936 ) CA Associate Justice Powell 109 ! February 3, 1988 ( 97 -- 0 ) 109 ! February 18, 1988 -- Incumbent 7004108210000000000 ♠ 29 years, 228 days 105 David Souter ( born 1939 ) NH Associate Justice Brennan 110 ! October 2, 1990 ( 90 -- 9 ) 110 ! October 9, 1990 -- June 29, 2009 ( Retired ) 7003683800000000000 ♠ 18 years, 263 days George H.W. Bush 106 Clarence Thomas ( born 1948 ) GA Associate Justice T. Marshall 111 ! October 15, 1991 ( 52 -- 48 ) 111 ! October 23, 1991 -- Incumbent 7003947800000000000 ♠ 25 years, 346 days 107 Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( born 1933 ) NY Associate Justice B. White 112 ! August 3, 1993 ( 96 -- 3 ) 112 ! August 10, 1993 -- Incumbent 7003882100000000000 ♠ 24 years, 55 days Bill Clinton 108 Stephen Breyer ( born 1938 ) MA Associate Justice Blackmun 113 ! July 29, 1994 ( 87 -- 9 ) 113 ! August 3, 1994 -- Incumbent 7003846300000000000 ♠ 23 years, 62 days 109 John Roberts ( born 1955 ) MD Chief Justice Rehnquist 114 ! September 29, 2005 ( 78 -- 22 ) 114 ! September 29, 2005 -- Incumbent 7003438800000000000 ♠ 12 years, 5 days George W. Bush 110 Samuel Alito ( born 1950 ) NJ Associate Justice O'Connor 115 ! January 31, 2006 ( 58 -- 42 ) 115 ! January 31, 2006 -- Incumbent 7003426400000000000 ♠ 11 years, 246 days 111 Sonia Sotomayor ( born 1954 ) NY Associate Justice Souter 116 ! August 6, 2009 ( 68 -- 31 ) 116 ! August 8, 2009 -- Incumbent 7003297900000000000 ♠ 8 years, 57 days Barack Obama 112 Elena Kagan ( born 1960 ) MA Associate Justice Stevens 117 ! August 5, 2010 ( 63 -- 37 ) 117 ! August 7, 2010 -- Incumbent 7003261500000000000 ♠ 7 years, 58 days 113 Neil Gorsuch ( born 1967 ) CO Associate Justice Scalia 118 ! April 7, 2017 ( 54 -- 45 ) 118 ! April 10, 2017 -- Incumbent 7002177000000000000 ♠ 177 days Donald Trump Justice State Position Replacing Date confirmed ( Vote ) Tenure Tenure length Appointed by Notes ^ 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 to : Recess appointment Jump up ^ Received recess appointment on August 5, 1791, but was not sworn in until August 6, 1792. ^ 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, which is why this justice is listed twice. 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 : Elevated from associate justice to chief justice while serving on the Supreme Court. The nomination of a sitting associate justice to be chief justice is subject to a separate confirmation process, which is why this justice is listed twice. 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 ^ Acted as chief justice under 62 Stat. 869, September 3 -- 29, 2005. Timelines All justices The graphic below is a timeline depicting the progression of the justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Information regarding their seat number, predecessors, successors and fellow justices, as well as their tenure on the court can be gleaned from the timeline. Additionally, the progression of presidents ( with the number of justices they nominated ) is shown at the top of the timeline to give a more detailed historical context. Three presidents ( Taft, F. Roosevelt, and Reagan ), in addition to successfully nominating several justices to the court, elevated an associate justice to chief justice. These elevations are counted as nominations, and are designated with a caret ( ^ ). Several justices began their terms on the bench after the inauguration of a new president of the United States. This graphical representation of the progression of the High Court allows some otherwise obscure information to be easily noted. For example, Joseph Story ( in the early 19th century ) and Stephen Breyer ( in the late 20th and early 21st centuries ) are each noteworthy for serving over 11 years as the court 's most junior member. Elena Kagan ( in the 2010s ) served the third longest as the court 's most junior member at a little over 6 years. Thomas Johnson ( 1790s ), Robert Trimble ( 1820s ) and Arthur Goldberg ( 1960s ) are the only justices to leave the court while still being the court 's most junior member. William Rehnquist is unique in that he is the only justice to witness all of his more senior justices leave the court, without witnessing any of his more junior justices leave the court. Hugo Black, in addition to witnessing all eight of his predecessors leave the court, saw 22 new members appointed to the court ( his predecessors ' eight replacements and 14 others ), meaning he worked beside a record thirty justices. Due to various changes in the size of the Court over the years, not all ten of this chart 's associate justice timelines extend to the present day. `` Seat 5 '' was last held by James Wayne until his 1867 death, and `` Seat 7 '' was last held by John Catron until Catron died in 1865. On April 7, 2017, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed by the senate as the replacement for Antonin Scalia, whose seat had remained vacant since his death on February 13, 2016. Current justices See also Supreme Court of the United States List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition List of law schools attended by United States Supreme Court Justices List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by seat List of United States Supreme Court Justices by time in office List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States List of nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States Unsuccessful nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States Other 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 ^ `` U.S. Senate : Supreme Court Nominations : 1789 - Present ''. www.senate.gov. United States Senate. Retrieved November 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Timeline of the Justices ''. www.supremecourthistory.org. Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved November 11, 2016. 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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