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The number of associate justices is determined by the United States Congress and is currently set at eight by the Judiciary Act of 1869. Like the chief justice, associate justices are nominated by the President of the United States and are confirmed by the United States Senate by majority vote. This is provided for in Article II of the Constitution, which states that the president `` shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint... Judges of the supreme Court. '' Although the Constitution refers to them as `` Judges of the Supreme Court '', the title actually used is `` Associate Justice '', introduced in the Judiciary Act of 1789. Associate justices were traditionally styled `` Mr. Justice '' in court opinions, but the title was shortened to `` Justice '' in 1980, a year before Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice. Article III of the Constitution specifies that associate justices, and all other United States federal judges `` shall hold their Offices during good Behavior ''. This language means that the appointments are effectively for life, and that, once confirmed, a justice 's tenure of office ends only when they die, retire, resign, or are removed from office through the impeachment process. Each Supreme Court justice has a single vote in deciding the cases argued before it ; the chief justice 's vote counts no more than that of any other justice. However, in drafting opinions, the chief justice enjoys additional influence in case disposition if in the majority through his power to assign who writes the opinion. Otherwise, the senior justice in the majority assigns the writing of a decision. Furthermore, the chief justice leads the discussion of the case among the justices. The chief justice has certain administrative responsibilities that the other justices do not and is paid slightly more ( $255,500 per year, as opposed to $244,400 per year for each associate justice ). Associate justices have seniority by order of appointment, although the chief justice is always considered to be the most senior. If two justices are appointed on the same day, the older is designated the senior justice of the two. Currently, the senior associate justice is Anthony Kennedy. By tradition, when the justices are in conference deliberating the outcome of cases before the Court, the justices state their views in order of seniority. The senior associate justice is also tasked with carrying out the chief justices 's duties when he is unable to, or if that office is vacant. Contents 1 Current associate justices 2 Retired associate justices 3 List of associate justices 3.1 Notes 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links Current associate justices Currently, there are eight associate justices on the Court. The justices, ordered by seniority, are : Anthony Kennedy ( 1936 - 07 - 23 ) July 23, 1936 ( age 81 ) Clarence Thomas ( 1948 - 06 - 23 ) June 23, 1948 ( age 69 ) Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( 1933 - 03 - 15 ) March 15, 1933 ( age 84 ) Stephen Breyer ( 1938 - 08 - 15 ) August 15, 1938 ( age 79 ) Samuel Alito ( 1950 - 04 - 01 ) April 1, 1950 ( age 67 ) Sonia Sotomayor ( 1954 - 06 - 25 ) June 25, 1954 ( age 63 ) Elena Kagan ( 1960 - 04 - 28 ) April 28, 1960 ( age 57 ) Neil Gorsuch ( 1967 - 08 - 29 ) August 29, 1967 ( age 50 ) Retired associate justices An associate justice who leaves the Court after attaining the age and meeting the service requirements prescribed by federal statute ( 28 U.S.C. § 371 ) may retire in senior status rather than resign. After retirement, they keep their title, and by custom may also keep a set of chambers in the Supreme Court building, and employ law clerks. The names of retired associate justices continue to appear alongside those of the active justices in the bound volumes of Supreme Court decisions. Federal statute ( 28 U.S.C. § 294 ) provides that retired Supreme Court justices may serve -- if designated and assigned by the chief justice -- on panels of the U.S. courts of appeals, or on the U.S. district courts. Retired justices are not, however, authorized to take part in the consideration or decision of any cases before the Supreme Court ( unlike other retired federal judges who may be permitted do so in their former courts ) ; neither are they known or designated as a `` senior judge ''. When, after his retirement, William O. Douglas attempted to take a more active role than was customary, maintaining that it was his prerogative to do so because of his senior status, he was rebuffed by Chief Justice Warren Burger and admonished by the whole Court. Currently, there are three living retired associate justices : Sandra Day O'Connor, retired January 31, 2006 ; David Souter, retired June 29, 2009 ; and John Paul Stevens, retired June 29, 2010. Both O'Connor and Souter occasionally serve on panels of the Courts of Appeals of various circuits. Stevens has not performed any judicial duties. List of associate justices Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, the following 101 persons have served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States : Associate Justice Replacing Date confirmed ( Vote ) Tenure Appointed by Prior position John Rutledge ( new seat ) September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 001 ! September 26, 1789 -- March 4, 1791 ( Resigned ) George Washington 1st Governor of South Carolina ( 1779 -- 1782 ) William Cushing ( new seat ) September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 002 ! September 27, 1789 -- September 13, 1810 ( Died ) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court ( 1777 -- 1789 ) James Wilson ( new seat ) September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 003 ! September 29, 1789 -- August 21, 1798 ( Died ) Delegate to the Constitutional Convention ( 1787 ) John Blair ( new seat ) September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) 004 ! September 30, 1789 -- October 25, 1795 ( Resigned ) Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ( 1766 -- 1770 ) 5 James Iredell ( new seat ) February 10, 1790 ( Acclamation ) 005 ! May 12, 1790 -- October 20, 1799 ( Died ) 2nd Attorney General of North Carolina ( 1779 -- 1782 ) 6 Thomas Johnson J. Rutledge November 7, 1791 ( Acclamation ) 006 ! August 5, 1792 -- January 16, 1793 ( Resigned ) 1st Governor of Maryland ( 1777 -- 1779 ) 7 William Paterson T. Johnson March 4, 1793 ( Acclamation ) 007 ! March 4, 1793 -- September 8, 1806 ( Died ) 2nd Governor of New Jersey ( 1790 -- 1793 ) 8 Samuel Chase Blair January 27, 1796 ( Acclamation ) 008 ! January 27, 1796 -- June 19, 1811 ( Died ) Chief Justice of the Maryland General Court ( 1791 -- 1796 ) 9 Bushrod Washington Wilson December 20, 1798 ( Acclamation ) 009 ! December 20, 1798 -- November 26, 1829 ( Died ) John Adams Delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention ( 1788 ) 10 Alfred Moore Iredell December 9, 1799 ( Acclamation ) 010 ! December 10, 1799 -- January 26, 1804 ( Resigned ) 3rd Attorney General of North Carolina ( 1782 -- 1791 ) 11 William Johnson Moore March 24, 1804 ( Acclamation ) 011 ! May 7, 1804 -- August 4, 1834 ( Died ) Thomas Jefferson Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives ( 1798 -- 1800 ) 12 Henry Brockholst Livingston Paterson December 17, 1806 ( Acclamation ) 012 ! January 20, 1807 -- March 18, 1823 ( Died ) Justice of the New York Supreme Court ( 1802 -- 1807 ) 13 Thomas Todd ( new seat ) March 2, 1807 ( Acclamation ) 013 ! March 3, 1807 -- February 7, 1826 ( Died ) Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals ( 1806 -- 1807 ) 14 Gabriel Duvall Chase November 18, 1811 ( Acclamation ) 014 ! November 23, 1811 -- January 12, 1835 ( Resigned ) James Madison U.S. Representative for Maryland 's 2nd district ( 1794 -- 1796 ) 15 Joseph Story Cushing November 18, 1811 ( Acclamation ) 015 ! February 3, 1812 -- September 10, 1845 ( Died ) U.S. Representative for Massachusetts 's 2nd district ( 1808 -- 1809 ) 16 Smith Thompson Livingston December 9, 1823 ( Acclamation ) 016 ! September 1, 1823 -- December 18, 1843 ( Died ) James Monroe 6th United States Secretary of the Navy ( 1819 -- 1823 ) 17 Robert Trimble Todd May 9, 1826 ( 25 -- 5 ) 017 ! May 9, 1826 -- August 25, 1828 ( Died ) John Quincy Adams Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky ( 1817 -- 1826 ) 18 John McLean Trimble March 7, 1829 ( Acclamation ) 018 ! March 7, 1829 -- April 4, 1861 ( Died ) Andrew Jackson 6th United States Postmaster General ( 1823 -- 1829 ) 19 Henry Baldwin Washington January 6, 1830 ( 41 -- 2 ) 019 ! January 6, 1830 -- April 21, 1844 ( Died ) U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania 's 14th district ( 1817 -- 1822 ) 20 James Moore Wayne W. Johnson January 9, 1835 ( Acclamation ) 020 ! January 14, 1835 -- July 5, 1867 ( Died ) U.S. Representative for Georgia 's at - large district ( 1829 -- 1835 ) 21 Philip Pendleton Barbour Duvall March 15, 1836 ( 30 -- 11 ) 021 ! March 15, 1836 -- February 25, 1841 ( Died ) Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ( 1830 -- 1836 ) 22 John Catron ( new seat ) March 8, 1837 ( 28 -- 15 ) 022 ! March 8, 1837 -- May 30, 1865 ( Died ) Judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals ( 1824 -- 1834 ) 23 John McKinley ( new seat ) September 25, 1837 ( Acclamation ) 023 ! April 22, 1837 -- July 19, 1852 ( Died ) Martin Van Buren United States Senator from Alabama ( 1826 -- 1831, 1837 ) 24 Peter Vivian Daniel Barbour March 2, 1841 ( 25 -- 5 ) 024 ! March 3, 1841 -- May 31, 1860 ( Died ) Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ( 1836 -- 1841 ) 25 Samuel Nelson Thompson February 14, 1845 ( Acclamation ) 025 ! February 14, 1845 -- November 28, 1872 ( Retired ) John Tyler Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court ( 1831 -- 1845 ) 26 Levi Woodbury Story January 31, 1846 ( Acclamation ) 026 ! September 20, 1845 -- September 4, 1851 ( Died ) James K. Polk 13th United States Secretary of the Treasury ( 1834 -- 1841 ) 27 Robert Cooper Grier Baldwin August 4, 1846 ( Acclamation ) 027 ! August 4, 1846 -- January 31, 1870 ( Retired ) Judge for the Pennsylvania state District Court for Allegheny County ( 1833 -- 1846 ) 28 Benjamin Robbins Curtis Woodbury December 20, 1851 ( Acclamation ) 028 ! September 22, 1851 -- September 30, 1857 ( Resigned ) Millard Fillmore Massachusetts State Representative 29 John Archibald Campbell McKinley March 22, 1853 ( Acclamation ) 029 ! March 23, 1853 -- April 30, 1861 ( Resigned ) Franklin Pierce Alabama State Representative 30 Nathan Clifford Curtis January 12, 1858 ( 26 -- 23 ) 030 ! January 12, 1858 -- July 25, 1881 ( Died ) James Buchanan 19th United States Attorney General ( 1846 -- 1848 ) 31 Noah Haynes Swayne McLean January 24, 1862 ( 38 -- 1 ) 031 ! January 24, 1862 -- January 24, 1881 ( Retired ) Abraham Lincoln U.S. Attorney for the District of Ohio ( 1830 -- 1834 ) 32 Samuel Freeman Miller Daniel July 16, 1862 ( Acclamation ) 032 ! July 16, 1862 -- October 13, 1890 ( Died ) Lawyer, Private practice 33 David Davis Campbell December 8, 1862 ( Acclamation ) 033 ! October 17, 1862 -- March 3, 1877 ( Resigned ) Judge of the Illinois 3rd Circuit Court ( 1848 -- 1862 ) 34 Stephen Johnson Field ( new seat ) March 10, 1863 ( Acclamation ) 034 ! March 10, 1863 -- December 1, 1897 ( Retired ) 5th Chief Justice of California ( 1859 -- 1863 ) 35 William Strong Grier February 18, 1870 035 ! February 18, 1870 -- December 14, 1880 ( Retired ) Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania 's 9th district ( 1847 -- 1851 ) 36 Joseph Philo Bradley ( new seat ) March 21, 1870 ( 46 -- 9 ) 036 ! March 21, 1870 -- January 22, 1892 ( Died ) Lawyer, Private practice 37 Ward Hunt Nelson December 11, 1872 ( Acclamation ) 037 ! December 11, 1872 -- January 27, 1882 ( Retired ) Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals ( 1868 -- 1872 ) 38 John Marshall Harlan Davis November 29, 1877 ( Acclamation ) 038 ! November 29, 1877 -- October 14, 1911 ( Died ) Rutherford B. Hayes 14th Attorney General of Kentucky ( 1863 -- 1867 ) 39 William Burnham Woods Strong December 21, 1880 ( 39 -- 8 ) 039 ! December 21, 1880 -- May 14, 1887 ( Died ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ( 1869 -- 1880 ) 40 Stanley Matthews Swayne May 12, 1881 ( 24 -- 23 ) 040 ! May 12, 1881 -- March 22, 1889 ( Died ) James Garfield United States Senator from Ohio ( 1877 -- 1879 ) 41 Horace Gray Clifford December 20, 1881 ( 51 -- 5 ) 041 ! December 20, 1881 -- September 15, 1902 ( Died ) Chester A. Arthur Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ( 1873 -- 1881 ) 42 Samuel Blatchford Hunt March 22, 1882 ( Acclamation ) 042 ! March 22, 1882 -- July 7, 1893 ( Died ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ( 1878 -- 1882 ) 43 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Woods January 16, 1888 ( 32 -- 28 ) 043 ! January 16, 1888 -- January 23, 1893 ( Died ) Grover Cleveland 16th United States Secretary of the Interior ( 1885 -- 1888 ) 44 David Josiah Brewer Matthews December 18, 1889 ( 53 -- 11 ) 044 ! December 18, 1889 -- March 28, 1910 ( Died ) Benjamin Harrison Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ( 1884 -- 1889 ) 45 Henry Billings Brown Miller December 29, 1890 ( Acclamation ) 045 ! December 29, 1890 -- May 28, 1906 ( Retired ) Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ( 1875 -- 1890 ) 46 George Shiras Jr. Bradley July 26, 1892 ( Acclamation ) 046 ! July 26, 1892 -- February 23, 1903 ( Retired ) Lawyer, Private practice 47 Howell Edmunds Jackson L. Lamar February 18, 1893 ( Acclamation ) 047 ! February 18, 1893 -- August 8, 1895 ( Died ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ( 1891 -- 1893 ) 48 Edward Douglass White Blatchford February 19, 1894 ( Acclamation ) 048 ! February 19, 1894 -- December 18, 1910 ( Continued as chief justice ) Grover Cleveland United States Senator from Louisiana ( 1891 -- 1894 ) 49 Rufus Wheeler Peckham H. Jackson December 9, 1895 ( Acclamation ) 049 ! December 9, 1895 -- October 24, 1909 ( Died ) Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals 50 Joseph McKenna Field January 21, 1898 ( Acclamation ) 050 ! January 21, 1898 -- January 5, 1925 ( Retired ) William McKinley 42nd United States Attorney General ( 1897 -- 1898 ) 51 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Gray December 4, 1902 ( Acclamation ) 051 ! December 4, 1902 -- January 12, 1932 ( Retired ) Theodore Roosevelt Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ( 1899 -- 1902 ) 52 William R. Day Shiras February 23, 1903 ( Acclamation ) 052 ! February 23, 1903 -- November 13, 1922 ( Retired ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ( 1899 -- 1903 ) 53 William Henry Moody Brown December 12, 1906 ( Acclamation ) 053 ! December 12, 1906 -- November 20, 1910 ( Retired ) 45th United States Attorney General ( 1904 -- 1906 ) 54 Horace Harmon Lurton Peckham December 20, 1909 ( Acclamation ) 054 ! December 20, 1909 -- July 12, 1914 ( Died ) William Howard Taft Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ( 1893 -- 1909 ) 55 Charles Evans Hughes Brewer May 2, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 055 ! October 10, 1910 -- June 10, 1916 ( Resigned ) 36th Governor of New York ( 1907 -- 1910 ) 56 Willis Van Devanter E. White December 15, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 056 ! December 16, 1910 -- June 2, 1937 ( Retired ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ( 1903 -- ` 1910 ) 57 Joseph Rucker Lamar Moody December 15, 1910 ( Acclamation ) 057 ! December 17, 1910 -- January 2, 1916 ( Died ) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia ( 1901 -- 1905 ) 58 Mahlon Pitney J. Harlan March 13, 1912 ( 50 -- 26 ) 058 ! March 13, 1912 -- December 31, 1922 ( Resigned ) U.S. Representative for New Jersey 's 4th district ( 1895 -- 1899 ) 59 James Clark McReynolds Lurton August 29, 1914 ( 44 -- 6 ) 059 ! August 29, 1914 -- January 31, 1941 ( Retired ) Woodrow Wilson 48th United States Attorney General ( 1913 -- 1914 ) 60 Louis Brandeis J. Lamar June 1, 1916 ( 47 -- 22 ) 060 ! June 1, 1916 -- February 13, 1939 ( Retired ) Lawyer, Private practice : Brandeis Dunbar & Nutter 61 John Hessin Clarke Hughes July 24, 1916 ( Acclamation ) 061 ! July 24, 1916 -- September 5, 1922 ( Retired ) Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ( 1914 -- 1916 ) 62 George Sutherland Clarke September 5, 1922 ( Acclamation ) 062 ! September 5, 1922 -- January 17, 1938 ( Retired ) Warren G. Harding United States Senator from Utah ( 1905 -- 1917 ) 63 Pierce Butler Day December 21, 1922 ( 61 -- 8 ) 063 ! December 21, 1922 -- November 16, 1939 ( Died ) President of the Minnesota State Bar Association 64 Edward Terry Sanford Pitney January 29, 1923 ( Acclamation ) 064 ! January 29, 1923 -- March 8, 1930 ( Died ) Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ( 1908 -- 1923 ) 65 Harlan F. Stone McKenna February 5, 1925 ( 71 -- 6 ) 065 ! February 5, 1925 -- July 3, 1941 ( Continued as chief justice ) Calvin Coolidge 52nd United States Attorney General ( 1924 -- 1925 ) 66 Owen Josephus Roberts Sanford May 20, 1930 ( Acclamation ) 066 ! May 20, 1930 -- July 31, 1945 ( Resigned ) Herbert Hoover Assistant District Attorney for Philadelphia 67 Benjamin N. Cardozo Holmes February 24, 1932 ( Acclamation ) 067 ! March 2, 1932 -- July 9, 1938 ( Died ) Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals ( 1927 -- 1932 ) 68 Hugo Black Van Devanter August 17, 1937 ( 63 -- 16 ) 068 ! August 18, 1937 -- September 17, 1971 ( Retired ) Franklin D. Roosevelt United States Senator from Alabama ( 1927 -- 1937 ) 69 Stanley Forman Reed Sutherland January 25, 1938 ( Acclamation ) 069 ! January 27, 1938 -- February 25, 1957 ( Retired ) 22nd United States Solicitor General ( 1935 -- 1938 ) 70 Felix Frankfurter Cardozo January 17, 1939 ( Acclamation ) 070 ! January 20, 1939 -- August 28, 1962 ( Retired ) Chairman of Harvard Law School 71 William O. Douglas Brandeis April 4, 1939 ( 62 -- 4 ) 071 ! April 15, 1939 -- November 12, 1975 ( Retired ) 3rd Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ( 1937 -- 1939 ) 72 Frank Murphy Butler January 16, 1940 ( Acclamation ) 072 ! January 18, 1940 -- July 19, 1949 ( Died ) 56th United States Attorney General ( 1939 -- 1940 ) 73 James F. Byrnes McReynolds June 12, 1941 ( Acclamation ) 073 ! July 8, 1941 -- October 3, 1942 ( Resigned ) United States Senator from South Carolina ( 1931 -- 1941 ) 74 Robert H. Jackson Stone July 7, 1941 ( Acclamation ) 074 ! July 11, 1941 -- October 9, 1954 ( Died ) 57th United States Attorney General ( 1940 -- 1941 ) 75 Wiley Blount Rutledge Byrnes February 8, 1943 ( Acclamation ) 075 ! February 11, 1943 -- September 10, 1949 ( Died ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ( 1939 -- 1943 ) 76 Harold Hitz Burton Roberts September 19, 1945 ( Acclamation ) 076 ! September 22, 1945 -- October 13, 1958 ( Retired ) Harry S. Truman United States Senator from Ohio ( 1944 -- 1945 ) 77 Tom C. Clark Murphy August 18, 1949 ( 73 -- 8 ) 077 ! August 19, 1949 -- June 12, 1967 ( Retired ) 59th United States Attorney General ( 1945 -- 1949 ) 78 Sherman Minton W. Rutledge October 4, 1949 ( 48 -- 16 ) 078 ! October 12, 1949 -- October 15, 1956 ( Retired ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ( 1941 -- 1949 ) 79 John Marshall Harlan II R. Jackson March 16, 1955 ( 71 -- 11 ) 079 ! March 17, 1955 -- September 23, 1971 ( Retired ) Dwight D. Eisenhower Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ( 1954 -- 1955 ) 80 William J. Brennan Minton March 19, 1957 ( Acclamation ) 080 ! October 15, 1956 -- July 20, 1990 ( Retired ) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey ( 1951 -- 1956 ) 81 Charles Evans Whittaker Reed March 19, 1957 ( Acclamation ) 081 ! March 22, 1957 -- March 31, 1962 ( Resigned ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ( 1956 -- 1957 ) 82 Potter Stewart Burton May 5, 1959 ( 70 -- 17 ) 082 ! October 14, 1958 -- July 3, 1981 ( Retired ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ( 1954 -- 1958 ) 83 Byron White Whittaker April 11, 1962 ( Acclamation ) 083 ! April 16, 1962 -- June 28, 1993 ( Retired ) John F. Kennedy 4th United States Deputy Attorney General ( 1961 -- 1962 ) 84 Arthur Goldberg Frankfurter September 25, 1962 ( Acclamation ) 084 ! September 28, 1962 -- July 26, 1965 ( Resigned ) 9th United States Secretary of Labor ( 1961 -- 1962 ) 85 Abe Fortas Goldberg August 11, 1965 ( Acclamation ) 085 ! October 4, 1965 -- May 14, 1969 ( Resigned ) Lyndon B. Johnson United States Under Secretary of the Interior 86 Thurgood Marshall Clark August 30, 1967 ( 69 -- 11 ) 086 ! October 2, 1967 -- October 1, 1991 ( Retired ) 32nd United States Solicitor General ( 1965 -- 1967 ) 87 Harry Blackmun Fortas May 12, 1970 ( 94 -- 0 ) 087 ! June 9, 1970 -- August 3, 1994 ( Retired ) Richard Nixon Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ( 1959 -- 1970 ) 88 Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. Black December 6, 1971 ( 89 -- 1 ) 088 ! January 7, 1972 -- June 26, 1987 ( Retired ) President of the American Bar Association ( 1964 -- 1965 ) 89 William Rehnquist J. Harlan II December 10, 1971 ( 68 -- 26 ) 089 ! January 7, 1972 -- September 26, 1986 ( Continued as chief justice ) United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel ( 1969 -- 1971 ) 90 John Paul Stevens Douglas December 17, 1975 ( 98 -- 0 ) 090 ! December 19, 1975 -- June 29, 2010 ( Retired ) Gerald Ford Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ( 1970 -- 1975 ) 91 Sandra Day O'Connor Stewart September 21, 1981 ( 99 -- 0 ) 091 ! September 25, 1981 -- January 31, 2006 ( Retired ) Ronald Reagan Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals ( 1979 -- 1981 ) 92 Antonin Scalia Rehnquist September 17, 1986 ( 98 -- 0 ) 092 ! September 26, 1986 -- February 13, 2016 ( Died ) Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ( 1982 -- 1986 ) 93 Anthony Kennedy Powell February 3, 1988 ( 97 -- 0 ) 093 ! February 18, 1988 -- Incumbent Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ( 1975 -- 1988 ) 94 David Souter Brennan October 2, 1990 ( 90 -- 9 ) 094 ! October 9, 1990 -- June 29, 2009 ( Retired ) George H.W. Bush Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ( 1990 ) 95 Clarence Thomas Marshall October 15, 1991 ( 52 -- 48 ) 095 ! October 23, 1991 -- Incumbent Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ( 1990 -- 1991 ) 96 Ruth Bader Ginsburg B. White August 3, 1993 ( 96 -- 3 ) 096 ! August 10, 1993 -- Incumbent Bill Clinton Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ( 1980 -- 1993 ) 97 Stephen Breyer Blackmun July 29, 1994 ( 87 -- 9 ) 097 ! August 3, 1994 -- Incumbent Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ( 1990 -- 1994 ) 98 Samuel Alito O'Connor January 31, 2006 ( 58 -- 42 ) 098 ! January 31, 2006 -- Incumbent George W. Bush Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ( 1990 -- 2006 ) 99 Sonia Sotomayor Souter August 6, 2009 ( 68 -- 31 ) 099 ! August 8, 2009 -- Incumbent Barack Obama Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ( 1998 -- 2009 ) 100 Elena Kagan Stevens August 5, 2010 ( 63 -- 37 ) 100 ! August 7, 2010 -- Incumbent 45th Solicitor General of the United States ( 2009 -- 2010 ) 101 Neil Gorsuch Scalia April 7, 2017 ( 54 -- 45 ) 101 ! April 8, 2017 -- Incumbent Donald Trump Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ( 2006 -- 2017 ) Notes Jump up ^ Listed here ( unless otherwise noted ) is the position -- either with a U.S. state or the federal government, or with a private corporation -- held by the individual immediately prior to becoming an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Jump up ^ Later served as chief justice, June 30, 1795 -- December 28, 1795. ^ 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 ^ Was impeached, but not convicted ( remained in office ). Jump up ^ Served as chief justice, December 19, 1910 -- May 19, 1921. Jump up ^ Later served as chief justice, February 13, 1930 -- June 30, 1941. Jump up ^ Served as chief justice, July 3, 1941 -- April 22, 1946. Jump up ^ Served as chief justice, September 26, 1986 -- September 3, 2005. See also Associate Justice References Jump up ^ United States Congress ( 1834 ) ( approved September 24, 1789 ). `` An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States ''. In Gales, Joseph, Sr. The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States ; With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents and all the Laws of a Public Nature ; With a Copious Index. vol. 2. Washington, DC : Gales and Seaton. p. 2239 ( 2239 -- 2255 ) -- via Library of Congress. Jump up ^ Biskupic, Joan ( 2005 ). Sandra Day O'Connor : How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice. New York : HarperCollins. p. 101. Jump up ^ Mears, Bill ( June 20, 2014 ). `` Supreme Court justices : They do OK financially ''. CNN. Retrieved February 17, 2010. Jump up ^ 28 U.S.C. § 3 Jump up ^ Woodward, Robert ; Armstrong, Scott ( 1979 ). The Brethren : Inside the Supreme Court. New York : Simon & Schuster. pp. 480 -- 488, 526. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7432 - 7402 - 9. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Senate : Supreme Court Nominations : 1789 - Present ''. United States Senate. Retrieved February 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Timeline of the Justices ''. The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved November 11, 2016. Jump up ^ Klebanow, Diana & Jonas, Franklin L. ( 2003 ). People 's Lawyers : Crusaders for Justice in American History. M.E. Sharpe. p. 61. ISBN 978 - 0765606730 -- via Google Books. Further reading Abraham, Henry J. ( 1992 ). Justices and Presidents : A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court ( 3rd ed. ). New York : Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 - 19 - 506557 - 3. Christensen, George A. ( 1983 ). `` Here Lies the Supreme Court : Gravesites of the Justices ''. Yearbook. Supreme Court Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Christensen, George A. ( February 19, 2008 ). `` Here Lies the Supreme Court : Revisited ''. Journal of Supreme Court History. University of Alabama. 33 ( 1 ) : 17 -- 41. Cushman, Clare ( 2001 ). The Supreme Court Justices : Illustrated Biographies, 1789 -- 1995 ( 2nd ed. ). ( Supreme Court Historical Society, Congressional Quarterly Books ). ISBN 1 - 56802 - 126 - 7. Frank, John P. ( 1995 ). Friedman, Leon & Israel, Fred L., eds. The Justices of the United States Supreme Court : Their Lives and Major Opinions. Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 0 - 7910 - 1377 - 4. Hall, Kermit L., ed. ( 1992 ). The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York : Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 - 19 - 505835 - 6. Martin, Fenton S. & Goehlert, Robert U. ( 1990 ). The U.S. Supreme Court : A Bibliography. Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly Books. ISBN 0 - 87187 - 554 - 3. Toobin, Jeffrey ( 2008 ). The Nine : Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court ( 1st ed. ). New York : Anchor Books. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4000 - 9679 - 4. Urofsky, Melvin I. ( 1994 ). The Supreme Court Justices : A Biographical Dictionary. New York : Garland Publishing. p. 590. ISBN 0 - 8153 - 1176 - 1. External links Historic collection of Supreme Court decisions and biographies indexed by judge name Members of the Supreme Court of the United States from the Court 's website. Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States Chief Justice Jay J. Rutledge Ellsworth J. Marshall Taney S.P. Chase Waite Fuller E. White Taft Hughes Stone Vinson Warren Burger Rehnquist J. Roberts Seat 1 J. Rutledge T. Johnson Paterson Livingston Thompson Nelson Hunt Blatchford E. White Van Devanter Black Powell Kennedy Seat 2 Cushing Story Woodbury Curtis Clifford Gray Holmes Cardozo Frankfurter Goldberg Fortas Blackmun Breyer Seat 3 Wilson Washington Baldwin Grier Strong Woods L. Lamar H. Jackson Peckham Lurton McReynolds Byrnes W. Rutledge Minton Brennan Souter Sotomayor Seat 4 Blair S. Chase Duvall Barbour Daniel Miller Brown Moody J. Lamar Brandeis Douglas Stevens Kagan Seat 5 Iredell Moore W. Johnson Wayne Seat 6 Todd Trimble McLean Swayne Matthews Brewer Hughes Clarke Sutherland Reed Whittaker White Ginsburg Seat 7 Catron Seat 8 McKinley Campbell Davis Harlan Pitney Sanford O. Roberts Burton Stewart O'Connor Alito Seat 9 Field McKenna Stone R. Jackson Harlan II Rehnquist Scalia Gorsuch Seat 10 Bradley Shiras Day Butler Murphy Clark T. 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Question: who are the associate justices of the supreme court
Answer: Anthony Kennedy