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 Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch 1 seat vacant Retired Associate Justices John Paul Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor Anthony Kennedy 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 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Current justices of the Supreme Court There are currently eight justices serving on the Supreme Court ( the ninth position has been vacant since the July 31, 2018 retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy ) ; listed in order of seniority, they are : John Roberts, Chief Justice since September 29, 2005 Age 7004232250000000000 ♠ 63 Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice since October 23, 1991 Age 7004256340000000000 ♠ 70 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice since August 10, 1993 Age 7004312130000000000 ♠ 85 Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice since August 3, 1994 Age 7004292340000000000 ♠ 80 Samuel Alito, Associate Justice since January 31, 2006 Age 7004249870000000000 ♠ 68 Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice since August 8, 2009 Age 7004234410000000000 ♠ 64 Elena Kagan, Associate Justice since August 7, 2010 Age 7004213070000000000 ♠ 58 Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice since April 10, 2017 Age 7004186280000000000 ♠ 51 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 Chief Justice New seat September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) October 19, 1789 -- June 29, 1795 ( Resigned ) 7003207900000000000 ♠ 5 years, 253 days George Washington John Rutledge ( 1739 -- 1800 ) SC Associate Justice New seat September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) February 15, 1790 -- March 4, 1791 ( Resigned ) 7002382000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 17 days William Cushing ( 1732 -- 1810 ) MA Associate Justice New seat September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) February 2, 1790 -- September 13, 1810 ( Died ) 7003752700000000000 ♠ 20 years, 223 days James Wilson ( 1742 -- 1798 ) PA Associate Justice New seat September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) October 5, 1789 -- August 21, 1798 ( Died ) 7003324200000000000 ♠ 8 years, 320 days 5 John Blair ( 1732 -- 1800 ) VA Associate Justice New seat September 26, 1789 ( Acclamation ) February 2, 1790 -- October 25, 1795 ( Resigned ) 7003209100000000000 ♠ 5 years, 265 days 6 James Iredell ( 1751 -- 1799 ) NC Associate Justice New seat February 10, 1790 ( Acclamation ) May 12, 1790 -- October 20, 1799 ( Died ) 7003344800000000000 ♠ 9 years, 161 days 7 Thomas Johnson ( 1732 -- 1819 ) MD Associate Justice J. Rutledge November 7, 1791 ( Acclamation ) August 6, 1792 -- January 16, 1793 ( Resigned ) 7002163000000000000 ♠ 163 days 8 William Paterson ( 1745 -- 1806 ) NJ Associate Justice T. Johnson March 4, 1793 ( Acclamation ) March 11, 1793 -- September 8, 1806 ( Died ) 7003492800000000000 ♠ 13 years, 181 days John Rutledge ( 1739 -- 1800 ) SC Chief Justice Jay December 15, 1795 ( 10 -- 14 ) August 12, 1795 -- December 28, 1795 ( Resigned, nomination having been rejected ) 7002138000000000000 ♠ 138 days 9 Samuel Chase ( 1741 -- 1811 ) MD Associate Justice Blair January 27, 1796 ( Acclamation ) February 4, 1796 -- June 19, 1811 ( Died ) 7003561300000000000 ♠ 15 years, 135 days 10 Oliver Ellsworth ( 1745 -- 1807 ) CT Chief Justice J. Rutledge March 4, 1796 ( 21 -- 1 ) March 8, 1796 -- December 15, 1800 ( Resigned ) 7003174200000000000 ♠ 4 years, 282 days 11 Bushrod Washington ( 1762 -- 1829 ) VA Associate Justice Wilson December 20, 1798 ( Acclamation ) November 9, 1798 -- November 26, 1829 ( Died ) 7004113390000000000 ♠ 31 years, 17 days John Adams 12 Alfred Moore ( 1755 -- 1810 ) NC Associate Justice Iredell December 9, 1799 ( Acclamation ) April 21, 1800 -- January 26, 1804 ( Resigned ) 7003137500000000000 ♠ 3 years, 280 days 13 John Marshall ( 1755 -- 1835 ) VA Chief Justice Ellsworth January 27, 1801 ( Acclamation ) February 4, 1801 -- July 6, 1835 ( Died ) 7004125700000000000 ♠ 34 years, 152 days 14 William Johnson ( 1771 -- 1834 ) SC Associate Justice Moore March 24, 1804 ( Acclamation ) May 7, 1804 -- August 4, 1834 ( Died ) 7004110460000000000 ♠ 30 years, 89 days Thomas Jefferson 15 Henry Brockholst Livingston ( 1757 -- 1823 ) NY Associate Justice Paterson December 17, 1806 ( Acclamation ) January 20, 1807 -- March 18, 1823 ( Died ) 7003590100000000000 ♠ 16 years, 57 days 16 Thomas Todd ( 1765 -- 1826 ) KY Associate Justice New seat March 2, 1807 ( Acclamation ) March 3, 1807 -- February 7, 1826 ( Died ) 7003691600000000000 ♠ 18 years, 341 days 17 Gabriel Duvall ( 1752 -- 1844 ) MD Associate Justice S. Chase November 18, 1811 ( Acclamation ) November 23, 1811 -- January 12, 1835 ( Resigned ) 7003845100000000000 ♠ 23 years, 50 days James Madison 18 Joseph Story ( 1779 -- 1845 ) MA Associate Justice Cushing November 18, 1811 ( Acclamation ) February 3, 1812 -- September 10, 1845 ( Died ) 7004122730000000000 ♠ 33 years, 219 days 19 Smith Thompson ( 1768 -- 1843 ) NY Associate Justice Livingston December 9, 1823 ( Acclamation ) September 1, 1823 -- December 18, 1843 ( Died ) 7003741300000000000 ♠ 20 years, 108 days James Monroe 20 Robert Trimble ( 1776 -- 1828 ) KY Associate Justice Todd May 9, 1826 ( 25 -- 5 ) June 16, 1826 -- August 25, 1828 ( Died ) 7002801000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 70 days John Quincy Adams 21 John McLean ( 1785 -- 1861 ) OH Associate Justice Trimble March 7, 1829 ( Acclamation ) January 11, 1830 -- April 4, 1861 ( Died ) 7004114060000000000 ♠ 31 years, 83 days Andrew Jackson 22 Henry Baldwin ( 1780 -- 1844 ) PA Associate Justice Washington January 6, 1830 ( 41 -- 2 ) January 18, 1830 -- April 21, 1844 ( Died ) 7003520700000000000 ♠ 14 years, 94 days 23 James Moore Wayne ( 1790 -- 1867 ) GA Associate Justice W. Johnson January 9, 1835 ( Acclamation ) January 14, 1835 -- July 5, 1867 ( Died ) 7004118600000000000 ♠ 32 years, 172 days 24 Roger B. Taney ( 1777 -- 1864 ) MD Chief Justice J. Marshall March 15, 1836 ( 29 -- 15 ) March 28, 1836 -- October 12, 1864 ( Died ) 7004104250000000000 ♠ 28 years, 198 days 25 Philip Pendleton Barbour ( 1783 -- 1841 ) VA Associate Justice Duvall March 15, 1836 ( 30 -- 11 ) May 12, 1836 -- February 25, 1841 ( Died ) 7003175000000000000 ♠ 4 years, 289 days 26 John Catron ( 1786 -- 1865 ) TN Associate Justice New seat March 8, 1837 ( 28 -- 15 ) May 1, 1837 -- May 30, 1865 ( Died ) 7004102560000000000 ♠ 28 years, 29 days 27 John McKinley ( 1780 -- 1852 ) AL Associate Justice New seat September 25, 1837 ( Acclamation ) January 9, 1838 -- July 19, 1852 ( Died ) 7003530500000000000 ♠ 14 years, 192 days Martin Van Buren 28 Peter Vivian Daniel ( 1784 -- 1860 ) VA Associate Justice Barbour March 2, 1841 ( 25 -- 5 ) January 10, 1842 -- May 31, 1860 ( Died ) 7003671600000000000 ♠ 18 years, 142 days 29 Samuel Nelson ( 1792 -- 1873 ) NY Associate Justice Thompson February 14, 1845 ( Acclamation ) February 27, 1845 -- November 28, 1872 ( Retired ) 7004101360000000000 ♠ 27 years, 275 days John Tyler 30 Levi Woodbury ( 1789 -- 1851 ) NH Associate Justice Story January 31, 1846 ( Acclamation ) September 23, 1845 -- September 4, 1851 ( Died ) 7003217200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 346 days James K. Polk 31 Robert Cooper Grier ( 1794 -- 1870 ) PA Associate Justice Baldwin August 4, 1846 ( Acclamation ) August 10, 1846 -- January 31, 1870 ( Retired ) 7003857500000000000 ♠ 23 years, 174 days 32 Benjamin Robbins Curtis ( 1809 -- 1874 ) MA Associate Justice Woodbury December 20, 1851 ( Acclamation ) October 10, 1851 -- September 30, 1857 ( Resigned ) 7003218200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 355 days Millard Fillmore 33 John Archibald Campbell ( 1811 -- 1889 ) AL Associate Justice McKinley March 22, 1853 ( Acclamation ) April 11, 1853 -- April 30, 1861 ( Resigned ) 7003294100000000000 ♠ 8 years, 19 days Franklin Pierce 34 Nathan Clifford ( 1803 -- 1881 ) ME Associate Justice Curtis January 12, 1858 ( 26 -- 23 ) January 21, 1858 -- July 25, 1881 ( Died ) 7003858600000000000 ♠ 23 years, 185 days James Buchanan 35 Noah Haynes Swayne ( 1804 -- 1884 ) OH Associate Justice McLean January 24, 1862 ( 38 -- 1 ) January 27, 1862 -- January 24, 1881 ( Retired ) 7003693700000000000 ♠ 18 years, 363 days Abraham Lincoln 36 Samuel Freeman Miller ( 1816 -- 1890 ) IA Associate Justice Daniel July 16, 1862 ( Acclamation ) July 21, 1862 -- October 13, 1890 ( Died ) 7004103110000000000 ♠ 28 years, 84 days 37 David Davis ( 1815 -- 1886 ) IL Associate Justice Campbell December 8, 1862 ( Acclamation ) December 10, 1862 -- March 4, 1877 ( Resigned ) 7003519800000000000 ♠ 14 years, 84 days 38 Stephen Johnson Field ( 1816 -- 1899 ) CA Associate Justice New seat March 10, 1863 ( Acclamation ) May 10, 1863 -- December 1, 1897 ( Retired ) 7004126240000000000 ♠ 34 years, 205 days 39 Salmon P. Chase ( 1808 -- 1873 ) OH Chief Justice Taney December 6, 1864 ( Acclamation ) December 15, 1864 -- May 7, 1873 ( Died ) 7003306500000000000 ♠ 8 years, 143 days 40 William Strong ( 1808 -- 1895 ) PA Associate Justice Grier February 18, 1870 ( No vote recorded ) March 14, 1870 -- December 14, 1880 ( Retired ) 7003392800000000000 ♠ 10 years, 275 days Ulysses S. Grant 41 Joseph Philo Bradley ( 1813 -- 1892 ) NJ Associate Justice New seat March 21, 1870 ( 46 -- 9 ) March 23, 1870 -- January 22, 1892 ( Died ) 7003797500000000000 ♠ 21 years, 305 days 42 Ward Hunt ( 1810 -- 1886 ) NY Associate Justice Nelson December 11, 1872 ( Acclamation ) January 9, 1873 -- January 27, 1882 ( Retired ) 7003330500000000000 ♠ 9 years, 18 days 43 Morrison Waite ( 1816 -- 1888 ) OH Chief Justice S.P. Chase January 21, 1874 ( 63 -- 0 ) March 4, 1874 -- March 23, 1888 ( Died ) 7003513300000000000 ♠ 14 years, 19 days 44 John Marshall Harlan ( 1833 -- 1911 ) KY Associate Justice Davis November 29, 1877 ( Acclamation ) December 10, 1877 -- October 14, 1911 ( Died ) 7004123600000000000 ♠ 33 years, 308 days Rutherford B. Hayes 45 William Burnham Woods ( 1824 -- 1887 ) GA Associate Justice Strong December 21, 1880 ( 39 -- 8 ) January 5, 1881 -- May 14, 1887 ( Died ) 7003232000000000000 ♠ 6 years, 129 days 46 Stanley Matthews ( 1824 -- 1889 ) OH Associate Justice Swayne May 12, 1881 ( 24 -- 23 ) May 17, 1881 -- March 22, 1889 ( Died ) 7003286600000000000 ♠ 7 years, 309 days James Garfield 47 Horace Gray ( 1828 -- 1902 ) MA Associate Justice Clifford December 20, 1881 ( 51 -- 5 ) January 9, 1882 -- September 15, 1902 ( Died ) 7003755300000000000 ♠ 20 years, 249 days Chester A. Arthur 48 Samuel Blatchford ( 1820 -- 1893 ) NY Associate Justice Hunt March 22, 1882 ( Acclamation ) April 3, 1882 -- July 7, 1893 ( Died ) 7003411300000000000 ♠ 11 years, 95 days 49 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II ( 1825 -- 1893 ) MS Associate Justice Woods January 16, 1888 ( 32 -- 28 ) January 18, 1888 -- January 23, 1893 ( Died ) 7003183200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 5 days Grover Cleveland 50 Melville Fuller ( 1833 -- 1910 ) IL Chief Justice Waite July 20, 1888 ( 41 -- 20 ) October 8, 1888 -- July 4, 1910 ( Died ) 7003793800000000000 ♠ 21 years, 269 days 51 David Josiah Brewer ( 1837 -- 1910 ) KS Associate Justice Matthews December 18, 1889 ( 53 -- 11 ) January 6, 1890 -- March 28, 1910 ( Died ) 7003738500000000000 ♠ 20 years, 81 days Benjamin Harrison 52 Henry Billings Brown ( 1836 -- 1913 ) MI Associate Justice Miller December 29, 1890 ( Acclamation ) January 5, 1891 -- May 28, 1906 ( Retired ) 7003598600000000000 ♠ 16 years, 143 days 53 George Shiras, Jr. ( 1832 -- 1924 ) PA Associate Justice Bradley July 26, 1892 ( Acclamation ) October 10, 1892 -- February 23, 1903 ( Retired ) 7003378700000000000 ♠ 10 years, 136 days 54 Howell Edmunds Jackson ( 1832 -- 1895 ) TN Associate Justice L. Lamar February 18, 1893 ( Acclamation ) March 4, 1893 -- August 8, 1895 ( Died ) 7002887000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 157 days 55 Edward Douglass White ( 1845 -- 1921 ) LA Associate Justice Blatchford February 19, 1894 ( Acclamation ) March 12, 1894 -- December 18, 1910 ( Continued as chief justice ) 7003612400000000000 ♠ 16 years, 281 days Grover Cleveland 56 Rufus Wheeler Peckham ( 1838 -- 1909 ) NY Associate Justice H. Jackson December 9, 1895 ( Acclamation ) January 6, 1896 -- October 24, 1909 ( Died ) 7003503900000000000 ♠ 13 years, 291 days 57 Joseph McKenna ( 1843 -- 1926 ) CA Associate Justice Field January 21, 1898 ( Acclamation ) January 26, 1898 -- January 5, 1925 ( Retired ) 7003984000000000000 ♠ 26 years, 345 days William McKinley 58 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ( 1841 -- 1935 ) MA Associate Justice Gray December 4, 1902 ( Acclamation ) December 8, 1902 -- January 12, 1932 ( Retired ) 7004106270000000000 ♠ 29 years, 35 days Theodore Roosevelt 59 William R. Day ( 1849 -- 1923 ) OH Associate Justice Shiras February 23, 1903 ( Acclamation ) March 2, 1903 -- November 13, 1922 ( Retired ) 7003719600000000000 ♠ 19 years, 256 days 60 William Henry Moody ( 1853 -- 1917 ) MA Associate Justice Brown December 12, 1906 ( Acclamation ) December 17, 1906 -- November 20, 1910 ( Retired ) 7003143400000000000 ♠ 3 years, 338 days 61 Horace Harmon Lurton ( 1844 -- 1914 ) TN Associate Justice Peckham December 20, 1909 ( Acclamation ) January 3, 1910 -- July 12, 1914 ( Died ) 7003166500000000000 ♠ 4 years, 204 days William Howard Taft 62 Charles Evans Hughes ( 1862 -- 1948 ) NY Associate Justice Brewer May 2, 1910 ( Acclamation ) October 10, 1910 -- June 10, 1916 ( Resigned ) 7003207000000000000 ♠ 5 years, 244 days 55 Edward Douglass White ( 1845 -- 1921 ) LA Chief Justice Fuller December 12, 1910 ( Acclamation ) December 19, 1910 -- May 19, 1921 ( Died ) 7003380400000000000 ♠ 10 years, 151 days 63 Willis Van Devanter ( 1859 -- 1941 ) WY Associate Justice E.D. White December 15, 1910 ( Acclamation ) January 3, 1911 -- June 2, 1937 ( Retired ) 7003964700000000000 ♠ 26 years, 150 days 64 Joseph Rucker Lamar ( 1857 -- 1916 ) GA Associate Justice Moody December 15, 1910 ( Acclamation ) January 3, 1911 -- January 2, 1916 ( Died ) 7003182500000000000 ♠ 4 years, 364 days 65 Mahlon Pitney ( 1858 -- 1924 ) NJ Associate Justice J. Harlan March 13, 1912 ( 50 -- 26 ) March 18, 1912 -- December 31, 1922 ( Resigned ) 7003394000000000000 ♠ 10 years, 288 days 66 James Clark McReynolds ( 1862 -- 1946 ) TN Associate Justice Lurton August 29, 1914 ( 44 -- 6 ) October 12, 1914 -- January 31, 1941 ( Retired ) 7003960800000000000 ♠ 26 years, 111 days Woodrow Wilson 67 Louis Brandeis ( 1856 -- 1941 ) KY Associate Justice J. Lamar June 1, 1916 ( 47 -- 22 ) June 5, 1916 -- February 13, 1939 ( Retired ) 7003828800000000000 ♠ 22 years, 253 days 68 John Hessin Clarke ( 1857 -- 1945 ) OH Associate Justice Hughes July 24, 1916 ( Acclamation ) October 9, 1916 -- September 18, 1922 ( Retired ) 7003217000000000000 ♠ 5 years, 344 days 69 William Howard Taft ( 1857 -- 1930 ) CT Chief Justice E.D. White June 30, 1921 ( Acclamation ) July 11, 1921 -- February 3, 1930 ( Retired ) 7003312900000000000 ♠ 8 years, 207 days Warren G. Harding 70 George Sutherland ( 1862 -- 1942 ) UT Associate Justice Clarke September 5, 1922 ( Acclamation ) October 2, 1922 -- January 17, 1938 ( Retired ) 7003558600000000000 ♠ 15 years, 107 days 71 Pierce Butler ( 1866 -- 1939 ) MN Associate Justice Day December 21, 1922 ( 61 -- 8 ) January 2, 1923 -- November 16, 1939 ( Died ) 7003616200000000000 ♠ 16 years, 318 days 72 Edward Terry Sanford ( 1865 -- 1930 ) TN Associate Justice Pitney January 29, 1923 ( Acclamation ) February 19, 1923 -- March 8, 1930 ( Died ) 7003257400000000000 ♠ 7 years, 17 days 73 Harlan F. Stone ( 1872 -- 1946 ) NY Associate Justice McKenna February 5, 1925 ( 71 -- 6 ) March 2, 1925 -- July 2, 1941 ( Continued as chief justice ) 7003596600000000000 ♠ 16 years, 122 days Calvin Coolidge 62 Charles Evans Hughes ( 1862 -- 1948 ) NY Chief Justice Taft February 13, 1930 ( 52 -- 26 ) February 24, 1930 -- June 30, 1941 ( Retired ) 7003414400000000000 ♠ 11 years, 126 days Herbert Hoover 74 Owen Josephus Roberts ( 1875 -- 1955 ) PA Associate Justice Sanford May 20, 1930 ( Acclamation ) June 2, 1930 -- July 31, 1945 ( Resigned ) 7003553800000000000 ♠ 15 years, 59 days 75 Benjamin N. Cardozo ( 1870 -- 1938 ) NY Associate Justice Holmes February 24, 1932 ( Acclamation ) March 14, 1932 -- July 9, 1938 ( Died ) 7003230800000000000 ♠ 6 years, 117 days 76 Hugo Black ( 1886 -- 1971 ) AL Associate Justice Van Devanter August 17, 1937 ( 63 -- 16 ) August 19, 1937 -- September 17, 1971 ( Retired ) 7004124470000000000 ♠ 34 years, 29 days Franklin D. Roosevelt 77 Stanley Forman Reed ( 1884 -- 1980 ) KY Associate Justice Sutherland January 25, 1938 ( Acclamation ) January 31, 1938 -- February 25, 1957 ( Retired ) 7003696500000000000 ♠ 19 years, 25 days 78 Felix Frankfurter ( 1882 -- 1965 ) MA Associate Justice Cardozo January 17, 1939 ( Acclamation ) January 30, 1939 -- August 28, 1962 ( Retired ) 7003861100000000000 ♠ 23 years, 210 days 79 William O. Douglas ( 1898 -- 1980 ) CT Associate Justice Brandeis April 4, 1939 ( 62 -- 4 ) April 17, 1939 -- November 12, 1975 ( Retired ) 7004133600000000000 ♠ 36 years, 211 days 80 Frank Murphy ( 1890 -- 1949 ) MI Associate Justice Butler January 16, 1940 ( Acclamation ) February 5, 1940 -- July 19, 1949 ( Died ) 7003345200000000000 ♠ 9 years, 164 days 73 Harlan F. Stone ( 1872 -- 1946 ) NY Chief Justice Hughes June 27, 1941 ( Acclamation ) July 3, 1941 -- April 22, 1946 ( Died ) 7003175400000000000 ♠ 4 years, 293 days 81 James F. Byrnes ( 1882 -- 1972 ) SC Associate Justice McReynolds June 12, 1941 ( Acclamation ) July 8, 1941 -- October 3, 1942 ( Resigned ) 7002452000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 87 days 82 Robert H. Jackson ( 1892 -- 1954 ) NY Associate Justice Stone July 7, 1941 ( Acclamation ) July 11, 1941 -- October 9, 1954 ( Died ) 7003483800000000000 ♠ 13 years, 90 days 83 Wiley Blount Rutledge ( 1894 -- 1949 ) IA Associate Justice Byrnes February 8, 1943 ( Acclamation ) February 15, 1943 -- September 10, 1949 ( Died ) 7003239900000000000 ♠ 6 years, 207 days 84 Harold Hitz Burton ( 1888 -- 1964 ) OH Associate Justice O. Roberts September 19, 1945 ( Acclamation ) October 1, 1945 -- October 13, 1958 ( Retired ) 7003476000000000000 ♠ 13 years, 12 days Harry S. Truman 85 Fred M. Vinson ( 1890 -- 1953 ) KY Chief Justice Stone June 20, 1946 ( Acclamation ) June 24, 1946 -- September 8, 1953 ( Died ) 7003263300000000000 ♠ 7 years, 76 days 86 Tom C. Clark ( 1899 -- 1977 ) TX Associate Justice Murphy August 18, 1949 ( 73 -- 8 ) August 24, 1949 -- June 12, 1967 ( Retired ) 7003650100000000000 ♠ 17 years, 292 days 87 Sherman Minton ( 1890 -- 1965 ) IN Associate Justice W. Rutledge October 4, 1949 ( 48 -- 16 ) October 12, 1949 -- October 15, 1956 ( Retired ) 7003256000000000000 ♠ 7 years, 3 days 88 Earl Warren ( 1891 -- 1974 ) CA Chief Justice Vinson March 1, 1954 ( Acclamation ) 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 March 16, 1955 ( 71 -- 11 ) March 28, 1955 -- September 23, 1971 ( Retired ) 7003602300000000000 ♠ 16 years, 179 days 90 William J. Brennan ( 1906 -- 1997 ) NJ Associate Justice Minton March 19, 1957 ( Acclamation ) October 16, 1956 -- July 20, 1990 ( Retired ) 7004123300000000000 ♠ 33 years, 277 days 91 Charles Evans Whittaker ( 1901 -- 1973 ) MO Associate Justice Reed March 19, 1957 ( Acclamation ) March 25, 1957 -- March 31, 1962 ( Resigned ) 7003183200000000000 ♠ 5 years, 6 days 92 Potter Stewart ( 1915 -- 1985 ) OH Associate Justice Burton May 5, 1959 ( 70 -- 17 ) October 14, 1958 -- July 3, 1981 ( Retired ) 7003829800000000000 ♠ 22 years, 262 days 93 Byron White ( 1917 -- 2002 ) CO Associate Justice Whittaker April 11, 1962 ( Acclamation ) April 16, 1962 -- June 28, 1993 ( Retired ) 7004113960000000000 ♠ 31 years, 73 days John F. Kennedy 94 Arthur Goldberg ( 1908 -- 1990 ) IL Associate Justice Frankfurter September 25, 1962 ( Acclamation ) October 1, 1962 -- July 25, 1965 ( Resigned ) 7003103100000000000 ♠ 2 years, 300 days 95 Abe Fortas ( 1910 -- 1982 ) TN Associate Justice Goldberg August 11, 1965 ( Acclamation ) October 4, 1965 -- May 14, 1969 ( Resigned ) 7003131800000000000 ♠ 3 years, 222 days Lyndon B. Johnson 96 Thurgood Marshall ( 1908 -- 1993 ) NY Associate Justice Clark August 30, 1967 ( 69 -- 11 ) October 2, 1967 -- October 1, 1991 ( Retired ) 7003876500000000000 ♠ 23 years, 364 days 97 Warren E. Burger ( 1907 -- 1995 ) VA Chief Justice Warren June 9, 1969 ( 74 -- 3 ) June 23, 1969 -- September 26, 1986 ( Retired ) 7003630400000000000 ♠ 17 years, 95 days Richard Nixon 98 Harry Blackmun ( 1908 -- 1999 ) MN Associate Justice Fortas May 12, 1970 ( 94 -- 0 ) June 9, 1970 -- August 3, 1994 ( Retired ) 7003882100000000000 ♠ 24 years, 55 days 99 Lewis F. Powell Jr. ( 1907 -- 1998 ) VA Associate Justice Black December 6, 1971 ( 89 -- 1 ) January 7, 1972 -- June 26, 1987 ( Retired ) 7003564900000000000 ♠ 15 years, 170 days 100 William Rehnquist ( 1924 -- 2005 ) AZ Associate Justice J. Harlan II December 10, 1971 ( 68 -- 26 ) 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 December 17, 1975 ( 98 -- 0 ) 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 September 21, 1981 ( 99 -- 0 ) September 25, 1981 -- January 31, 2006 ( Retired ) 7003889400000000000 ♠ 24 years, 128 days Ronald Reagan 100 William Rehnquist ( 1924 -- 2005 ) VA Chief Justice Burger September 17, 1986 ( 65 -- 33 ) September 26, 1986 -- September 3, 2005 ( Died ) 7003691700000000000 ♠ 18 years, 342 days 103 Antonin Scalia ( 1936 -- 2016 ) VA Associate Justice Rehnquist September 17, 1986 ( 98 -- 0 ) September 26, 1986 -- February 13, 2016 ( Died ) 7004107320000000000 ♠ 29 years, 140 days 104 Anthony Kennedy ( born 1936 ) CA Associate Justice Powell February 3, 1988 ( 97 -- 0 ) February 18, 1988 -- July 31, 2018 ( Retired ) 7004111210000000000 ♠ 30 years, 163 days 105 David Souter ( born 1939 ) NH Associate Justice Brennan October 2, 1990 ( 90 -- 9 ) 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 October 15, 1991 ( 52 -- 48 ) October 23, 1991 -- Incumbent 7003980700000000000 ♠ 26 years, 310 days 107 Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( born 1933 ) NY Associate Justice B. White August 3, 1993 ( 96 -- 3 ) August 10, 1993 -- Incumbent 7003915000000000000 ♠ 25 years, 19 days Bill Clinton 108 Stephen Breyer ( born 1938 ) MA Associate Justice Blackmun July 29, 1994 ( 87 -- 9 ) August 3, 1994 -- Incumbent 7003879200000000000 ♠ 24 years, 26 days 109 John Roberts ( born 1955 ) MD Chief Justice Rehnquist September 29, 2005 ( 78 -- 22 ) September 29, 2005 -- Incumbent 7003471700000000000 ♠ 12 years, 334 days George W. Bush 110 Samuel Alito ( born 1950 ) NJ Associate Justice O'Connor January 31, 2006 ( 58 -- 42 ) January 31, 2006 -- Incumbent 7003459300000000000 ♠ 12 years, 210 days 111 Sonia Sotomayor ( born 1954 ) NY Associate Justice Souter August 6, 2009 ( 68 -- 31 ) August 8, 2009 -- Incumbent 7003330800000000000 ♠ 9 years, 21 days Barack Obama 112 Elena Kagan ( born 1960 ) MA Associate Justice Stevens August 5, 2010 ( 63 -- 37 ) August 7, 2010 -- Incumbent 7003294400000000000 ♠ 8 years, 22 days 113 Neil Gorsuch ( born 1967 ) CO Associate Justice Scalia April 7, 2017 ( 54 -- 45 ) April 10, 2017 -- Incumbent 7002506000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 141 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 62 Stat. 869. Jump up ^ Acted as chief justice under 62 Stat. 869, September 3 -- 29, 2005. ^ Jump up to : As of August 29, 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. The associate justice `` seat 1 '' is currently vacant, following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. 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 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: how many justices are there in the us supreme court
Answer: nine