Supreme Court of the United States
Current justices

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John Roberts January 27, 1955 Buffalo, New York
G. W. Bush
78–22
50
64
September 29, 2005 13 years, 213 days
Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2003–2005)
Rehnquist
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Clarence Thomas June 23, 1948 Pin Point, Georgia
G. H. W. Bush
52–48
43
70
October 23, 1991 27 years, 189 days
Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1990–1991)
Marshall
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg March 15, 1933 Brooklyn, New York
Clinton
96–3
60
86
August 10, 1993 25 years, 263 days
Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1980–1993)
White
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Stephen Breyer August 15, 1938 San Francisco, California
Clinton
87–9
55
80
August 3, 1994 24 years, 270 days
Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990–1994)
Blackmun
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Samuel Alito April 1, 1950 Trenton, New Jersey
G. W. Bush
58–42
55
69
January 31, 2006 13 years, 89 days
Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1990–2006)
O'Connor
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Sonia Sotomayor June 25, 1954 The Bronx, New York
Obama
68–31
55
64
August 8, 2009 9 years, 265 days
Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1998–2009)
Souter
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Elena Kagan April 28, 1960 Manhattan, New York
Obama
63–37
50
59
August 7, 2010 8 years, 268 days
Solicitor General of the United States (2009–2010)
Stevens
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Neil Gorsuch August 29, 1967 Denver, Colorado
Trump
54–45
49
51
April 10, 2017 2 years, 20 days
Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2006–2017)
Scalia
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Brett Kavanaugh February 12, 1965 Washington, D.C.
Trump
50–48
53
54
October 6, 2018 206 days
Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2006–2018)
Kennedy
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Question: Which supreme court judges have been there the longest and shortest?
Answer: Clarence Thomas is the longest-serving justice, with a tenure of 27 years, 189 days and the most recent justice to join the court is Brett Kavanaugh, whose tenure began on October 6, 2018.