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A Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States is nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the U.S. Senate, with at least half of that body approving in the affirmative. Generally, a justice's qualifications are made by the President and, most visibly, by a Senate hearing. There is no qualification of age or experience that is a standard to be met; instead, there is a much more subjective process taken by the Senate, occasionally resulting in a sometimes controversial defeat of judicial nominees. The current Chief Justice is John Roberts. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ...
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Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. ...
John Glover Roberts Jr. ...
The following table lists the terms of all Supreme Court justices since 1789 placed in the order in which the justices took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office. Two Justices, Robert H. Harrison and Edwin Stanton, were appointed to the court but never served and therefore are not listed. Robert H. Harrison was one of the original justices appointed to the court by George Washington, but declined to serve. Edwin Stanton was appointed by Ulysses S. Grant, but died before taking office, taking the oath on his death bed. 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 - December 24, 1869), born in Steubenville, Ohio, was an American political figure, prominent in the American Civil War and in the Reconstruction era. ...
George Washington (February 22, 1732 â December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775â1783), and was later elected the first president of the United States under the U.S. Constitution. ...
Ulysses S. Grant[2] (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 â July 23, 1885) was an American general and the 18th President of the United States (1869â1877). ...
- The names of Justices who are active (as of Justice Samuel Alito's accession to the Court on January 31, 2006) are in bold.
- Justices who received a recess appointment to the Supreme Court have an asterisk(*) following their name. All but one of these recess appointments went on to be confirmed by the Senate during the following session of Congress.
- John Rutledge and Charles Evans Hughes each resigned from the Supreme Court and were later reappointed as Chief Justice. Thus, they are listed twice below, once for each term on the Supreme Court.
| # | Judge | State | Born/Died | Term of service | Appointed by | Reason for termination | | Active | Chief | Retired | | 1 | William Wilson | PA | September 14, 1742– August 21, 1798 | October 5, 1789– August 21, 1798 | (none) | (none) | Washington | death | | 2 | John Jay | NY | December 12, 1745– May 17, 1829 | October 19, 1789– June 29, 1795 | October 19, 1789– June 29, 1795 | (none) | Washington | resignation | | 3 | William Cushing | MA | March 1, 1732– September 13, 1810 | February 2, 1790– September 13, 1810 | (none) | (none) | Washington | death | | 4 | John Blair | VA | 1732– August 31, 1800 | February 2, 1790– October 25, 1795 | (none) | (none) | Washington | resignation | | 5 | John Rutledge | SC | September 18, 1739– June 21, 1800 | February 15, 1790– March 5, 1791 | (none) | (none) | Washington | resignation | | 6 | James Iredell | NC | October 5, 1751– October 20, 1799 | May 12, 1790– October 20, 1799 | (none) | (none) | Washington | death | | 7 | Thomas Johnson * | MD | November 4, 1732– October 26, 1819 | August 6, 1792– January 16, 1793 | (none) | (none) | Washington | resignation | | 8 | William Paterson | NJ | December 24, 1745– September 9, 1806 | March 11, 1793– September 9, 1806 | (none) | (none) | Washington | death | | 5 | John Rutledge * | SC | September 18, 1739– June 21, 1800 | August 12, 1795– December 15, 1795 | August 12, 1795– December 15, 1795 | (none) | Washington | rejection of recess appointment by Senate | | 9 | Samuel Chase | MD | April 17, 1741– June 19, 1811 | February 4, 1796– June 19, 1811 | (none) | (none) | Washington | death | | 10 | Oliver Ellsworth | CT | April 29, 1745– November 26, 1807 | March 8, 1796– December 15, 1800 | March 8, 1796– December 15, 1800 | (none) | Washington | resignation | | 11 | Bushrod Washington | VA | June 5, 1762– November 26, 1829 | February 4, 1799– November 26, 1829 | (none) | (none) | J. Adams | death | | 12 | Alfred Moore | NC | May 21, 1755– October 15, 1810 | April 21, 1800– January 26, 1804 | (none) | (none) | J. Adams | resignation | | 13 | John Marshall | VA | September 24, 1755– July 6, 1835 | February 4, 1801– July 6, 1835 | February 4, 1801– July 6, 1835 | (none) | J. Adams | death | | 14 | William Johnson | SC | December 27, 1771– August 4, 1834 | May 7, 1804– August 4, 1834 | (none) | (none) | Jefferson | death | | 15 | Henry Brockholst Livingston | NY | November 25, 1757– March 18, 1823 | January 20, 1807– March 18, 1823 | (none) | (none) | Jefferson | death | | 16 | Thomas Todd | KY | January 23, 1765– February 7, 1826 | May 4, 1807– February 7, 1826 | (none) | (none) | Jefferson | death | | 17 | Gabriel Duvall | MD | December 6, 1752– March 6, 1844 | November 23, 1811– January 14, 1835 | (none) | (none) | Madison | resignation | | 18 | Joseph Story | MA | September 18, 1779– September 10, 1845 | February 3, 1812– September 10, 1845 | (none) | (none) | Madison | death | | 19 | Smith Thompson * | NY | January 17, 1768– December 18, 1843 | September 1, 1823– December 18, 1843 | (none) | (none) | Monroe | death | | 20 | Robert Trimble | KY | November 17, 1776– August 25, 1828 | June 16, 1826– August 25, 1828 | (none) | (none) | J. Q. Adams | death | | 21 | John McLean | OH | March 11, 1785– April 4, 1861 | January 11, 1830– April 4, 1861 | (none) | (none) | Jackson | death | | 22 | Henry Baldwin | PA | January 14, 1780– April 21, 1844 | January 18, 1830– April 21, 1844 | (none) | (none) | Jackson | death | | 23 | James Moore Wayne | GA | 1790– July 5, 1867 | January 14, 1835– July 5, 1867 | (none) | (none) | Jackson | death | | 24 | Roger B. Taney | MD | March 17, 1777– October 12, 1864 | March 28, 1836– October 12, 1864 | March 28, 1836– October 12, 1864 | (none) | Jackson | death | | 25 | Philip Pendleton Barbour | VA | May 25, 1783– February 25, 1841 | May 12, 1836– February 25, 1841 | (none) | (none) | Jackson | death | | 26 | John Catron | TN | 1786– May 30, 1865 | May 1, 1837– May 30, 1865 | (none) | (none) | Van Buren | death | | 27 | John McKinley | AL | May 1, 1780– July 19, 1852 | January 9, 1838– July 19, 1852 | (none) | (none) | Van Buren | death | | 28 | Peter Vivian Daniel | VA | April 24, 1784– May 31, 1860 | January 10, 1842– May 31, 1860 | (none) | (none) | Van Buren | death | | 29 | Samuel Nelson | NY | November 10, 1792– December 13, 1873 | February 27, 1845– November 28, 1872 | (none) | (none) | Tyler | retirement | | 30 | Levi Woodbury * | NH | December 22, 1789– September 4, 1851 | September 23, 1845– September 4, 1851 | (none) | (none) | Polk | death | | 31 | Robert Cooper Grier | PA | March 5, 1794– September 25, 1870 | August 10, 1846– January 31, 1870 | (none) | (none) | Polk | retirement | | 32 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis * | MA | November 4, 1809– September 15, 1874 | October 10, 1851– September 30, 1857 | (none) | (none) | Fillmore | resignation | | 33 | John Archibald Campbell | AL | June 24, 1811– March 12, 1889 | April 11, 1853– April 30, 1861 | (none) | (none) | Pierce | resignation | | 34 | Nathan Clifford | ME | August 18, 1803– July 25, 1881 | January 21, 1858– July 25, 1881 | (none) | (none) | Buchanan | death | | 35 | Noah Haynes Swayne | OH | December 7, 1804– June 8, 1884 | January 27, 1862– January 24, 1881 | (none) | (none) | Lincoln | retirement | | 36 | Samuel Freeman Miller | IA | April 5, 1816– October 13, 1890 | July 21, 1862– October 13, 1890 | (none) | (none) | Lincoln | death | | 37 | David Davis | IL | March 9, 1815– June 26, 1886 | December 10, 1862– March 4, 1877 | (none) | (none) | Lincoln | resignation | | 38 | Stephen Johnson Field | CA | November 4, 1816– April 9, 1899 | May 20, 1863– December 1, 1897 | (none) | (none) | Lincoln | retirement | | 39 | Salmon P. Chase | OH | January 13, 1808– May 7, 1873 | December 15, 1864– May 7, 1873 | December 15, 1864– May 7, 1873 | (none) | Lincoln | death | | 40 | William Strong | PA | May 6, 1808– August 19, 1895 | March 14, 1870– December 14, 1880 | (none) | (none) | Grant | retirement | | 41 | Joseph Philo Bradley | NJ | March 14, 1813– January 22, 1892 | March 23, 1870– January 22, 1892 | (none) | (none) | Grant | death | | 42 | Ward Hunt | NY | June 14, 1810– March 24, 1886 | January 9, 1873– January 27, 1882 | (none) | (none) | Grant | retirement | | 43 | Morrison Waite | OH | November 29, 1816– March 23, 1888 | March 4, 1874– March 23, 1888 | March 4, 1874– March 23, 1888 | (none) | Grant | death | | 44 | John Marshall Harlan | KY | June 1, 1833– October 14, 1911 | December 10, 1877– October 14, 1911 | (none) | (none) | Hayes | death | | 45 | William Burnham Woods | GA | August 3, 1824– May 14, 1887 | January 5, 1881– May 14, 1887 | (none) | (none) | Hayes | death | | 46 | Thomas Stanley Matthews | OH | July 21, 1824– March 22, 1889 | May 17, 1881– March 22, 1889 | (none) | (none) | Garfield | death | | 47 | Horace Gray | MA | March 24, 1828– September 15, 1902 | January 9, 1882– September 15, 1902 | (none) | (none) | Arthur | death | | 48 | Samuel Blatchford | NY | March 9, 1820– July 7, 1893 | April 3, 1882– July 7, 1893 | (none) | (none) | Arthur | death | | 49 | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | MS | September 17, 1825– January 23, 1893 | January 18, 1888– January 23, 1893 | (none) | (none) | Cleveland | death | | 50 | Melville Fuller | IL | February 11, 1833– July 4, 1910 | October 8, 1888– July 4, 1910 | October 8, 1888– July 4, 1910 | (none) | Cleveland | death | | 51 | David Josiah Brewer | KS | June 20, 1837– March 28, 1910 | January 6, 1890– March 28, 1910 | (none) | (none) | B. Harrison | death | | 52 | Henry Billings Brown | MI | March 2, 1836– September 4, 1913 | January 5, 1891– May 28, 1906 | (none) | (none) | B. Harrison | retirement | | 53 | George Shiras, Jr. | PA | January 26, 1832– August 2, 1924 | October 10, 1892– February 23, 1903 | (none) | (none) | B. Harrison | retirement | | 54 | Howell Edmunds Jackson | TN | April 8, 1832– August 8, 1895 | March 4, 1893– August 8, 1895 | (none) | (none) | B. Harrison | death | | 55 | Edward Douglass White | LA | November 3, 1845– May 19, 1921 | March 12, 1894– May 19, 1921 | December 19, 1910– May 19, 1921 | (none) | Cleveland (associate) Taft (chief)[1] | death | | 56 | Rufus Wheeler Peckham | NY | November 8, 1838– October 24, 1909 | January 6, 1896– October 24, 1909 | (none) | (none) | Cleveland | death | | 57 | Joseph McKenna | CA | August 10, 1843– November 21, 1926 | January 26, 1898– January 5, 1925 | (none)[2] | (none) | McKinley | retirement | | 58 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. * | MA | March 8, 1841– March 6, 1935 | December 8, 1902– January 12, 1932 | (none)[3] | (none) | T. Roosevelt | retirement | | 59 | William R. Day | OH | April 7, 1849– July 9, 1923 | March 2, 1903– November 13, 1922 | (none) | (none) | T. Roosevelt | retirement | | 60 | William Henry Moody | MA | December 23, 1853– July 2, 1917 | December 17, 1906– November 20, 1910 | (none) | (none) | T. Roosevelt | retirement[4] | | 61 | Horace Harmon Lurton | TN | February 26, 1844– July 12, 1914 | January 3, 1910– July 12, 1914 | (none) | (none) | Taft | death | | 62 | Charles Evans Hughes | NY | April 11, 1862– August 27, 1948 | October 10, 1910– June 10, 1916 | (none) | (none) | Taft | resignation | | 63 | Willis Van Devanter | WY | April 17, 1859– February 8, 1941 | January 3, 1911– June 2, 1937 | (none) | June 2, 1937– February 8, 1941 | Taft | death | | 64 | Joseph Rucker Lamar | GA | October 14, 1857– January 2, 1916 | January 3, 1911– January 2, 1916 | (none) | (none) | Taft | death | | 65 | Mahlon Pitney | NJ | February 5, 1858– December 9, 1924 | March 18, 1912– December 31, 1922 | (none) | (none) | Taft | resignation | | 66 | James Clark McReynolds | TN | February 3, 1862– August 24, 1946 | October 12, 1914– January 31, 1941 | (none) | January 31, 1941– August 24, 1946 | Wilson | death[5] | | 67 | Louis Brandeis | MA | November 13, 1856– October 5, 1941 | June 5, 1916– February 13, 1939 | (none) | February 13, 1939– October 5, 1941 | Wilson | death[5] | | 68 | John Hessin Clarke | OH | September 18, 1857– March 22, 1945 | October 9, 1916– September 18, 1922 | (none) | (none) | Wilson | resignation | | 69 | William Howard Taft | CT | September 15, 1857– March 8, 1930 | July 11, 1921– February 3, 1930 | July 11, 1921– February 3, 1930 | (none) | Harding | resignation[6] | | 70 | George Sutherland | UT | March 25, 1862– July 18, 1942 | October 2, 1922– January 17, 1938 | (none) | January 17, 1938– July 18, 1942 | Harding | death[5] | | 71 | Pierce Butler | MN | March 17, 1866– November 16, | |