Supreme Court Justices

Browse justices who shaped American constitutional law.

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Associate Justice

2022–presentAppointed by Donald Trump
Republican

Amy Coney Barrett

Associate Justice

2020–presentAppointed by Donald Trump
Republican

Brett Kavanaugh

Associate Justice

2018–presentAppointed by Donald Trump
Republican

Neil Gorsuch

Associate Justice

2017–presentAppointed by Donald Trump
Republican

Elena Kagan

Associate Justice

2010–presentAppointed by Barack Obama
Democrat

Sonia Sotomayor

Associate Justice

2009–presentAppointed by Barack Obama
Democrat

Samuel Alito

Associate Justice

2006–presentAppointed by George W. Bush
Republican

John Roberts

Chief Justice

2005–presentAppointed by George W. Bush
Republican

Stephen Breyer

Associate Justice

1994–2022Appointed by Bill Clinton
Democrat

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice

1993–2020Appointed by Bill Clinton
Democrat

Clarence Thomas

Associate Justice

1991–presentAppointed by George H. W. Bush
Republican

David Souter

Associate Justice

1990–2009Appointed by George H. W. Bush
Republican

Anthony Kennedy

Associate Justice

1988–2018Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Republican

Antonin Scalia

Associate Justice

1986–2016Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Republican

Sandra Day O'Connor

Associate Justice

1981–2006Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Republican

Sandra Day O'Connor

Justice

1981–2006Appointed by Ronald Reagan

John Paul Stevens

Associate Justice

1975–2010Appointed by Gerald Ford
Republican

Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Associate Justice

1972–1987Appointed by Richard Nixon
Republican

William Rehnquist

Chief Justice

1972–2005Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Republican

Harry Blackmun

Associate Justice

1970–1994Appointed by Richard Nixon
Republican

Warren E. Burger

Chief Justice

1969–1986Appointed by Richard Nixon
Republican

Thurgood Marshall

Associate Justice

1967–1991Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat

Abe Fortas

Associate Justice

1965–1969Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat

Arthur Goldberg

Associate Justice

1962–1965Appointed by John F. Kennedy
Democrat

Byron White

Associate Justice

1962–1993Appointed by John F. Kennedy
Democrat

Potter Stewart

Associate Justice

1958–1981Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Charles Evans Whittaker

Associate Justice

1957–1962Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

William J. Brennan Jr.

Justice

1956–1990Appointed by Dwight Eisenhower

William J. Brennan Jr.

Associate Justice

1956–1990Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

John Marshall Harlan II

Associate Justice

1955–1971Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Earl Warren

Chief Justice

1953–1969Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Sherman Minton

Associate Justice

1949–1956Appointed by Harry S. Truman
Democrat

Tom C. Clark

Associate Justice

1949–1967Appointed by Harry S. Truman
Democrat

Tom C. Clark

Justice

1949–1967Appointed by Harry Truman

Fred M. Vinson

Chief Justice

1946–1953Appointed by Harry S. Truman
Democrat

Harold H. Burton

Associate Justice

1945–1958Appointed by Harry S. Truman
Democrat

Wiley Rutledge

Associate Justice

1943–1949Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat

Robert H. Jackson

Associate Justice

1941–1954Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat

James F. Byrnes

Associate Justice

1941–1942Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat

Frank Murphy

Associate Justice

1940–1949Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat

William O. Douglas

Justice

1939–1975Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

William O. Douglas

Associate Justice

1939–1975Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat

Felix Frankfurter

Associate Justice

1939–1962Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat

Stanley Forman Reed

Associate Justice

1938–1957Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat

Hugo Black

Associate Justice

1937–1971Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democrat

Benjamin N. Cardozo

Associate Justice

1932–1938Appointed by Herbert Hoover
Republican

Owen Roberts

Associate Justice

1930–1945Appointed by Herbert Hoover
Republican

Harlan F. Stone

Associate Justice

1925–1946Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Republican

Edward Terry Sanford

Associate Justice

1923–1930Appointed by Warren G. Harding
Republican

Pierce Butler

Associate Justice

1923–1939Appointed by Warren G. Harding
Republican

George Sutherland

Associate Justice

1922–1938Appointed by Warren G. Harding
Republican

William Howard Taft

Chief Justice

1921–1930Appointed by Warren G. Harding
Republican

John Hessin Clarke

Associate Justice

1916–1922Appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Democrat

Louis Brandeis

Associate Justice

1916–1939Appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Democrat

James Clark McReynolds

Associate Justice

1914–1941Appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Democrat

Mahlon Pitney

Associate Justice

1912–1922Appointed by William Howard Taft
Republican

Joseph Rucker Lamar

Associate Justice

1911–1916Appointed by William Howard Taft
Republican

Willis Van Devanter

Associate Justice

1911–1937Appointed by William Howard Taft
Republican

Charles Evans Hughes

Chief Justice

1910–1941Appointed by Herbert Hoover
Republican

Horace Harmon Lurton

Associate Justice

1910–1914Appointed by William Howard Taft
Republican

William Henry Moody

Associate Justice

1906–1910Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

William R. Day

Associate Justice

1903–1922Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Associate Justice

1902–1932Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Joseph McKenna

Associate Justice

1898–1925Appointed by William McKinley
Republican

Rufus W. Peckham

Associate Justice

1896–1909Appointed by Grover Cleveland
Democrat

Edward Douglass White

Chief Justice

1894–1921Appointed by William Howard Taft
Democrat

Howell E. Jackson

Associate Justice

1893–1895Appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Republican

George Shiras Jr.

Associate Justice

1892–1903Appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Henry Billings Brown

Associate Justice

1891–1906Appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Republican

David J. Brewer

Associate Justice

1890–1910Appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Melville Fuller

Associate Justice

1888–1910Appointed by Grover Cleveland
Democrat

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

Associate Justice

1888–1893Appointed by Grover Cleveland
Democrat

Samuel Blatchford

Associate Justice

1882–1893Appointed by Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Horace Gray

Associate Justice

1882–1902Appointed by Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Stanley Matthews

Associate Justice

1881–1889Appointed by James A. Garfield
Republican

William Burnham Woods

Associate Justice

1881–1887Appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

John Marshall Harlan

Associate Justice

1877–1911Appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Morrison Waite

Associate Justice

1874–1888Appointed by Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Ward Hunt

Associate Justice

1873–1882Appointed by Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Joseph P. Bradley

Associate Justice

1870–1892Appointed by Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

William Strong

Associate Justice

1870–1880Appointed by Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Salmon P. Chase

Chief Justice

1864–1873Appointed by Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Stephen Johnson Field

Associate Justice

1863–1897Appointed by Abraham Lincoln
Republican

David Davis

Associate Justice

1862–1877Appointed by Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Samuel Freeman Miller

Associate Justice

1862–1890Appointed by Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Noah Haynes Swayne

Associate Justice

1862–1881Appointed by Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Nathan Clifford

Associate Justice

1858–1881Appointed by James Buchanan
Democrat

John Archibald Campbell

Associate Justice

1853–1861Appointed by Franklin Pierce
Democrat

Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Associate Justice

1851–1857Appointed by Millard Fillmore
Whig

Robert Cooper Grier

Associate Justice

1846–1870Appointed by James K. Polk
Democrat

Levi Woodbury

Associate Justice

1845–1851Appointed by James K. Polk
Democrat

Samuel Nelson

Associate Justice

1845–1872Appointed by John Tyler
Whig

Peter V. Daniel

Associate Justice

1842–1860Appointed by Martin Van Buren
Democrat

John McKinley

Associate Justice

1838–1852Appointed by Martin Van Buren
Democrat

John Catron

Associate Justice

1837–1865Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Democrat

Philip P. Barbour

Associate Justice

1836–1841Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Democrat

Roger B. Taney

Chief Justice

1836–1864Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Democrat

James M. Wayne

Associate Justice

1835–1867Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Democrat

Henry Baldwin

Associate Justice

1830–1844Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Democrat

John McLean

Associate Justice

1829–1861Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Democrat

Robert Trimble

Associate Justice

1826–1828Appointed by John Quincy Adams
Democratic-Republican

Smith Thompson

Associate Justice

1823–1843Appointed by James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

Joseph Story

Associate Justice

1812–1845Appointed by James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Gabriel Duvall

Associate Justice

1811–1835Appointed by James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Thomas Todd

Associate Justice

1807–1826Appointed by Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

Henry Brockholst Livingston

Associate Justice

1807–1823Appointed by Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

William Johnson

Associate Justice

1804–1834Appointed by Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

John Marshall

Chief Justice

1801–1835Appointed by John Adams
Federalist

Alfred Moore

Associate Justice

1800–1804Appointed by John Adams
Federalist

Bushrod Washington

Associate Justice

1798–1829Appointed by John Adams
Federalist

Oliver Ellsworth

Chief Justice

1796–1800Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

Samuel Chase

Associate Justice

1796–1811Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

William Paterson

Associate Justice

1793–1806Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

Thomas Johnson

Associate Justice

1791–1793Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

James Iredell

Associate Justice

1790–1799Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

John Rutledge

Associate Justice

1790–1795Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

William Cushing

Associate Justice

1790–1810Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

John Blair

Associate Justice

1790–1795Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

John Jay

Chief Justice

1789–1795Appointed by George Washington
Federalist

James Wilson

Associate Justice

1789–1798Appointed by George Washington
Federalist