List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Overview

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. Established pursuant to Article III of the U.S. Constitution in 1789, it has ultimate (and largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases that involve a point of federal law. The Court holds the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution.

Composition

The Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Once appointed, justices have lifetime tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed from office.

List of Justices

The following is a list of all Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. The list is ordered by the start of their service. A total of 114 justices have served on the Supreme Court.

18th Century

1. John Jay (1789–1795) 2. John Rutledge (1790, 1795) 3. William Cushing (1790–1810) 4. James Wilson (1790–1798) 5. John Blair Jr. (1790–1796) 6. James Iredell (1790–1799) 7. Thomas Johnson (1792–1793) 8. William Paterson (1793–1806) 9. Samuel Chase (1796–1811) 10. Oliver Ellsworth (1796–1800)

19th Century

1. John Marshall (1801–1835) 2. Bushrod Washington (1798–1829) 3. Alfred Moore (1800–1804) 4. William Johnson (1804–1834) 5. Henry Brockholst Livingston (1807–1823) 6. Thomas Todd (1807–1826) 7. Gabriel Duvall (1811–1835) 8. Joseph Story (1812–1845) 9. Smith Thompson (1823–1843) 10. Robert Trimble (1826–1828)

20th Century

1. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1902–1932) 2. William R. Day (1903–1922) 3. William H. Moody (1906–1910) 4. Horace Harmon Lurton (1910–1914) 5. Charles Evans Hughes (1910–1916, 1930–1941) 6. Willis Van Devanter (1911–1937) 7. Joseph R. Lamar (1911–1916) 8. Mahlon Pitney (1912–1922) 9. James C. McReynolds (1914–1941) 10. Louis Brandeis (1916–1939)

21st Century

1. John G. Roberts (2005–present) 2. John Paul Stevens (1975–2010) 3. Sandra Day O'Connor (1981–2006) 4. Antonin Scalia (1986–2016) 5. Anthony Kennedy (1988–2018) 6. David Souter (1990–2009) 7. Clarence Thomas (1991–present) 8. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993–2020) 9. Stephen Breyer (1994–present)