Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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March 4, 1791
(Resigned)[c]
governor of South Carolina
(1779–1782)
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September 13, 1810
(Died)
Massachusetts Superior Court
(1777–1789)
(Acclamation)
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August 21, 1798
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Constitutional Convention
(1787)
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October 25, 1795
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Virginia House of Burgesses
(1766–1770)
(Acclamation)
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October 20, 1799
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attorney general of North Carolina
(1779–1782)
(Acclamation)
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January 16, 1793
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governor of Maryland
(1777–1779)
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September 8, 1806
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governor of New Jersey
(1790–1793)
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June 19, 1811
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Maryland General Court
(1791–1796)
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November 26, 1829
(Died)
Virginia Ratifying Convention
(1788)
(Acclamation)
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January 26, 1804
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attorney general of North Carolina
(1782–1791)
(Acclamation)
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August 4, 1834
(Died)
South Carolina House of Representatives
(1798–1800)
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March 18, 1823
(Died)
New York Supreme Court
(1802–1807)
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February 7, 1826
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
(1806–1807)
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January 12, 1835
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Maryland’s 2nd district
(1794–1796)
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September 10, 1845
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Massachusetts’s 2nd district
(1808–1809)
(Acclamation)
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December 18, 1843
(Died)
United States secretary of the Navy
(1819–1823)
(25–5)
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August 25, 1828
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United States District Court
for the District of Kentucky
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April 4, 1861
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United States postmaster general
(1823–1829)
(41–2)
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April 21, 1844
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Pennsylvania’s 14th district
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July 5, 1867
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Georgia’s at-large district
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(30–11)
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February 25, 1841
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United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia
(1830–1836)
(28–15)
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May 30, 1865
(Died) (Seat abolished)
Tennessee Supreme Court
of Errors and Appeals
(1824–1834)
(Acclamation)
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July 19, 1852
(Died)
from Alabama
(1826–1831, 1837)
(25–5)
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May 31, 1860
(Died)
United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia
(1836–1841)
(Acclamation)
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November 28, 1872
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(1831–1845)
(Acclamation)
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September 4, 1851
(Died)
United States secretary of the treasury
(1834–1841)
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January 31, 1870
(Retired)
Pennsylvania state District Court
for Allegheny County
(1833–1846)
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September 30, 1857
(Resigned)
(Acclamation)
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April 30, 1861
(Resigned)
(26–23)
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July 25, 1881
(Died)
United States attorney general
(1846–1848)
(38–1)
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January 24, 1881
(Retired)
District of Ohio
(1830–1834)
(Acclamation)
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October 13, 1890
(Died)
Private practice
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March 3, 1877
(Resigned)
Illinois 3rd Circuit Court
(1848–1862)
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December 1, 1897
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chief justice of California
(1859–1863)
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December 14, 1880
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Pennsylvania’s 9th district
(1847–1851)
(46–9)
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January 22, 1892
(Died)
Private practice
(Acclamation)
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January 27, 1882
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New York Court of Appeals
(1868–1872)
(Acclamation)
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October 14, 1911
(Died)
attorney general of Kentucky
(1863–1867)
(39–8)
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May 14, 1887
(Died)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit
(1869–1880)
(24–23)
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March 22, 1889
(Died)
from Ohio
(1877–1879)
(51–5)
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September 15, 1902
(Died)
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
(1873–1881)
(Acclamation)
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July 7, 1893
(Died)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit
(1878–1882)
Cincinnatus Lamar II
(32–28)
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January 23, 1893
(Died)
United States secretary of the interior
(1885–1888)
(53–11)
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March 28, 1910
(Died)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit
(1884–1889)
(Acclamation)
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May 28, 1906
(Retired)
United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan
(1875–1890)
(Acclamation)
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February 23, 1903
(Retired)
Private practice
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August 8, 1895
(Died)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit
(1891–1893)
(Acclamation)
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December 18, 1910
(Continued as chief justice)[g]
from Louisiana
(1891–1894)
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October 24, 1909
(Died)
New York Court of Appeals
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January 5, 1925
(Retired)
United States attorney general
(1897–1898)
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January 12, 1932
(Retired)
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
(1899–1902)
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November 13, 1922
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit
(1899–1903)
(Acclamation)
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November 20, 1910
(Retired)
United States attorney general
(1904–1906)
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July 12, 1914
(Died)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit
(1893–1909)
(Acclamation)
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June 10, 1916
(Resigned)[h]
governor of New York
(1907–1910)
(Acclamation)
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June 2, 1937
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit
(1903–1910)
(Acclamation)
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January 2, 1916
(Died)
Supreme Court of Georgia
(1901–1905)
(50–26)
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December 31, 1922
(Resigned)
New Jersey’s 4th district
(1895–1899)
(44–6)
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January 31, 1941
(Retired)
United States attorney general
(1913–1914)
(47–22)
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February 13, 1939
(Retired)
Private practice:
Brandeis Dunbar & Nutter[15]
(Acclamation)
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September 5, 1922
(Resigned)
United States District Court
for the Northern District of Ohio
(1914–1916)
(Acclamation)
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January 17, 1938
(Retired)
from Utah
(1905–1917)
(61–8)
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November 16, 1939
(Died)
Minnesota State Bar Association
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March 8, 1930
(Died)
United States District Court
for the Middle District of Tennessee
(1908–1923)
(71–6)
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July 3, 1941
(Continued as chief justice)[i]
United States attorney general
(1924–1925)
(Acclamation)
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July 31, 1945
(Resigned)
(Acclamation)
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July 9, 1938
(Died)
New York Court of Appeals
(1927–1932)
(63–16)
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September 17, 1971
(Retired)
from Alabama
(1927–1937)
(Acclamation)
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February 25, 1957
(Retired)
United States solicitor general
(1935–1938)
(Acclamation)
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August 28, 1962
(Retired)
(62–4)
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November 12, 1975
(Retired)
chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(1937–1939)
(Acclamation)
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July 19, 1949
(Died)
United States attorney general
(1939–1940)
(Acclamation)
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October 3, 1942
(Resigned)
from South Carolina
(1931–1941)
(Acclamation)
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October 9, 1954
(Died)
United States attorney general
(1940–1941)
(Acclamation)
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September 10, 1949
(Died)
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
(1939–1943)
(Acclamation)
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October 13, 1958
(Retired)
from Ohio
(1941–1945)
(73–8)
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June 12, 1967
(Retired)
United States attorney general
(1945–1949)
(48–16)
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October 15, 1956
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit
(1941–1949)
(71–11)
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September 23, 1971
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit
(1954–1955)
(Acclamation)
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July 20, 1990
(Retired)
Supreme Court of New Jersey
(1951–1956)
(Acclamation)
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March 31, 1962
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit
(1956–1957)
(70–17)
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July 3, 1981
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit
(1954–1958)
(Acclamation)
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June 28, 1993
(Retired)
United States deputy attorney general
(1961–1962)
(Acclamation)
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July 26, 1965
(Resigned)
United States secretary of labor
(1961–1962)
(Acclamation)
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May 14, 1969
(Resigned)
(69–11)
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October 1, 1991
(Retired)
solicitor general of the United States
(1965–1967)
(94–0)
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August 3, 1994
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit
(1959–1970)
(89–1)
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June 26, 1987
(Retired)
American Bar Association
(1964–1965)
(68–26)
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September 26, 1986
(Continued as chief justice)[j]
for the Office of Legal Counsel
(1969–1971)
(98–0)
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June 29, 2010
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit
(1970–1975)
(99–0)
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January 31, 2006
(Retired)
Arizona Court of Appeals
(1979–1981)
(98–0)
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February 13, 2016
(Died)
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
(1982–1986)
(97–0)
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July 31, 2018
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit
(1975–1988)
(90–9)
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June 29, 2009
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the First Circuit
(1990)
(52–48)
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Incumbent
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
(1990–1991)
(96–3)
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September 18, 2020
(Died)
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
(1980–1993)
(87–9)
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June 30, 2022
(Retired)
United States Court of Appeals
for the First Circuit
(1990–1994)
(58–42)
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Incumbent
United States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit
(1990–2006)
(68–31)
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Incumbent
United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit
(1998–2009)
(63–37)
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Incumbent
solicitor general of the United States
(2009–2010)
(54–45)
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Incumbent
United States Court of Appeals
for the Tenth Circuit
(2006–2017)
(50–48)
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Incumbent
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
(2006–2018)
(52–48)
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Incumbent
United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit
(2017–2020)
(53–47)
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Incumbent
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
(2021–2022)
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