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Members of the Supreme Court of the United StatesMailing address for the Supreme Court: U.S. Supreme Court Building, 1 First Street NE Washington, DC 20543 | Service | Birth | | |
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Name, state | Assoc. Justice | Chief Justice | Yrs | Place | Date | Died | Religion |
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John Jay , N.Y. | | 1789–1795 | 5 | N.Y. | 1745 | 1829 | Episcopal | James Wilson, Pa. | 1789–1798 | | 8 | Scotland | 1742 | 1798 | Episcopal | John Rutledge, S.C.* | 1790–1791 | 1795 | 1 | S.C. | 1739 | 1800 | Church of England | William Cushing, Mass. | 1790–1810 | | 20 | Mass. | 1732 | 1810 | Unitarian | John Blair, Va. | 1790–1796 | | 5 | Va. | 1732 | 1800 | Presbyterian | James Iredell, N.C. | 1790–1799 | | 9 | England | 1751 | 1799 | Episcopal | Thomas Johnson, Md. | 1792–1793 | | 0 | Md. | 1732 | 1819 | Episcopal | William Paterson, N.J. | 1793–1806 | | 13 | Ireland | 1745 | 1806 | Protestant | Oliver Ellsworth, Conn. | | 1796–1800 | 4 | Conn. | 1745 | 1807 | Congregational | Samuel Chase, Md. | 1796–1811 | | 15 | Md. | 1741 | 1811 | Episcopal | Bushrod Washington, Va. | 1799–1829 | | 30 | Va. | 1762 | 1829 | Episcopal | Alfred Moore, N.C. | 1800–1804 | | 3 | N.C. | 1755 | 1810 | Episcopal | John Marshall, Va. | | 1801–1835 | 34 | Va. | 1755 | 1835 | Episcopal | William Johnson, S.C. | 1804–1834 | | 30 | S.C. | 1771 | 1834 | Presbyterian | Brockholst Livingston, N.Y. | 1807–1823 | | 16 | N.Y. | 1757 | 1823 | Presbyterian | Thomas Todd, Ky. | 1807–1826 | | 18 | Va. | 1765 | 1826 | Presbyterian | Gabriel Duval, Md. | 1811–1835 | | 23 | Md. | 1752 | 1844 | French Protestant | Joseph Story, Mass. | 1812–1845 | | 33 | Mass. | 1779 | 1845 | Unitarian | Smith Thompson, N.Y. | 1823–1843 | | 20 | N.Y. | 1768 | 1843 | Presbyterian | Robert Trimble, Ky. | 1826–1828 | | 2 | Va. | 1777 | 1828 | Protestant | John McLean, Ohio | 1830–1861 | | 31 | N.J. | 1785 | 1861 | Methodist-Epis. | Henry Baldwin, Pa. | 1830–1844 | | 14 | Conn. | 1780 | 1844 | Trinity Church | James M. Wayne, Ga. | 1835–1867 | | 32 | Ga. | 1790 | 1867 | Protestant | Philip P. Barbour, Va. | 1836–1841 | | 4 | Va. | 1783 | 1841 | Episcopal | Roger B. Taney, Md. | | 1836–1864 | 28 | Md. | 1777 | 1864 | Roman Catholic | John Catron, Tenn. | 1837–1865 | | 28 | Pa. | 1786 | 1865 | Presbyterian | John McKinley, Ala. | 1837–1852 | | 14 | Va. | 1780 | 1852 | Protestant | Peter V. Daniel, Va. | 1841–1860 | | 18 | Va. | 1784 | 1860 | Episcopal | Samuel Nelson, N.Y. | 1845–1872 | | 27 | N.Y. | 1792 | 1873 | Protestant | Levi Woodbury, N.H. | 1845–1851 | | 5 | N.H. | 1789 | 1851 | Protestant | Robert C. Grier, Pa. | 1846–1870 | | 23 | Pa. | 1794 | 1870 | Presbyterian | Benjamin R. Curtis, Mass. | 1851–1857 | | 5 | Mass. | 1809 | 1874 | (2) | John A. Campbell, Ala. | 1853–1861 | | 8 | Ga. | 1811 | 1889 | Episcopal | Nathan Clifford, Maine | 1858–1881 | | 23 | N.H. | 1803 | 1881 | (1) | Noah H. Swayne, Ohio | 1862–1881 | | 18 | Va. | 1804 | 1884 | Quaker | Samuel F. Miller, Iowa | 1862–1890 | | 28 | Ky. | 1816 | 1890 | Unitarian | David Davis, Ill. | 1862–1877 | | 14 | Md. | 1815 | 1886 | (4) | Stephen J. Field, Calif. | 1863–1897 | | 34 | Conn. | 1816 | 1899 | Episcopal | Salmon P. Chase, Ohio | | 1864–1873 | 8 | N.H. | 1808 | 1873 | Episcopal | William Strong, Pa. | 1870–1880 | | 10 | Conn. | 1808 | 1895 | Presbyterian | Joseph P. Bradley, N.J. | 1870–1892 | | 21 | N.Y. | 1813 | 1892 | Presbyterian | Ward Hunt, N.Y. | 1872–1882 | | 9 | N.Y. | 1810 | 1886 | Episcopal | Morrison R. Waite, Ohio | | 1874–1888 | 14 | Conn. | 1816 | 1888 | Episcopal | John M. Harlan, Ky. | 1877–1911 | | 33 | Ky. | 1833 | 1911 | Presbyterian | William B. Woods, Ga. | 1880–1887 | | 6 | Ohio | 1824 | 1887 | Protestant | Stanley Matthews, Ohio | 1881–1889 | | 7 | Ohio | 1824 | 1889 | Presbyterian | Horace Gray, Mass. | 1882–1902 | | 20 | Mass. | 1828 | 1902 | (3) | Samuel Blatchford, N.Y. | 1882–1893 | | 11 | N.Y. | 1820 | 1893 | Presbyterian | Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Miss. | 1888–1893 | | 5 | Ga. | 1825 | 1893 | Methodist | Melville W. Fuller, Ill. | | 1888–1910 | 21 | Maine | 1833 | 1910 | Episcopal | David J. Brewer, Kan. | 1889–1910 | | 20 | Asia Minor | 1837 | 1910 | Protestant | Henry B. Brown, Mich. | 1890–1906 | | 15 | Mass. | 1836 | 1913 | Protestant | George Shiras, Jr., Pa. | 1892–1903 | | 10 | Pa. | 1832 | 1924 | Presbyterian | Howell E. Jackson, Tenn. | 1893–1895 | | 2 | Tenn. | 1832 | 1895 | Baptist | Edward D. White, La.* | 1894–1910 | 1910–1921 | 26 | La. | 1845 | 1921 | Roman Catholic | Rufus W. Peckham, N.Y. | 1895–1909 | | 13 | N.Y. | 1838 | 1909 | Episcopal | Joseph McKenna, Calif. | 1898–1925 | | 26 | Pa. | 1843 | 1926 | Roman Catholic | Oliver W. Holmes, Mass. | 1902–1932 | | 29 | Mass. | 1841 | 1935 | Unitarian | William R. Day, Ohio | 1903–1922 | | 19 | Ohio | 1849 | 1923 | Protestant | William H. Moody, Mass. | 1906–1910 | | 3 | Mass. | 1853 | 1917 | Episcopal | Horace H. Lurton, Tenn. | 1909–1914 | | 4 | Ky. | 1844 | 1914 | Episcopal | Charles E. Hughes, N.Y.* | 1910–1916 | 1930–1941 | 16 | N.Y. | 1862 | 1948 | Baptist | Willis Van Devanter, Wyo. | 1910–1937 | | 26 | Ind. | 1859 | 1941 | Episcopal | Joseph R. Lamar, Ga. | 1910–1916 | | 4 | Ga. | 1857 | 1916 | Ch. of Disciples | Mahlon Pitney, N.J. | 1912–1922 | | 10 | N.J. | 1858 | 1924 | Presbyterian | James C. McReynolds, Tenn. | 1914–1941 | | 26 | Ky. | 1862 | 1946 | Disciples of Christ | Louis D. Brandeis, Mass. | 1916–1939 | | 22 | Ky. | 1856 | 1941 | Jewish | John H. Clarke, Ohio | 1916–1922 | | 5 | Ohio | 1857 | 1945 | Protestant | William H. Taft, Conn. | | 1921–1930 | 8 | Ohio | 1857 | 1930 | Unitarian | George Sutherland, Utah | 1922–1938 | | 15 | England | 1862 | 1942 | Episcopal | Pierce Butler, Minn. | 1923–1939 | | 16 | Minn. | 1866 | 1939 | Roman Catholic | Edward T. Sanford, Tenn. | 1923–1930 | | 7 | Tenn. | 1865 | 1930 | Episcopal | Harlan F. Stone, N.Y.* | 1925–1941 | 1941–1946 | 20 | N.H. | 1872 | 1946 | Episcopal | Owen J. Roberts, Pa. | 1930–1945 | | 15 | Pa. | 1875 | 1955 | Episcopal | Benjamin N. Cardozo, N.Y. | 1932–1938 | | 6 | N.Y. | 1870 | 1938 | Jewish | Hugo L. Black, Ala. | 1937–1971 | | 34 | Ala. | 1886 | 1971 | Baptist | Stanley F. Reed, Ky. | 1938–1957 | | 19 | Ky. | 1884 | 1980 | Protestant | Felix Frankfurter, Mass. | 1939–1962 | | 23 | Austria | 1882 | 1965 | Jewish | William O. Douglas, Conn. | 1939–1975 | | 36 | Minn. | 1898 | 1980 | Presbyterian | Frank Murphy, Mich. | 1940–1949 | | 9 | Mich. | 1890 | 1949 | Roman Catholic | James F. Byrnes, S.C. | 1941–1942 | | 1 | S.C. | 1879 | 1972 | Episcopal | Robert H. Jackson, Pa. | 1941–1954 | | 13 | N.Y. | 1892 | 1954 | Episcopal | Wiley B. Rutledge, Iowa | 1943–1949 | | 6 | Ky. | 1894 | 1949 | Unitarian | Harold H. Burton, Ohio | 1945–1958 | | 13 | Mass. | 1888 | 1964 | Unitarian | Frederick M. Vinson, Ky. | | 1946–1953 | 7 | Ky. | 1890 | 1953 | Methodist | Tom C. Clark, Tex. | 1949–1967 | | 17 | Tex. | 1899 | 1977 | Presbyterian | Sherman Minton, Ind. | 1949–1956 | | 7 | Ind. | 1890 | 1965 | Roman Catholic | Earl Warren, Calif. | | 1953–1969 | 15 | Calif. | 1891 | 1974 | Protestant | John M. Harlan, N.Y. | 1955–1971 | | 16 | Ill. | 1899 | 1971 | Presbyterian | William J. Brennan, Jr., N.J. | 1956–1990 | | 33 | N.J. | 1906 | 1997 | Roman Catholic | Charles E. Whittaker, Mo. | 1957–1962 | | 5 | Kan. | 1901 | 1973 | Methodist | Potter Stewart, Ohio | 1958–1981 | | 23 | Mich. | 1915 | 1985 | Episcopal | Byron R. White, Colo. | 1962–1993 | | 31 | Colo. | 1917 | 2002 | Episcopal | Arthur J. Goldberg, Ill. | 1962–1965 | | 2 | Ill. | 1908 | 1990 | Jewish | Abe Fortas, Tenn. | 1965–1969 | | 3 | Tenn. | 1910 | 1982 | Jewish | Thurgood Marshall, N.Y. | 1967–1991 | | 24 | Md. | 1908 | 1993 | Episcopal | Warren E. Burger, Va. | | 1969–1986 | 17 | Minn. | 1907 | 1995 | Presbyterian | Harry A. Blackmun, Minn. | 1970–1994 | | 24 | Ill. | 1908 | 1999 | Methodist | Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Va. | 1972–1987 | | 15 | Va. | 1907 | 1998 | Presbyterian | William H. Rehnquist, Ariz.* | 1972–1986 | 1986–2005 | 33 | Wis. | 1924 | 2005 | Lutheran | John Paul Stevens, Ill. | 1975– | | — | Ill. | 1920 | — | Protestant | Sandra Day O'Connor, Ariz. | 1981–2006 | | 25 | Tex. | 1930 | — | Episcopal | Antonin Scalia, DC | 1986– | | — | N.J. | 1936 | — | Roman Catholic | Anthony M. Kennedy, Calif. | 1988– | | — | Calif. | 1936 | — | Roman Catholic | David H. Souter, N.H. | 1990– | | — | Mass. | 1939 | — | Episcopal | Clarence Thomas, DC | 1991– | | — | Ga. | 1948 | — | Roman Catholic | Ruth Bader Ginsburg, DC | 1993– | | — | N.Y. | 1933 | — | Jewish | Stephen G. Breyer, Mass. | 1994– | | — | Calif. | 1938 | — | Jewish | John G. Roberts, DC | | 2005– | — | N.Y. | 1955 | — | Roman Catholic | Samuel A. Alito, Jr., N.J. | 2006– | | — | N.J. | 1950 | — | Roman Catholic |
NOTE: Bold=Chief Justice *Served as both chief justice and associate justice. 1. Congregational; later Unitarian. 2. Unitarian; then Episcopal. 3. Unitarian or Congregational. 4. Not a member of any church.
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