Biographies : Notable U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Notable U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr., U.S. government official and Associate Justice (2006-)
Black, Hugo LaFayette, Associate Justice (1937-71)
Blackmun, Harry Andrew, Associate Justice (1970-94)
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, Associate Justice (1916-39)
Brennan, William Joseph, Jr., Associate Justice (1956-90)
Breyer, Stephen Gerald, Associate Justice (1994-)
Burger, Warren Earl, 15th Chief Justice (1969-86)
Burton, Harold Hitz, Associate Justice (1945-58)
Butler, Pierce, Associate Justice (1923-39)
Byrnes, James Francis, Associate Justice (1941-42)
Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan, Associate Justice (1932-38),
Chase, Salmon Portland, 6th Chief Justice (1864-73)
Clark, Tom Campbell, U.S. Attorney General and associate justice (1949-67)
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, Associate Justice (1851-57)
Davis, David, Associate Justice (1862-77)
Day, William Rufus, Associate Justice (1903-22)
Douglas, William Orville, Associate Justice (1939-75)
Ellsworth, Oliver, 3rd Chief Justice (1796-1800)
Field, Stephen Johnson, Associate Justice (1863-97)
Fortas, Abe, Associate justice (1965-69)
Frankfurter, Felix, Associate Justice (1939-62)
Fuller, Melville Weston, 8th Chief Justice (1888-1910)
Ginsburg, Ruth (Joan) Bader, Associate Justice (1993-)
Goldberg, Arthur, Associate Justice (1962-65)
Gray, Horace, Associate Justice (1881-1902)
Harlan, John Marshall, Associate justice (1877-1911)
Harlan, John Marshall, Associate justice (1955-71)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Associate Justice (1902-32)
Hughes, Charles Evans, Associate Justice (1910-16)
Iredell, James, Associate Justice (1790-99)
Jackson, Robert Houghwout, Associate Justice (1941-54)
Jay, John, American statesman, first Chief Justice
Johnson, Thomas, Associate Justice (1791-93)
Kennedy, Anthony McLeod, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1988-)
Lamar, Joseph Rucker, Associate Justice (1911-16)
Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus, Associate Justice (1888-93)
Marshall, John, 4th Chief Justice (1801-35)
Marshall, Thurgood, Associate Justice (1967-91)
McKenna, Joseph, Associate Justice (1898-1925)
McLean, John, Associate Justice (1830-1861)
McReynolds, James Clark, U.S. Attorney General (1913-14) and Associate Justice (1914-41)
Murphy, Frank, Associate Justice (1940-49)
O'Connor, Sandra Day, U.S. Attorney General (1913-14) and Associate Justice (1914-41)
Paterson, William, Associate Justice (1793-1806)
Peckham, Rufus Wheeler, Associate Justice (1895-1909)
Powell, Lewis Franklin, Jr., Associate justice (1981-2006)
Reed, Stanley Forman, Associate Justice (1938-57)
Rehnquist, William Hubbs, Chief justice (1986-2005)
Roberts, John Glover, Jr., Chief justice (2005-)
Roberts, Owen Josephus, Associate Justice (1930-45)
Rutledge, John, Associate Justice (1789-91) and 2d Chief Justice
Scalia, Antonin, Associate Justice (1986-)
Souter, David Hackett, Associate Justice (1990-2009)
Stevens, John Paul, Associate Justice (1975-)
Stewart, Potter, Associate Justice (1958-81)
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 2th Chief Justice (1941-46)
Story, Joseph, Associate Justice (1811-45)
Sutherland, George, Associate Justice (1922-38)
Taft, William Howard, 27th President and 10th Chief Justice (1921-30)
Taney, Roger Brooke, fifth Chief Justice (1836-64)
Thomas, Clarence, Associate justice (1991-)
Van Devanter, Willis, Associate Justice (1910-37)
Vinson, Frederick Moore, 13th Chief Justice (1946-53
Waite, Morrison Remick, 7th Chief Justice (1874-88)
Warren, Earl, 14th Chief Justice (1953-69)
Washington, Bushrod, Associate Justice (1799-1829
White, Byron Raymond, Associate justice (1962-93)
White, Edward Douglass, Associate Justice (1894-1910)
Whittaker, Charles Evans, Associate Justice (1957-62)
Wilson, James, Associate Justice (1789-98)
Woodbury, Levi, Associate Justice (1845-51)