Supreme Court of the United States Justice Dates* Appointed By John Jay 1789–95 George Washington John Rutledge 1789–91 George Washington William Cushing 1789–1810 George Washington James Wilson 1789–98 George Washington John Blair 1789–96 George Washington James Iredell 1790–99 George Washington Thomas Johnson 1791–93 George Washington William Paterson 1793–1806 George Washington John Rutledge 1795 George Washington Samuel Chase 1796–1811 George Washington Oliver Ellsworth 1796–99 George Washington Bushrod Washington 1798–1829 John Adams Alfred Moore 1799–1804 John Adams John Marshall 1801–35 John Adams William Johnson 1804–34 Thomas Jefferson H. B. Livingston 1806–23 Thomas Jefferson Thomas Tod 1807–26 Thomas Jefferson Joseph Story 1811–45 James Madison Gabriel Duval 1811–35 James Madison Smith Thompson 1823–43 James Monroe Robert Trimble 1826–28 John Quincy Adams John McLean 1829–61 Andrew Jackson Henry Baldwin 1830–44 Andrew Jackson James M. Wayne 1835–67 Andrew Jackson Roger B. Taney 1836–64 Andrew Jackson Philip P. Barbour 1836–41 Andrew Jackson John Catron 1837–65 Andrew Jackson John McKinley 1837–52 Martin Van Buren Peter V. Daniel 1841–60 Martin Van Buren Samuel Nelson 1845–72 John Tyler Levi Woodbury 1845–51 James K. Polk Robert C. Grier 1846–70 James K. Polk Benjamin R. Curtis 1851–57 Millard Fillmore John A. Campbell 1853–61 Franklin Pierce Nathan Clifford 1858–81 James Buchanan Noah H. Swayne 1862–81 Abraham Lincoln Samuel F. Miller 1862–90 Abraham Lincoln David Davis 1862–77 Abraham Lincoln Stephen J. Fiel 1863–97 Abraham Lincoln Salmon P. Chase 1864–73 Abraham Lincoln William Strong 1870–80 Ulysses S. Grant Joseph P. Bradley 1870–92 Ulysses S. Grant Ward Hunt 1872–82 Ulysses S. Grant Morrison R. Waite 1874–88 Ulysses S. Grant John Marshall Harlan 1877–1911 Rutherford B. Hayes William B. Woods 1880–87 Rutherford B. Hayes Stanley Matthews 1881–89 James A. Garfield Horace Gray 1881–1902 Chester A. Arthur Samuel Blatchfor 1882–93 Chester A. Arthur Lucius Q. C. Lamar 1888–93 Grover Cleveland Melville W. Fuller 1888–1910 Grover Cleveland David J. Brewer 1889–1910 Benjamin Harrison Henry B. Brown 1890–1906 Benjamin Harrison George Shiras 1892–1903 Benjamin Harrison Howell E. Jackson 1893–95 Benjamin Harrison Edward D. White 1894–1910 Grover Cleveland Rufus W. Peckham 1895–1909 Grover Cleveland Joseph McKenna 1898–1925 William McKinley Oliver W. Holmes, Jr. 1902–32 Theodore Roosevelt William R. Day 1903–22 Theodore Roosevelt William H. Moody 1906–10 Theodore Roosevelt Horace H. Lurton 1910–14 William H. Taft Charles Evans Hughes 1910–16 William H. Taft Edward D. White 1910–21 William H. Taft W. Van Devanter 1910–37 William H. Taft Joseph R. Lamar 1911–16 William H. Taft Mahlon Pitney 1912–22 William H. Taft James C. McReynolds 1914–41 Woodrow Wilson Louis D. Brandeis 1916–39 Woodrow Wilson John H. Clarke 1916–22 Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft 1921–30 Warren G. Harding George Sutherlan 1922–38 Warren G. Harding Pierce Butler 1922–39 Warren G. Harding Edward T. Sanfor 1923–30 Warren G. Harding Harlan F. Stone 1925–41 Calvin Coolidge Charles Evans Hughes 1930–41 Herbert Hoover Owen J. Roberts 1930–45 Herbert Hoover Benjamin N. Cardozo 1932–38 Herbert Hoover Hugo L. Black 1937–71 Franklin D. Roosevelt Stanley Ree 1938–57 Franklin D. Roosevelt Felix Frankfurter 1939–62 Franklin D. Roosevelt William O. Douglas 1939–75 Franklin D. Roosevelt Frank Murphy 1940–49 Franklin D. Roosevelt James F. Byrnes 1941–42 Franklin D. Roosevelt Harlan F. Stone 1941–46 Franklin D. Roosevelt Robert H. Jackson 1941–54 Franklin D. Roosevelt Wiley Rutledge 1943–49 Franklin D. Roosevelt Harold H. Burton 1945–58 Harry S. Truman Frederick M. Vinson 1946–53 Harry S. Truman Tom C. Clark 1949–67 Harry S. Truman Sherman Minton 1949–56 Harry S. Truman Earl Warren 1953–69 Dwight D. Eisenhower John Marshall Harlan 1955–71 Dwight D. Eisenhower William J. Brennan, Jr. 1956–90 Dwight D. Eisenhower Charles E. Whittaker 1957–62 Dwight D. Eisenhower Potter Stewart 1958–81 Dwight D. Eisenhower Byron R. White 1962–93 John Kennedy Arthur J. Goldberg 1962–65 John Kennedy Abe Fortas 1965–69 Lyndon Johnson Thurgood Marshall 1967–91 Lyndon Johnson Warren E. Burger 1969–86 Richard Nixon Harry A. Blackmun 1970–94 Richard Nixon Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 1972–87 Richard Nixon William Rehnquist 1972–86 Richard Nixon John P. Stevens 1976– Gerald Ford Sandra D. O'Connor 1981– Ronald Reagan William Rehnquist 1986– Ronald Reagan Antonin Scalia 1986– Ronald Reagan Anthony M. Kennedy 1987– Ronald Reagan David H. Souter 1990– George Bush Clarence Thomas 1991– George Bush Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1993– Bill Clinton Stephen G. Breyer 1994– Bill Clinton * Dates begin with year of nomination. Chief Justices. Never confirmed by the Senate as chief justice.