President Arthur's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Horace Gray	MA	3/24/1828	Clifford	12/19/1881	12/20/1881	9/15/1902	20
Roscoe Conkling	NY	10/30/1829	Hunt	2/24/1882	3/2/1882 D	--	--
Samuel Blatchford	NY	3/9/1820	Hunt	3/13/1882	3/27/1882	7/7/1893	11
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President Cleveland's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Lucius Q.C. Lamar	MS	9/17/1825	Woods	12/6/1887	1/16/1888	1/23/1893	5
Melville W. Fuller	IL	2/11/1833	Waite	4/30/1888	7/20/1888	7/4/1910	22
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President Harrison's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
David J. Brewer	KS	6/20/1837	Matthews	12/4/1889	12/18/1889	3/28/1910	20
Henry B. Brown	MI	3/2/1836	Miller	12/23/1890	12/29/1890	5/28/1906	15
George Shiras, Jr.	PA	1/26/1832	Bradley	7/19/1892	7/26/1892	2/23/1903	10
Howell E. Jackson	TN	4/8/1832	Lamar	2/2/1893	2/18/1893	8/8/1895	2
President Cleveland's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
William B. Hornblower	NY	5/13/1851	Blatchford	9/19/1893	1/15/1894 R	--	--
Wheeler H. Peckham	NY	1/1/1833	Blatchford	1/22/1894	2/16/1894 R	--	--
Edward D. White	LA	11/3/1845	Blatchford	2/19/1894	2/19/1894	12/18/1910	17
Rufus W. Peckham	NY	11/8/1838	Jackson	12/3/1895	12/9/1895	10/24/1909	13
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President McKinley's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Joseph McKenna	CA	8/10/1843	Field	12/16/1897	1/21/1898	1/5/1925	26
President T. Roosevelt's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Oliver W. Holmes Jr.	MA	3/8/1841	Gray	12/2/1902	12/4/1902	1/12/1932	29
William R. Day	OH	4/17/1849	Shiras	2/19/1903	2/23/1903	11/13/1922	19
William H. Moody	MA	12/23/1853	Brown	12/3/1906	12/12/1906	11/20/1910	3
President Taft's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Horace H. Lurton	TN	2/26/1844	Peckham	12/13/1909	12/20/1909	7/12/1914	4
Charles E. Hughes	NY	4/11/1862	Brewer	4/25/1910	5/2/1910	6/10/1916	6
Edward D. White°	--	--	Fuller	12/12/1910	12/12/1910	5/19/1921	10°
Willis Van Devanter	WY	4/17/1859	White	12/12/1910	12/15/1910	6/2/1937	26
Joseph R. Lamar	GA	10/14/1857	Moody	12/12/1910	12/15/1910	1/2/1916	5
Mahlon Pitney	NJ	2/5/1858	Harlan	2/19/1912	3/13/1912	12/31/1922	10
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President Wilson's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
James C. McReynolds	TN	2/3/1862	Lurton	8/19/1914	8/29/1914	1/31/1941	26
Louis D. Brandeis	MA	11/13/1856	Lamar	1/28/1916	6/1/1916	2/13/1939	22
John H. Clarke	OH	9/18/1857	Hughes	7/14/1916	7/24/1916	9/18/1922	6
President Harding's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
William H. Taft	CT	9/15/1857	White	6/30/1921	6/30/1921	2/3/1930	8
George Sutherland	UT	3/25/1862	Clarke	9/5/1922	9/5/1922	1/17/1938	15
Pierce Butler	MN	3/17/1866	Day	11/23/1922	12/21/1922	11/16/1939	17
Edward T. Sanford	TN	7/23/1865	Pitney	1/24/1923	1/29/1923	3/8/1930	7
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President Coolidge's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Harlan F. Stone	NY	10/11/1872	McKenna	1/5/1925	2/5/1925	7/2/1941	16
President Hoover's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Charles E. Hughes°	--	--	Taft	2/3/1930	2/13/1930	5/30/1941	11°
John J. Parker	NC	11/20/1885	Sanford	3/21/1930	5/7/1930 R	--	--
Owen J. Roberts	PA	5/2/1875	Sanford	5/9/1930	5/20/1930	7/31/1945	15
Benjamin N. Cardozo	NY	5/24/1870	Holmes	2/15/1932	2/24/1932	7/9/1938	6
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President Roosevelt's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Hugo L. Black	AL	2/27/1886	Van Devanter	8/12/1937	8/17/1937	9/17/1971	34
Stanley F. Reed	KY	12/31/1884	Sutherland	1/15/1938	1/25/1938	2/25/1957	19
Felix Frankfurter	MA	11/15/1882	Cardozo	1/5/1939	1/17/1939	8/28/1962	23
William O. Douglas	CT	10/16/1898	Brandeis	3/20/1939	4/4/1939	11/12/1975	36
Frank Murphy	MI	4/13/1890	Butler	1/4/1940	1/15/1940	7/19/1949	9
Harlan F. Stone°	--	--	Hughes	6/12/1941	6/27/1941	4/22/1946	5°
James F. Byrnes	SC	5/2/1879	McReynolds	6/12/1941	6/12/1941	10/3/1942	1
Robert H. Jackson	NY	2/13/1892	Stone	6/12/1941	7/7/1941	10/9/1954	13
Wiley B. Rutledge	IA	7/20/1894	Byrnes	1/11/1943	2/8/1943	9/10/1949	6
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President Truman's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Harold H. Burton	OH	6/22/1888	Roberts	9/19/1945	9/19/1945	10/13/1958	13
Fred M. Vinson	KY	1/22/1890	Stone	6/6/1946	6/20/1946	9/8/1953	7
Tom C. Clark	TX	9/23/1899	Murphy	8/2/1949	8/18/1949	6/12/1967	18
Sherman Minton	IN	10/20/1890	Rutledge	9/15/1949	10/4/1949	10/15/1956	7
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President Eisenhower's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Earl Warren	CA	3/19/1891	Vinson	9/30/1953	3/1/1954	6/23/1969	15
John M. Harlan	NY	5/20/1899	Jackson	1/10/1955	3/16/1955	9/23/1971	16
William J. Brennan Jr.	NJ	4/25/1906	Minton	1/14/1957	3/19/1957	7/20/1990	34
Charles E. Whittaker	MO	2/22/1901	Reed	3/2/1957	3/19/1957	3/31/1962	5
Potter Stewart	OH	1/23/1915	Burton	1/17/1959	5/5/1959	7/3/1981	22
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President Kennedy's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Byron R. White	CO	6/8/1917	Whittaker	3/30/1962	4/11/1962	3/19/1993	30
Arthur J. Goldberg	IL	8/8/1908	Frankfurter	8/29/1962	9/25/1962	7/25/1965	3
President Johnson's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Abe Fortas	TN	6/19/1910	Goldberg	7/28/1965	8/11/1965	5/14/1969	4
Thurgood Marshall	NY	6/2/1908	Clark	6/13/1967	8/30/1967	6/27/1991	24
*Abe Fortas*	TN	6/19/1910	Warren	6/26/1968	10/4/1968 W	--	--
Homer Thornberry	TX	1/9/1909	Fortas	6/26/1968	No action	--	--
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President Nixon's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Warren E. Burger	VA	9/17/1907	Warren	5/21/1969	6/9/1969	9/26/1986	17
Clement Haynesworth Jr.	SC	10/30/1912	Fortas	8/18/1969	11/21/1969 R	--	--
G. Harold Carswell	FL	12/22/1919	Fortas	1/19/1970	4/8/1970 R	--	--
Harry A. Blackmun	MN	11/12/1908	Fortas	4/14/1970	5/12/1970	7/29/1994	24
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	VA	9/19/1907	Black	10/21/1971	12/6/1971	6/26/1987	16
William H. Rehnquist	AZ	10/1/1924	Harlan	10/21/1971	12/10/1971	Sitting	--
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President Ford's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
John Paul Stevens	IL	4/20/1920	Douglas	11/28/1975	12/17/1975	Sitting	--
President Reagan's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Sandra Day O'Connor	AZ	3/26/1930	Stewart	8/19/1981	9/21/1981	Sitting	--
William H. Rehnquist °	--	--	Burger	6/20/1986	9/17/1986	Sitting	--
Antonin Scalia	VA	3/11/1936	Rehnquist	6/24/1986	9/17/1986	Sitting	--
Robert H. Bork	DC	3/1/1927	Powell	7/1/1987	10/23/1987 R	--	--
Douglas Ginsburg	IL	5/25/46	Powell	10/27/87	11/7/87 W	--	--
Anthony M. Kennedy	CA	7/23/1936	Powell	11/30/1987	2/3/1988	Sitting	--
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President Bush's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
David H. Souter	NH	9/17/1939	Brennan	7/23/1990	10/2/1990	Sitting	--
Clarence Thomas	VA	6/23/1948	Marshall, T.	7/1/1991	10/15/1991	Sitting	--
President Clinton's Nominees
Name	State	Date of Birth	To Replace	Date of Appointment	Confirmation or Other Action	Date Service Ended	Years of Service
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	NY	3/15/1933	White, B.	6/14/1993	8/3/1993	Sitting	--
Stephen G. Breyer	MA	8/15/1938	Blackmun	5/13/1994	7/29/1994	Sitting	--
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