, with at least half of that body approving in the affirmative. Generally, a justice's qualifications are judged by the President and, most visibly, by a Senate hearing. There is no definitive qualification of age or experience that is a standard to be met; instead is a much more subjective process taken by the Senate, occasionally resulting in a sometimes
.
| Name |
| State |
| Associate Justice |
| Appointed By |
| Chief Justice |
| James Wilson |
| PA |
| Oct 5, 1789 - Aug 21, 1798 |
| Washington |
|
| John Jay |
| NY |
|
| Washington |
| Oct 19, 1789 - Jun 29, 1795 |
| William Cushing |
| MA |
| Feb 2, 1790 - Sep 13, 1810 |
| Washington |
|
| John Blair |
| VA |
| Feb 2, 1790 - Oct 25, 1795 |
| Washington |
|
| John Rutledge |
| SC |
| Feb 15, 1790 - Mar 5, 1791 |
| Washington |
|
| James Iredell |
| NC |
| May 12, 1790 - Oct 20, 1799 |
| Washington |
|
| Thomas Johnson |
| MD |
| Aug 6, 1792 - Jan 16, 1793 |
| Washington |
|
| William Paterson |
| NJ |
| Mar 11, 1793 - Sep 9, 1806 |
| Washington |
|
| John Rutledge |
| SC |
|
| Washington |
| Aug 12, 1795 - Dec 15, 1795 |
| Samuel Chase |
| MD |
| Feb 4, 1796 - Jun 19, 1811 |
| Washington |
|
| Oliver Ellsworth |
| CT |
|
| Washington |
| Mar 8, 1796 - Dec 15, 1800 |
| Bushrod Washington |
| VA |
| Feb 4, 1799 - Nov 26, 1829 |
| Adams |
|
| Alfred Moore |
| NC |
| Apr 21, 1800 - Jan 26, 1804 |
| Adams |
|
| John Marshall |
| VA |
|
| Adams |
| Feb 4, 1801 - Jul 6, 1835 |
| William Johnson |
| SC |
| May 7, 1804 - Aug 4, 1834 |
| Jefferson |
|
| Henry Brockholst Livingston |
| NY |
| Jan 20, 1807 - Mar 18, 1823 |
| Jefferson |
|
| Thomas Todd |
| KY |
| May 4, 1807 - Feb 7, 1826 |
| Jefferson |
|
| Gabriel Duvall |
| MD |
| Nov 23, 1811 - Jan 14, 1835 |
| Madison |
|
| Joseph Story |
| MA |
| Feb 3, 1812 - Sep 10, 1845 |
| Madison |
|
| Smith Thompson |
| NY |
| Dec 9, 1823 - Dec 18, 1843 |
| Monroe |
|
| Robert Trimble |
| KY |
| Jun 16, 1826 - Aug 25, 1828 |
| J. Q. Adams |
|
| John McLean |
| OH |
| Jan 11, 1830 - Apr 4, 1861 |
| Jackson |
|
| Henry Baldwin |
| PA |
| Jan 18, 1830 - Apr 21, 1844 |
| Jackson |
|
| James Moore Wayne |
| GA |
| Jan 14, 1835 - Jul 5, 1867 |
| Jackson |
|
| Roger Brooke Taney |
| MD |
|
| Jackson |
| Mar 28, 1836 - Oct 12, 1864 |
| Philip Pendleton Barbour |
| VA |
| May 12, 1836 - Feb 25, 1841 |
| Jackson |
|
| John Catron |
| TN |
| May 1, 1837 - May 30, 1865 |
| Van Buren |
|
| John McKinley |
| AL |
| Jan 9, 1838 - Jul 19, 1852 |
| Van Buren |
|
| Peter Vivian Daniel |
| VA |
| Jan 10, 1842 - May 31, 1860 |
| Van Buren |
|
| Samuel Nelson |
| NY |
| Feb 27, 1845 - Nov 28, 1872 |
| Tyler |
|
| Levi Woodbury |
| NH |
| Sep 23, 1845 - Sep 4, 1851 |
| Polk |
|
| Robert Cooper Grier |
| PA |
| Aug 10, 1846 - Jan 31, 1870 |
| Polk |
|
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis |
| MA |
| Oct 10, 1851 - Sep 30, 1857 |
| Fillmore |
|
| John Archibald Campbell |
| AL |
| Apr 11, 1853 - Apr 30, 1861 |
| Pierce |
|
| Nathan Clifford |
| ME |
| Jan 21, 1858 - Jul 25, 1881 |
| Buchanan |
|
| Noah Haynes Swayne |
| OH |
| Jan 27, 1862 - Jan 24, 1881 |
| Lincoln |
|
| Samuel Freeman Miller |
| IA |
| Jul 21, 1862 - Oct 13, 1890 |
| Lincoln |
|
| David Davis |
| IL |
| Dec 10, 1862 - Mar 4, 1877 |
| Lincoln |
|
| Stephen Johnson Field |
| CA |
| May 20, 1863 - Dec 1, 1897 |
| Lincoln |
|
| Salmon Portland Chase |
| OH |
|
| Lincoln |
| Dec 15, 1864 - May 7, 1873 |
| William Strong |
| PA |
| Mar 15, 1870 - Dec 14, 1880 |
| U. S. Grant |
|
| Joseph Philo Bradley |
| NJ |
| Mar 23, 1870 - Jan 22, 1892 |
| U. S. Grant |
|
| Ward Hunt |
| NY |
| Jan 9, 1873 - Jan 27, 1882 |
| U. S. Grant |
|
| Morrison Remick Waite |
| OH |
|
| U. S. Grant |
| Mar 4, 1874 - Mar 23, 1888 |
| John Marshall Harlan |
| KY |
| Dec 10, 1877 - Oct 14, 1911 |
| Hayes |
|
| William Burnham Woods |
| GA |
| Jan 5, 1881 - May 14, 1887 |
| Hayes |
|
| Thomas Stanley Matthews |
| OH |
| May 17, 1881 - Mar 22, 1889 |
| James Garfield |
|
| Horace Gray |
| MA |
| Jan 9, 1882 - Sep 15, 1902 |
| Arthur |
|
| Samuel Blatchford |
| NY |
| Apr 3, 1882 - Jul 7, 1893 |
| Arthur |
|
| Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
| MS |
| Jan 18, 1888 - Jan 23, 1893 |
| Grover Cleveland |
|
| Melville Weston Fuller |
| IL |
|
| Grover Cleveland |
| Oct 8, 1888 - Jul 4, 1910 |
| David Josiah Brewer |
| KS |
| Jan 6, 1890 - Mar 28, 1910 |
| Harrison |
|
| Henry Billings Brown |
| MI |
| Jan 5, 1891 - May 28, 1906 |
| Harrison |
|
| George Shiras, Jr |
| PA |
| Oct 10, 1892 - Feb 23, 1903 |
| Harrison |
|
| Howell Edmunds Jackson |
| TN |
| Mar 14, 1893 - Aug 8, 1895 |
| Harrison |
|
| Edward Douglass White |
| LA |
| Mar 12, 1894 - Dec 18, 1910 |
| Cleveland |
|
| Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
| NY |
| Jan 6, 1896 - Oct 24, 1909 |
| Cleveland |
|
| Joseph McKenna |
| CA |
| Jan 26, 1898 - Jan 5, 1925 |
| McKinley |
|
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr |
| MA |
| Dec 8, 1902 - Jan 12, 1932 |
| Roosevelt |
|
| William Rufus Day |
| OH |
| Mar 2, 1903 - Nov 13, 1922 |
| Roosevelt |
|
| William Henry Moody |
| MA |
| Dec 17, 1906 - Nov 20, 1910 |
| Roosevelt |
|
| Horace Harmon Lurton |
| TN |
| Jan 3, 1910 - Jul 12, 1914 |
| Taft |
|
| Charles Evans Hughes |
| NY |
| Oct 10, 1910 - Jun 10, 1916 |
| Taft |
|
| Edward Douglass White |
| LA |
|
| Taft |
| Dec 19, 1910 - May 19, 1921 |
| Willis Van Devanter |
| WY |
| Jan 3, 1911 - Jun 2, 1937 |
| Taft |
|
| Joseph Rucker Lamar |
| GA |
| Jan 3, 1911 - Jan 2, 1916 |
| Taft |
|
| Mahlon Pitney |
| NJ |
| Mar 18, 1912 - Dec 31, 1922 |
| Taft |
|
| James Clark McReynolds |
| TN |
| Oct 12, 1914 - Jan 31, 1941 |
| Wilson |
|
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis |
| MA |
| Jun 5, 1916 - Feb 13, 1939 |
| Wilson |
|
| John Hessin Clarke |
| OH |
| Oct 9, 1916 - Sep 18, 1922 |
| Wilson |
|
| William Howard Taft |
| OH |
|
| Harding |
| Jul 11, 1921 - Feb 3, 1930 |
| George Sutherland |
| UT |
| Oct 2, 1922 - Jan 17, 1938 |
| Harding |
|
| Pierce Butler |
| MN |
| Jan 2, 1923 - Nov 16, 1939 |
| Harding |
|
| Edward Terry Sanford |
| TN |
| Feb 19, 1923 - Mar 8, 1930 |
| Harding |
|
| Harlan Fiske Stone |
| NY |
| Mar 2, 1925 - Jul 2, 1941 |
| Coolidge |
|
| Charles Evans Hughes |
| NY |
|
| Hoover |
| Feb 24, 1930 - Jun 30, 1941 |
| Owen Josephus Roberts |
| PA |
| Jun 2, 1930 - Jul 31, 1945 |
| Hoover |
|
| Benjamin Nathan Cardozo |
| NY |
| Mar 31, 1932 - Jul 9, 1938 |
| Hoover |
|
| Hugo LaFayette Black |
| AL |
| Aug 19, 1937 - Sep 17, 1971 |
| F. D. Roosevelt |
|
| Stanley Forman Reed |
| KY |
| Jan 31, 1938 - Feb 25, 1957 |
| F. D. Roosevelt |
|
| Felix Frankfurter |
| MA |
| Jan 30, 1939 - Aug 28, 1962 |
| F. D. Roosevelt |
|
| William Orville Douglas |
| CT |
| Apr 17, 1939 - Nov 12, 1975 |
| F. D. Roosevelt |
|
| Francis William Murphy |
| MI |
| Feb 5, 1940 - Jul 19, 1949 |
| F. D. Roosevelt |
|
| Harlan Fiske Stone |
| NY |
|
| F. D. Roosevelt |
| Jul 3, 1941 - Apr 22, 1946 |
| James Francis Byrnes |
| SC |
| Jul 8, 1941 - Oct 3, 1942 |
| F. D. Roosevelt |
|
| Robert Houghwout Jackson |
| NY |
| Jul 11, 1941 - Oct 9, 1954 |
| F. D. Roosevelt |
|
| Wiley Blount Rutledge |
| IA |
| Feb 15, 1943 - Sep 10, 1949 |
| F. D. Roosevelt |
|
| Harold Hitz Burton |
| OH |
| Oct 1, 1945 - Oct 13, 1958 |
| Truman |
|
| Frederick Moore Vinson |
| KY |
|
| Truman |
| Jun 24, 1946 - Sep 8, 1953 |
| Thomas Campbell Clark |
| TX |
| Aug 24, 1949 - Jun 12, 1967 |
| Truman |
|
| Sherman Minton |
| IN |
| Oct 12, 1949 - Oct 15, 1956 |
| Truman |
|
| Earl Warren |
| CA |
|
| Eisenhower |
| Oct 5, 1953 - Jun 23, 1969 |
| John Marshall Harlan II |
| NY |
| Mar 28, 1955 - Sep 23, 1971 |
| Eisenhower |
|
| William Joseph Brennan |
| NJ |
| Oct 16, 1956 - Jul 20, 1990 |
| Eisenhower |
|
| Charles Evans Whittaker |
| MO |
| Mar 25, 1957 - Mar 31, 1962 |
| Eisenhower |
|
| Potter Stewart |
| OH |
| Oct 14, 1958 - Jul 3, 1981 |
| Eisenhower |
|
| Byron Raymond White |
| CO |
| Apr 16, 1962 - Jun 28, 1993 |
| Kennedy |
|
| Arthur Joseph Goldberg |
| IL |
| Oct 1, 1962 - Jul 25, 1965 |
| Kennedy |
|
| Abe Fortas |
| TN |
| Oct 4, 1965 - May 14, 1969 |
| Johnson |
|
| Thurgood Marshall |
| NY |
| Oct 2, 1967 - Oct 1, 1991 |
| Johnson |
|
| Warren Earl Burger |
| VA |
|
| Nixon |
| Jun 23, 1969 - Sep 26, 1986 |
| Harry Andrew Blackmun |
| MN |
| Jun 9, 1970 - Aug 3, 1994 |
| Nixon |
|
| Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr |
| VA |
| Jan 7, 1972 - Jun 26, 1987 |
| Nixon |
|
| William Hubbs Rehnquist |
| AZ |
| Jan 7, 1972 - Sep 26, 1986 |
| Nixon |
|
| John Paul Stevens |
| IL |
| Dec 19, 1975 |
| Ford |
|
| Sandra Day O'Connor |
| AZ |
| Sep 25, 1981 |
| Reagan |
|
| William Hubbs Rehnquist |
| AZ |
|
| Reagan |
| Sep 26, 1986 - |
| Antonin Scalia |
| VA |
| Sep 26, 1986 |
| Reagan |
|
| Anthony McLeod Kennedy |
| CA |
| Feb 18, 1988 |
| Reagan |
|
| David Hackett Souter |
| NH |
| Oct 9, 1990 |
| G. H. W. Bush |
|
| Clarence Thomas |
| GA |
| Oct 23, 1991 |
| G. H. W. Bush |
|
| Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg |
| NY |
| Aug 10, 1993 |
| Clinton |
|
| Stephen Gerald Breyer |
| MA |
| Aug 3, 1994 |
| Clinton |
|