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Seat Number
Position
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John G. Roberts, Jr.
1
Chief Justice
New York
09/28/2005 - 19:00
Bush (43)
William H. Rehnquist
1
Chief Justice
Virginia
09/25/1986 - 19:00
09/02/2005 - 19:00
Death
Warren E. Burger
1
Chief Justice
Virginia
06/22/1969 - 19:00
Nixon
09/25/1986 - 19:00
Retired
Earl Warren
1
Chief Justice
California
10/04/1953 - 18:00
Eisenhower
06/22/1969 - 19:00
Retired
Fred M. Vinson
1
Chief Justice
Kentucky
06/23/1946 - 19:00
Truman
09/07/1953 - 19:00
Death
Harlan Fiske Stone
1
Chief Justice
New York
07/02/1941 - 19:00
04/21/1946 - 18:00
Death
Charles E. Hughes
1
Chief Justice
New York
02/23/1930 - 18:00
06/29/1941 - 19:00
Retired
William Howard Taft
1
Chief Justice
Connecticut
07/10/1921 - 19:00
Harding
02/02/1930 - 18:00
Retired
Edward D. White
1
Chief Justice
Louisiana
12/18/1910 - 18:00
05/18/1921 - 19:00
Death
Melville W. Fuller
1
Chief Justice
Illinois
10/07/1888 - 19:00
Cleveland
07/03/1910 - 18:00
Death
Morrison R. Waite
1
Chief Justice
Ohio
03/03/1874 - 18:00
Grant
03/22/1888 - 18:00
Death
Salmon P. Chase
1
Chief Justice
Ohio
12/14/1864 - 18:00
Lincoln
05/06/1873 - 19:00
Death
Roger B. Taney
1
Chief Justice
Maryland
03/27/1836 - 18:00
Jackson
10/11/1864 - 19:00
Death
John Marshall
1
Chief Justice
Virginia
02/04/1801 - 18:00
Adams, John
07/06/1835 (All day)
Death
Oliver Ellsworth
1
Chief Justice
Connecticut
03/07/1796 - 18:00
Washington
12/14/1800 - 18:00
Resigned
John Rutledge
1
Chief Justice
South Carolina
08/11/1795 - 19:00
12/14/1795 - 18:00
Rejected
John Jay
1
Chief Justice
New York
10/18/1789 - 19:00
Washington
06/28/1795 - 19:00
Resigned
Anthony M. Kennedy
2
Associate Justice
California
02/17/1988 - 18:00
Reagan
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
2
Associate Justice
Virginia
01/06/1972 - 18:00
Nixon
06/25/1987 - 19:00
Retired
Hugo L. Black
2
Associate Justice
Alabama
08/18/1937 - 19:00
Roosevelt, F.
09/16/1971 - 19:00
Retired
Willis Van Devanter
2
Associate Justice
Wyoming
01/02/1911 - 18:00
Taft
06/01/1937 - 19:00
Retired
Edward D. White
2
Associate Justice
Louisiana
03/11/1894 - 18:00
Cleveland
12/17/1910 - 18:00
Promoted
Samuel Blatchford
2
Associate Justice
New York
04/02/1882 - 18:00
Arthur
07/06/1893 - 19:00
Death
Ward Hunt
2
Associate Justice
New York
01/08/1873 - 18:00
Grant
01/26/1882 - 18:00
Disabled
Samuel Nelson
2
Associate Justice
New York
02/26/1845 - 18:00
Tyler
11/27/1872 - 18:00
Retired
Smith Thompson
2
Associate Justice
New York
08/31/1823 - 19:00
Monroe
12/17/1843 - 18:00
Death
Brockholst Livingston
2
Associate Justice
New York
01/19/1807 - 18:00
Jefferson
03/17/1823 - 18:00
Death
William Paterson
2
Associate Justice
New Jersey
03/10/1793 - 18:00
Washington
09/08/1806 - 19:00
Death
Thomas Johnson
2
Associate Justice
Maryland
08/05/1792 - 19:00
Washington
01/15/1793 - 18:00
Resigned
John Rutledge
2
Associate Justice
South Carolina
02/14/1790 - 18:00
Washington
03/04/1791 - 18:00
Resigned
Stephen G. Breyer
3
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
08/02/1994 - 19:00
Clinton
Harry A. Blackmun
3
Associate Justice
Minnesota
06/08/1970 - 19:00
Nixon
08/02/1994 - 19:00
Retired
Abe Fortas
3
Associate Justice
Tennessee
10/03/1965 - 12:00
Johnson, L.
05/14/1969 - 12:00
Resigned
Arthur J. Goldberg
3
Associate Justice
Illinois
09/30/1962 - 19:00
Kennedy
07/24/1965 - 19:00
Resigned
Felix Frankfurter
3
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
01/29/1939 - 18:00
Roosevelt, F.
08/27/1962 - 19:00
Retired
Benjamin N. Cardozo
3
Associate Justice
New York
03/13/1932 - 18:00
Hoover
07/08/1938 - 19:00
Death
Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.
3
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
12/07/1902 - 18:00
Roosevelt T.
01/11/1932 - 18:00
Retired
Horace Gray
3
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
01/08/1882 - 18:00
Arthur
09/14/1902 - 18:00
Death
Nathan Clifford
3
Associate Justice
Maine
01/20/1858 - 18:00
Buchanan
07/24/1881 - 19:00
Death
Benjamin R. Curtis
3
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
10/09/1851 - 19:00
Fillmore
09/29/1857 - 19:00
Resigned
Levi Woodbury
3
Associate Justice
New Hampshire
09/22/1845 - 19:00
Polk
09/03/1851 - 19:00
Death
Joseph Story
3
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
02/02/1812 - 18:00
Madison
09/09/1845 - 19:00
Death
William Cushing
3
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
02/01/1790 - 18:00
Washington
09/12/1810 - 19:00
Death
James M. Wayne
4
Associate Justice
Georgia
01/13/1835 - 18:00
Jackson
07/04/1867 - 19:00
Death
William Johnson
4
Associate Justice
South Carolina
05/06/1804 - 19:00
Jefferson
08/03/1834 - 19:00
Death
Alfred Moore
4
Associate Justice
North Carolina
04/20/1800 - 19:00
Adams, John
01/25/1804 - 18:00
Resigned
James Iredell
4
Associate Justice
North Carolina
05/11/1790 - 19:00
Washington
10/19/1799 - 19:00
Death
Sonia Sotomayor
5
Associate Justice
New York
08/08/2009 - 11:00
David H. Souter
5
Associate Justice
New Hampshire
10/08/1990 - 19:00
06/29/2009 - 12:00
retired
William J. Brennan, Jr.
5
Associate Justice
New Jersey
10/15/1956 - 19:00
Eisenhower
07/19/1990 - 19:00
Retired
Sherman Minton
5
Associate Justice
Indiana
10/11/1949 - 18:00
Truman
10/14/1956 - 19:00
Retired
Wiley B. Rutledge
5
Associate Justice
Iowa
02/14/1943 - 19:00
Roosevelt, F.
09/09/1949 - 19:00
Death
James F. Byrnes
5
Associate Justice
South Carolina
07/07/1941 - 19:00
Roosevelt, F.
10/02/1942 - 19:00
Resigned
James C. McReynolds
5
Associate Justice
Tennessee
10/11/1914 - 18:00
Wilson
01/30/1941 - 18:00
Retired
Horace H. Lurton
5
Associate Justice
Tennessee
01/02/1910 - 18:00
Taft
07/11/1914 - 18:00
Death
Rufus Peckham
5
Associate Justice
New York
01/05/1896 - 18:00
Cleveland
10/23/1909 - 18:00
Death
Howell E. Jackson
5
Associate Justice
Tennessee
03/03/1893 - 18:00
Harrison
08/07/1895 - 19:00
Death
Lucius Q.C. Lamar
5
Associate Justice
Mississippi
01/17/1888 - 18:00
Cleveland
01/22/1893 - 18:00
Death
William B. Woods
5
Associate Justice
Georgia
01/04/1881 - 18:00
Hayes
05/13/1887 - 19:00
Death
William Strong
5
Associate Justice
Pennsylvania
03/13/1870 - 18:00
Grant
12/13/1880 - 18:00
Retired
Robert C. Grier
5
Associate Justice
Pennsylvania
08/09/1846 - 19:00
Polk
01/30/1870 - 18:00
Retired
Henry Baldwin
5
Associate Justice
Pennsylvania
01/17/1830 - 18:00
Jackson
04/20/1844 - 18:00
Death
Bushrod Washington
5
Associate Justice
Virginia
02/03/1799 - 18:00
Adams, John
11/25/1829 - 18:00
Death
James Wilson
5
Associate Justice
Pennsylvania
10/04/1789 - 19:00
Washington
08/20/1798 - 19:00
Death
Elena Kagan
6
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
08/07/2010 - 13:57
Obama
John Paul Stevens
6
Associate Justice
Illinois
12/18/1975 - 18:00
Ford
06/29/2010 - 09:00
retired
William O. Douglas
6
Associate Justice
Connecticut
04/16/1939 - 18:00
Roosevelt, F.
11/11/1975 - 18:00
Retired
Louis D. Brandeis
6
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
06/04/1916 - 18:00
Wilson
02/12/1939 - 18:00
Retired
Joseph R. Lamar
6
Associate Justice
Georgia
01/02/1911 - 18:00
Taft
01/01/1916 - 18:00
Death
William H. Moody
6
Associate Justice
Massachusetts
12/16/1906 - 18:00
Roosevelt T.
11/19/1910 - 18:00
Disabled
Henry B. Brown
6
Associate Justice
Michigan
01/04/1891 - 18:00
Harrison
05/27/1906 - 18:00
Retired
Samuel F. Miller
6
Associate Justice
Iowa
07/20/1862 - 19:00
Lincoln
10/12/1890 - 19:00
Death
Peter V. Daniel
6
Associate Justice
Virginia
01/09/1842 - 18:00
Van Buren
05/30/1860 - 19:00
Death
Philip P. Barbour
6
Associate Justice
Virginia
05/11/1836 - 19:00
Jackson
02/24/1841 - 18:00
Death
Gabriel Duvall
6
Associate Justice
Maryland
11/22/1811 - 18:00
Madison
01/13/1835 - 18:00
Resigned
Samuel Chase
6
Associate Justice
Maryland
02/03/1796 - 18:00
Washington
06/18/1811 - 19:00
Death
John Blair
6
Associate Justice
Virginia
02/01/1790 - 18:00
Washington
10/24/1795 - 19:00
Resigned
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7
Associate Justice
New York
08/09/1993 - 19:00
Clinton
Byron R. White
7
Associate Justice
Colorado
04/15/1962 - 18:00
Kennedy
06/27/1993 - 19:00
Retired
Charles E. Whittaker
7
Associate Justice
Missouri
03/24/1957 - 18:00
Eisenhower
03/30/1962 - 18:00
Disabled
Stanley Reed
7
Associate Justice
Kentucky
01/30/1938 - 18:00
Roosevelt, F.
02/24/1957 - 18:00
Retired
George Sutherland
7
Associate Justice
Utah
10/01/1922 - 18:00
Harding
01/16/1938 - 18:00
Retired
John H. Clarke
7
Associate Justice
Ohio
10/08/1916 - 18:00
Wilson
09/17/1922 - 19:00
Resigned
Charles E. Hughes
7
Associate Justice
New York
10/09/1910 - 18:00
Taft
06/09/1916 - 18:00
Resigned
David J. Brewer
7
Associate Justice
Kansas
01/05/1890 - 18:00
Harrison
03/27/1910 - 18:00
Death
Stanley Matthews
7
Associate Justice
Ohio
05/16/1881 - 19:00
Garfield
03/21/1889 - 18:00
Death
Noah Swayne
7
Associate Justice
Ohio
01/26/1862 - 19:00
Lincoln
01/23/1881 - 18:00
Retired
John McLean
7
Associate Justice
Ohio
01/10/1830 - 18:00
Jackson
04/03/1861 - 18:00
Death
Robert Trimble
7
Associate Justice
Kentucky
06/15/1826 - 19:00
Adams, J.Q.
08/24/1828 - 19:00
Death
Thomas Todd
7
Associate Justice
Kentucky
05/03/1807 - 19:00
Jefferson
02/06/1826 - 18:00
Death
John Catron
8
Associate Justice
Tennessee
04/30/1837 - 19:00
Jackson
05/29/1865 - 19:00
Death
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
9
Associate Justice
New Jersey
01/30/2006 - 18:00
Bush (43)
Sandra Day O'Connor
9
Associate Justice
Arizona
09/24/1981 - 19:00
Reagan
01/30/2006 - 18:00
Potter Stewart
9
Associate Justice
Ohio
10/13/1958 - 19:00
Eisenhower
07/02/1981 - 19:00
Retired
Harold Burton
9
Associate Justice
Ohio
09/30/1945 - 18:00
Truman
10/12/1958 - 19:00
Retired
Owen J. Roberts
9
Associate Justice
Pennsylvania
06/01/1930 - 19:00
Hoover
07/30/1945 - 19:00
Resigned
Edward T. Sanford
9
Associate Justice
Tennessee
02/18/1923 - 18:00
Harding
03/07/1930 - 18:00
Death
Mahlon Pitney
9
Associate Justice
New Jersey
03/17/1912 - 18:00
Taft
12/30/1922 - 18:00
Disabled
John M. Harlan
9
Associate Justice
Kentucky
12/09/1877 - 18:00
Hayes
10/13/1911 - 18:00
Death
David Davis
9
Associate Justice
Illinois
12/09/1862 - 18:00
Lincoln
03/03/1877 - 18:00
Resigned
John A. Campbell
9
Associate Justice
Alabama
04/10/1853 - 19:00
Pierce
04/29/1861 - 19:00
Resigned
John McKinley
9
Associate Justice
Alabama
01/08/1838 - 18:00
Van Buren
07/18/1852 - 19:00
Death
Antonin Scalia
10
Associate Justice
Virginia
09/25/1986 - 19:00
Reagan
William H. Rehnquist
10
Associate Justice
Arizona
01/07/1972 (All day)
Nixon
09/26/1986 (All day)
Promoted
John M. Harlan
10
Associate Justice
New York
03/27/1955 - 18:00
Eisenhower
09/22/1971 - 19:00
Retired
Robert H. Jackson
10
Associate Justice
New York
07/10/1941 - 19:00
Roosevelt, F.
10/08/1954 - 18:00
Death
Harlan Fiske Stone
10
Associate Justice
New York
03/01/1925 - 18:00
Coolidge
07/01/1941 - 19:00
Promoted
Joseph McKenna
10
Associate Justice
California
01/25/1898 - 18:00
McKinley
01/04/1925 - 18:00
Retired
Stephen J. Field
10
Associate Justice
California
05/19/1863 - 19:00
Lincoln
11/30/1897 - 18:00
Retired
Clarence Thomas
11
Associate Justice
Georgia
10/22/1991 - 19:00
Bush
Thurgood Marshall
11
Associate Justice
New York
10/01/1967 - 19:00
Johnson, L.
09/30/1991 - 19:00
Retired
Tom C. Clark
11
Associate Justice
Texas
08/23/1949 - 19:00
Truman
06/11/1967 - 19:00
Retired
Frank Murphy
11
Associate Justice
Michigan
02/04/1940 - 18:00
Roosevelt, F.
07/18/1949 - 19:00
Death
Pierce Butler
11
Associate Justice
Minnesota
01/01/1923 - 18:00
Harding
11/15/1939 - 18:00
Death
William R. Day
11
Associate Justice
Ohio
03/01/1903 - 18:00
Roosevelt T.
11/12/1922 - 18:00
Retired
George Shiras, Jr.
11
Associate Justice
Pennsylvania
10/09/1892 - 19:00
Harrison
02/22/1903 - 18:00
Retired
Joseph P. Bradley
11
Associate Justice
New Jersey
03/22/1870 - 18:00
Grant
01/21/1892 - 18:00
Death