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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
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