Supreme Court Justices Throughout History

Denotes justices who served as chief justice for at least part of their tenure on the court while denotes currently.

Supreme court justices throughout history - Roberts jr is the 17th chief justice of the united states and there have been 102 associate justices in the court s history. Therefore he is listed three times. Otherwise the individual is not carried on this list of the members of the court examples. Senate the chief justice of the united states is also appointed by the president and must be confirmed by the senate.

The four conservative justices known as the four horsemen were james mcreynolds george sutherland willis van devanter and pierce butler. Chief justice jackson temple did not seek re election in 1871 was elected as an associate justice in 1886 but resigned in 1889 and was again elected as an associate justice in 1895 serving until his death in 1902. Some presidents have nominated several justices. Nine justices make up the current supreme court.

The supreme court of the united states is the final court of appeal and final expositor of the constitution of the united states the justices are appointed by the president of the united states and must be confirmed by the u s. Essentially in the absence of legislated changes to the size and structure of the supreme court appointments are made by the president as justices resign retire or pass away. During the 1930s the supreme court contained both a solid liberal bloc and a conservative bloc of justices. The number of justices fluctuated in the 18th and.

Douglas s 36 years 211 days to the 163 day tenure of thomas johnson. Since the supreme court was established in 1789 114 people have served on the court. One chief justice and eight associate justices. The united states supreme court is the highest federal court of the united states established pursuant to article three of the united states constitution in 1789 it has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and state court cases involving issues of federal law plus original jurisdiction over a small range of cases.

The current supreme court is comprised of chief justice john roberts jr. The length of service on the court for the 106 non incumbent justices ranges from william o. The supreme court of the united states is the highest ranking judicial body in the united states established by article iii of the constitution the court was organized by the 1st united states congress through the judiciary act of 1789 which specified its original and appellate jurisdiction created 13 judicial districts and fixed the size of the supreme court at six with one chief justice. The first president george washington nominated 11 franklin d.

The honorable john g. And associate justices anthony kennedy clarence thomas ruth bader ginsburg stephen breyer samuel alito sonia.