Past U.S. Supreme Court Members

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017

The following table lists former members of the United States Supreme Court, who served the United States since 1789, including the names of Chief and Associate Justices, years of service, place of birth, year of birth and death, and religious affiliation.

See Also: Current U.S. Supreme Court Members

	Service			Birth
Name, state	Assoc. Justice	Chief Justice	Yrs	Place	Date	Died	Religion
John Jay , N.Y.		1789–1795	5	N.Y.	1745	1829	Episcopal
James Wilson, Pa.	1789–1798		8	Scotland	1742	1798	Episcopal
John Rutledge, S.C.*	1790–1791	1795	1	S.C.	1739	1800	Church of England
William Cushing, Mass.	1790–1810		20	Mass.	1732	1810	Unitarian
John Blair, Va.	1790–1796		5	Va.	1732	1800	Presbyterian
James Iredell, N.C.	1790–1799		9	England	1751	1799	Episcopal
Thomas Johnson, Md.	1792–1793		0	Md.	1732	1819	Episcopal
William Paterson, N.J.	1793–1806		13	Ireland	1745	1806	Protestant
Oliver Ellsworth, Conn.		1796–1800	4	Conn.	1745	1807	Congregational
Samuel Chase, Md.	1796–1811		15	Md.	1741	1811	Episcopal
Bushrod Washington, Va.	1799–1829		30	Va.	1762	1829	Episcopal
Alfred Moore, N.C.	1800–1804		3	N.C.	1755	1810	Episcopal
John Marshall, Va.		1801–1835	34	Va.	1755	1835	Episcopal
William Johnson, S.C.	1804–1834		30	S.C.	1771	1834	Presbyterian
Brockholst Livingston, N.Y.	1807–1823		16	N.Y.	1757	1823	Presbyterian
Thomas Todd, Ky.	1807–1826		18	Va.	1765	1826	Presbyterian
Gabriel Duval, Md.	1811–1835		23	Md.	1752	1844	French Protestant
Joseph Story, Mass.	1812–1845		33	Mass.	1779	1845	Unitarian
Smith Thompson, N.Y.	1823–1843		20	N.Y.	1768	1843	Presbyterian
Robert Trimble, Ky.	1826–1828		2	Va.	1777	1828	Protestant
John McLean, Ohio	1830–1861		31	N.J.	1785	1861	Methodist-Epis.
Henry Baldwin, Pa.	1830–1844		14	Conn.	1780	1844	Trinity Church
James M. Wayne, Ga.	1835–1867		32	Ga.	1790	1867	Protestant
Philip P. Barbour, Va.	1836–1841		4	Va.	1783	1841	Episcopal
Roger B. Taney, Md.		1836–1864	28	Md.	1777	1864	Roman Catholic
John Catron, Tenn.	1837–1865		28	Pa.	1786	1865	Presbyterian
John McKinley, Ala.	1837–1852		14	Va.	1780	1852	Protestant
Peter V. Daniel, Va.	1841–1860		18	Va.	1784	1860	Episcopal
Samuel Nelson, N.Y.	1845–1872		27	N.Y.	1792	1873	Protestant
Levi Woodbury, N.H.	1845–1851		5	N.H.	1789	1851	Protestant
Robert C. Grier, Pa.	1846–1870		23	Pa.	1794	1870	Presbyterian
Benjamin R. Curtis, Mass.	1851–1857		5	Mass.	1809	1874	(²)
John A. Campbell, Ala.	1853–1861		8	Ga.	1811	1889	Episcopal
Nathan Clifford, Maine	1858–1881		23	N.H.	1803	1881	(¹)
Noah H. Swayne, Ohio	1862–1881		18	Va.	1804	1884	Quaker
Samuel F. Miller, Iowa	1862–1890		28	Ky.	1816	1890	Unitarian
David Davis, Ill.	1862–1877		14	Md.	1815	1886	(⁴)
Stephen J. Field, Calif.	1863–1897		34	Conn.	1816	1899	Episcopal
Salmon P. Chase, Ohio		1864–1873	8	N.H.	1808	1873	Episcopal
William Strong, Pa.	1870–1880		10	Conn.	1808	1895	Presbyterian
Joseph P. Bradley, N.J.	1870–1892		21	N.Y.	1813	1892	Presbyterian
Ward Hunt, N.Y.	1872–1882		9	N.Y.	1810	1886	Episcopal
Morrison R. Waite, Ohio		1874–1888	14	Conn.	1816	1888	Episcopal
John M. Harlan, Ky.	1877–1911		33	Ky.	1833	1911	Presbyterian
William B. Woods, Ga.	1880–1887		6	Ohio	1824	1887	Protestant
Stanley Matthews, Ohio	1881–1889		7	Ohio	1824	1889	Presbyterian
Horace Gray, Mass.	1882–1902		20	Mass.	1828	1902	(³)
Samuel Blatchford, N.Y.	1882–1893		11	N.Y.	1820	1893	Presbyterian
Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Miss.	1888–1893		5	Ga.	1825	1893	Methodist
Melville W. Fuller, Ill.		1888–1910	21	Maine	1833	1910	Episcopal
David J. Brewer, Kan.	1889–1910		20	Asia Minor	1837	1910	Protestant
Henry B. Brown, Mich.	1890–1906		15	Mass.	1836	1913	Protestant
George Shiras, Jr., Pa.	1892–1903		10	Pa.	1832	1924	Presbyterian
Howell E. Jackson, Tenn.	1893–1895		2	Tenn.	1832	1895	Baptist
Edward D. White, La.*	1894–1910	1910–1921	26	La.	1845	1921	Roman Catholic
Rufus W. Peckham, N.Y.	1895–1909		13	N.Y.	1838	1909	Episcopal
Joseph McKenna, Calif.	1898–1925		26	Pa.	1843	1926	Roman Catholic
Oliver W. Holmes, Mass.	1902–1932		29	Mass.	1841	1935	Unitarian
William R. Day, Ohio	1903–1922		19	Ohio	1849	1923	Protestant
William H. Moody, Mass.	1906–1910		3	Mass.	1853	1917	Episcopal
Horace H. Lurton, Tenn.	1909–1914		4	Ky.	1844	1914	Episcopal
Charles E. Hughes, N.Y.*	1910–1916	1930–1941	16	N.Y.	1862	1948	Baptist
Willis Van Devanter, Wyo.	1910–1937		26	Ind.	1859	1941	Episcopal
Joseph R. Lamar, Ga.	1910–1916		4	Ga.	1857	1916	Ch. of Disciples
Mahlon Pitney, N.J.	1912–1922		10	N.J.	1858	1924	Presbyterian
James C. McReynolds, Tenn.	1914–1941		26	Ky.	1862	1946	Disciples of Christ
Louis D. Brandeis, Mass.	1916–1939		22	Ky.	1856	1941	Jewish
John H. Clarke, Ohio	1916–1922		5	Ohio	1857	1945	Protestant
William H. Taft, Conn.		1921–1930	8	Ohio	1857	1930	Unitarian
George Sutherland, Utah	1922–1938		15	England	1862	1942	Episcopal
Pierce Butler, Minn.	1923–1939		16	Minn.	1866	1939	Roman Catholic
Edward T. Sanford, Tenn.	1923–1930		7	Tenn.	1865	1930	Episcopal
Harlan F. Stone, N.Y.*	1925–1941	1941–1946	20	N.H.	1872	1946	Episcopal
Owen J. Roberts, Pa.	1930–1945		15	Pa.	1875	1955	Episcopal
Benjamin N. Cardozo, N.Y.	1932–1938		6	N.Y.	1870	1938	Jewish
Hugo L. Black, Ala.	1937–1971		34	Ala.	1886	1971	Baptist
Stanley F. Reed, Ky.	1938–1957		19	Ky.	1884	1980	Protestant
Felix Frankfurter, Mass.	1939–1962		23	Austria	1882	1965	Jewish
William O. Douglas, Conn.	1939–1975		36	Minn.	1898	1980	Presbyterian
Frank Murphy, Mich.	1940–1949		9	Mich.	1890	1949	Roman Catholic
James F. Byrnes, S.C.	1941–1942		1	S.C.	1879	1972	Episcopal
Robert H. Jackson, Pa.	1941–1954		13	N.Y.	1892	1954	Episcopal
Wiley B. Rutledge, Iowa	1943–1949		6	Ky.	1894	1949	Unitarian
Harold H. Burton, Ohio	1945–1958		13	Mass.	1888	1964	Unitarian
Frederick M. Vinson, Ky.		1946–1953	7	Ky.	1890	1953	Methodist
Tom C. Clark, Tex.	1949–1967		17	Tex.	1899	1977	Presbyterian
Sherman Minton, Ind.	1949–1956		7	Ind.	1890	1965	Roman Catholic
Earl Warren, Calif.		1953–1969	15	Calif.	1891	1974	Protestant
John M. Harlan, N.Y.	1955–1971		16	Ill.	1899	1971	Presbyterian
William J. Brennan, Jr., N.J.	1956–1990		33	N.J.	1906	1997	Roman Catholic
Charles E. Whittaker, Mo.	1957–1962		5	Kan.	1901	1973	Methodist
Potter Stewart, Ohio	1958–1981		23	Mich.	1915	1985	Episcopal
Byron R. White, Colo.	1962–1993		31	Colo.	1917	2002	Episcopal
Arthur J. Goldberg, Ill.	1962–1965		2	Ill.	1908	1990	Jewish
Abe Fortas, Tenn.	1965–1969		3	Tenn.	1910	1982	Jewish
Thurgood Marshall, N.Y.	1967–1991		24	Md.	1908	1993	Episcopal
Warren E. Burger, Va.		1969–1986	17	Minn.	1907	1995	Presbyterian
Harry A. Blackmun, Minn.	1970–1994		24	Ill.	1908	1999	Methodist
Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Va.	1972–1987		15	Va.	1907	1998	Presbyterian
William H. Rehnquist, Ariz.*	1972–1986	1986–2005	33	Wis.	1924	2005	Lutheran
Sandra Day O'Connor, Ariz.	1981–2006		25	Tex.	1930	—	Episcopal
David H. Souter, N.H.	1990–2009		19	Mass.	1939	—	Episcopal
John Paul Stevens, Ill.	1975–2010		—	Ill.	1920	—	Protestant
Antonin Scalia, DC	1986–2016		30	N.J.	1936	2016	Roman Catholic

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Washington, DC 20543

NOTE: Bold=Chief Justice

*Served as both chief justice and associate justice.

1. Congregational; later Unitarian.

2. Unitarian; then Episcopal.

3. Unitarian or Congregational.

4. Not a member of any church.

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