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The Federal Judiciary

Index of Politicians by Office Held or Sought


Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-2003 (may be Incomplete!)
John Jay 1789-95 John Rutledge 1795 Oliver Ellsworth 1796-1800 John Marshall 1801-35 Roger B. Taney 1836-64 Salmon P. Chase 1864-73 Morrison R. Waite 1874-88 Melville W. Fuller 1888-1910 Edward Douglass White 1910-21 William H. Taft 1921-30 Charles Evans Hughes 1930-41 Harlan F. Stone 1941-46 Fred M. Vinson 1946-53 Earl Warren 1953-69 Warren E. Burger 1969-86 William H. Rehnquist 1986-

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1849 (may be Incomplete!)
William Cushing 1789-1810 John Rutledge 1789-91 James Wilson 1789-98 John Blair, Jr. 1789-95 James Iredell 1790-99 Thomas Johnson 1791-93 William Paterson 1793-1806 Samuel Chase 1796-1811 Bushrod Washington 1798-1829 Alfred Moore 1799-1804 William Johnson 1804-34 Brockholst Livingston 1806-23 Thomas Todd 1807-26 Gabriel Duvall 1811-35 Joseph Story 1811-45 Smith Thompson 1823-43 Robert Trimble 1826-28 John McLean 1830-61 Henry Baldwin 1830-44 James M. Wayne 1835-67 Philip Pendleton Barbour 1836-41 John Catron 1837-65 John McKinley 1837-52 Peter Vivian Daniel 1841-60 Samuel Nelson 1845-72 Levi Woodbury 1845-51 Robert Cooper Grier 1846-70

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1850-1899 (may be Incomplete!)
John McLean 1830-61 James M. Wayne 1835-67 John Catron 1837-65 John McKinley 1837-52 Peter Vivian Daniel 1841-60 Samuel Nelson 1845-72 Levi Woodbury 1845-51 Robert Cooper Grier 1846-70 Benjamin Robbins Curtis 1851-57 John Archibald Campbell 1853-61 Nathan Clifford 1858-81 David Davis 1862-77 Samuel Freeman Miller 1862-90 Noah Haynes Swayne 1862-81 Stephen J. Field 1863-97 William Strong 1870-80 Joseph P. Bradley 1870-92 Ward Hunt 1872-82 John Marshall Harlan 1877-1911 William Burnham Woods 1880-87 Horace Gray 1881-1902 Stanley Matthews 1881-89 Samuel M. Blatchford 1882-93 Lucius Q. C. Lamar 1888-93 David Josiah Brewer 1889-1910 Henry B. Brown 1890-1906 George Shiras, Jr. 1892-1903 Howell Edmunds Jackson 1893-95 Edward Douglass White 1894-1910 Rufus Wheeler Peckham 1895-1909 Joseph McKenna 1898-1925

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1900-1949 (may be Incomplete!)
John Marshall Harlan 1877-1911 Horace Gray 1881-1902 David Josiah Brewer 1889-1910 Henry B. Brown 1890-1906 George Shiras, Jr. 1892-1903 Edward Douglass White 1894-1910 Rufus Wheeler Peckham 1895-1909 Joseph McKenna 1898-1925 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 1902-32 William Rufus Day 1903-22 William H. Moody 1906-10 Horace Larmon Lurton 1909-14 Joseph Rucker Lamar 1910-16 Willis Van Devanter 1910-37 Charles Evans Hughes 1910-16 Mahlon Pitney 1912-22 James C. McReynolds 1914-41 Louis D. Brandeis 1916-39 John H. Clarke 1916-22 George Sutherland 1922-38 Pierce Butler 1922-39 Edward Terry Sanford 1923-30 Harlan F. Stone 1925-41 Owen J. Roberts 1930-45 Benjamin N. Cardozo 1932-38 Hugo L. Black 1937-71 Stanley F. Reed 1938-57 William O. Douglas 1939-75 Felix Frankfurter 1939-62 Frank Murphy 1940-49 Robert H. Jackson 1941-54 James F. Byrnes 1941-42 Wiley Blount Rutledge 1943-49 Harold H. Burton 1945-58 Thomas Campbell Clark 1949-67 Sherman Minton 1949-56

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1950-2003 (may be Incomplete!)
Hugo L. Black 1937-71 Stanley F. Reed 1938-57 William O. Douglas 1939-75 Felix Frankfurter 1939-62 Robert H. Jackson 1941-54 Harold H. Burton 1945-58 Thomas Campbell Clark 1949-67 Sherman Minton 1949-56 John Marshall Harlan 1955-71 William J. Brennan, Jr. 1956-90 Charles Evans Whittaker 1957-62 Potter Stewart 1958-81 Arthur J. Goldberg 1962-65 Byron R. White 1962-93 Abe Fortas 1965-69 Thurgood Marshall 1967-91 Harry A. Blackmun 1970-94 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 1972-87 William H. Rehnquist 1972-86 John Paul Stevens 1975- Sandra Day O'Connor 1981- Antonin Scalia 1986- Anthony M. Kennedy 1988- David H. Souter 1990- Clarence Thomas 1991- Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1993- Stephen G. Breyer 1994-

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1801-1809 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1810-1819 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1820-1829 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1830-1839 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1840-1849 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1850-1859 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1860-1869 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1870-1879 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1880-1889 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1890-1899 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1900-1909 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1910-1919 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1920-1929 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1930-1939 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1940-1949 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1950-1959 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1960-1969 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1970-1979 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1980-1989 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1990-2002 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1789-1799 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1800-1809 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1810-1819 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1820-1829 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1830-1839 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1840-1849 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1850-1859 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1860-1869 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1870-1879 (may be Incomplete!)