Justices of the Supreme Court Since 1900

Justice* / Term of Service / Years of Service / Life Span
Oliver W. Holmes / 1902–1932 / 30 / 1841–1935
William R. Day / 1903–1922 / 19 / 1849–1923
William H. Moody / 1906–1910 / 3 / 1853–1917
Horace H. Lurton / 1910–1914 / 4 / 1844–1914
Charles E. Hughes / 1910–1916 / 5 / 1862–1948
Willis Van Devanter / 1911–1937 / 26 / 1859–1941
Joseph R. Lamar / 1911–1916 / 5 / 1857–1916
Edward D. White / 1910–1921 / 11 / 1845–1921
Mahlon Pitney / 1912–1922 / 10 / 1858–1924
James C. McReynolds / 1914–1941 / 26 / 1862–1946
Louis D. Brandeis / 1916–1939 / 22 / 1856–1941
John H. Clarke / 1916–1922 / 6 / 1857–1930
William H. Taft / 1921–1930 / 8 / 1857–1945
George Sutherland / 1922–1938 / 15 / 1862–1942
Pierce Butler / 1922–1939 / 16 / 1866–1939
Edward T. Sandford / 1923–1930 / 7 / 1865–1930
Harlan F. Stone / 1925–1941 / 16 / 1872–1946
Charles E. Hughes / 1930–1941 / 11 / 1862–1948
Owen J. Roberts / 1930–1945 / 15 / 1875–1955
Benjamin N. Cardozo / 1932–1938 / 6 / 1870–1938
Hugo L. Black / 1937–1971 / 34 / 1886–1971
Stanley F. Reed / 1938–1957 / 19 / 1884–1980
Felix Frankfurter / 1939–1962 / 23 / 1882–1965
William O. Douglas / 1939–1975 / 36 / 1898–1980
Frank Murphy / 1940–1949 / 9 / 1890–1949
Harlan F. Stone / 1941–1946 / 5 / 1872–1946
James F. Byrnes / 1941–1942 / 1 / 1879–1972
Robert H. Jackson / 1941–1954 / 13 / 1892–1954
Wiley B. Rutledge / 1943–1949 / 6 / 1894–1949
Harold H. Burton / 1945–1958 / 13 / 1888–1964
Fred M. Vinson / 1946–1953 / 7 / 1890–1953
Tom C. Clark / 1949–1967 / 18 / 1899–1977
Sherman Minton / 1949–1956 / 7 / 1890–1965
Earl Warren / 1953–1969 / 16 / 1891–1974
John Marshall Harlan / 1955–1971 / 16 / 1899–1971
William J. Brennan, Jr. / 1956–1990 / 34 / 1906–1997
Charles E. Whittaker / 1957–1962 / 5 / 1901–1973
Potter Stewart / 1958–1981 / 23 / 1915–1985
Byron R. White / 1962–1993 / 31 / 1917–2002
Arthur J. Goldberg / 1962–1965 / 3 / 1908–1990
Abe Fortas / 1965–1969 / 4 / 1910–1982
Thurgood Marshall / 1967–1991 / 24 / 1908–1993
Warren E. Burger / 1969–1986 / 17 / 1907–1995
Harry A. Blackmun / 1970–1994 / 24 / 1908–1999
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. / 1972–1987 / 15 / 1907–1998
William H. Rehnquist / 1972–1986 / 14 / 1924–2005
John P. Stevens / 1975– / — / 1920–
Sandra Day O’Connor / 1981–2006 / 25 / 1930–
William H. Rehnquist / 1986–2005 / 19 / 1924–2005
Antonin Scalia / 1986– / — / 1936–
Anthony M. Kennedy / 1988– / — / 1936–
David H. Souter / 1990– / — / 1939–
Clarence Thomas / 1991– / — / 1948–
Ruth Bader Ginsburg / 1993– / — / 1933–
Stephen G. Breyer / 1994– / — / 1938–
John G. Roberts, Jr. / 1955– / — / 2005–
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. / 1950– / — / 2006–

* The names of chief justices are printed in italic type.