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Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

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  • Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (R) on May 23, 1969
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 74-3 vote on June 9, 1969
  • Republican from Virginia
  • Replaced Chief Justice Earl Warren (R) from California
  • Previously a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia), 1956-59
  • Retired on September 26, 1986

Justice Hugo L. Black

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  • Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) on August 12, 1937
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 63-16 vote on August 17, 1937
  • Democrat from Alabama
  • Replaced Willis Van Devanter (R) from Wyoming
  • Previously a U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1927-37
  • Retired on September 17, 1971

Justice William O. Douglas

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  • Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) on March 20, 1939
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 62-4 vote on April 4, 1939
  • Democrat from Connecticut
  • Replaced Louis D. Brandeis (R) from Massachusetts
  • Previously member and chair of the Security and Exchange Commission, 1936-39
  • Retired on November 12, 1975

Justice John M. Harlan

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  • Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) on November 11, 1954 as a recess appointment; subsequently appointed on January 10, 1955
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 71-11 vote on March 16, 1955
  • Replaced Robert Jackson (D) from New York
  • Previously a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit), 1954-55
  • Retired on September 23, 1971

Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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  • Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) on October 15, 1956 as a recess appointment; subsequently appointed on January 14, 1957
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a voice vote on March 19, 1957
  • Replaced Sherman Minton (D) from Indiana
  • Previously a judge on the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1952-56
  • Retired on July 20, 1990

Justice Potter Stewart

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  • Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) on October 14, 1958 as a recess appointment; subsequently appointed on January 17, 1959
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 70-17 vote on May 5, 1959
  • Replaced Harold Burton (R) from Ohio
  • Previously a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals (6th Circuit), 1954-58
  • Retired on July 3, 1981

Justice Byron R. White

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  • Appointed by John F. Kennedy (D) on April 3, 1962
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a voice vote on April 11, 1962
  • Replaced Charles Whittaker (R) from Missouri
  • Previously a U.S. deputy attorney general, 1961-62
  • Retired on June 28, 1993

Justice Thurgood Marshall

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  • Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (D) on June 13, 1967
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 69-11 vote on August 30, 1967
  • Democrat from New York
  • Replaced Tom C. Clark (D) from Texas
  • Previously the U.S. solicitor general, 1965-67
  • Retired on October 1, 1991

Justice Harry A. Blackmun

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  • Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (R) on April 15, 1970
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 94-0 vote on May 12, 1970
  • Republican from Minnesota
  • Replaced Abe Fortas (D) from Tennessee
  • Previously a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit), 1959-70
  • Retired on August 3, 1994

Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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  • Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (R) on October 22, 1971
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 89-1 vote on December 6, 1971
  • Democrat from Virginia
  • Replaced Hugo L. Black (D) from Alabama
  • Previously a lawyer in private practice
  • Retired on June 26, 1987

Justice William H. Rehnquist

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  • Appointed associate Justice by Richard M. Nixon (R) on October 22, 1971
  • Confirmed as associate Justice by the Senate on a 68-26 vote on December 10, 1971
  • Republican from Arizona
  • Replaced John M. Harlan (R) from New York
  • Previously a U.S. assistant attorney general, 1969-71
  • Appointed chief Justice by Ronald Reagan (R) on June 20, 1986
  • Confirmed as chief Justice by the Senate on a 65-33 vote on September 17, 1986
  • Replaced Warren E. Burger (R) from Virginia
  • Died on September 3, 2005

Justice John Paul Stevens

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  • Appointed by Gerald R. Ford (R) on November 28, 1975
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 98-0 vote on December 17, 1975
  • Republican from Illinois
  • Replaced William O. Douglas (D) from Connecticut
  • Previously a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit), 1970-75
  • Retired on June 29, 2010

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

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  • Appointed by Ronald Reagan (R) on August 19, 1981
  • Confirmed by the Senate on a 99-0 vote on September 21, 1981
  • Republican from Arizona
  • Replaced Potter Stewart (R) from Ohio
  • Previously a judge on the Arizona Appeals Court, 1979-81
  • Retired on January 31, 2006

Source: Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, Harold J. Spaeth, and Thomas G. Walker. 2007. The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments. Fourth ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press.