List of United States Supreme Court Justices by time in office

13,358 days William O. Douglas from 1939 to 1975

12,614 days Stephen Johnson Field from 1863 to 1897

12,611 days John Paul Stevens from 1975 to 2010

12,570 days John Marshall from 1801 to 1835

12,447 days Hugo Black from 1937 to 1971

12,360 days John Marshall Harlan from 1877 to 1911

1,028 days Arthur Goldberg from 1962 to 1965

887 days Howell Edmunds Jackson from 1893 to 1895

801 days Robert Trimble from 1826 to 1828

563 days John Rutledge from 1790 to 1791 and in 1795

452 days James F. Byrnes from 1941 to 1942

163 days Thomas Johnson from 1792 to 1793

A total of 112 Justices have served on the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest judicial body in the United States. Justices have life tenure, and so serve until they die in office, resign or retire, or are impeached and removed from office (which has never happened; the one impeached Justice was acquitted). The longest-serving member of the current court is Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, with a term to date of 10,306 days (28 years). For the 103 non-incumbent justices, the mean length of service was 6,112 days (16.7 years) with a standard deviation of 3,620 days (9.9 years). The median length of service was 5,740 days (15.7 years). Their period of service ranges from William O. Douglas's 13,358 days (36 years) on the Court to the 163–day tenure of Thomas Johnson.

A nominee who was confirmed by the United States Senate but declined to serve, such as Robert H. Harrison, or who died before taking his seat, such as Edwin M. Stanton, is not considered to have served as a Justice.^[1][2] The Term Start date is the day the Justice took the oath of office,^[1] with the Term End date being the date of the Justice's death, resignation, or retirement.^[1] A highlighted row indicates that the Justice is currently serving on the Court.^[3]

Justices

*Chief Justice
^†Term as Associate Justice and Chief Justice combined

Rank by length of term	Justice	Term in days	Term Start[1]	Term End[1]
1	Douglas, William O.William O. Douglas	13,358	April 17, 1939	November 12, 1975
2	Field, Stephen JohnsonStephen Johnson Field	12,614	May 20, 1863	December 1, 1897
3	Stevens, John PaulJohn Paul Stevens	12,611	December 19, 1975	June 29, 2010
4	Marshall, JohnJohn Marshall*	12,570	February 4, 1801	July 6, 1835
5	Black, HugoHugo Black	12,447	August 19, 1937	September 17, 1971
6	Harlan, John MarshallJohn Marshall Harlan	12,360	December 10, 1877	October 14, 1911
7	Brennan, Jr., William J.William J. Brennan, Jr.	12,330	October 16, 1956	July 20, 1990
8	Rehnquist, WilliamWilliam Rehnquist*	12,293^†	January 7, 1972	September 3, 2005^†
9	Story, JosephJoseph Story	12,273	February 3, 1812	September 10, 1845
10	Wayne, James MooreJames Moore Wayne	11,860	January 14, 1835	July 5, 1867
11	McLean, JohnJohn McLean	11,406	January 11, 1830	April 4, 1861
12	White, ByronByron White	11,396	April 16, 1962	June 28, 1993
13	Washington, BushrodBushrod Washington	11,252	February 4, 1799	November 26, 1829
14	Johnson, WilliamWilliam Johnson	11,046	May 7, 1804	August 4, 1834
15	Scalia, AntoninAntonin Scalia	10,732	September 26, 1986	February 13, 2016
16	Holmes, Oliver WendellOliver Wendell Holmes	10,627	December 8, 1902	January 12, 1932
17	Taney, Roger B.Roger B. Taney*	10,425	March 28, 1836	October 12, 1864
18	Miller, Samuel FreemanSamuel Freeman Miller	10,311	July 21, 1862	October 13, 1890
19	Kennedy, AnthonyAnthony Kennedy	10,306	February 18, 1988	Incumbent
20	Catron, JohnJohn Catron	10,256	May 1, 1837	May 30, 1865
21	Nelson, SamuelSamuel Nelson	10,136	February 27, 1845	November 28, 1872
22	White, Edward DouglassEdward Douglass White*	9,929^†	March 12, 1894	May 19, 1921^†
23	McKenna, JosephJoseph McKenna	9,840	January 26, 1898	January 5, 1925
24	Van Devanter, WillisWillis Van Devanter	9,647	January 3, 1911	June 2, 1937
25	McReynolds, James ClarkJames Clark McReynolds	9,608	October 12, 1914	January 31, 1941
26	Thomas, ClarenceClarence Thomas	8,963	October 23, 1991	Incumbent
27	O'Connor, Sandra DaySandra Day O'Connor	8,894	September 25, 1981	January 31, 2006
28	Blackmun, HarryHarry Blackmun	8,821	June 9, 1970	August 3, 1994
29	Marshall, ThurgoodThurgood Marshall	8,765	October 2, 1967	October 1, 1991
30	Frankfurter, FelixFelix Frankfurter	8,611	January 30, 1939	August 28, 1962
31	Clifford, NathanNathan Clifford	8,586	January 21, 1858	July 25, 1881
32	Grier, Robert CooperRobert Cooper Grier	8,575	August 10, 1846	January 31, 1870
33	Duvall, GabrielGabriel Duvall	8,453	November 23, 1811	January 14, 1835
34	Ginsburg, Ruth BaderRuth Bader Ginsburg	8,306	August 10, 1993	Incumbent
35	Stewart, PotterPotter Stewart	8,298	October 14, 1958	July 3, 1981
36	Brandeis, LouisLouis Brandeis	8,288	June 5, 1916	February 13, 1939
37	Bradley, Joseph P.Joseph P. Bradley	7,975	March 23, 1870	January 22, 1892
38	Breyer, StephenStephen Breyer	7,948	August 3, 1994	Incumbent
39	Fuller, MelvilleMelville Fuller*	7,938	October 8, 1888	July 4, 1910
40	Stone, Harlan F.Harlan F. Stone*	7,721^†	March 2, 1925	April 22, 1946^†
41	Gray, HoraceHorace Gray	7,553	January 9, 1882	September 15, 1902
42	Cushing, WilliamWilliam Cushing	7,527	February 2, 1790	September 13, 1810
43	Thompson, SmithSmith Thompson	7,413	September 1, 1823	December 18, 1843
44	Brewer, David JosiahDavid Josiah Brewer	7,385	January 6, 1890	March 28, 1910
45	Day, William R.William R. Day	7,196	March 2, 1903	November 13, 1922
46	Reed, Stanley FormanStanley Forman Reed	6,965	January 31, 1938	February 25, 1957
47	Swayne, Noah HaynesNoah Haynes Swayne	6,937	January 27, 1862	January 24, 1881
48	Todd, ThomasThomas Todd	6,854	May 4, 1807	February 7, 1826
49	Souter, DavidDavid Souter	6,838	October 9, 1990	June 29, 2009
50	Daniel, Peter VivianPeter Vivian Daniel	6,716	January 10, 1842	May 31, 1860
51	Clark, Tom C.Tom C. Clark	6,501	August 24, 1949	June 12, 1967
52	Burger, Warren E.Warren E. Burger*	6,304	June 23, 1969	September 26, 1986
53	Hughes, Charles EvansCharles Evans Hughes*	6,214^†	October 10, 1910 February 24, 1930*	June 10, 1916 June 30, 1941*
54	Butler, PiercePierce Butler	6,162	January 2, 1923	November 16, 1939
55	Harlan II, John MarshallJohn Marshall Harlan II	6,023	March 28, 1955	September 23, 1971
56	Livingston, Henry BrockholstHenry Brockholst Livingston	5,901	January 20, 1807	March 18, 1823
57	Warren, EarlEarl Warren*	5,740	October 5, 1953	June 23, 1969
58	Powell, Lewis FranklinLewis Franklin Powell	5,649	January 7, 1972	June 26, 1987
59	Brown, Henry BillingsHenry Billings Brown	5,621	January 5, 1891	May 28, 1906
60	Chase, SamuelSamuel Chase	5,613	February 4, 1796	June 19, 1811
61	Sutherland, GeorgeGeorge Sutherland	5,586	October 2, 1922	January 17, 1938
62	Roberts, OwenOwen Roberts	5,538	June 2, 1930	July 31, 1945
63	McKinley, JohnJohn McKinley	5,305	January 9, 1838	July 19, 1852
64	Baldwin, HenryHenry Baldwin	5,207	January 18, 1830	April 21, 1844
65	Davis, DavidDavid Davis	5,198	December 10, 1862	March 4, 1877
66	Waite, MorrisonMorrison Waite*	5,133	March 4, 1874	March 23, 1888
67	Peckham, Rufus WheelerRufus Wheeler Peckham	5,039	January 6, 1896	October 24, 1909
68	Paterson, WilliamWilliam Paterson	4,929	March 11, 1793	September 9, 1806
69	Jackson, Robert H.Robert H. Jackson	4,838	July 11, 1941	October 9, 1954
70	Burton, Harold HitzHarold Hitz Burton	4,760	October 1, 1945	October 13, 1958
71	Blatchford, SamuelSamuel Blatchford	4,113	April 3, 1882	July 7, 1893
72	Pitney, MahlonMahlon Pitney	3,940	March 18, 1912	December 31, 1922
73	Strong, WilliamWilliam Strong	3,928	March 14, 1870	December 14, 1880
74	Roberts, JohnJohn Roberts*	3,873	September 29, 2005	Incumbent
75	Shiras, Jr., GeorgeGeorge Shiras, Jr.	3,787	October 10, 1892	February 23, 1903
76	Alito, SamuelSamuel Alito	3,749	January 31, 2006	Incumbent
77	Murphy, FrankFrank Murphy	3,452	February 5, 1940	July 19, 1949
78	Iredell, JamesJames Iredell	3,448	May 12, 1790	October 20, 1799
79	Hunt, WardWard Hunt	3,305	January 9, 1873	January 27, 1882
80	Wilson, JamesJames Wilson	3,242	October 5, 1789	August 21, 1798
81	Taft, William HowardWilliam Howard Taft*	3,129	July 11, 1921	February 3, 1930
82	Chase, Salmon P.Salmon P. Chase*	3,065	December 15, 1864	May 7, 1873
83	Campbell, John ArchibaldJohn Archibald Campbell	2,941	April 11, 1853	April 30, 1861
84	Matthews, StanleyStanley Matthews	2,866	May 17, 1881	March 22, 1889
85	Vinson, Fred M.Fred M. Vinson*	2,633	June 24, 1946	September 8, 1953
86	Sanford, Edward TerryEdward Terry Sanford	2,574	February 19, 1923	March 8, 1930
87	Minton, ShermanSherman Minton	2,560	October 12, 1949	October 15, 1956
88	Sotomayor, SoniaSonia Sotomayor	2,464	August 8, 2009	Incumbent
89	Rutledge, Wiley BlountWiley Blount Rutledge	2,399	February 15, 1943	September 10, 1949
90	Woods, William BurnhamWilliam Burnham Woods	2,320	January 5, 1881	May 14, 1887
91	Cardozo, Benjamin N.Benjamin N. Cardozo	2,308	March 14, 1932	July 9, 1938
92	Curtis, Benjamin RobbinsBenjamin Robbins Curtis	2,182	October 10, 1851	September 30, 1857
93	Woodbury, LeviLevi Woodbury	2,172	September 23, 1845	September 4, 1851
94	Clarke, John HessinJohn Hessin Clarke	2,170	October 9, 1916	September 18, 1922
95	Kagan, ElenaElena Kagan	2,100	August 7, 2010	Incumbent
96	Blair, JohnJohn Blair	2,091	February 2, 1790	October 25, 1795
97	Jay, JohnJohn Jay*	2,079	October 19, 1789	June 29, 1795
98 (tie)	Lamar, Lucius Quintus CincinnatusLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar	1,832	January 18, 1888	January 23, 1893
98 (tie)	Whittaker, Charles EvansCharles Evans Whittaker	1,832	March 25, 1957	March 31, 1962
100	Lamar, Joseph RuckerJoseph Rucker Lamar	1,825	January 3, 1911	January 2, 1916
101	Barbour, Philip PendletonPhilip Pendleton Barbour	1,750	May 12, 1836	February 25, 1841
102	Ellsworth, OliverOliver Ellsworth*	1,742	March 8, 1796	December 15, 1800
103	Lurton, Horace HarmonHorace Harmon Lurton	1,651	January 3, 1910	July 12, 1914
104	Moody, William HenryWilliam Henry Moody	1,434	December 17, 1906	November 20, 1910
105	Moore, AlfredAlfred Moore	1,375	April 21, 1800	January 26, 1804
106	Fortas, AbeAbe Fortas	1,318	October 4, 1965	May 14, 1969
107	Goldberg, ArthurArthur Goldberg	1,028	October 1, 1962	July 25, 1965
108	Jackson, Howell EdmundsHowell Edmunds Jackson	887	March 4, 1893	August 8, 1895
109	Trimble, RobertRobert Trimble	801	June 16, 1826	August 25, 1828
110	Rutledge, JohnJohn Rutledge*	563^†	February 15, 1790 July 1, 1795*	March 5, 1791 December 28, 1795*
111	Byrnes, James F.James F. Byrnes	452	July 8, 1941	October 3, 1942
112	Johnson, ThomasThomas Johnson	163	August 6, 1792	January 16, 1793

See also

• List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
• List of law schools attended by United States Supreme Court Justices
• List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by seat
• List of Chief Justices of the United States by time in office

References

1. "Members of the Supreme Court from the Supreme Court of the United States" (PDF). Official website of the Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
2. Stanton took the oath of office on his death bed, but according to the Supreme Court Historical Society, he never took "the necessary steps toward becoming a Member of the Court."
3. "Judges of the United States Courts". Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2007.