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Supreme Court of the United States

Main article: Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States § Jewish justices
Justice State[a] Position Succeeded Date confirmed
(Vote) 		Tenure Tenure length[b] Nominated by
67 Louis Brandeis
(1856–1941) 		KY Associate
Justice 		J. Lamar June 1, 1916
(47–22) 		June 5, 1916
–
February 13, 1939
(Retired) 		22 years, 253 days Woodrow Wilson
75 Benjamin N. Cardozo
(1870–1938) 		NY Associate
Justice 		Holmes February 24, 1932
(Acclamation) 		March 14, 1932
–
July 9, 1938
(Died) 		6 years, 117 days Herbert Hoover
78 Felix Frankfurter
(1882–1965) 		MA Associate
Justice 		Cardozo January 17, 1939
(Acclamation) 		January 30, 1939
–
August 28, 1962
(Retired) 		23 years, 210 days Franklin D. Roosevelt
94 Arthur Goldberg
(1908–1990) 		IL Associate
Justice 		Frankfurter September 25, 1962
(Acclamation) 		October 1, 1962
–
July 25, 1965
(Resigned) 		2 years, 300 days John F. Kennedy
95 Abe Fortas
(1910–1982) 		TN Associate
Justice 		Goldberg August 11, 1965
(Acclamation) 		October 4, 1965
–
May 14, 1969
(Resigned) 		3 years, 222 days Lyndon B. Johnson
107 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(1933–2020) 		NY Associate
Justice 		B. White August 3, 1993
(96–3) 		August 10, 1993
–
September 18, 2020
(Died) 		27 years, 39 days Bill Clinton
108 Stephen Breyer
(born 1938) 		MA Associate
Justice 		Blackmun July 29, 1994
(87–9) 		August 3, 1994
–
June 30, 2022
(Retired) 		27 years, 331 days
112 Elena Kagan
(born 1960) 		MA Associate
Justice 		Stevens August 5, 2010
(63–37) 		August 7, 2010
–
Incumbent 		14 years, 110 days[c] Barack Obama

United States courts of appeals

# Judge Circuit State Began active
service 		Ended active
service 		Ended senior
status 		Reason for
termination 		Appointed by
1 Julian Mack[2][3] Second IL July 1, 1929 September 6, 1940 September 5, 1943 death Taft
Sixth July 1, 1929 June 30, 1930 — reassigned solely to Second Cir.
Seventh January 31, 1911 July 1, 1929 — reassigned to Second Cir. and Sixth Cir.
2 Julius Marshuetz Mayer[4] Second NY October 5, 1921 July 31, 1924 — resignation Harding
3 Jerome Frank[5] Second NY March 27, 1941 January 13, 1957 — death F. Roosevelt
4 Harry Ellis Kalodner[5] Third PA July 27, 1946 October 3, 1969 March 15, 1977 death Truman
5 David L. Bazelon[6] D.C. DC October 21, 1949 June 30, 1979 February 19, 1993 death Truman
6 Simon Sobeloff[7] Fourth MD July 18, 1956 December 31, 1970 July 11, 1973 death Eisenhower
7 Phillip Forman[8] Third NJ September 10, 1959 March 31, 1961 August 17, 1978 death Eisenhower
8 Irving Kaufman[9] Second NY September 22, 1961 July 1, 1987 February 1, 1992 death Kennedy
9 Abraham Lincoln Freedman[5] Third PA July 2, 1964 March 13, 1971 — death Johnson
10 Harold Leventhal[5] D.C. DC April 7, 1965 November 20, 1979 — death Johnson
11 Wilfred Feinberg[10] Second NY March 7, 1966 January 31, 1991 July 31, 2014 death Johnson
12 Irving Loeb Goldberg Fifth TX July 22, 1966 January 31, 1980 February 11, 1995 death Johnson
13 Leonard I. Garth[5] Third NJ August 6, 1973 June 30, 1986 September 22, 2016 death Nixon
14 Murray Gurfein[11] Second NY August 27, 1974 December 16, 1979 — death Ford
15 Alvin Benjamin Rubin[12] Fifth LA September 19, 1977 July 1, 1989 June 11, 1991 death Carter
16 Phyllis A. Kravitch[13] Fifth GA March 23, 1979 October 1, 1981 — reassigned to Eleventh Cir. Carter
Eleventh October 1, 1981 December 31, 1996 June 15, 2017 death
17 Jon O. Newman[14] Second CT June 12, 1979 July 1, 1997 — — Carter
18 Dolores Sloviter Third PA June 21, 1979 June 21, 2013 — — Carter
19 Abner Mikva[15] D.C. DC September 26, 1979 September 19, 1994 — resignation Carter
20 Harry Pregerson[16] Ninth CA November 2, 1979 December 11, 2015 November 25, 2017 death Carter
21 Ruth Bader Ginsburg D.C. DC June 30, 1980 August 9, 1993 — elevation to Supreme Court Carter
22 Stephen Breyer First MA December 10, 1980 August 3, 1994 — elevation to Supreme Court Carter
23 Richard Posner[17] Seventh IL December 1, 1981 September 2, 2017 — retirement Reagan
24 Edward R. Becker[18] Third PA December 3, 1981 May 4, 2003 May 19, 2006 death Reagan
25 Joel Flaum[10] Seventh IL May 5, 1983 November 30, 2020 — — Reagan
26 Pauline Newman[citation needed] Federal DC February 28, 1984 Incumbent — — Reagan
27 Roger Miner[19] Second NY July 22, 1985 January 1, 1997 February 18, 2012 death Reagan
28 Laurence Silberman[20] D.C. DC October 28, 1985 November 1, 2000 October 2, 2022 death Reagan
29 Alex Kozinski[21] Ninth CA November 7, 1985 December 18, 2017 — resignation Reagan
30 Douglas H. Ginsburg[5] D.C. DC October 14, 1986 October 14, 2011 — — Reagan
31 Bruce M. Selya[22] First RI October 14, 1986 December 31, 2006 — — Reagan
32 Morton Ira Greenberg[23] Third NJ March 23, 1987 June 30, 2000 January 28, 2021 death Reagan
33 Edward Leavy[24] Ninth OR March 23, 1987 May 19, 1997 March 12, 2023 death Reagan
34 Robert Cowen Third NJ November 9, 1987 September 4, 1998 — — Reagan
35 Jacques L. Wiener Jr. Fifth LA March 12, 1990 September 30, 2010 — — G.H.W. Bush
36 Andrew Kleinfeld[25] Ninth AK September 16, 1991 June 12, 2010 — — G.H.W. Bush
37 Michael Boudin[26] First MA May 26, 1992 June 1, 2013 December 15, 2021 retirement G.H.W. Bush
38 Norman H. Stahl[27] First NH June 30, 1992 April 16, 2001 April 8, 2023 death G.H.W. Bush
39 Ilana Rovner Seventh IL August 17, 1992 Incumbent — — G.H.W. Bush
40 Guido Calabresi[28] Second CT July 21, 1994 July 21, 2009 — — Clinton
41 Merrick Garland[29] D.C. DC March 20, 1997 March 11, 2021 — resignation Clinton
42 Barry G. Silverman[30] Ninth AZ February 4, 1998 October 11, 2016 — — Clinton
43 Susan P. Graber[31] Ninth OR April 1, 1998 December 15, 2021 — — Clinton
44 Rosemary S. Pooler Second NY June 3, 1998 March 23, 2022 August 10, 2023 death Clinton
45 Robert D. Sack[32] Second NY June 16, 1998 August 6, 2009 — — Clinton
46 Robert Katzmann[33] Second NY July 14, 1999 January 21, 2021 June 9, 2021 death Clinton
47 Ronald M. Gould[34] Ninth WA November 22, 1999 Incumbent — — Clinton
48 Sharon Prost[35] Federal DC September 24, 2001 Incumbent — — G.W. Bush
49 Michael Chertoff[36] Third NJ June 10, 2003 February 15, 2005 — resignation G.W. Bush
50 Sandra Segal Ikuta Ninth CA June 23, 2006 Incumbent — — G.W. Bush
51 Helene White Sixth MI August 8, 2008 June 13, 2022 — — G.W. Bush
52 Evan Wallach Federal DC November 18, 2011 May 31, 2021 — — Obama
53 Andrew D. Hurwitz[37] Ninth AZ June 27, 2012 October 3, 2022 — — Obama
54 Robert E. Bacharach Tenth OK February 28, 2013 Incumbent — — Obama
55 Patty Shwartz[38] Third NJ April 10, 2013 Incumbent — — Obama
56 Michelle Friedland[39] Ninth CA April 29, 2014 Incumbent — — Obama
57 David J. Barron[40][41] First MA May 23, 2014 Incumbent — — Obama
58 Robin S. Rosenbaum[42] Eleventh FL June 2, 2014 Incumbent — — Obama
59 Pamela Harris[43] Fourth MD July 29, 2014 Incumbent — — Obama
60 David Stras[44] Eighth MN January 31, 2018 Incumbent — — Trump
61 Neomi Rao[45] D.C. DC March 18, 2019 Incumbent — — Trump
62 Daniel Bress Ninth CA July 26, 2019 Incumbent — — Trump
63 Steven Menashi[46][47] Second NY November 14, 2019 Incumbent — — Trump
64 Robert J. Luck[48] Eleventh FL November 19, 2019 Incumbent — — Trump
65 Veronica S. Rossman[49] Tenth CO September 28, 2021 Incumbent — — Biden
66 Alison Nathan[50] Second NY March 30, 2022 Incumbent — — Biden
67 Julie Rikelman[51] First MA June 23, 2023 Incumbent — — Biden
68 Rachel Bloomekatz[52] Sixth OH July 20, 2023 Incumbent — — Biden
69 Nicole Berner[53] Fourth MD March 19, 2024 Incumbent — — Biden

United States district courts

Solicitors general

U.S. attorneys general

Confederate attorneys general

U.S. attorneys

White House Counsel

State supreme court justices

State attorneys general

State Attorney
General 		Name Party Assumed office Term expires
New York Simon W. Rosendale[156] Democratic January 1, 1892 December 31, 1893
Maryland Isidor Rayner[157] Democratic 1899 1903
Maryland Isaac Lobe Straus[55] Democratic 1907 1911
New York Carl Sherman[158] Democratic January 1, 1923 December 31, 1924
New York Albert Ottinger[159] Republican January 1, 1925 December 31, 1928
Ohio Gilbert Bettman[55] Republican January 14, 1929 January 12, 1933
New Jersey David T. Wilentz[160] Democratic 1934 1944
New York Nathaniel L. Goldstein[55] Republican January 1, 1943 December 31, 1954
Delaware H. Albert Young[161] Independent 1951 1955
Massachusetts George Fingold[162] Republican January 8, 1953 August 31, 1958
New York Jacob Javits[55] Republican January 1, 1955 January 9, 1957
New York Louis J. Lefkowitz[55] Republican January 10, 1957 December 31, 1978
California Stanley Mosk[55] Democratic January 5, 1959 1964
New Hampshire Warren Rudman[55] Republican 1970 1976
Rhode Island Richard J. Israel[55] Republican January 5, 1971 January 7, 1975
Florida Robert L. Shevin[55] Democratic January 5, 1971 January 2, 1979
Vermont M. Jerome Diamond[55] Democratic 1975 1981
Rhode Island Julius C. Michaelson[55] Democratic January 7, 1975 January 2, 1979
New York Robert Abrams[55] Democratic January 1, 1979 December 31, 1993
Maryland Stephen H. Sachs[55] Democratic January 17, 1979 January 21, 1987
Connecticut Joe Lieberman[55] Democratic January 5, 1983 January 3, 1989
Connecticut Richard Blumenthal[55] Democratic January 9, 1991 January 5, 2011
Ohio Lee Fisher[55] Democratic January 14, 1991 January 9, 1995
New York Oliver Koppell[163] Democratic January 1, 1993 December 31, 1994
Rhode Island Jeffrey B. Pine[55] Republican January 5, 1993 January 2, 1999
New Jersey Deborah Poritz[164] Republican 1994 1996
New York Eliot Spitzer[55] Democratic January 17, 2007 January 21, 2015
New Jersey David Sampson[165] Unaffiliated January 15, 2002 February 15, 2003
New Jersey Stuart Rabner[166] Democratic September 26, 2006 June 26, 2007
Maryland Doug Gansler[167] Democratic January 17, 2007 January 21, 2015
Louisiana Buddy Caldwell[168] Democratic January 14, 2008 February 2, 2011
Republican February 2, 2011 January 11, 2016
New York Eric Schneiderman[169] Democratic January 1, 2011 May 8, 2018
Arizona Tom Horne[170] Republican January 3, 2011 January 5, 2015
Georgia Sam Olens[171] Republican January 10, 2011 November 1, 2016
Oregon Ellen Rosenblum[172] Democratic June 29, 2012 Incumbent
Delaware Matthew Denn[173] Democratic January 6, 2015 January 1, 2019
Maryland Brian Frosh[174] Democratic January 21, 2015 Incumbent
North Carolina Josh Stein[175] Democratic January 1, 2017 Incumbent
Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro[176] Democratic January 17, 2017 January 17, 2023
Michigan Dana Nessel[177] Democratic January 1, 2019 Incumbent
Colorado Phil Weiser[178] Democratic January 8, 2019 Incumbent

Scholars

Public figures

See also

Notes

  1. ^ State of residence at the time of appointment. For example, in 1971, Rehnquist was appointed from Arizona, but in 1986, when elevated to chief justice, he was appointed from Virginia.[1]
  2. ^ The start date given for each justice is the day the justice took the prescribed judicial oath of office, with the end date being the date of the justice's death, resignation, or retirement.[1]
  3. ^ As of November 25, 2024.

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