The Constitution requires the president to submit nominations to the Senate for its advice and consent. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, presidents have submitted 163 nominations for the Court, including those for chief justice. Of this total, 126 were confirmed (7 declined to serve). This chart lists nominations officially submitted to the Senate.
Chief Justices
| Name | State Appointed From | Appointed by President | To Replace | Date Nominated | Date Senate Confirmed | Judicial Oath Taken | Date Service Terminated | Years of Service* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay | NY | Washington | New Seat | 9/24/1789 | 9/26/1789 | 10/19/1789 | 6/29/1795 | 6 |
| Rutledge, J. | SC | Washington | Jay | 7/1/1795 † | 12/15/1795 Rej. | 8/12/1795 | 12/15/1795 | 1 |
| Ellsworth | CT | Washington | Rutledge | 3/3/1796 | 3/4/1796 | 3/8/1796 | 12/15/1800 | 4 |
| Marshall, J. | VA | Adams, J. | Ellsworth | 1/20/1801 | 1/27/1801 | 2/4/1801 | 7/6/1835 | 34 |
| Taney | MD | Jackson | Marshall, J. | 12/28/1835 | 3/15/1836 | 3/28/1836 | 10/12/1864 | 28 |
| Chase, S.P. | OH | Lincoln | Taney | 12/6/1864 | 12/6/1864 | 12/15/1864 | 5/7/1873 | 8 |
| Waite | OH | Grant | Chase, S.P. | 1/19/1874 | 1/21/1874 | 3/4/1874 | 3/23/1888 | 14 |
| Fuller | IL | Cleveland | Waite | 4/30/1888 | 7/20/1888 | 10/8/1888 | 7/4/1910 | 22 |
| White, E. | LA | Taft | Fuller | 12/12/1910 | 12/12/1910 | 12/19/1910 | 5/19/1921 | 10 |
| Taft | CT | Harding | White, E. | 6/30/1921 | 6/30/1921 | 7/11/1921 | 2/3/1930 | 8 |
| Hughes | NY | Hoover | Taft | 2/3/1930 | 3/13/1930 | 2/24/1930 | 5/30/1941 | 11 |
| Stone | NY | Roosevelt, F. | Hughes | 6/12/1941 | 6/27/1941 | 7/3/1941 | 4/22/1946 | 5 |
| Vinson | KY | Truman | Stone | 6/6/1946 | 6/20/1946 | 6/24/1946 | 9/8/1953 | 7 |
| Warren | CA | Eisenhower | Vinson | 9/30/1953† | 3/1/1954 | 10/5/1953 | 6/23/1969 | 15 |
| Burger | VA | Nixon | Warren | 5/21/1969 | 6/9/1969 | 6/23/1969 | 9/26/1986 | 17 |
| Rehnquist | VA | Reagan | Burger | 6/20/1986 | 9/17/1986 | 9/26/1986 | 9/3/2005 | 18 |
| Roberts | MD | Bush, G.W. | Rehnquist | 9/6/2005 | 9/29/2005 | 9/29/2005 |
Associate Justices
| Name | State Appointed From | Appointed by President | To Replace | Date Nominated | Date Senate Confirmed | Judicial Oath Taken | Date Service Terminated | Years of Service* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing | MA | Washington | New Seat | 9/24/1789 | 9/26/1789 | 2/2/1790 | 9/13/1810 | 21 |
| Rutledge, J. | SC | Washington | New Seat | 9/24/1789 | 9/26/1789 | 2/15/1790 | 3/5/1791 | 1 |
| Wilson | PA | Washington | New Seat | 9/24/1789 | 9/26/1789 | 10/5/1789 | 8/21/1798 | 9 |
| Blair | VA | Washington | New Seat | 9/24/1789 | 9/26/1789 | 2/2/1790 | 1/27/1796 | 6 |
| Iredell | NC | Washington | New Seat | 2/8/1790 | 2/10/1790 | 5/12/1790 | 10/20/1799 | 9 |
| Johnson, T. | MD | Washington | Rutledge, J. | 8/5/1791 | 11/7/1791† | 9/19/1791 | 1/16/1793 | 1 |
| Paterson | NJ | Washington | Johnson, T. | 3/4/1793 | 3/4/1793 | 3/11/1793 | 9/9/1806 | 13 |
| Chase, S. | MD | Washington | Blair | 1/26/1796 | 1/27/1796 | 2/4/1796 | 6/19/1811 | 15 |
| Washington | VA | Adams, J. | Wilson | 12/19/1798† | 12/20/1798 | 11/9/1798 | 11/26/1829 | 31 |
| Moore | NC | Adams, J. | Iredell | 12/4/1799 | 12/10/1799 | 4/21/1800 | 1/26/1804 | 4 |
| Johnson, W. | SC | Jefferson | Moore | 3/22/1804 | 3/24/1804 | 5/7/1804 | 8/4/1834 | 30 |
| Livingston | NY | Jefferson | Paterson | 12/13/1806 | 12/17/1806 | 1/20/1807 | 2/17/1826 | 16 |
| Todd | KY | Jefferson | New Seat | 2/28/1807 | 3/2/1807 | 5/4/1807 | 2/7/1826 | 19 |
| Duvall | MD | Madison | Chase, S. | 11/15/1811 | 11/18/1811 | 11/23/1811 | 1/14/1835 | 23 |
| Story | MD | Madison | Cushing | 11/15/1811 | 11/18/1811 | 2/3/1812 | 9/10/1845 | 34 |
| Thompson | NY | Monroe | Livingston | 12/5/1823† | 12/9/1823 | 9/1/1823 | 12/18/1843 | 20 |
| Trimble | KY | Adams, J.Q. | Todd | 4/11/1826 | 5/9/1826 | 6/16/1826 | 8/25/1828 | 2 |
| McLean | OH | Jackson | Trimble | 3/6/1829 | 3/7/1829 | 3/12/1829 | 4/4/1861 | 32 |
| Baldwin | PA | Jackson | Washington | 1/4/1830 | 1/6/1830 | 1/18/1830 | 4/21/1844 | 14 |
| Wayne | GA | Jackson | Johnson, W. | 1/6/1835 | 1/9/1835 | 1/14/1835 | 7/5/1867 | 32 |
| Barbour | VA | Jackson | Duvall | 12/28/1835 | 3/15/1836 | 5/12/1836 | 2/25/1841 | 5 |
| Catron | TN | Van Buren | New Seat | 3/3/1837 | 3/8/1837 | 5/1/1837 | 5/30/1865 | 28 |
| McKinley | AK | Van Buren | New Seat | 9/18/1837 | 9/25/1837 | 1/9/1838 | 7/19/1852 | 15 |
| Daniel | VA | Van Buren | Barbour | 2/26/1841 | 3/2/1841 | 1/10/1842 | 5/31/1860 | 19 |
| Nelson | NY | Tyler | Thompson | 2/4/1845 | 2/14/1845 | 2/27/1845 | 11/28/1872 | 27 |
| Woodbury | NH | Polk | Story | 12/23/1845† | 1/3/1846 | 9/23/1845 | 9/4/1851 | 5 |
| Grier | PA | Polk | Baldwin | 3/3/1846 | 8/4/1846 | 8/10/1846 | 1/31/1870 | 23 |
| Curtis | MA | Fillmore | Woodbury | 12/11/1851 | 12/20/1851 | 10/10/1851 | 9/30/1857 | 5 |
| Campbell | AL | Pierce | McKinley | 3/21/1853 | 3/22/1853 | 4/11/1853 | 4/30/1861 | 8 |
| Clifford | ME | Buchanan | Curtis | 12/9/1857 | 1/12/1858 | 10/10/1858 | 7/25/1881 | 23 |
| Swayne | OH | Lincoln | McLean | 1/21/1862 | 1/24/1862 | 1/27/1862 | 1/24/1881 | 19 |
| Miller | IA | Lincoln | Daniel | 7/16/1862 | 7/21/1862 | 7/21/1862 | 10/13/1890 | 28 |
| Davis | IL | Lincoln | Campbell | 12/1/1862† | 12/8/1862 | 12/10/1862 | 3/4/1877 | 14 |
| Field | CA | Lincoln | New Seat | 3/6/1863 | 3/10/1863 | 5/20/1863 | 12/1/1897 | 34 |
| Strong | PA | Grant | Grier | 2/7/1870 | 3/21/1870 | 3/23/1870 | 1/22/1892 | 21 |
| Hunt | NY | Grant | Nelson | 12/31/1872 | 12/11/1872 | 1/9/1873 | 1/27/1882 | 9 |
| Harlan (I) | KY | Hayes | Davis | 10/16/1877 | 11/29/1877 | 12/10/1877 | 10/14/1911 | 34 |
| Woods | GA | Hayes | Strong | 12/15/1880 | 12/21/1880 | 1/5/1881 | 5/14/1887 | 6 |
| Matthews | OH | Garfield | Swayne | 3/14/1881 | 5/12/1881 | 5/17/1881 | 2/22/1889 | 7 |
| Gray | MA | Arthur | Clifford | 12/19/1881 | 12/20/1881 | 1/9/1882 | 9/15/1902 | 20 |
| Blatchford | NY | Arthur | Hunt | 3/13/1882 | 3/22/1882 | 4/3/1882 | 7/7/1893 | 11 |
| Lamar, L. | MS | Cleveland | Woods | 12/6/1888 | 1/16/1888 | 1/18/1888 | 1/23/1893 | 5 |
| Brewer | KS | Harrison, B. | Matthews | 12/4/1889 | 12/18/1889 | 1/6/1890 | 3/28/1910 | 20 |
| Brown | MI | Harrison, B. | Miller | 12/23/1890 | 12/29/1890 | 1/5/1891 | 5/28/1906 | 15 |
| Shiras | PA | Harrison, B. | Bradley | 7/19/1892 | 7/26/1982 | 10/10/1892 | 2/23/1903 | 10 |
| Jackson, H. | TN | Harrison, B. | Lamar, L. | 2/2/1893 | 2/18/1893 | 3/4/1893 | 8/8/1895 | 2 |
| White, E. | LA | Cleveland | Blatchford | 2/19/1894 | 2/19/1894 | 3/12/1894 | 12/18/1910* | 17 |
| Peckham | NY | Cleveland | Jackson, H. | 12/3/1895 | 12/8/1895 | 1/6/1896 | 10/24/1909 | 13 |
| McKenna | CA | McKinley | Field | 12/16/1897 | 1/21/1898 | 1/26/1898 | 1/5/1925 | 26 |
| Holmes | MA | Roosevelt, T. | Gray | 12/2/1902 | 12/4/1902 | 12/8/1902 | 1/12/1932 | 29 |
| Day | OH | Roosevelt, T. | Shiras | 1/29/1903 | 2/23/1903 | 3/2/1903 | 11/13/1922 | 19 |
| Moody | MA | Roosevelt, T. | Brown | 12/3/1906 | 12/12/1906 | 12/17/1906 | 11/20/1910 | 3 |
| Lurton | TN | Taft | Peckham | 12/13/1909 | 12/20/1909 | 1/2/1910 | 7/12/1914 | 4 |
| Hughes | NY | Taft | Brewer | 4/25/1910 | 5/2/1910 | 10/10/1910 | 6/10/1916 | 6 |
| Van Devanter | WY | Taft | White, E. | 12/12/1910 | 12/15/1910 | 1/3/1911 | 6/21/1937 | 26 |
| Lamar, J. | GA | Taft | Moody | 12/12/1910 | 12/15/1910 | 1/3/1911 | 1/2/1916 | 5 |
| Pitney | NJ | Taft | Harlan (I) | 2/19/1912 | 3/13/1912 | 3/18/1912 | 12/31/1922 | 10 |
| McReynolds | TN | Wilson | Lurton | 8/19/1914 | 8/29/1914 | 10/12/1914 | 1/31/1941 | 26 |
| Brandeis | MA | Wilson | Lamar, J. | 1/28/1916 | 6/1/1916 | 6/5/1916 | 2/13/1939 | 22 |
| Clarke | OH | Wilson | Hughes | 7/14/1916 | 7/24/1916 | 10/9/1916 | 9/18/1922 | 6 |
| Sutherland | UT | Harding | Clarke | 9/5/1922 | 9/5/1922 | 10/2/1922 | 1/17/1938 | 15 |
| Butler | MN | Harding | Day | 11/23/1922 | 12/21/1922 | 1/2/1923 | 11/16/1939 | 17 |
| Sanford | TN | Harding | Pitney | 1/24/1923 | 1/29/1923 | 2/19/1923 | 3/8/1930 | 7 |
| Stone | NY | Coolidge | McKenna | 1/5/1925 | 2/5/1925 | 3/2/1925 | 7/2/1941* | 16 |
| Roberts | PA | Hoover | Sanford | 5/9/1930 | 5/20/1930 | 6/2/1930 | 7/31/1945 | 15 |
| Cardozo | NY | Hoover | Holmes | 2/15/1932 | 2/24/1932 | 3/14/1932 | 7/9/1938 | 6 |
| Black | AL | Roosevelt, F. | Van Devanter | 8/12/1937 | 8/17/1937 | 8/19/1937 | 9/17/1971 | 34 |
| Reed | KY | Roosevelt, F. | Sutherland | 1/15/1938 | 1/25/1938 | 1/31/1938 | 2/25/1957 | 19 |
| Frankfurter | MA | Roosevelt, F. | Cardozo | 1/5/1939 | 1/17/1939 | 1/30/1939 | 8/28/1962 | 23 |
| Douglas | CT | Roosevelt, F. | Brandeis | 3/20/1939 | 4/4/1939 | 4/17/1939 | 11/12/1975 | 36 |
| Murphy | MI | Roosevelt, F. | Butler | 1/4/1940 | 1/16/1940 | 2/5/1940 | 7/19/1949 | 9 |
| Byrnes | SC | Roosevelt, F. | McReynolds | 6/12/1941 | 6/12/1941 | 7/8/1941 | 10/3/1942 | 1 |
| Jackson, R. | NY | Roosevelt, F. | Stone | 6/12/1941 | 7/7/1941 | 7/11/1941 | 10/9/1954 | 13 |
| Rutledge, W. | IA | Roosevelt, F. | Byrnes | 1/11/1943 | 2/8/1943 | 2/15/1943 | 9/10/1949 | 6 |
| Burton | OH | Truman | Roberts | 9/17/1945 | 9/19/1945 | 10/1/1945 | 10/13/1958 | 13 |
| Clark | TX | Truman | Murphy | 8/18/1949 | 8/18/1949 | 8/24/1949 | 6/12/1967 | 18 |
| Minton | IN | Truman | Rutledge, W. | 9/15/1949 | 10/4/1949 | 10/12/1949 | 10/15/1956 | 7 |
| Harlan (II) | NY | Eisenhower | Jackson, R. | 1/10/1955 | 3/16/1955 | 3/28/1955 | 9/23/1971 | 16 |
| Brennan | NJ | Eisenhower | Minton | 10/15/1956† | 3/19/1957 | 10/16/1956 | 7/20/1990 | 34 |
| Whittaker | MO | Eisenhower | Reed | 3/2/1957 | 3/19/1957 | 3/25/1957 | 3/31/1962 | 5 |
| Stewart | OH | Eisenhower | Burton | 10/14/1958† | 5/5/1959 | 10/14/1958 | 7/3/1981 | 22 |
| White, B. | CO | Kennedy | Whittaker | 3/30/1962 | 4/11/1962 | 4/16/1962 | 3/19/1993 | 30 |
| Goldberg | IL | Kennedy | Frankfurter | 8/29/1962 | 9/25/1962 | 10/1/1962 | 7/25/1965 | 3 |
| Fortas | TN | Johnson, L. | Goldberg | 7/28/1965 | 8/11/1965 | 10/4/1965 | 5/14/1969 | 4 |
| Marshall, T. | NY | Johnson, L. | Clark | 6/13/1967 | 8/30/1967 | 10/2/1967 | 6/27/1991 | 24 |
| Blackmun | MN | Nixon | Fortas | 4/14/1970 | 5/12/1970 | 6/9/1970 | 7/29/1994 | 24 |
| Rehnquist | AZ | Nixon | Harlan (II) | 10/21/1971 | 12/10/1971 | 1/6/1972 | 6/26/1987* | 15 |
| Stevens | IL | Ford | Douglas | 11/28/1975 | 12/17/1975 | 12/19/1975 | 7/29/2010 | 35 |
| O’Connor | AZ | Reagan | Stewart | 8/19/1981 | 9/21/1981 | 9/26/1981 | 1/31/2006 | 24 |
| Scalia | VA | Reagan | Rehnquist | 6/17/1986 | 9/17/1986 | 9/26/1986 | 2/13/2016 | 30 |
| Kennedy | CA | Reagan | Powell | 11/30/1987 | 2/3/1988 | 2/18/1988 | 7/31/2018 | 30 |
| Souter | NH | Bush, G.H.W. | Brennan | 7/23/1990 | 10/2/1990 | 10/9/1990 | 6/29/2009 | 19 |
| Thomas | VA | Bush, G.H.W. | Marshall, T. | 7/1/1991 | 10/15/1991 | 10/23/1991 | ||
| Ginsburg | NY | Clinton | White, B. | 6/14/1993 | 8/3/1993 | 8/10/1993 | 9/18/2020 | 27 |
| Breyer | MA | Clinton | Blackmun | 5/13/1994 | 7/29/1994 | 8/3/1994 | 6/30/2022 | 28 |
| Alito | NJ | Bush, G.W. | O’Connor | 11/10/2005 | 1/31/2006 | 1/31/2006 | ||
| Sotomayor | NY | Obama | Souter | 6/21/2009 | 8/6/2009 | 8/8/2009 | ||
| Kagan | MA | Obama | Stevens | 5/10/2010 | 8/5/2010 | 8/7/2010 | ||
| Gorsuch | CO | Trump | Scalia | 1/31/2017 | 4/7/2017 | 4/10/2017 | ||
| Kavanaugh | MD | Trump | Kennedy | 7/9/2018 | 10/6/2018 | 10/6/2018 | ||
| Barrett | IN | Trump | Ginsburg | 9/26/2020 | 10/26/2020 | 10/27/2020 | ||
| Jackson, K. | DC | Biden | Breyer | 2/25/2022 | 4/7/2022 | 6/30/2022 |