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Hugo Black
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Political Leader / 1886 - 1971
Hugo Black is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential Supreme Court justices of the 20th century.
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(1886-1971)
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Political Leader
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Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court Justice / 1908 - 1999
Harry Blackmun was the 98th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, known for his landmark ruling in the case of Roe v. Wade.
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(1908-1999)
Supreme Court Justice
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Louis Brandeis
Supreme Court Justice / 1856 - 1941
Louis Brandeis was the first Jew to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. His decisions affirmed individual liberty and privacy and opposed unchecked governmental power.
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(1856-1941)
Supreme Court Justice
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
Supreme Court Justice / 1906 - 1997
William J. Brennan was an attorney who rose to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he served for 34 years.
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(1906-1997)
Supreme Court Justice
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Warren Burger
Supreme Court Justice / 1907 - 1995
Warren Burger was the 15th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after being nominated by President Richard Nixon.
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(1907-1995)
Supreme Court Justice
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Benjamin Cardozo
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Journalist / 1870 - 1938
Benjamin Cardozo, a Supreme Court Justice appointed by Herbert Hoover in 1932, helped found the American Law Institute and uphold Social Security.
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(1870-1938)
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Journalist
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Salmon P. Chase
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor, Government Official / 1808 - 1873
As Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, Salmon P. Chase implemented the National Banking Act and was the sixth chief justice of the Supreme Court.
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(1808-1873)
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor, Government Official
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Tom C Clark
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice / 1899 - 1977
Appointed Attorney General by President Harry Truman, Tom C. Clark went on to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
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(1899-1977)
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice
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William O. Douglas
Educator, Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official / 1898 - 1980
William O. Douglas was a government official who in 1939 became the second youngest Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.
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(1898-1980)
Educator, Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official
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Abe Fortas
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice / 1910 - 1982
Nominated to replace Earl Warren as chief justice in 1968, Abe Fortas became the first nominee for that post since 1795 to fail to win Senate approval.
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(1910-1982)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
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Felix Frankfurter
Educator, Scholar, Supreme Court Justice / 1882 - 1965
Associate Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter was a noted law scholar, who was the high court's leading exponent of the doctrine of judicial self-restraint.
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(1882-1965)
Educator, Scholar, Supreme Court Justice
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Melville Fuller
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice / 1833 - 1910
Melville Fuller was Chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1888-1910.
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(1833-1910)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice / 1933 -
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, the second woman to be appointed to the position.
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(1933-)
Supreme Court Justice
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court Justice, Diplomat / 1908 - 1990
Arthur J. Goldberg served as secretary of labor (1961–1962), Supreme Court Justice (1962–1965) and ambassador to the United Nations (1965–1968).
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(1908-1990)
Supreme Court Justice, Diplomat
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John Marshall Harlan
Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice / 1833 - 1911
John Harlan was associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1877 until his death and one of the most forceful dissenters in the history of that tribunal.
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(1833-1911)
Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Supreme Court Justice / 1841 - 1935
Civil War veteran Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. served as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1902 to 1931. He was considered an expert on the Common Law.
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(1841-1935)
Supreme Court Justice
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Robert H. Jackson
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official / 1892 - 1954
Robert H. Jackson, the only Supreme Court Justice who didn't graduate from any law school, is best known as the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.
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(1892-1954)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official
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Elena Kagan
Educator, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Political Leader / 1960 -
First female politician,attorney to serve as solicitor general of the United States of America.
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(1960-)
Educator, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Political Leader
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Anthony Kennedy
Supreme Court Justice / 1936 -
Anthony Kennedy is an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court who was appointed by Ronald Reagan.
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(1936-)
Supreme Court Justice
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John Marshall
Supreme Court Justice, Political Leader / 1755 - 1835
John Marshall became the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1801. He is largely responsible for establishing the Supreme Court's role in federal government.
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(1755-1835)
Supreme Court Justice, Political Leader
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Thurgood Marshall
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice / 1908 - 1993
Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in ending legal segregation and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court.
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(1908-1993)
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice
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Frank Murphy
Supreme Court Justice, Mayor / 1890 - 1949
Frank Murphy served as associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1940 to 1949. He established the Civil Rights Unit of the Department of Justice.
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(1890-1949)
Supreme Court Justice, Mayor
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court Justice / 1930 -
Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. A Republican, she was considered a moderate conservative and served for 24 years.
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(1930-)
Supreme Court Justice
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William Paterson
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor, Government Official / 1745 - 1806
William Paterson was an accomplished American statesman who served in Congress and on the Supreme Court and was governor of New Jersey.
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(1745-1806)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor, Government Official
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Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Judge, Supreme Court Justice / 1907 - 1998
Lewis Powell was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987.
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(1907-1998)
Judge, Supreme Court Justice
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Byron R. White
Football Player, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official / 1917 - 2002
President John F. Kennedy appointed Byron R. White deputy U.S. attorney general in 1961. A year later White was appointed to the Supreme Court where he served until 1993.
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(1917-2002)
Football Player, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official
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William Rehnquist
Supreme Court Justice / 1924 - 2005
William Rehnquist was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon in 1971. He was elevated to the post of chief justice by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. He remained chief justice until his death in 2005.
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(1924-2005)
Supreme Court Justice
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John Roberts
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice / 1955 -
John Roberts became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after he was nominated by George W. Bush in 2005.
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(1955-)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
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Antonin Scalia
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice / 1936 -
Antonin Scalia is best known as an Associate Justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed in 1986 by Ronald Reagan.
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(1936-)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
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Sonia Sotomayor
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice / 1954 -
Nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in US history.
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(1954-)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
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Edwin Stanton
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official / 1814 - 1869
Edwin Stanton served as secretary of war under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. He later served under President Andrew Johnson.
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(1814-1869)
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official
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John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court Justice / 1920 -
John Paul Stevens was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975. In 2008 he renounced the death penalty as unconstitutional.
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(1920-)
Supreme Court Justice
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Harlan Fiske Stone
Supreme Court Justice / 1872 - 1946
Renowned for his judicial impartiality and objectivity, Harlan (Fiske) Stone served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1941 to 1946.
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(1872-1946)
Supreme Court Justice
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William Howard Taft
Academic, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. President / 1857 - 1930
William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States, fulfilled a lifelong dream when he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, becoming the only person to have served as both a U.S. chief justice and president.
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(1857-1930)
Academic, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. President
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Roger B. Taney
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official / 1777 - 1864
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney made the pro-slavery ruling in the 1857 Dred Scot Case that deemed blacks weren't citizens of the United States.
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(1777-1864)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official
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Clarence Thomas
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice / 1948 -
Clarence Thomas is the second African-American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed in 1991 and leans conservative.
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(1948-)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
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Fred Vinson
Judge, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Representative / 1890 - 1953
Fred Vinson was the 13th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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(1890-1953)
Judge, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Representative
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Earl Warren
Supreme Court Justice, Governor / 1891 - 1974
Earl Warren was Governor of California, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and head of the commission that investigated the JFK assassination.
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(1891-1974)
Supreme Court Justice, Governor