| Tenure
| Chief Justice
| Associate Justices
| Nominated By
| Critical Rulings
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| 1789-1795 | John Jay: Federalist Party | James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, Thomas Johnson, William Paterson | George Washington | (CRs)
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| 1795 | John Rutledge: Federalist Party | James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, Thomas Johnson, William Paterson, Samuel Chase | George Washington | (CRs)
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| 1796-1800 | Oliver Ellsworth: Federalist Party | James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Cushing, William Paterson, Samuel Chase, Bushrod Washington, Alfred Moore | George Washington | (CRs)
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| 1801-1835 | John Marshall: Federalist Party | William Cushing, William Paterson, Samuel Chase, Bushrod Washington, Alfred Moore, H. Brockholst Livingston, Thomas Todd, Gabriel Duvall, Joseph Story, Smith Thompson, Robert Trimble, Henry Baldwin, John McLean, James M. Wayne | John Adams | (CRs)
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| 1836-1864 | Roger Brooke Taney: Democratic Party | Joseph Story, Smith Thompson, Robert Trimble, Henry Baldwin, John McLean, James M. Wayne, Philip P. Barbour, John Catron, John McKinley, Peter V. Daniel, Levi Woodbury, Samuel Nelson, Robert C. Grier, Benjamin R. Curtis, John A. Campbell, Nathan Clifford, David Davis, Noah H. Swayne, Stephen J. Field | Andrew Jackson | (CRs)
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| 1864-1873 | Salmon Portland Chase: Republican Party | James M. Wayne, John Catron, Samuel Nelson,Robert C. Grier, Nathan Clifford, David Davis, Noah H. Swayne, Stephen J. Field, William Strong, Joseph P. Bradley, Ward Hunt, John Marshall Harlan | Abraham Lincoln | (CRs)
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| 1874-1888 | Morrison R. Waite: Republican Party | Nathan Clifford, David Davis, Noah H. Swayne, Stephen J. Field, William Strong, Joseph P. Bradley, Ward Hunt, John Marshall Harlan, William B. Woods, Stanley Matthews, Samuel Blatchford, Horace Gray, Lucius Q.C. Lamar | Ulysses S. Grant | (CRs)
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| 1888-1910 | Melville Weston Fuller: Democratic Party | Stephen J. Field, Joseph P. Bradley, John Marshall Harlan, Stanley Matthews, Samuel Blatchford, Horace Gray, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, David J. Brewer, Henry B. Brown, George Shiras, Jr., Howell E. Jackson, Rufus W. Peckham, Joseph McKenna, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., William R. Day, William H. Moody, Horace H. Lurton | Grover Cleveland | (CRs)
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| 1910-1921 | Edward Douglass White: Democratic Party | Joseph McKenna, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., William R. Day, Horace H. Lurton, Joseph Rucker Lamar, Willis Van Devanter, Mahlon Pitney, James Clark McReynolds, John H. Clark, Louis D. Brandeis | Grover Cleveland | (CRs)
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| 1921-1930 | William H. Taft: Republican Party | Joseph McKenna, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., William R. Day, Willis Van Devanter, Mahlon Pitney, James Clark McReynolds, John H. Clark, Louis D. Brandeis, George Sutherland, Edward T. Sanford, Pierce Butler, Owen J. Roberts | Warren Harding | (CRs)
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| 1930-1941 | Charles Evans Hughes: Republican Party | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Willis Van Devanter, James Clark McReynolds, Louis D. Brandeis, George Sutherland, Edward T. Sanford, Pierce Butler, Owen J. Roberts, Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, Hugo Black, Stanley F. Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Frank W. Murphy | Herbert Hoover | (CRs)
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| 1941-1946 | Harlan Fiske Stone: Republican Party | Owen J. Roberts, Hugo Black, Stanley F. Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Frank W. Murphy, James F. Byrnes, Robert H. Jackson, Wiley B. Rutledge, Harold H. Burton | Franklin D. Roosevelt | (CRs)
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| 1946-1953 | Fred M. Vinson: Democratic Party | Hugo Black, Stanley F. Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Frank W. Murphy, Robert H. Jackson, Wiley B. Rutledge, Harold H. Burton, Sherman Minton, Tom C. Clark | Harry S. Truman | (CRs)
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| 1953-1969 | Earl Warren: Liberal | Hugo Black, Stanley F. Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Robert H. Jackson, Harold H. Burton, Sherman Minton, Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Jr., Charles E. Whittaker, Potter Stewart, Arthur J. Goldberg, Byron R. White, Abe Fortas, Thurgood Marshall | Dwight D. Eisenhower | (CRs)
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| 1969-1986 | Warren E. Burger: Republican Party | Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron R. White, John Marshall Harlan II, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor | Richard M. Nixon | (CRs)
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| 1986-2005 | William H. Rehnquist: Conservative | William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, John Marshall Harlan II, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Steven G. Breyer | Ronald Reagan | (CRs)
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| 2005-Present | John Roberts: Republican Party | John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Steven G. Breyer, Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. | George W. Bush | (CRs)
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