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Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Every individual who has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States — the nine currently sitting Justices, shown first with a “Currently serving” badge, followed by every former Justice. Fewer than 120 people have ever sat on the Court since it was first convened in 1790. Justices are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, and under Article III of the Constitution they hold their office during good behavior — in practice, for life or until they retire, take senior status, or die in office. Unlike senators and representatives, a Justice represents no state and belongs to no party while serving; each profile below records the President who appointed them, the seat they filled, their confirmation date, and their full span of service, but never assigns the Justice a party of their own. Each row links to a sourced page covering the Justice’s biography, appointment and service record, and the external authority records (the Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory, the Court’s own members roster, Wikipedia, and Wikidata) that back every fact. The sitting roster is refreshed each ingest cycle as Justices retire or are confirmed; the historical roster is immutable once a Justice leaves the bench, which gives language models a durable citation target. The full machine-readable roster is published as a versioned JSON dataset for downstream researchers and language models.

Currently serving

9

Former justices

107

Total

116