Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary

Timothy L. Hall

Infobase Publishing, 2001 - Judges - 566 pages

This reference guide for high school and college students provides basic biographical information on all 108 people who have served on the United States Supreme Court. It describes the decisions for which each justice is known and analyzes his or her influence on the Court and on the law. An introductory essay discusses the creation of the Supreme Court and its place in American history. Appendixes cover the succession of judges, appointments to the Supreme Court by each president, and important cases.

Contents

• James Wilson 17421798: 1
• John Jay 17451829: 5
• William Cushing 17321810: 10
• John Blair Jr 17321800: 14
• John Rutledge 17391800: 17
• James Iredell 17511799: 21
• Thomas Johnson 17321819: 25
• William Paterson 17451806: 28
• Samuel Chase 17411811: 32
• Oliver Ellsworth 17451807: 36
• Bushrod Washington 17621829: 39
• Alfred Moore 17551810: 43
• John Marshall 17551835: 46
• William Johnson 17711834: 51
• Henry Brockholst Livingston 17571823: 55
• Thomas Todd 17651826: 59
• Gabriel Duvall 17521844: 62
• Joseph Story 17791845: 65
• Smith Thompson 17681843: 70
• Robert Trimble 17761828: 74
• John McLean 17851861: 78
• Henry Baldwin 17801844: 82
• James Moore Wayne 17901867: 86
• Roger Brooke Taney 17771864: 90
• Philip Pendleton Barbour 17831841: 95
• John Catron ca 17861865: 99
• John McKinley 17801852: 103
• Peter Vivian Daniel 17841860: 107
• Samuel Nelson 17841873: 111
• Levi Woodbury 17891851: 115
• Robert Cooper Grier 17941870: 119
• Benjamin Robbins Curtis 18091874: 123
• John Archibald Campbell 18111889: 127
• Nathan Clifford 18031881: 132
• Noah Haynes Swayne 18041884: 136
• Samuel Freeman Miller 18161890: 140
• David Davis 18151886: 144
• Stephen Johnson Field 18161899: 148
• Salmon Portland Chase 18081873: 153
• William Strong 18081895: 157
• Joseph P Bradley 18131892: 161
• Ward Hunt 18101886: 165
• Morrison Remick Waite 18161888: 168
• John Marshall Harlan 18331911: 173
• William Burnham Woods 18241887: 178
• Stanley Matthews 18241889: 182
• Horace Gray 18281902: 186
• Samuel Blatchford 18201893: 190
• Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar 18251893: 194
• Melville Weston Fuller 18331910: 198
• David Josiah Brewer 18371910: 202
• Henry Billings Brown 18361913: 206
• George Shiras Jr 18321924: 210
• Howell Edmunds Jackson 18321895: 214
• Edward Douglass White 18451921: 218
• Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr 18381909: 222
• Joseph McKenna 18431926: 226
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr 18411935: 230
• William Rufus Day 18491923: 235
• William Henry Moody 18531917: 239
• Horace Harmon Lurton 18441914: 243
• Charles Evans Hughes 18621948: 247
• Willis Van Devanter 18591941: 252
• Joseph Rucker Lamar 18571916: 256
• Mahlon Pitney 18581924: 259
• James Clark McReynolds 18621946: 262
• Louis Dembitz Brandeis 18561941: 267
• John Hessin Clarke 18571945: 271
• William Howard Taft 18571930: 275
• George Sutherland 18621942: 279
• Pierce Butler 18661939: 283
• Edward Terry Sanford 18651930: 287
• Harlan Fiske Stone 18721946: 290
• Owen Josephus Roberts 18751955: 295
• Benjamin Nathan Cardozo 18701938: 299
• Hugo Lafayette Black 18861971: 303
• Stanley Forman Reed 18841980: 307
• Felix Frankfurter 18821965: 311
• William Orville Douglas 18981980: 315
• Frank Murphy 18901949: 319
• James Francis Byrnes 18821972: 323
• Robert Houghwout Jackson 18921954: 326
• Wiley Blount Rutledge 18941949: 330
• Harold Hitz Burton 18881964: 334
• Fred Moore Vinson 18901953: 337
• Thomas Campbell Clark 18991977: 341
• Sherman Minton 18901965: 345
• Earl Warren 18911974: 349
• John Marshall Harlan II 18991971: 354
• William J Brennan Jr 19061997: 358
• Charles Evans Whittaker 19011973: 362
• Potter Stewart 19151985: 365
• Byron Raymond White 1917: 368
• Arthur Joseph Goldberg 19081990: 372
• Abe Fortas 19101982: 376
• Thurgood Marshall 19081991: 380
• Warren Earl Burger 19071995: 384
• Harry Andrew Blackmun 19081999: 388
• Lewis Franklin Powell Jr 19071998: 392
• William Hubbs Rehnquist 1924: 396
• John Paul Stevens 1920: 400
• Sandra Day OConnor 1930: 404
• Antonin Scalia 1936: 408
• Anthony McLeod Kennedy 1936: 412
• David Hackett Souter 1939: 416
• Clarence Thomas 1948: 420
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933: 424
• Stephen Gerald Breyer 1938: 428
• Glossary: 433
• Chronology: 439
• Justices: 446
• Presidents and Their Appointments to the Supreme Court: 452
• Important Supreme Court Cases: 455
• The Constitution of the United States: 504
• Bibliography: 515
• Index: 549

Bibliographic information

• Title: Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary; Facts on File library of American history
• Author: Timothy L. Hall
• Publisher: Infobase Publishing, 2001
• ISBN: 1438108176, 9781438108179
• Length: 566 pages