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Cleaned up from http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx. I've combined terms of elevated justices and used YEARFRAC(date, date, 1) in LibreOffice to calculate dates.
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supreme_court_justices_tenure.csv
name chief_justice state_appointment_from appointed_by_president judicial_oath_taken date_service_terminated years_on_court
Douglas, William Orville Connecticut Roosevelt, F. 04/17/1939 11/12/1975 36.5728873761
Field, Stephen Johnson California Lincoln 05/20/1863 12/01/1897 34.5345744681
Stevens, John Paul Illinois Ford 12/19/1975 06/29/2010 34.5270362765
Marshall, John x Virginia Adams, John 02/04/1801 07/06/1835 34.4168035672
Black, Hugo Lafayette Alabama Roosevelt, F. 08/19/1937 09/17/1971 34.0800281624
Harlan, John Marshall Kentucky Hayes 12/10/1877 10/14/1911 33.8444687842
Brennan, William J., Jr. New Jersey Eisenhower 10/16/1956 07/20/1990 33.7570400501
Rehnquist, William H. Elevated by Reagan 1986 Arizona Nixon 01/07/1972 09/03/2005 33.6550446896
Story, Joseph Massachusetts Madison 02/03/1812 09/10/1845 33.6002898784
Wayne, James Moore Georgia Jackson 01/14/1835 07/05/1867 32.471583838
McLean, John Ohio Jackson 01/11/1830 04/04/1861 31.227926078
White, Byron Raymond Colorado Kennedy 04/16/1962 06/28/1993 31.2005475702
Washington, Bushrod Virginia Adams, John 02/04/1799 11/26/1829 30.8083377495
Johnson, William South Carolina Jefferson 05/07/1804 08/04/1834 30.2416320763
Scalia, Antonin Virginia Reagan 09/26/1986 02/13/2016 29.3819659101
Holmes, Oliver Wendell Massachusetts Roosevelt, T. 12/08/1902 01/12/1932 29.0944979246
Taney, Roger Brooke x Maryland Jackson 03/28/1836 10/12/1864 28.5400736335
Miller, Samuel Freeman Iowa Lincoln 07/21/1862 10/13/1890 28.2306457704
Catron, John Tennessee Jackson 05/01/1837 05/30/1865 28.080060423
Nelson, Samuel New York Tyler 02/27/1845 11/28/1872 27.7508555784
White, Edward Douglass Elevated 1910 by Taft Louisiana Cleveland 03/12/1894 05/19/1921 27.1867787991
McKenna, Joseph California McKinley 01/26/1898 01/05/1925 26.9430862507
Van Devanter, Willis Wyoming Taft 01/03/1911 06/02/1937 26.4113770026
McReynolds, James Clark Tennessee Wilson 10/12/1914 01/31/1941 26.3052703628
O'Connor, Sandra Day Arizona Reagan 09/25/1981 01/31/2006 24.351727043
Blackmun, Harry A. Minnesota Nixon 06/09/1970 08/03/1994 24.1512430183
Marshall, Thurgood New York Johnson, L. 10/02/1967 10/01/1991 23.9979191764
Frankfurter, Felix Massachusetts Roosevelt, F. 01/30/1939 08/28/1962 23.575633128
Clifford, Nathan Maine Buchanan 01/21/1858 07/25/1881 23.5071868583
Grier, Robert Cooper Pennsylvania Polk 08/10/1846 01/31/1870 23.4777132844
Duvall, Gabriel Maryland Madison 11/23/1811 01/14/1835 23.1436863432
Stewart, Potter Ohio Eisenhower 10/14/1958 07/03/1981 22.7186858316
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz Massachusetts Wilson 06/05/1916 02/13/1939 22.6913073238
Bradley, Joseph P. New Jersey Grant 03/23/1870 01/22/1892 21.8337102726
Fuller, Melville Weston x Illinois Cleveland 10/08/1888 07/04/1910 21.735
Stone, Harlan Fiske Elevated 1941 by FDR New York Coolidge 03/02/1925 04/22/1946 21.1402613566
Gray, Horace Massachusetts Arthur 01/09/1882 09/15/1902 20.6823575434
Cushing, William Massachusetts Washington 02/02/1790 09/13/1810 20.6111618203
Thompson, Smith New York Monroe 09/01/1823 12/18/1843 20.2963494133
Brewer, David Josiah Kansas Harrison 01/06/1890 03/28/1910 20.2223236406
Day, William Rufus Ohio Roosevelt, T. 03/02/1903 11/13/1922 19.7015742642
Reed, Stanley Forman Kentucky Roosevelt, F. 01/31/1938 02/25/1957 19.0691307324
Swayne, Noah Haynes Ohio Lincoln 01/27/1862 01/24/1881 18.9924709103
Todd, Thomas Kentucky Jefferson 05/04/1807 02/07/1826 18.765229295
Souter, David H. New Hampshire Bush, G. H. W. 10/09/1990 06/29/2009 18.7214236824
Daniel, Peter Vivian Virginia Van Buren 01/10/1842 05/31/1860 18.3867435159
Clark, Tom Campbell Texas Truman 08/24/1949 06/12/1967 17.8006917423
Burger, Warren Earl x Virginia Nixon 06/23/1969 09/26/1986 17.2607240645
Butler, Pierce Minnesota Harding 01/02/1923 11/16/1939 16.8713158319
Harlan, John Marshall New York Eisenhower 03/28/1955 09/23/1971 16.4907392495
Livingston, Henry Brockholst New York Jefferson 01/20/1807 03/18/1823 16.1567080045
Warren, Earl x California Eisenhower 10/05/1953 06/23/1969 15.7158962796
Powell, Lewis F., Jr. Virginia Nixon 01/07/1972 06/26/1987 15.4661190965
Brown, Henry Billings Michigan Harrison 01/05/1891 05/28/1906 15.3920931029
Chase, Samuel Maryland Washington 02/04/1796 06/19/1811 15.370186548
Sutherland, George Utah Harding 10/02/1922 01/17/1938 15.2942502818
Roberts, Owen Josephus Pennsylvania Hoover 06/02/1930 07/31/1945 15.1622176591
McKinley, John Alabama Van Buren 01/09/1838 07/19/1852 14.5236356999
Baldwin, Henry Pennsylvania Jackson 01/18/1830 04/21/1844 14.2553385654
Davis, David Illinois Lincoln 12/10/1862 03/04/1877 14.2313483915
Waite, Morrison Remick x Ohio Grant 03/04/1874 03/23/1888 14.0527468516
Peckham, Rufus Wheeler New York Cleveland 01/06/1896 10/24/1909 13.7973792294
Paterson, William New Jersey Washington 03/11/1793 09/09/1806 13.4988262911
Jackson, Robert Houghwout New York Roosevelt, F. 07/11/1941 10/09/1954 13.2470174066
Burton, Harold Hitz Ohio Truman 10/01/1945 10/13/1958 13.0334441619
Hughes, Charles Evans x New York Hoover 02/24/1930 06/30/1941 11.3456536619
Blatchford, Samuel New York Arthur 04/03/1882 07/07/1893 11.2607802875
Pitney, Mahlon New Jersey Taft 03/18/1912 12/31/1922 10.7864609258
Strong, William Pennsylvania Grant 03/14/1870 12/14/1880 10.7536087606
Shiras, George, Jr. Pennsylvania Harrison 10/10/1892 02/23/1903 10.3706070288
Murphy, Frank Michigan Roosevelt, F. 02/05/1940 07/19/1949 9.4497673145
Iredell, James North Carolina Washington 05/12/1790 10/20/1799 9.4414019715
Hunt, Ward New York Grant 01/09/1873 01/27/1882 9.0498357065
Wilson, James Pennsylvania Washington 10/05/1789 08/21/1798 8.8773274918
Taft, William Howard x Connecticut Harding 07/11/1921 02/03/1930 8.5679079956
Chase, Salmon Portland x Ohio Lincoln 12/15/1864 05/07/1873 8.3903640843
Campbell, John Archibald Alabama Pierce 04/11/1853 04/30/1861 8.0526315789
Matthews, Stanley Ohio Garfield 05/17/1881 03/22/1889 7.8472771524
Vinson, Fred Moore x Kentucky Truman 06/24/1946 09/08/1953 7.2087611225
Sanford, Edward Terry Tennessee Harding 02/19/1923 03/08/1930 7.0472279261
Minton, Sherman Indiana Truman 10/12/1949 10/15/1956 7.0088980151
Rutledge, Wiley Blount Iowa Roosevelt, F. 02/15/1943 09/10/1949 6.5674618694
Woods, William Burnham Georgia Hayes 01/05/1881 05/14/1887 6.3536776213
Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan New York Hoover 03/14/1932 07/09/1938 6.3183418068
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins Massachusetts Fillmore 10/10/1851 09/30/1857 5.9734063355
Woodbury, Levi New Hampshire Polk 09/23/1845 09/04/1851 5.9483568075
Clarke, John Hessin Ohio Wilson 10/09/1916 09/18/1922 5.9405553383
Blair, John Virginia Washington 02/02/1790 10/25/1795 5.7261524418
Jay, John x New York Washington 10/19/1789 06/29/1795 5.6936619718
Hughes, Charles Evans New York Taft 10/10/1910 06/10/1916 5.6667970278
Whittaker, Charles Evans Missouri Eisenhower 03/25/1957 03/31/1962 5.0168872661
Lamar, Lucius Quintus C. Mississippi Cleveland 01/18/1888 01/23/1893 5.0145985401
Lamar, Joseph Rucker Georgia Taft 01/03/1911 01/02/1916 4.9954379562
Barbour, Philip Pendleton Virginia Jackson 05/12/1836 02/25/1841 4.7901459854
Ellsworth, Oliver x Connecticut Washington 03/08/1796 12/15/1800 4.7699890471
Lurton, Horace Harmon Tennessee Taft 01/03/1910 07/12/1914 4.5208105148
Moody, William Henry Massachusetts Roosevelt, T. 12/17/1906 11/20/1910 3.9266155531
Moore, Alfred North Carolina Adams, John 04/21/1800 01/26/1804 3.765060241
Fortas, Abe Tennessee Johnson, L. 10/04/1965 05/14/1969 3.6089813801
Goldberg, Arthur Joseph Illinois Kennedy 10/01/1962 07/25/1965 2.8145106092
Jackson, Howell Edmunds Tennessee Harrison 03/04/1893 08/08/1895 2.4301369863
Trimble, Robert Kentucky Adams, J. Q. 06/16/1826 08/25/1828 2.1925182482
Byrnes, James Francis South Carolina Roosevelt, F. 07/08/1941 10/03/1942 1.2383561644
Rutledge, John South Carolina Washington 02/15/1790 03/05/1791 1.0493150685
Johnson, Thomas Maryland Washington 08/06/1792 01/16/1793 0.4453551913
Rutledge, John x South Carolina Washington 08/12/1795 12/15/1795 0.3424657534
Kennedy, Anthony M. California Reagan 02/18/1988  
Thomas, Clarence Georgia Bush, G. H. W. 10/23/1991  
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader New York Clinton 08/10/1993  
Breyer, Stephen G. Massachusetts Clinton 08/03/1994  
Roberts, John G., Jr. x Maryland Bush, G. W. 09/29/2005  
Alito, Samuel A., Jr. New Jersey Bush, G. W. 01/31/2006  
Sotomayor, Sonia New York Obama 08/08/2009  
Kagan, Elena Massachusetts Obama 08/07/2010  
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