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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Compact ALMANAC--United States Federal Directory
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- <hdr>
- Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States:
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- <p> WILLIAM HUBBS REHNQUIST, Chief Justice of the United States;
- born in Milwaukee, WI, October 1, 1924; son of William Benjamin
- and Margery Peck Rehnquist; married to Natalie Cornell of San
- Diego, CA; children: James, Janet, and Nancy, member of Emmanuel
- Luthern Church, Bethesda, MD; servied in the U.S. Army Corps in
- this country and overseas from 1943-46; discharged with the rank
- of sargeant; Stanford University, B.A., M.A., 1948; Harvard
- University, M.A., 1950; Stanford University, LL.B., 1952,
- ranking first in class; nominated Associate Justice of the
- Supreme Court of the United States by President Nixon, on
- October 21, 1971, confirmed December 10, 1971, sworn in on
- January 7, 1972; nominated by President Reagan as Chief Justice
- of the United States on June 17, 1986; sworn in on September 26,
- 1986.
- </p>
- <p> JOHN PAUL STEVENS, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
- the United States; born Chicago, IL, April 20, 1920; son of
- Ernest James and Elizabeth Street Stevens; A.B., University of
- Chicago, 1941; J.D., Northwestern University, 1947; married to
- Elizabeth Jane Sheeren (deceased), 1942; married to Maryan
- Mulholland Simon, 1979; children: John Joseph, Kathryn Stevens
- Jedlicka, Elizabeth Jane Stevens Sesemann, and Susan Roberta;
- nominated as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on December
- 1, 1975, by President Ford; confirmed by the Senate on December
- 17, 1975; sworn in on December 19, 1975.
- </p>
- <p> SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- of the United States; born in El Paso, TX, March 26, 1930;
- daughter of Harry A. and Ada Mae Wilkey Day; B.A. (magna cum
- laude), Stanford University, 1950; LL.B., Stanford Law School,
- 1952; married to John Jay O'Connor III, 1952; children: Scott,
- Brian, and Jay; nominated by President Reagan as Associate
- Justice of the Supreme Court on July 7, 1981; confirmed by the
- Senate on September 22, 1981; and sworn in on September 25,
- 1981.
- </p>
- <p> ANTONIN SCALIA, Associate Justice of the Suprme Court of the
- United States; born in Trenton, NJ, March 11, 1936; A.B.,
- Georgetown University and University of Fribourg (Switzerland),
- 1957; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1960; married to Maureen
- McCarthy, June 10, 1960; children: Ann Forrest, Eugene, John
- Francis, Catherin Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul David, Matthew,
- Christopher James, and Margaret Jane; appointed by President
- Reagan as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; sworn in on
- September 26, 1986.
- </p>
- <p> ANTHONY M. KENNEDY, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
- the United States, born in Sacramento, CA, July 23, 1936; son
- of Anthony James and Galdys McLeod Kennedy; married to Mary
- Davis, June 29, 1963; children: Justin Anthony, Gregory Davis,
- and Kristin Marie; Stanford University, 1954-57; London School
- of Economics, 1957-58; B.A., Stanford University, 1958; LL.B.,
- Harvard Law School, 1961; nominated by President Reagan as
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; confirmed by the Senate
- on February 11, 1988.
- </p>
- <p> DAVID H. SOUTER, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
- United States, born in Melrose, MA, September 17, 1939; son of
- Joseph Alexander and Helen Adams Hackett Souter; A.B., Harvard
- College, 1961; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, 1963; LL.B., Harvard Law
- School, 1966; nominated by President Bush as Associate Justice of
- the Supreme Court; sworn in on October 9, 1990.
- </p>
- <p> CLARENCE THOMAS, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
- United States, born in the Pinpoint community, near Savannah, GA,
- June 23, 1948; married Virginia Lamp, May 30, 1987; children:
- Jamal Adeen; Conception Seminary, 1967-68; A.B. cum laude, Holy
- Cross College, 1971; J.D., Yale Law School, 1974; nominated by
- President Bush as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; sworn
- in on October 23, 1991.
- </p>
- <p> RUTH BADER GINSBERG, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
- United States, born in Brooklyn, NY, March 15, 1933; married Martin D.
- Ginsberg, 1954; B.A. in government, Cornell University, 1954; attended
- Harvard Law School; LL.B. J.D. Columbia Law School, 1959; nominated to U.S.
- Supreme Court by President Clinton ; sworn in as 107th Supreme Court Justice
- on August 10, 1993.
- </p>
- <p>
- STEPHEN GERALD BREYER, Associate Justice of the Supreme
- Court of the United States, born in San Francisco, CA, August
- 15, 1938; married Joanna Hare, September 4, 1967; children:
- Chloe, Nell, Michael; A.B. Stanford University, 1957; B.A.
- Oxford University, 1961; LL.B. Harvard University, 1964;
- nominated to the Supreme Court by President Clinton; sworn in
- as 108th Supreme Court Justice on August 3, 1994.
- </p>
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