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|
Judge
|
State
|
Born–died
|
Active service
|
Chief Judge
|
Senior status
|
Appointed by
|
Reason for termination
|
{{{index}}}
|
James Wilson
|
PA
|
14 September 1742 – 21 August 1798
|
5 October 1789 – 21 August 1798
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Jay
|
NY
|
12 December 1745 – 17 May 1829
|
19 October 1789 – 29 June 1795
|
19 October 1789 – 29 June 1795
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Cushing
|
MA
|
1 March 1732 – 13 September 1810
|
2 February 1790 – 13 September 1810
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Blair
|
VA
|
1732 – 31 August 1800
|
2 February 1790 – 25 October 1795
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Rutledge
|
SC
|
18 September 1739 – 21 June 1800
|
15 February 1790 – 5 March 1791
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
James Iredell
|
NC
|
5 October 1751 – 20 October 1799
|
May 12 1790 – 20 October 1799
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Thomas Johnson *
|
MD
|
4 November 1732 – 26 October 1819
|
6 August 1792 – 16 January 1793
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Paterson
|
NJ
|
24 December 1745 – 9 September 1806
|
11 March 1793 – 9 September 1806
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Rutledge *
|
SC
|
18 September 1739 – 21 June 1800
|
12 August 1795 – 15 December 1795
|
12 August 1795 – 15 December 1795
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
rejection of recess appointment by Senate
|
{{{index}}}
|
Samuel Chase
|
MD
|
17 April 1741 – 19 June 1811
|
4 February 1796 – 19 June 1811
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Oliver Ellsworth
|
CT
|
29 April 1745 26 November 1807
|
8 March 1796 – 15 December 1800
|
8 March 1796 – 15 December 1800
|
(none)
|
Washington
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Bushrod Washington
|
VA
|
5 June 1762 – 26 November 1829
|
4 February 1799 – 26 November 1829
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Adams
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Alfred Moore
|
NC
|
21 May 1755 – 15 October 1810
|
21 April 1800 – 26 January 1804
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Adams
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Marshall
|
VA
|
24 September 1755 – 6 July 1835
|
4 February 1801 – 6 July 1835
|
4 February 1801 – 6 July 1835
|
(none)
|
Adams
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Johnson
|
SC
|
27 December 1771 – 4 August 1834
|
May 7 1804 – 4 August 1834
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Jefferson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Henry Brockholst Livingston
|
NY
|
25 November 1757 – 18 March 1823
|
20 January 1807 – 18 March 1823
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Jefferson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Thomas Todd
|
KY
|
23 January 1765 – 7 February 1826
|
4 May 1807 – 7 February 1826
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Jefferson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Gabriel Duval
|
MD
|
6 December 1752 – 6 March 1844
|
23 November 1811 – 14 January 1835
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Madison
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Joseph Story
|
MA
|
18 September 1779 – 10 September 1845
|
3 February 1812 – 10 September 1845
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Madison
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Smith Thompson *
|
NY
|
17 January 1768 – 18 December 1843
|
1 September 1823 – 18 December 1843
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Monroe
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Robert Trimble
|
KY
|
17 November 1776 – 25 August 1828
|
16 June 1826 – 25 August 1828
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
J. Q. Adams
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John McLean
|
OH
|
11 March 1785 – 4 April 1861
|
11 January 1830 – 4 April 1861
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Jackson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Henry Baldwin
|
PA
|
14 January 1780 – 21 April 1844
|
18 January 1830 – 21 April 1844
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Jackson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
James Moore Wayne
|
GA
|
1790 – 5 July 1867
|
14 January 1835 – 5 July 1867
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Jackson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Roger Brooke Taney
|
MD
|
17 March 1777 – 12 October 1864
|
28 March 1836 – 12 October 1864
|
28 March 1836 – 12 October 1864
|
(none)
|
Jackson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Philip Pendleton Barbour
|
VA
|
May 25 1783 – 25 February 1841
|
May 12 1836 – 25 February 1841
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Jackson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Catron
|
TN
|
1786 – 30 May 1865
|
May 1 1837 – 30 May 1865
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Van Buren
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John McKinley
|
AL
|
May 1 1780 – 19 July 1852
|
9 January 1838 – 19 July 1852
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Van Buren
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Peter Vivian Daniel
|
VA
|
24 April 1784 – 31 May 1860
|
10 January 1842 – 31 May 1860
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Van Buren
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Samuel Nelson
|
NY
|
10 November 1792 – 13 December 1873
|
27 February 1845 – 28 November 1872
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Tyler
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Levi Woodbury *
|
NH
|
22 December 1789 – 4 September 1851
|
23 September 1845 – 4 September 1851
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Polk
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Robert Cooper Grier
|
PA
|
5 March 1794 – 25 September 1870
|
10 August 1846 – 31 January 1870
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Polk
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Benjamin Robbins Curtis *
|
MA
|
4 November 1809 – 15 September 1874
|
10 October 1851 – 30 September 1857
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Fillmore
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Archibald Campbell
|
AL
|
24 June 1811 – 12 March 1889
|
11 April 1853 – 30 April 1861
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Pierce
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Nathan Clifford
|
ME
|
18 August 1803 – 25 July 1881
|
21 January 1858 – 25 July 1881
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Buchanan
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Noah Haynes Swayne
|
OH
|
7 December 1804 – 8 June 1884
|
27 January 1862 – 24 January 1881
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Lincoln
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Samuel Freeman Miller
|
IA
|
5 April 1816 – 13 October 1890
|
21 July 1862 – 13 October 1890
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Lincoln
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
David Davis
|
IL
|
9 March 1815 – 26 June 1886
|
10 December 1862 – 4 March 1877
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Lincoln
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Stephen Johnson Field
|
CA
|
4 November 1816 – 9 April 1899
|
May 20 1863 – 1 December 1897
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Lincoln
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Salmon Portland Chase
|
OH
|
13 January 1808 – 7 May 1873
|
15 December 1864 – 7 May 1873
|
15 December 1864 – 7 May 1873
|
(none)
|
Lincoln
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Strong
|
PA
|
May 6 1808 – 19 August 1895
|
14 March 1870 – 14 December 1880
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Grant
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Joseph Philo Bradley
|
NJ
|
14 March 1813 – 22 January 1892
|
23 March 1870 – 22 January 1892
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Grant
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Ward Hunt
|
NY
|
14 June 1810 – 24 March 1886
|
9 January 1873 – 27 January 1882
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Grant
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Morrison Remick Waite
|
OH
|
29 November 1816 – 23 March 1888
|
4 March 1874 – 23 March 1888
|
4 March 1874 – 23 March 1888
|
(none)
|
Grant
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Marshall Harlan
|
KY
|
1 June 1833 – 14 October 1911
|
10 December 1877 – 14 October 1911
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Hayes
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Burnham Woods
|
GA
|
3 August 1824 – 14 May 1887
|
5 January 1881 – 14 May 1887
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Hayes
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Thomas Stanley Matthews
|
OH
|
21 July 1824 – 22 March 1889
|
May 17 1881 – 22 March 1889
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Garfield
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Horace Gray
|
MA
|
24 March 1828 – 15 September 1902
|
9 January 1882 – 15 September 1902
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Arthur
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Samuel Blatchford
|
NY
|
9 March 1820 – 7 July 1893
|
3 April 1882 – 7 July 1893
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Arthur
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
|
MS
|
17 September 1825 – 23 January 1893
|
18 January 1888 – 23 January 1893
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Cleveland
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Melville Weston Fuller
|
IL
|
11 February 1833 – 4 July 1910
|
8 October 1888 – 4 July 1910
|
8 October 1888 – 4 July 1910
|
(none)
|
Cleveland
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
David Josiah Brewer
|
KS
|
20 June 1837 – 28 March 1910
|
6 January 1890 – 28 March 1910
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Harrison
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Henry Billings Brown
|
MI
|
2 March 1836 – 4 September 1913
|
5 January 1891 – 28 May 1906
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Harrison
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
George Shiras, Jr.
|
PA
|
26 January 1832 – 2 August 1924
|
10 October 1892 – 23 February 1903
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Harrison
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Howell Edmunds Jackson
|
TN
|
8 April 1832 – 8 August 1895
|
4 March 1893 – 8 August 1895
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Harrison
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Edward Douglass White
|
LA
|
3 November 1845 – 19 May 1921
|
12 March 1894 – 19 May 1921
|
19 December 1910 – 19 May 1921
|
(none)
|
Cleveland (associate) Taft (chief)(a)
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Rufus Wheeler Peckham
|
NY
|
8 November 1838 – 24 October 1909
|
6 January 1896 – 24 October 1909
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Cleveland
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Joseph McKenna
|
CA
|
10 August 1843 – 21 November 1926
|
26 January 1898 – 5 January 1925
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
McKinley
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
|
MA
|
8 March 1841 – 6 March 1935
|
8 December 1902 – 12 January 1932
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
T. Roosevelt
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Rufus Day
|
OH
|
7 April 1849 – 9 July 1923
|
2 March 1903 – 13 November 1922
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
T. Roosevelt
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Henry Moody
|
MA
|
23 December 1853 – 2 July 1917
|
17 December 1906 – 20 November 1910
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
T. Roosevelt
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Horace Harmon Lurton
|
TN
|
26 February 1844 – 12 July 1914
|
3 January 1910 – 12 July 1914
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Taft
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Charles Evans Hughes
|
NY
|
11 April 1862 – 27 August 1948
|
10 October 1910 – 10 June 1916
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Taft
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Willis Van Devanter
|
WY
|
17 April 1859 – 2 June 1937
|
3 January 1911 – 2 June 1937
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Taft
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Joseph Rucker Lamar
|
GA
|
14 October 1857 – 2 January 1916
|
3 January 1911 – 2 January 1916
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Taft
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Mahlon Pitney
|
NJ
|
5 February 1858 – 9 December 1924
|
18 March 1912 – 31 December 1922
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Taft
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
James Clark McReynolds
|
TN
|
3 February 1862 – 24 August 1946
|
12 October 1914 – 31 January 1941
|
(none)
|
31 January 1941 – 24 August 1946
|
Wilson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
|
MA
|
13 November 1856 – 5 October 1941
|
5 June 1916 – 13 February 1939
|
(none)
|
13 February 1939 – 5 October 1941
|
Wilson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Hessin Clarke
|
OH
|
18 September 1857 – 22 March 1945
|
9 October 1916 – 18 September 1922
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Wilson
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Howard Taft
|
OH
|
15 September 1857 – 8 March 1930
|
11 July 1921 – 3 February 1930
|
11 July 1921 – 3 February 1930
|
(none)
|
Harding
|
resignation(b)
|
{{{index}}}
|
George Sutherland
|
UT
|
25 March 1862 – 18 July 1942
|
2 October 1922 – 17 January 1938
|
(none)
|
17 January 1938 – 18 July 1942
|
Harding
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Pierce Butler
|
MN
|
17 March 1866 – 16 November 1939
|
2 January 1923 – 16 November 1939
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Harding
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Edward Terry Sanford
|
TN
|
23 July 1865 – 8 March 1930
|
19 February 1923 – 8 March 1930
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Harding
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Harlan Fiske Stone
|
NY
|
11 October 1872 – 22 April 1946
|
2 March 1925 – 22 April 1946
|
3 July 1941 – 22 April 1946
|
(none)
|
Coolidge (associate) F. Roosevelt (chief)(a)
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Charles Evans Hughes
|
NY
|
11 April 1862 – 27 August 1948
|
24 February 1930 – 30 June 1941
|
24 February 1930 – 30 June 1941
|
(none)
|
Hoover
|
retirement
|
{{{index}}}
|
Owen Josephus Roberts
|
PA
|
May 2 1875 – 17 May 1955
|
2 June 1930 – 31 July 1945
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Hoover
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
|
NY
|
May 24 1870 – 9 July 1938
|
14 March 1932 – 9 July 1938
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Hoover
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Hugo LaFayette Black
|
AL
|
27 February 1886 – 17 September 1971
|
19 August 1937 – 17 September 1971
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
F. Roosevelt
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Stanley Forman Reed
|
KY
|
31 December 1884 – 2 April 1980
|
31 January 1938 – 25 February 1957
|
(none)
|
25 February 1957 – 2 April 1980
|
F. Roosevelt
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Felix Frankfurter
|
MA
|
15 November 1882 – 22 February 1965
|
30 January 1939 – 28 August 1962
|
(none)
|
28 August 1962 – 22 February 1965
|
F. Roosevelt
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Orville Douglas
|
CT
|
16 October 1898 – 19 January 1980
|
17 April 1939 – 12 November 1975
|
(none)
|
12 November 1975 – 19 January 1980
|
F. Roosevelt
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Francis William Murphy
|
MI
|
13 April 1890 – 19 July 1949
|
5 February 1940 – 19 July 1949
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
F. Roosevelt
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
James Francis Byrnes
|
SC
|
May 2 1879 – 9 April 1972
|
8 July 1941 – 3 October 1942
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
F. Roosevelt
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Robert Houghwout Jackson
|
NY
|
13 February 1892 – 9 October 1954
|
11 July 1941 – 9 October 1954
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
F. Roosevelt
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Wiley Blount Rutledge
|
IA
|
20 July 1894 – 10 September 1949
|
15 February 1943 – 10 September 1949
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
F. Roosevelt
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Harold Hitz Burton
|
OH
|
22 June 1888 – 28 October 1964
|
1 October 1945 – 13 October 1958
|
(none)
|
13 October 1958 – 28 October 1964
|
Truman
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Frederick Moore Vinson
|
KY
|
22 January 1890 – 8 September 1953
|
24 June 1946 – 8 September 1953
|
24 June 1946 – 8 September 1953
|
(none)
|
Truman
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Thomas Campbell Clark
|
TX
|
23 September 1899 – 13 June 1977
|
24 August 1949 – 12 June 1967
|
(none)
|
12 June 1967 – 13 June 1977
|
Truman
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Sherman Minton
|
IN
|
20 October 1890 – 9 April 1965
|
12 October 1949 – 15 October 1956
|
(none)
|
15 October 1956 – 9 April 1965
|
Truman
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Earl Warren *
|
CA
|
19 March 1891 – 9 July 1974
|
5 October 1953 – 23 June 1969
|
5 October 1953 – 23 June 1969
|
23 June 1969 – 9 July 1974
|
Eisenhower
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
John Marshall Harlan II
|
NY
|
May 20 1899 – 29 December 1971
|
28 March 1955 – 23 September 1971
|
(none)
|
23 September 1971 – 29 December 1971
|
Eisenhower
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
William Joseph Brennan *
|
NJ
|
25 April 1906 – 24 July 1997
|
16 October 1956 – 20 July 1990
|
(none)
|
20 July 1990 – 24 July 1997
|
Eisenhower
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Charles Evans Whittaker
|
MO
|
22 February 1901 – 26 November 1973
|
25 March 1957 – 31 March 1962
|
(none)
|
31 March 1962 – 30 September 1965
|
Eisenhower
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Potter Stewart *
|
OH
|
23 January 1915 – 7 December 1985
|
14 October 1958 – 3 July 1981
|
(none)
|
3 July 1981 – 7 December 1985
|
Eisenhower
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Byron Raymond White
|
CO
|
8 June 1917 – 15 April 2002
|
16 April 1962 – 28 June 1993
|
(none)
|
28 June 1993 – 15 April 2002
|
Kennedy
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Arthur Joseph Goldberg
|
IL
|
8 August 1908 – 19 January 1990
|
1 October 1962 – 25 July 1965
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Kennedy
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Abe Fortas
|
TN
|
19 June 1910 – 5 April 1982
|
4 October 1965 – 14 May 1969
|
(none)
|
(none)
|
Johnson
|
resignation
|
{{{index}}}
|
Thurgood Marshall
|
NY
|
2 July 1908 – 24 January 1993
|
2 October 1967 – 1 October 1991
|
(none)
|
1 October 1991 – 24 January 1993
|
Johnson
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Warren Earl Burger
|
VA
|
17 September 1907 – 25 June 1995
|
23 June 1969 – 26 September 1986
|
23 June 1969 – 26 September 1986
|
26 September 1986 – 25 June 1995
|
Nixon
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Harry Andrew Blackmun
|
MN
|
12 November 1908 – 4 March 1999
|
9 June 1970 – 3 August 1994
|
(none)
|
3 August 1994 – 4 March 1999
|
Nixon
|
death
|
{{{index}}}
|
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
|
VA
|
19 September 1907 – 25 August 1998
|
7 January 1972 – 26 June 1987
|
(none)
|
26 June 1987 – 25 August 1998
|
Nixon
|
death
|
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William Hubbs Rehnquist
|
AZ
|
1 October 1924 – present
|
7 January 1972 – present
|
26 September 1986 – present
|
—
|
Nixon (associate) Reagan (chief)(a)
|
—
|
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John Paul Stevens
|
IL
|
20 April 1920 – present
|
19 December 1975 – present
|
(none)
|
—
|
Ford
|
—
|
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Sandra Day O'Connor
|
AZ
|
26 March 1930 – present
|
25 September 1981 – present
|
(none)
|
—
|
Reagan
|
—
|
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Antonin Scalia
|
VA
|
11 March 1936 – present
|
26 September 1986 – present
|
(none)
|
—
|
Reagan
|
—
|
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Anthony McLeod Kennedy
|
CA
|
23 July 1936 – present
|
18 February 1988 – present
|
(none)
|
—
|
Reagan
|
—
|
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David Hackett Souter
|
NH
|
17 September 1939 – present
|
9 October 1990 – present
|
(none)
|
—
|
G. H. W. Bush
|
—
|
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Clarence Thomas
|
GA
|
23 June 1948 – present
|
23 October 1991 – present
|
(none)
|
—
|
G. H. W. Bush
|
—
|
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Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg
|
NY
|
15 March 1933 – present
|
10 August 1993 – present
|
(none)
|
—
|
Clinton
|
—
|
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Stephen Gerald Breyer
|
MA
|
15 August 1938 – present
|
3 August 1994 – present
|
(none)
|
—
|
Clinton
|
—
|