Senators Who Served on the U.S. Supreme Court |
Name (Party-State) |
Senate Service |
Supreme Court Service |
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Sherman Minton (D-IN) |
1935-1941 |
1949-1956 |
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Harold H. Burton (R-OH) |
1941-1945 |
1945-1958 |
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James F. Byrnes (D-SC) |
1931-1941 |
1941-1942 |
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Hugo L. Black (D-AL) |
1927-1937 |
1937-1971 |
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George Sutherland (R-UT) |
1905-1917 |
1922-1938 |
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Edward D. White (D-LA) |
1891-1894 |
1894-1921 (Chief Justice 1910-1921) |
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Howell E. Jackson (D-TN) |
1881-1886 |
1893-1895 |
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Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS) |
1877-1885 |
1888-1893 |
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Stanley Matthews (R-OH) |
1877-1879 |
1881-1889 |
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Salmon P. Chase (FS/R-OH) |
1849-1855 |
1864-1873 Chief Justice |
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David Davis* (I-IL) |
1877-1883 |
1862-1877 |
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Levi Woodbury (J/D-NH) |
1825-1831; 1841-1845 |
1845-1851 |
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John McKinley (J/D-AL) |
1826-1831; 1837 |
1837-1852 |
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Oliver Ellsworth (Pro-admin/F-CT) |
1789-1796 |
1796-1800 Chief Justice |
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William Paterson (Pro-Admin-NJ) |
1789-1790 |
1793-1806 |