Table I (revised)

TABLE 1

JUSTICES

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

JUSTICES OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

(APPOINTED FROM STATES WITHIN THE CIRCUIT)[1]

Name                                State                      Years of Service                 President Making Appointment

David J. Brewer                 Kansas                  1889 – 1910                       Harrison

Willis Van Devanter          Wyoming             1910 – 1937                        Taft

George Sutherland            Utah                       1922 – 1938                       Harding

Byron R. White                 Colorado              1962 – 1993                       Kennedy

TABLE OF SUCCESSION[2]

 1889 – 1909

Brewer, David J., appointed December 18, 1889, succeeding Mr. Justice Stanley Matthews

1910 – 1921

         Brewer, David J., to March 28, 1910 (death)

Van Devanter, Willis, appointed Dec. 16, 1910, succeeding Mr. Justice Edward White who was promoted to Chief Justice

1922 – 1936

Sutherland, George, appointed September 5, 1922, succeeding Mr. Justice John H. Clarke

1937

Van Devanter, Willis, to June 2, 1937 (retired)

1938 – 1961

Sutherland, George, to January 5, 1938 (retired)

1961 – 1992

White, Byron R., appointed April 16, 1962, succeeding Mr. Justice Charles E.

                Whittaker

1993 – 2015

            White, Byron R., to June 28, 1993 (retired)

BIOGRAPHICAL UPDATES: U.S. Supreme Court Justices[3]

WHITE, Byron R. – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1962 – 1993

b. Fort Collins, Colorado, June 8, 1917.  Son of Alpha Albert and Maude E. (Burger) W., B.A. with honors, U. Colo., 1938; Rhodes Scholar Oxford (Eng.) U.; LL.B., magna cum laude, Yale Law Sch.; professional football player with Pittsburgh Steelers, 1938 season, with Detroit Lions, 1940 and 1941 seasons, named to National Football Hall of Fame, 1954; m. Marion Stearns, June 15, 1946; children – Charles and Nancy.  Law Clerk, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, U.S. Sup. Ct., 1946-47; atty., Lewis, Grant and Davis, Denver, 1947-60; Dep. Atty. Gen., U.S., 1961-62. Served Naval Intelligence in South Pacific, World War II (lt.).  Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Order of Coif.  Democrat.

[1] Pg. 443 of original text.

[2] Pg. 444 of the original text.

[3] Pg. 447 of the original text.