aster's asterisms

Chief Justice

John Jay

(1789 - 1795)

Associate Justice 1

John Rutledge

(1790 - 1791)


Thomas Johnson

(1791 - 1793)

Associate Justice 2

William Cushing

(1790 - 1810)

Associate Justice 3

James Wilson

(1789 - 1798)

Associate Justice 4

John Blair

(1790 - 1795)

Associate Justice 5

James Iredell

(1790 - 1799)

Chief Justice

John Rutledge

(1795)

Associate Justice 1

William Paterson

(1793 - 1806)

Associate Justice 2

William Cushing

(1790 - 1810)

Associate Justice 3

James Wilson

(1789 - 1798)

Associate Justice 4

John Blair

(1790 - 1795)

Associate Justice 5

James Iredell

(1790 - 1799)

Chief Justice

Oliver Ellsworth

(1796 - 1800)

Associate Justice 1

William Paterson

(1793 - 1806)

Associate Justice 2

William Cushing

(1790 - 1810)

Associate Justice 3

James Wilson

(1789 - 1798)


Bushrod Washington

(1798 - 1829)

Associate Justice 4

Samuel Chase

(1796 - 1811)

Associate Justice 5

James Iredell

(1790 - 1799)


Alfred Moore

(1800 - 1804)

Chief Justice

John Marshall

(1801 - 1835)

Associate Justice 1

William Paterson

(1793 - 1806)


Henry Livingston

(1807 - 1823)


Smith Thompson

(1823 - 1843)

Associate Justice 2

William Cushing

(1790 - 1810)


Joseph Story

(1812 - 1845)

Associate Justice 3

Bushrod Washington

(1798 - 1829)


Henry Baldwin

(1830 - 1844)

Associate Justice 4

Samuel Chase

(1796 - 1811)


Gabriel Duvall

(1811 - 1835)

Associate Justice 5

Alfred Moore

(1800 - 1804)


William Johnson

(1804 - 1834)


James Wayne

(1835 - 1967)

Associate Justice 6

Thomas Todd

(1807 - 1826)


Robert Trimble

(1826 - 1828)


John McLean

(1829 - 1861)

Chief Justice

Roger Taney

(1836 - 1864)

Associate Justice 1

Smith Thompson

(1823 - 1843)


Samuel Nelson

(1845 - 1872)

Associate Justice 2

Joseph Story

(1812 - 1845)


Levi Woodbury

(1845 - 1851)


Benjamin Curtis

(1851 - 1857)


Nathan Clifford

(1858 - 1881)

Associate Justice 3

Henry Baldwin

(1830 - 1844)


Robert Grier

(1846 - 1870)

Associate Justice 4

Philip Barbour

(1836 - 1841)


Peter Daniel

(1842 - 1860)


Samuel Miller

(1862 - 1890)

Associate Justice 5

James Wayne

(1835 - 1967)

Associate Justice 6

John McLean

(1829 - 1861)


Noah Swayne

(1862 - 1881)

Associate Justice 7

John Catron

(1837 - 1865)

Associate Justice 8

David Davis

(1862 - 1877)

Associate Justice 9

Stephen Field

(1863 - 1897)

Chief Justice

Salmon Chase

(1864 - 1873)

Associate Justice 1

Samuel Nelson

(1845 - 1872)


Ward Hunt

(1873 - 1882)

Associate Justice 2

Nathan Clifford

(1858 - 1881)

Associate Justice 3

William Strong

(1870 - 1880)

Associate Justice 4

Robert Grier

(1846 - 1870)


Samuel Miller

(1862 - 1890)

Associate Justice 5

James Wayne

(1835 - 1967)

Associate Justice 6

Noah Swayne

(1862 - 1881)

Associate Justice 7

John Catron

(1837 - 1865)

Associate Justice 8

David Davis

(1862 - 1877)

Associate Justice 9

Stephen Field

(1863 - 1897)

Chief Justice

Morrison Waite

(1874 - 1888)

Associate Justice 1

Ward Hunt

(1873 - 1882)


Samuel Blatchford

(1882 - 1893)

Associate Justice 2

Nathan Clifford

(1858 - 1881)


Horace Gray

(1882 - 1902)

Associate Justice 3

William Strong

(1870 - 1880)


William Woods

(1881 - 1887)


Lucius Lamar

(1888 - 1893)

Associate Justice 4

Samuel Miller

(1862 - 1890)

Associate Justice 6

Noah Swayne

(1862 - 1881)


Stanley Matthews

(1881 - 1889)

Associate Justice 8

David Davis

(1862 - 1877)


John Harlan

(1877 - 1911)

Associate Justice 9

Stephen Field

(1863 - 1897)

Associate Justice 10

Joseph Bradley

(1870 - 1892)

Chief Justice

Melville Fuller

(1888 - 1910)

Associate Justice 1

Samuel Blatchford

(1882 - 1893)


Edward White

(1894 - 1910)

Associate Justice 2

Horace Gray

(1882 - 1902)


Oliver Holmes

(1902 - 1932)

Associate Justice 3

Lucius Lamar

(1888 - 1893)


Howell Jackson

(1893 - 1895)


Rufus Peckham

(1896 - 1909)


Horace Lurton

(1910 - 1914)

Associate Justice 4

Samuel Miller

(1862 - 1890)


Henry Brown

(1891 - 1906)


William Moody

(1906 - 1910)

Associate Justice 6

Stanley Matthews

(1881 - 1889)


David Brewer

(1890 - 1910)

Associate Justice 8

John Harlan

(1877 - 1911)

Associate Justice 9

Stephen Field

(1863 - 1897)


Joseph McKenna

(1898 - 1925)

Associate Justice 10

Joseph Bradley

(1870 - 1892)


George Shiras

(1892 - 1903)


William Day

(1903 - 1922)

Chief Justice

Edward White

(1910 - 1921)

Associate Justice 1

Willis Van Devanter

(1911 - 1937)

Associate Justice 2

Oliver Holmes

(1902 - 1932)

Associate Justice 3

Horace Lurton

(1910 - 1914)


James McReynolds

(1914 - 1941)

Associate Justice 4

Joseph Lamar

(1911 - 1916)


Louis Brandeis

(1916 - 1939)

Associate Justice 6

Charles Hughes

(1910 - 1916)


John Clarke

(1916 - 1922)

Associate Justice 8

John Harlan

(1877 - 1911)


Mahlon Pitney

(1912 - 1922)

Associate Justice 9

Joseph McKenna

(1898 - 1925)

Associate Justice 10

William Day

(1903 - 1922)

Chief Justice

William Taft

(1921 - 1930)

Associate Justice 1

Willis Van Devanter

(1911 - 1937)

Associate Justice 2

Oliver Holmes

(1902 - 1932)

Associate Justice 3

James McReynolds

(1914 - 1941)

Associate Justice 4

Louis Brandeis

(1916 - 1939)

Associate Justice 6

John Clarke

(1916 - 1922)


George Sutherland

(1922 - 1938)

Associate Justice 8

Mahlon Pitney

(1912 - 1922)


Edward Sanford

(1923 - 1930)

Associate Justice 9

Joseph McKenna

(1898 - 1925)


Harlan Stone

(1925 - 1941)

Associate Justice 10

William Day

(1903 - 1922)


Pierce Butler

(1923 - 1939)

Chief Justice

Charles Hughes

(1930 - 1941)

Associate Justice 1

Willis Van Devanter

(1911 - 1937)


Hugo Black

(1937 - 1971)

Associate Justice 2

Oliver Holmes

(1902 - 1932)


Benjamin Cardozo

(1932 - 1938)


Felix Frankfurter

(1939 - 1962)

Associate Justice 3

James McReynolds

(1914 - 1941)


Associate Justice 4

Louis Brandeis

(1916 - 1939)


William Douglas

(1939 - 1975)

Associate Justice 6

George Sutherland

(1922 - 1938)


Stanley Reed

(1938 - 1957)

Associate Justice 8

Owen Roberts

(1930 - 1945)

Associate Justice 9

Harlan Stone

(1925 - 1941)


Robert Jackson

(1941 - 1954)

Associate Justice 10

Pierce Butler

(1923 - 1939)


William Murphy

(1940 - 1949)

Chief Justice

Harlan Stone

(1941 - 1946)

Associate Justice 1

Hugo Black

(1937 - 1971)

Associate Justice 2

Felix Frankfurter

(1939 - 1962)

Associate Justice 3

James Byrnes

(1941 - 1942)


Wiley Rutledge

(1943 - 1949)

Associate Justice 4

William Douglas

(1939 - 1975)

Associate Justice 6

Stanley Reed

(1938 - 1957)

Associate Justice 8

Owen Roberts

(1930 - 1945)


Harold Burton

(1945 - 1958)

Associate Justice 9

Robert Jackson

(1941 - 1954)

Associate Justice 10

William Murphy

(1940 - 1949)

Chief Justice

Fred Vinson

(1946 - 1953)

Associate Justice 1

Hugo Black

(1937 - 1971)

Associate Justice 2

Felix Frankfurter

(1939 - 1962)

Associate Justice 3

Wiley Rutledge

(1943 - 1949)


Sherman Minton

(1949 - 1956)

Associate Justice 4

William Douglas

(1939 - 1975)

Associate Justice 6

Stanley Reed

(1938 - 1957)

Associate Justice 8

Harold Burton

(1945 - 1958)

Associate Justice 9

Robert Jackson

(1941 - 1954)

Associate Justice 10

William Murphy

(1940 - 1949)


Thomas Clark

(1949 - 1967)

Chief Justice

Earl Warren

(1953 - 1969)

Associate Justice 1

Hugo Black

(1937 - 1971)

Associate Justice 2

Felix Frankfurter

(1939 - 1962)


Arthur Goldberg

(1962 - 1965)


Abe Fortas

(1965 - 1969)

Associate Justice 3

Sherman Minton

(1949 - 1956)


William Brennan

(1956 - 1990)

Associate Justice 4

William Douglas

(1939 - 1975)

Associate Justice 6

Stanley Reed

(1938 - 1957)


Charles Whittaker

(1957 - 1962)


Byron White

(1962 - 1993)

Associate Justice 8

Harold Burton

(1945 - 1958)


Potter Stewart

(1958 - 1981)

Associate Justice 9

Robert Jackson

(1941 - 1954)


John Harlan II

(1955 - 1971)

Associate Justice 10

Thomas Clark

(1949 - 1967)


Thurgood Marshall

(1967 - 1991)

Chief Justice

Warren Burger

(1969 - 1986)

Associate Justice 1

Hugo Black

(1937 - 1971)


Lewis Powell

(1972 - 1987)

Associate Justice 2

Abe Fortas

(1965 - 1969)


Harry Blackmun

(1970 - 1994)

Associate Justice 3

William Brennan

(1956 - 1990)

Associate Justice 4

William Douglas

(1939 - 1975)


John Stevens

(1975 - 2010)

Associate Justice 6

Byron White

(1962 - 1993)

Associate Justice 8

Potter Stewart

(1958 - 1981)


Sandra Day O'Connor

(1981 - 2006)

Associate Justice 9

John Harlan II

(1955 - 1971)


William Rehnquist

(1972 - 1986)

Associate Justice 10

Thurgood Marshall

(1967 - 1991)

Chief Justice

William Rehnquist

(1986 - 2005)

Associate Justice 1

Lewis Powell

(1972 - 1987)


Anthony Kennedy

(1988 - 2018)

Associate Justice 2

Harry Blackmun

(1970 - 1994)


Stephen Breyer

(1994 - 2022)

Associate Justice 3

William Brennan

(1956 - 1990)


David Souter

(1990 - 2009)

Associate Justice 4

John Stevens

(1975 - 2010)

Associate Justice 6

Byron White

(1962 - 1993)


Ruth Bader Ginsburg

(1993 - 2020)

Associate Justice 8

Sandra Day O'Connor

(1981 - 2006)

Associate Justice 9

Antonin Scalia

(1986 - 2016)

Associate Justice 10

Thurgood Marshall

(1967 - 1991)


Clarence Thomas

(1991 - present)

Chief Justice

John Roberts

(2005 - present)

Associate Justice 1

Anthony Kennedy

(1988 - 2018)


Brett Kavanaugh

(2018 - present)

Associate Justice 2

Stephen Breyer

(1994 - 2022)


Ketanji Brown Jackson

(2022 - present)

Associate Justice 3

David Souter

(1990 - 2009)


Sonia Sotomayor

(2009 - present)

Associate Justice 4

John Stevens

(1975 - 2010)


Elena Kagan

(2010 - present)

Associate Justice 6

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

(1993 - 2020)


Amy Coney Barrett

(2020 - present)

Associate Justice 8

Sandra Day O'Connor

(1981 - 2006)


Samuel Alito

(2006 - present)

Associate Justice 9

Antonin Scalia

(1986 - 2016)


Neil Gorsuch

(2017 - present)

Associate Justice 10

Clarence Thomas

(1991 - present)