President Gerald Ford appointed Justice John Paul Stevensin 1975.
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Chief Justice John Marshall was only 45 years old when President Adams appointed him to the US Supreme Court in 1801. Marshall served on the Court until his death in 1835, making him not only the youngest, but the longest-serving Chief Justice in US history.
As of August 2010, two of President Ronald Reagan's three US Supreme Court appointees are still active on the Court. Justice Antonin Scalia, appointed in 1986, became Senior Associate Justice when Justice Stevens retired in June. Justice Anthony Kennedy, appointed in 1988, has served the second longest tenure on the current Court.Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the third Reagan appointee, joined the Court in 1981 and retired in 2006. She was succeeded by Justice Samuel Alito.
John Marshall is the longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding this post for over 30 years; he was appointed by John Adams in 1801 and was he was a very important player in the effort to increase Federal government power over State government power.
President Ronald Reagan nominated senior Justice Antonin Scalia to the US Supreme Court in 1986. Justice Scalia will have served 25 years on September 26, 2011.
Justice William O. Douglas was 41 years old when President Roosevelt appointed him to the US Supreme Court in April 1939. Douglas served the longest tenure of any other justice in the Court's history, 36 years, 209 days, and was just one month past his 77th birthday when he retired.
President John Adams appointed Chief Justice Marshall to the Supreme Court in 1801 to succeed Oliver Ellsworth, who retired due to ill health. Marshall presided over the Court until his death in 1835, a little more than 34 years. He had the longest tenure as Chief Justice in the history of the Court.
He was the 4th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, and the longest serving. He helped to establish the Supreme Court as the final authority on the meaning of the Constitution.
Federalist President John Adams nominated his Secretary of State, John Marshall, to the office of Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court) in February 1801, after losing the 1800 Presidential election to Thomas Jefferson. Marshall succeeded Oliver Ellsworth, who was in poor health and agreed to step down to prevent Jefferson from nominating his successor.
As of 2011, Senior Justice Antonin Scalia has served the longest tenure of the current justices. President Reagan appointed Scalia to the Court on September 26, 1986; as of that date in 2012, he will have been on the Supreme Court bench for 26 years.
No. Justice William O. Douglas served more than 36 years on the US Supreme Court, and has the distinction of being the longest-serving justice. John Marshall was the longest-serving Chief Justice, marking more than 34 years on the bench (1801-1835).
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