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President Richard M. Nixon appointed four US Supreme Court justices during his time in office. President Reagan later elevated Justice William H. Rehnquist to Chief Justice

Warren E. Burger...........1969 - 1986 (Chief Justice)

Harry Blackmun............1970 - 1994

Lewis F. Powell, Jr..........1972 - 1987

William H. Rehnquist......1972 - 2005 (Reagan elevated Rehnquist to Chief Justice in 1986)

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