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Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina to serve on the US Supreme Court. Her appointment was confirmed on August 6, 2009.
Some sources claim Benjamin Cardozo was the first Latino or Hispanic justice; however, Cardozo was a Sephardic Jew of Portuguese descent, which is considered neither Hispanic nor Latino.
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In what year were the most US Supreme Court justices appointed?
1789, when the first Supreme Court (of six members) was appointed by Washington.
What would be included in a biographical sketch of Sandra Day O'Connor?
She was the first female appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who was first women appointed as Indian Supreme Court judge?
Justice M. Fathima Beevi was the first woman judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India in1989 and the first Muslim woman to be appointed to any higher judiciary. She is the first woman judge of a Supreme Court of a nation in India and Asia.
First female appointed to the Surpreme Court?
The first woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court was Sandra Day O'Connor. She was officially sworn in and took her seat on September 25, 1981.
Who was the first American to be appointed to us supreme court?
Thurgood Marshall.
Which signer was later appointed to the US Supreme Court by Washington?
James Wilson (1742-1798) from PA was signer of the Declaration of Independence that Washington appointed to the first Supreme Court.
Who was the first african-american woman admitted to the US supreme court?
No African American woman has ever served on the United States Supreme Court. The first woman to be appointed to the Court was Sandra Day O'Connor. The first African American to be appointed to the Court was Thurgood Marshall.
Who appointed the first woman to the US Supreme Court?
Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, in 1981. O'Connor retired in January 2006.
Who was the first African American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African American to be appointed to the U.S supreme court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who appointed the first female judge on the supreme court?
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How many men appointed to supreme court before first woman?
121
