Justice ID | Supreme Court Database

Variable Name	Spaeth Name	Normalizations
justice	HAR-BRY	118 [ view ]

This variable provides a unique identification number for each of the justices. Even though several justices served as both associate and chief justice they receive only one identification number.

This variable appears in the Justice Centered Datasets only.

Some notes about the organization of the justice ids.

The numeric value on the left is the unique identifier.
The shortened name to the right of the numeric (e.g. JJay) is for readability. Astute eyes will observe that these text descriptors are not always unique, as in the case of JRutledge (ids 2 and 9). The reason for this is id’s 2 and 9 reference the same individual. The source of the two ids is the justice served a split term.
In situations where two different individuals would share a short name, the short descriptor will be incremented with a numeral on the end as in the case of JHalan1 (id 45) and JHarlan2 (id 91). These descriptors were made unique because they reference different individuals.

Please note that release SCDB_2012_01 saw a renormalization to the justice ids. This was to correct an exclusion of an early justice. Below you will find the current listing. The original variable assignments may be seen here. If you perform a search based on early database releases (prior to SCDB_2012_01) all justice references have been updated to ensure fidelity.

Values:

1	JJay	Jay, John (10/19/1789–06/29/1795)
2	JRutledge1	Rutledge, John (02/15/1790–03/05/1791)
3	WCushing	Cushing, William (02/02/1790–09/13/1810)
4	JWilson	Wilson, James (10/05/1789–08/21/1798)
5	JBlair	Blair, John (02/02/1790–01/27/1796)
6	JIredell	Iredell, James (05/12/1790–10/20/1799)
7	TJohnson	Johnson, Thomas (09/19/1791–02/22/1793)
8	WPaterson	Paterson, William (03/11/1793–09/09/1806)
9	JRutledge2	Rutledge, John (08/12/1795–12/15/1795)
10	SChase	Chase, Samuel (02/04/1796–06/19/1811)
11	OEllsworth	Ellsworth, Oliver (03/08/1796–12/15/1800)
12	BWashington	Washington, Bushrod (11/09/1798–11/26/1829)
13	AMoore	Moore, Alfred (04/21/1800–01/26/1804)
14	JMarshall	Marshall, John (02/04/1801–07/06/1835)
15	WJohnson	Johnson, William (05/07/1804–08/04/1834)
16	HBLivingston	Livingston, Henry (01/20/1807–03/18/1823)
17	TTodd	Todd, Thomas (05/04/1807–02/07/1826)
18	GDuvall	Duvall, Gabriel (11/23/1811 – 01/14/1835 )
19	JStory	Story, Joseph (02/03/1812–09/10/1845)
20	SThompson	Thompson, Smith (09/01/1823–12/18/1843)
21	RTrimble	Trimble, Robert (06/16/1826–08/25/1828)
22	JMcLean	McLean, John (01/11/1830–04/04/1861)
23	HBaldwin	Baldwin, Henry (01/18/1830–04/21/1844)
24	JMWayne	Wayne, James (01/14/1835–07/05/1867)
25	RBTaney	Taney, Roger (03/28/1836–10/12/1864)
26	PPBarbour	Barbour, Philip (05/12/1836– 02/25/1841)
27	JCatron	Catron, John (05/01/1837–05/30/1865)
28	JMcKinley	McKinley, John (04/22/1837–07/19/1852)
29	PVDaniel	Daniel, Peter (01/10/1842–05/31/1860)
30	SNelson	Nelson, Samuel (02/27/1845–11/28/1872)
31	LWoodbury	Woodbury, Levi (09/23/1845–09/04/1851)
32	RCGrier	Grier, Robert (08/10/1846–01/31/1870)
33	BRCurtis	Curtis, Benjamin (10/10/1851– 09/30/1857)
34	JACampbell	Campbell, John (04/11/1853–04/30/1861)
35	NClifford	Clifford, Nathan (01/21/1858–07/25/1881)
36	NHSwayne	Swayne, Noah (01/27/1862–01/24/1881)
37	SFMiller	Miller, Samuel (07/21/1862–10/13/1890)
38	DDavis	Davis, David (10/17/1862–03/04/1877)
39	SJField	Field, Stephen (05/20/1863–12/01/1897)
40	SPChase	Chase, Salmon (12/15/1864–05/07/1873)
41	WStrong	Strong, William (03/14/1870–12/14/1880)
42	JPBradley	Bradley, Joseph (03/21/1870–01/22/1892)
43	WHunt	Hunt, Ward (01/09/1873–01/27/1882)
44	MRWaite	Waite, Morrison (03/04/1874–04/03/1888)
45	JHarlan1	Harlan, John (12/10/1877–10/14/1911)
46	WBWoods	Woods, William (01/05/1881–05/14/1887)
47	SMatthews	Matthews, Stanley (05/17/1881–03/22/1889)
48	HGray	Gray, Horace (01/09/1882–09/15/1902)
49	SBlatchford	Blatchford, Samuel (04/03/1882–07/07/1893)
50	LQLamar	Lamar, Lucius (01/18/1888–01/23/1893)
51	MWFuller	Fuller, Melville (10/08/1888–07/04/1910)
52	DJBrewer	Brewer, David (01/06/1890–03/28/1910)
53	HBBrown	Brown, Henry ( 01/05/1891 – 05/28/1906 )
54	GShiras	Shiras, George (10/10/1892–02/23/1903)
55	HEJackson	Jackson, Howell (03/04/1893–08/08/1895)
56	EDEWhite	White, Edward (03/12/1894–05/19/1921)
57	RWPeckham	Peckham, Rufus (01/06/1896–10/24/1909)
58	JMcKenna	McKenna, Joseph (01/26/1898–01/05/1925)
59	OWHolmes	Holmes, Oliver (08/11/1902–01/12/1932)
60	WRDay	Day, William (03/02/1903–11/13/1922)
61	WHMoody	Moody, William (12/17/1906–11/20/1910)
62	HHLurton	Lurton, Horace (01/03/1910–07/12/1914)
63	CEHughes1	Hughes, Charles (10/10/1910–06/10/1916)
64	WVanDevanter	Van Devanter, Willis (01/03/1911–06/02/1937)
65	JRLamar	Lamar, Joseph (01/03/1911–01/02/1916)
66	MPitney	Pitney, Mahlon (03/18/1912–12/31/1922)
67	JCMcReynolds	McReynolds, James (10/12/1914–01/31/1941)
68	LDBrandeis	Brandeis, Louis (06/05/1916–02/13/1939)
69	JHClarke	Clarke, John (10/09/1916–09/18/1922)
70	WHTaft	Taft, William (07/11/1921–02/03/1930)
71	GSutherland	Sutherland, George (10/02/1922–01/17/1938)
72	PButler	Butler, Pierce (01/02/1923–11/16/1939)
73	ETSanford	Sanford, Edward (02/19/1923–03/08/1930)
74	HFStone	Stone, Harlan (03/02/1925–04/22/1946)
75	CEHughes2	Hughes, Charles (02/24/1930–07/01/1941)
76	OJRoberts	Roberts, Owen (06/02/1930–07/31/1945)
77	BNCardozo	Cardozo, Benjamin (03/14/1932–07/09/1938)
78	HLBlack	Black, Hugo (08/19/1937–09/17/1971)
79	SFReed	Reed, Stanley (01/31/1938–02/25/1957)
80	FFrankfurter	Frankfurter, Felix (01/30/1939–08/28/1962)
81	WODouglas	Douglas, William (04/17/1939–11/12/1975)
82	FMurphy	Murphy, Francis (02/05/1940–07/19/1949)
83	JFByrnes	Byrnes, James (07/08/1941–10/03/1942)
84	RHJackson	Jackson, Robert (07/11/1941–10/09/1954)
85	WBRutledge	Rutledge, Wiley (02/15/1943–09/10/1949)
86	HHBurton	Burton, Harold (10/01/1945–10/13/1958)
87	FMVinson	Vinson, Fred (06/24/1946–09/08/1953)
88	TCClark	Clark, Tom (08/24/1949–06/12/1967)
89	SMinton	Minton, Sherman (10/12/1949–10/15/1956)
90	EWarren	Warren, Earl (10/05/1953–06/23/1969)
91	JHarlan2	Harlan, John (03/28/1955–09/23/1971)
92	WJBrennan	Brennan, William (10/16/1956–07/20/1990)
93	CEWhittaker	Whittaker, Charles (03/25/1957–03/31/1962)
94	PStewart	Stewart, Potter (10/14/1958–07/03/1981)
95	BRWhite	White, Byron (04/16/1962–06/28/1993)
96	AJGoldberg	Goldberg, Arthur (10/01/1962–07/25/1965)
97	AFortas	Fortas, Abe (10/04/1965–05/14/1969)
98	TMarshall	Marshall, Thurgood (10/02/1967–10/01/1991)
99	WEBurger	Burger, Warren (06/23/1969–09/26/1986)
100	HABlackmun	Blackmun, Harry (06/09/1970–08/03/1994)
101	LFPowell	Powell, Lewis (01/07/1972–06/26/1987)
102	WHRehnquist	Rehnquist, William (01/07/1972–09/03/2005)
103	JPStevens	Stevens, John (12/19/1975–06/29/2010)
104	SDOConnor	O’Connor, Sandra (09/25/1981–01/31/2006)
105	AScalia	Scalia, Antonin (09/26/1986–02/13/2016)
106	AMKennedy	Kennedy, Anthony (02/18/1988–07/31/2018)
107	DHSouter	Souter, David (10/09/1990–06/29/2009)
108	CThomas	Thomas, Clarence (10/23/1991–)
109	RBGinsburg	Ginsburg, Ruth (08/10/1993–09/18/2020)
110	SGBreyer	Breyer, Stephen ( 08/03/1994–06/30/2022 )
111	JGRoberts	Roberts, John (09/29/2005–)
112	SAAlito	Alito, Samuel (01/31/2006–)
113	SSotomayor	Sotomayor, Sonia (08/08/2009–)
114	EKagan	Kagan, Elena (08/07/2010–)
115	NMGorsuch	Gorsuch, Neil (04/08/2017–)
116	BMKavanaugh	Kavanaugh, Brett (10/06/2018–)
117	ACBarrett	Barrett, Amy (10/27/2020–)
118	KBJackson	Jackson, Ketanji (06/30/2022–)