JOHN PAUL STEVENS
“I wound like people to think I was an honest judge and a good judge. And I always tried the reach the best result in every case.”
Associate Justice
1975 — 2010
Appointed by: Gerald Ford
Sworn in: December 19, 1975
Preceded by: William O. Douglas
Succeeded by: Elena Kagan
Credit: Bob Daugherty/AP
Time on the Court
What the Court looked like when Justice Stevens served.
1969 — 1986
1975
1992
2010
Chief Justice Rehnquist
1967 — 1991
Justice Marshall
Justice Thomas
1990 — 2009
Justice Souter
Justice Stewart
Chief Justice Burger
1981 — 2005
Justice Stevens
2009 — Present
1972 — 1986
Justice Rehnquist
1986 — 2016
1972 — 1987
1958 — 1981
1991 — Present
2009 — Present
Justice O’Connor
1975 — 2010
1994 — 2022
1956 — 1990
Justice Brennan
1986 — 2005
Justice Sotomayor
Justice Scalia
1988 — 2009
Justice Kennedy
1993 — 2020
Justice Powell
1962 — 1993
1970 — 1993
Justice White
Justice Blackmun
Justice Ginsburg
Justice Breyer
2005 — Present
Chief Justice Roberts
2005 — Present
Justice Alito
1983
2001
