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This is a list of notable Jewish American jurists. For other famous Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.

Supreme Court of the United States

Justice State[a] Position Succeeded Date confirmed
(Vote)
Tenure Tenure length[b] Nominated by
67 Louis Brandeis
(1856–1941)
KY Associate
Justice
J. Lamar June 1, 1916
(47–22)
June 5, 1916

February 13, 1939
(Retired)
22 years, 253 days Woodrow Wilson
75 Benjamin N. Cardozo
(1870–1938)
NY Associate
Justice
Holmes February 24, 1932
(Acclamation)
March 14, 1932

July 9, 1938
(Died)
6 years, 117 days Herbert Hoover
78 Felix Frankfurter
(1882–1965)
MA Associate
Justice
Cardozo January 17, 1939
(Acclamation)
January 30, 1939

August 28, 1962
(Retired)
23 years, 210 days Franklin D. Roosevelt
94 Arthur Goldberg
(1908–1990)
IL Associate
Justice
Frankfurter September 25, 1962
(Acclamation)
October 1, 1962

July 25, 1965
(Resigned)
2 years, 300 days John F. Kennedy
95 Abe Fortas
(1910–1982)
TN Associate
Justice
Goldberg August 11, 1965
(Acclamation)
October 4, 1965

May 14, 1969
(Resigned)
3 years, 222 days Lyndon B. Johnson
107 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(born 1933)
NY Associate
Justice
B. White August 3, 1993
(96–3)
August 10, 1993

Incumbent
31 years, 87 days[c] Bill Clinton
108 Stephen Breyer
(born 1938)
MA Associate
Justice
Blackmun July 29, 1994
(87–9)
August 3, 1994

Incumbent
30 years, 94 days[c]
112 Elena Kagan
(born 1960)
MA Associate
Justice
Stevens August 5, 2010
(63–37)
August 7, 2010

Incumbent
14 years, 90 days[c] Barack Obama

Federal Judges

Appellate Judges

District Judges

U.S. Attorneys

State Attorneys General

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State Attorney
General
Name Party Assumed office Term expires
New York Simon W. Rosendale[72] Democratic January 1, 1892 December 31, 1893
Maryland Isidor Rayner[73] Democratic 1899 1903
Maryland Isaac Lobe Straus[40] Democratic 1907 1911
New York Carl Sherman[74] Democratic January 1, 1923 December 31, 1924
New York Albert Ottinger[75] Republican January 1, 1925 December 31, 1928
Ohio Gilbert Bettman[40] Republican January 14, 1929 January 12, 1933
New Jersey David T. Wilentz[76] Democratic 1934 1944
New York Nathaniel L. Goldstein[40] Republican January 1, 1943 December 31, 1954
Delaware H. Albert Young[77] Independent 1951 1955
Massachusetts George Fingold[78] Republican January 8, 1953 August 31, 1958
New York Jacob Javits[40] Republican January 1, 1955 January 9, 1957
New York Louis J. Lefkowitz[40] Republican January 10, 1957 December 31, 1978
California Stanley Mosk[40] Democratic January 5, 1959 1964
New Hampshire Warren Rudman[40] Republican 1970 1976
Rhode Island Richard J. Israel[40] Republican January 5, 1971 January 7, 1975
Florida Robert L. Shevin[40] Democratic January 5, 1971 January 2, 1979
Vermont M. Jerome Diamond[40] Democratic 1975 1981
Rhode Island Julius C. Michaelson[40] Democratic January 7, 1975 January 2, 1979
New York Robert Abrams[40] Democratic January 1, 1979 December 31, 1993
Maryland Stephen H. Sachs[40] Democratic January 17, 1979 January 21, 1987
Connecticut Joe Lieberman[40] Democratic January 5, 1983 January 3, 1989
Connecticut Richard Blumenthal[40] Democratic January 9, 1991 January 5, 2011
Ohio Lee Fisher[40] Democratic January 14, 1991 January 9, 1995
New York Oliver Koppell[79] Democratic January 1, 1993 December 31, 1994
Rhode Island Jeffrey B. Pine[40] Republican January 5, 1993 January 2, 1999
New Jersey Deborah Poritz[80] Republican 1994 1996
New York Eliot Spitzer[40] Democratic January 17, 2007 January 21, 2015
New Jersey David Sampson[81] Unaffiliated January 15, 2002 February 15, 2003
New Jersey Stuart Rabner[82] Democratic September 26, 2006 June 26, 2007
Maryland Doug Gansler[83] Democratic January 17, 2007 January 21, 2015
Louisiana Buddy Caldwell[84] Democratic January 14, 2008 February 2, 2011
Republican February 2, 2011 January 11, 2016
New York Eric Schneiderman[85] Democratic January 1, 2011 May 8, 2018
Arizona Tom Horne[86] Republican January 3, 2011 January 5, 2015
Georgia Sam Olens[87] Republican January 10, 2011 November 1, 2016
Oregon Ellen Rosenblum[88] Democratic June 29, 2012 Incumbent
Delaware Matthew Denn[89] Democratic January 6, 2015 January 1, 2019
Maryland Brian Frosh[90] Democratic January 21, 2015 Incumbent
North Carolina Josh Stein[91] Democratic January 1, 2017 Incumbent
Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro[92] Democratic January 17, 2017 Incumbent
Michigan Dana Nessel[93] Democratic January 1, 2019 Incumbent
Colorado Phil Weiser[94] Democratic January 8, 2019 Incumbent

Scholars

Public figures

Notes

  1. ^ State of residence at the time of appointment. For example, in 1971, Rehnquist was appointed from Arizona, but in 1986, when elevated to chief justice, he was appointed from Virginia.[1]
  2. ^ The start date given for each justice is the day he or she took the prescribed judicial oath of office, with the end date being the date of the justice's death, resignation, or retirement.[1]
  3. ^ a b c As of November 5, 2024.

Other topics of interest

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