<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Birth </Th> <Th> Appointed by </Th> <Th> Senate confirmation vote </Th> <Th> Age at appointment </Th> <Th> Current age </Th> <Th> First day / Length of service </Th> <Th> Previous positions </Th> <Th> Succeeded </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Roberts , John John Roberts ( Chief Justice ) </P> </Td> <Td> 000000001955 - 01 - 27 - 0000 January 27 , 1955 Buffalo , New York </Td> <Td> Bush , George W. George W. Bush </Td> <Td> 78 -- 22 </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 7004231340000000000 ♠ 63 </Td> <Td> 000000002005 - 09 - 29 - 0000 September 29 , 2005 12 years , 8 months </Td> <Td> Circuit Judge , Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ( 2003 -- 2005 ) ; Principal Deputy Solicitor General ( 1989 -- 1993 ) ; Associate Counsel to the President ( 1982 -- 1986 ) </Td> <Td> William Rehnquist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Kennedy , Anthony Anthony Kennedy </P> </Td> <Td> 000000001936 - 07 - 23 - 0000 July 23 , 1936 Sacramento , California </Td> <Td> Reagan , Ronald Ronald Reagan </Td> <Td> 97 -- 0 </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> 7004298960000000000 ♠ 81 </Td> <Td> 000000001988 - 02 - 18 - 0000 February 18 , 1988 30 years , 3 months </Td> <Td> Circuit Judge , Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ( 1975 -- 1988 ) ; Private practice ( 1963 -- 1975 ) </Td> <Td> Lewis Powell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Thomas , Clarence Clarence Thomas </P> </Td> <Td> 000000001948 - 06 - 23 - 0000 June 23 , 1948 Pin Point , Georgia </Td> <Td> Bush , George H.W. George H.W. Bush </Td> <Td> 52 -- 48 </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> 7004255430000000000 ♠ 69 </Td> <Td> 000000001991 - 10 - 23 - 0000 October 23 , 1991 26 years , 7 months </Td> <Td> Circuit Judge , Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ( 1990 -- 1991 ) ; Chairman , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( 1982 -- 1990 ) ; Assistant Attorney General in Missouri under State Attorney General John Danforth ( 1974 -- 1977 ) </Td> <Td> Thurgood Marshall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ginsburg , Ruth Bader Ruth Bader Ginsburg </P> </Td> <Td> 000000001933 - 03 - 15 - 0000 March 15 , 1933 Brooklyn , New York </Td> <Td> Clinton , Bill Bill Clinton </Td> <Td> 96 -- 3 </Td> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> 7004311220000000000 ♠ 85 </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10 , 1993 24 years , 9 months </Td> <Td> Circuit Judge , Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ( 1980 -- 1993 ) ; General Counsel , American Civil Liberties Union ( 1973 -- 1980 ) </Td> <Td> Byron White </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Breyer , Stephen Stephen Breyer </P> </Td> <Td> 000000001938 - 08 - 15 - 0000 August 15 , 1938 San Francisco , California </Td> <Td> 87 -- 9 </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 7004291430000000000 ♠ 79 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 08 - 03 - 0000 August 3 , 1994 23 years , 9 months </Td> <Td> Chief Judge , Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ( 1990 -- 1994 ) ; Circuit Judge , Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ( 1980 -- 1990 ) </Td> <Td> Harry Blackmun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Alito , Samuel Samuel Alito </P> </Td> <Td> 000000001950 - 04 - 01 - 0000 April 1 , 1950 Trenton , New Jersey </Td> <Td> George W. Bush </Td> <Td> 58 -- 42 </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 7004248960000000000 ♠ 68 </Td> <Td> 000000002006 - 01 - 31 - 0000 January 31 , 2006 12 years , 3 months </Td> <Td> Circuit Judge , Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ( 1990 -- 2006 ) ; U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey ( 1987 -- 1990 ) ; Deputy Assistant Attorney General ( 1985 -- 1987 ) ; Assistant to the Solicitor General ( 1981 -- 1985 ) </Td> <Td> Sandra Day O'Connor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Sotomayor , Sonia Sonia Sotomayor </P> </Td> <Td> 000000001954 - 06 - 25 - 0000 June 25 , 1954 The Bronx , New York </Td> <Td> Obama , Barack Barack Obama </Td> <Td> 68 -- 31 </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 7004233500000000000 ♠ 63 </Td> <Td> 000000002009 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8 , 2009 8 years , 9 months </Td> <Td> Circuit Judge , Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ( 1998 -- 2009 ) ; District Judge , District Court for the Southern District of New York ( 1992 -- 1998 ) </Td> <Td> David Souter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Kagan , Elena Elena
who are the current supreme court justices 2017
John Roberts Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch