<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> John Roberts ( Chief Justice ) </P> </Td> <Td> January 27 , 1955 Buffalo , New York </Td> <Td> George W. Bush </Td> <Td> 78 -- 22 </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 7004232250000000000 ♠ 63 </Td> <Td> September 29 , 2005 12 years , 11 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> Clarence Thomas </P> </Td> <Td> June 23 , 1948 Pin Point , Georgia </Td> <Td> George H.W. Bush </Td> <Td> 52 -- 48 </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> 7004256340000000000 ♠ 70 </Td> <Td> October 23 , 1991 26 years , 10 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> Ruth Bader Ginsburg </P> </Td> <Td> March 15 , 1933 Brooklyn , New York </Td> <Td> Bill Clinton </Td> <Td> 96 -- 3 </Td> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> 7004312130000000000 ♠ 85 </Td> <Td> August 10 , 1993 25 years </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> Stephen Breyer </P> </Td> <Td> August 15 , 1938 San Francisco , California </Td> <Td> Bill Clinton </Td> <Td> 87 -- 9 </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 7004292340000000000 ♠ 80 </Td> <Td> August 3 , 1994 24 years </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> Samuel Alito </P> </Td> <Td> April 1 , 1950 Trenton , New Jersey </Td> <Td> George W. Bush </Td> <Td> 58 -- 42 </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 7004249870000000000 ♠ 68 </Td> <Td> January 31 , 2006 12 years , 6 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> Sonia Sotomayor </P> </Td> <Td> June 25 , 1954 The Bronx , New York </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> 68 -- 31 </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 7004234410000000000 ♠ 64 </Td> <Td> August 8 , 2009 9 years </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> Elena Kagan </P> </Td> <Td> April 28 , 1960 Manhattan , New York </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> 63 -- 37 </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 7004213070000000000 ♠ 58 </Td> <Td> August 7 , 2010 8 years </Td> <Td> Solicitor General of the United States ( 2009 -- 2010 ) ; Dean of Harvard Law School ( 2003 -- 2009 ) ; Associate White House Counsel ( 1995 -- 1999 ) ; Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council ( 1995 -- 1999 ) </Td> <Td> John Paul Stevens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Neil Gorsuch </P> </Td> <Td> August 29 , 1967 Denver , Colorado </Td> <Td> Donald Trump </Td> <Td> 54 -- 45 </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> 7004186280000000000 ♠ 51 </Td> <Td> April 10 , 2017 1 year , 4 months </Td> <Td> Circuit Judge , Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ( 2006 -- 2017 ) ; Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General and Acting Associate Attorney General ( 2005 -- 2006 ) </Td> <Td> Antonin Scalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> </P> <P> Vacant </P> </Td> <Td colspan="7"> </Td> <Td> Anthony Kennedy </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who appointed the current justices of the supreme court
George W. Bush Bill Clinton Barack Obama Donald Trump George H.W. Bush