Justices appointed by Republican presidents (18)

More conservative (2)

H. F. Stone (1925-1946) [Coolidge]

O. J. Roberts (1930-1945) [Hoover]

More liberal (10)

E. Warren (1953-1969) [Eisenhower]

W. J. Brennan (1956-1990) [Eisenhower]

W. E. Burger (1969-1986) [Nixon]

H. Blackmun (1970-1994) [Nixon]

W. Rehnquist (1972-2005) [Nixon]

J. P. Stevens (1975-2010) [Ford]

S. D. O’Connor (1981-2006) [Reagan]

A. M. Kennedy (1988-) [Reagan]

D. Souter (1990-2009) [G. H. W. Bush]

J. Roberts (2005-) [G. H. W. Bush]

No change (6)

J. Harlan II (1955-1971) [Eisenhower]

P. Stewart (1958-1981) [Eisenhower]

L. Powell (1972-1987) [Nixon]

A. Scalia (1986-2016) [Reagan]

C. Thomas (1991-) [G. H. W. Bush]

S. Alito (2006-) [G. H. W. Bush]

Justices appointed by Democratic presidents (16)

More conservative (7)

H. Black (1937-1971) [F. D. Roosevelt]

S. F. Reed (1938-1957) [F. D. Roosevelt]

F. Frankfurter (1939-1962) [F. D. Roosevelt]

R. H. Jackson (1941-1954) [F. D. Roosevelt]

H. H. Burton (1945-1958) [Truman]

F. M. Vinson (1946-1953) [Truman]

B. R. White (1962-1993) [Kennedy]

More liberal (8)

W. O. Douglas (1939-1975) [F. D. Roosevelt]

W. B. Rutledge (1943-1949) [F. D. Roosevelt]

T. C. Clark (1949-1967) [Truman]

S. Minton (1949-1956) [Truman]

T. Marshall (1967-1991) [L. B. Johnson]

R. B. Ginsburg (1993-) [Clinton]

S. G. Breyer (1994-) [Clinton]

S. Sotomayor (2009-) [Obama]

No change (1)

F. Murphy (1940-1949) [F. D. Roosevelt]