Thurgood Marshall

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1991 - 1993

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Years in office: 1967 - 1991

Successor:Clarence Thomas (Nonpartisan)

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United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

Years in office: 1962 - 1965

Education

Bachelor's

Lincoln University, 1930

Law

Howard University Law, 1933

Personal

Birthplace

Baltimore, MD

Thurgood Marshall (1908 - 1993) was an Associate Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States. Marshall was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on June 13, 1967. Marshall assumedsenior status on October 1, 1991. His service on the court ended with his death on January 24, 1993. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, Marshall was a judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.^[1] Marshall was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court.^[2]

Marshall was one of three justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Johnson, though only two were confirmed. He served duringThe Warren Court,The Burger Court andThe Rehnquist Court.^[3]

Education

Marshall received an undergraduate degree from Lincoln University in 1930 and hisLL.B. from Howard University School of Law in 1933.^[1]

Professional career

• 1965-1967:United States Solicitor General
• 1940-1961: Director and counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• 1938-1940: Director and counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• 1938-1940: Special counsel, NAACP, Baltimore Regional Office
• 1936-1938: Special assistant counsel, NAACP, Baltimore Regional Office
• 1934-1936: Counsel, NAACP, Baltimore Regional Office
• 1933-1937: Attorney in private practice, Baltimore, Maryland^[1]

Federal judicial career

Supreme Court

Marshall was nominated to the Supreme Court byLyndon B. Johnson on June 13, 1967, to a seat vacated by JusticeTom Clark. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 30, 1967, and received his commission on August 30, 1967. Marshall assumedsenior status on October 1, 1991. His service on the court ended with his death on January 24, 1993.^[1]

Second Circuit

Marshall received arecess appointment to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit fromJohn F. Kennedy on October 5, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80. He was officially nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the Senate on September 11, 1962, and received his commission on September 14, 1962. Marshall resigned from the court on August 23, 1965.^[1]

See also

• History of the Supreme Court

External links

• Marshall Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Justices of theSupreme Court of the United States
Active justices	Chief justice:Roberts Associate justices:Alito •Barrett •Gorsuch •Jackson •Kagan •Kavanaugh •Sotomayor •Thomas
Senior justices	Breyer •Kennedy •Souter
Former chief justices	Burger •Chase •Ellsworth •Fuller •Hughes •Jay •Marshall •Rehnquist •Rutledge •Stone •Taft •Taney •Vinson •Waite •Warren • White
Former associate justices	O'Connor •Baldwin •Barbour •Black •Blackmun •Blair •Blatchford •Bradley •Brandeis •Brennan •Brewer •Brown •Burton •Butler •Byrnes •Campbell •Cardozo •Catron •Chase •Clark •Clarke •Clifford •Curtis •Cushing •Daniel •Davis •Day •Douglas •Duvall •Field •Fortas •Frankfurter •Ginsburg •Goldberg •Gray •Grier •Harlan I •Harlan II •Holmes •Hunt •Iredell •H. Jackson •R. Jackson •T. Johnson •W. Johnson, Jr. •J. Lamar •L. Lamar •Livingston •Lurton •Marshall •Matthews •McKenna •McKinley •McLean •McReynolds •Miller •Minton •Moody •Moore •Murphy •Nelson •Paterson •Peckham •Pitney •Powell •Reed •Roberts •W. Rutledge •Sanford •Scalia •Shiras •Stevens •Stewart •Story •Strong •Sutherland •Swayne •Thompson •Todd •Trimble •Van Devanter •Washington •Wayne •B. White •Whittaker •Wilson •Woodbury •Woods

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Debra Livingston  •  Joseph Bianco  •  Richard Sullivan (New York)  •  Maria Araujo Kahn  •  Raymond Lohier  •  Alison J. Nathan  •  Beth Robinson  •  Sarah A.L. Merriam  •  Michael Park  •  Steven Menashi  •  William Nardini  •  Eunice Lee  •  Myrna Pérez
Senior judges	Denny Chin  •  Gerard Lynch  •  Pierre Leval  •  Dennis Jacobs  •  Jon Newman  •  Amalya Kearse  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Chester Straub  •  Guido Calabresi  •  Jose Cabranes  •  Robert Sack  •  Barrington Parker  •  Reena Raggi  •  Richard Wesley  •  Susan L. Carney (Second Circuit)  •
Former judges	Christopher Droney  •  Julian William Mack  •  Frank Altimari  •  Samuel Blatchford  •  Alexander Smith Johnson  •  Nathaniel Shipman  •  William James Wallace  •  Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff  •  Sonia Sotomayor  •  Wilfred Feinberg  •  Ralph Winter  •  Roger Miner  •  Rosemary Pooler  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Peter Hall (Federal judge)  •  John Mahoney (Second Circuit)  •  George Pratt  •  Richard Cardamone  •  Lawrence Pierce  •  Thomas Meskill  •  William Mulligan  •  James Oakes  •  William Timbers  •  Fred Parker  •  Alfred Conkling Coxe  •  Emile Henry Lacombe  •  William Kneeland Townsend  •  Charles Merrill Hough  •  Walter Chadwick Noyes  •  Henry Galbraith Ward  •  John Harlan II  •  Learned Hand  •  Martin Augustine Knapp  •  Julius Marshuetz Mayer  •  Augustus Noble Hand  •  Martin Thomas Manton  •  Henry Wade Rogers  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Carroll Hincks  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  John Joseph Smith (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut judge)  •  Robert Palmer Anderson  •  Robert Porter Patterson, Sr.  •  Murray Gurfein  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Walter Mansfield  •  Harold Medina  •  Thurgood Marshall  •  Jerome Frank  •  Henry Friendly  •  Paul Hays  •  Joseph Lumbard  •  Leonard Moore  •  Ellsworth Van Graafeiland  •  Sterry Waterman  •
Former Chief judges	Wilfred Feinberg  •  Jon Newman  •  Ralph Winter  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Thomas Meskill  •  James Oakes  •  Learned Hand  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Henry Friendly  •  Joseph Lumbard  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byLyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson •Bratton •Christie •Collins •Cowen •Davis •Ely •Freedman •Gordon •Higginbotham •McNichols •Muecke •Nichols •Port •Rabinovitz •Robinson •Simons •Suttle •Weber •Whelan •Zampano
1965	Bryant •Celebrezze •Coffin •Coleman •Collinson •Corcoran •Doyle •Eubanks •Fortas •Frankel •Gasch •Gibson •Gordon •Harris •Hemphill •Hill •Hunter •Landis •Langley •Leventhal •Maxwell •McEntee •Mehrtens •Nichol •Reynolds •Russell •Smith •Tamm •Thornberry •Young
1966	Ainsworth •Atkins •Boyle •Cabot •Cassibry •Copple •Craven •Cummings •Dyer •Fairchild •Feinberg •Ferguson •Fullam •Garrity •Godbold •Goldberg •Goodwin •Gray •Guinn •Harvey •Hauk •Heaney •Heebe •Hickey •Hogan •Kaufman •Kinneary •Krentzman •Lay •Leddy •Lord •Lynch •MacKenzie •Mansfield •McCree •McRae •Mitchell •Motley •Napoli •Nichols •Noland •Peck II •Peckham •Pettine •Pittman •Porter •Real •Roberts •Robinson •Robinson •Rubin •Russell •Scott •Seals •Seitz •Simpson •Singleton •Skelton •Smith •Smith •Taylor •Thomas •von der Heydt •Watson •Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow •Beckworth •Belloni •Butzner •Cancio •Carter •Clayton •Combs •Comiskey •Curtin •Eaton •Edenfield •Fernandez-Badillo •Gesell •Gordon •Jones •Keith •Kellam •Lambros •Maletz •Marshall •Masterson •Merhige •Morgan •Murray •Neville •Pollack •Pregerson •Theis •Troutman •Van Dusen •Waddy •Weiner •Weinstein •Whipple •Williams
1968	Aldisert •Baldwin •Bownes •Bright •Green •Gubow •Henderson •Holloway •Hufstedler •Judd •Justice •Keady •Kerner, Jr. •Lasker •Latchum •Lawrence •McMillan •Morgan •Newman •Nixon •Pratt •Re •Rosenstein •Schwartz •Smith •Stahl •Travia •Woodward

v • e Federal judges nominated byJohn F. Kennedy
1961	Ainsworth •Augelli •Austin •Battisti •Becker •Beeks •Bell •Blumenfeld •Bohanon •Brown •Browning •Bryan Sr. •Clarie •Cox •Craven •Croake •Davis •Dillin •Dooling •Doyle •Dumbauld •Duniway •Dyer •Freedman •Ganey •Garza •Gibson •Gray •Hill •Kaufman •Kiley •Larkins •Larson •Lord •Luongo •MacBride •Machrowicz •Martin •McCree •McRae •Michie •Morgan •Northrop •Parsons •Peck II •Pence •Plummer •Putnam •Ridge •Sheridan •Smith •Stephens, Jr. •Swygert •West •Will •Wilson •Young •Zirpoli
1962	Allgood •Barrow •Beamer •Bell •Body •Bonsal •Brewster •Brown •Butzner •Carr •Cohen •Coolahan •Cooper •Crary •Curtis •Daugherty •Oscar Davis •Elliott •Ellis •Eschbach •Feinberg •Foley •Fox •Gewin •Goldberg •Gray •Green •Hanson •Hays •Hughes •Jones •McLean •McManus •Meredith •Neese •Noel •Oliver •Preyer •Regan •Rosenberg •Rosling •Roth •Seth •Shaw •Smith •Spears •Templar •Tyler •Weigel •White •Winter •Wright •Wyatt
1963	Almond •Cannella •Craig •Decker •Edwards •Fulton •Marovitz •McGowan •Mehaffy •Moynahan •Nealon •Payne •Phillips •Tenney •Thompson • Thornberry