How old are the Justices on the Supreme Court of USA?

Current Members

John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States

John G. Robert is 66 years old. He was born on January 27, 1955, in Buffalo, New York,

In 1996, he married Jane Marie Sullivan, with whom he had two children, Josephine and Jack. He graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in 1976 and Harvard Law School with a J.D. in 1979.

Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice

Clarence Thomas is 73 years old. He was born on  June 23, 1948, in the Pinpoint community near Savannah, Georgia.

From 1967 to 1968, he studied at Conception Seminary before earning an A.B., cum laude, from College of the Holy Cross in 1971 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974.

The years 1974-1977 saw him work as an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Missouri, followed by seven years at Monsanto as an attorney, and the final three years of his legal career as a Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth (1979-1981).

Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice

Stephen G. Breyer is 83 years old. He was born on August 15, 1938, in San Francisco, California.

In 1967, he married Joanna Hare and they have three children: Chloe, Nell, and Michael.

He graduated from Stanford University with an A.B., Magdalen College, Oxford with a B.A., and Harvard Law School with an LL.B.

During the 1964 Term, he worked as a law clerk for Justice Arthur Goldberg of the United States Supreme Court.

Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice

Samuel A. Alito is 71 years old. He was born on April 1, 1950, in Trenton, New Jersey.

Philip and Laura are his two children from his marriage to Martha-Ann Bomgardner in 1985.

Between 1976 to 1977, he worked as a law clerk for Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He worked as an Assistant United States Attorney.

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice

Sonia Sotomayor is 67 years old. She was born on June 25, 1954, in Bronx, New York.

In 1976, she graduated from Princeton University with a B.A., achieving the university’s highest academic distinction and graduating summa cum laude.

She graduated from Yale Law School in 1979 with a J.D. and worked as an editor for the Yale Law Journal.

Elena Kagan, Associate Justice

Elena Kagan is 61 years old. She was born on  April 28, 1960, in New York, New York.

She graduated from Princeton with an A.B. in 1981, Oxford with an M. Phil. in 1983, and Harvard Law School with a J.D. in 1986.

From 1986 to 1987, she clerked for Judge Abner Mikva of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court during the 1987 Term.

Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice

Neil M. Gorsuch is 54 years old. He was born on August 29, 1967, in Denver, Colorado

He has two daughters with his wife Louise. Columbia University awarded him a B.A., Harvard Law School awarded him a J.D., and Oxford University awarded him a D.Phil.

He worked as a law clerk for District of Columbia Circuit Judge David B. Sentelle.

Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice

Brett M. Kavanaugh is 57 years old. He was born  on February 12, 1965, in Washington, D.C

In 2004, he married Ashley Estes, and the couple has two daughters, Margaret and Liza. He graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in 1987 and Yale Law School with a J.D.

in 1990. From 1990 to 1991, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Walter Stapleton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice

Amy Coney Barrett is 50 years old. She was born on January 28, 1972, in New Orleans, Louisiana

Emma, Vivian, Tess, John Peter, Liam, Juliet, and Benjamin are her seven children from her marriage to Jesse M. Barrett in 1999.

She graduated from Rhodes College with a B.A. in 1994 and Notre Dame Law School with a J.D. in 1997.

Sandra Day O’Connor (Retired), Associate Justice

Sandra Day O’Connor is 92 years old. She was born on  March 26, 1930, in El Paso, Texas

Scott, Brian, and Jay are her three sons from her marriage to John Jay O’Connor III in 1952. Stanford University awarded her a B.A. and an LL.B.

From 1952 to 1953, she worked as a civilian attorney at Quartermaster Market Center and as a Deputy County Attorney for San Mateo County, California.

Anthony M. Kennedy (Retired), Associate Justice

Anthony M. Kennedy is 85 years old. He was born on July 23, 1936, in Sacramento, California

He has three children with his wife, Mary Davis. Stanford University and the London School of Economics awarded him a B.A. and Harvard Law School awarded him an LL.B.

From 1961 to 1963, he worked as a private practitioner in San Francisco, California.

David H. Souter (Retired), Associate Justice

David H. Souter is 82 years old. He was born on September 17, 1939, in Melrose, Massachusetts

He obtained his A.B. from Harvard College and is a Harvard alumnus.

He earned an A.B. in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and an M.A. in 1963 after two years as a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford.

He worked as an associate at Orr and Reno in Concord after getting his LL.B. from Harvard Law School.

 

 

 

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