1. Samuel Chase (1741)

American Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1796 to 1811.

2. Jared Ingersoll (1749)

American Judge

Philadelphia statesman who signed the United States Constitution and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.

3. Samuel Nelson (1792)

American Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1845 to 1872.

4. Montgomery Blair (1813)

American Judge

Member of the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War as the 20th United States Postmaster General, who was known for being an abolitionist.

5. Samuel Blatchford (1820)

American Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1882 to 1893.

6. Horace Gray (1828)

American Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1881 to 1902.

7. Joaquin Miller (1837)

American Judge

American "Poet of the Sierras" who is remembered for Pacific Poems, An Elk Hunt, and other western-themed works. He is also known for his 1886 novel, The Destruction of Gotham,...

8. William R. Day (1849)

American Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1903 to 1922.

9. Nathan L. Miller (1868)

American Judge

Republican politician and attorney who held office as New York Governor in the early 1920s. He had previously served on the New York Supreme Court.

10. Daniel J. Layton (1879)

American Judge

Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1933 to 1945. He was known for being aggressive, combative, and hostile during proceedings.

11. Felix Frankfurter (1882)

American Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.

12. Robert H. Jackson (1892)

American Judge

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was also the 57th U.S. Attorney General.

13. William H. Hastie (1904)

American Judge

Civil rights activist and politician, most remembered as the first Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.

14. Thurgood Marshall (1908)

American Judge

The first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the position by President Lyndon B. Johnson and held the office from 1967 until...

15. Potter Stewart (1915)

American Judge

Judge who said, "Hard-core adult entertainment is hard to define, but I know it when I see it," when coming to his decision for the Jacobellis v. Ohio case.

16. Jim Garrison (1921)

American Judge

An author and one-time Louisiana District Attorney, he is best known for his conspiracy theories regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He published three books on the topic of...

17. Roy Moore (1947)

American Judge

Widely known as the founder and chairman of the Foundation for Moral Law. Twice elected as the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, he resigned in April 2017 to...

18. Barry Anderson (1954)

American Judge

Appointed in 2004 as a Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice, he had previously served as a Judge in the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

19. Mills Lane (1936)

American Judge

International Boxing Hall of Famer who refereed fights like the infamous 'Bite Fight' between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. He was famous for his catchphrase 'let's get it on,' which...

20. David Souter (1939)

American Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 until 2009.

21. Russell A. Anderson (1942)

American Judge

Lawyer who served as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2006-2008.

22. Sonia Sotomayor (1954)

American Judge

First Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court. She was born in the Bronx.

23. Mablean Ephriam (1949)

American Judge

American attorney and actress who preceded over seven seasons of Divorce Court. She also appeared as a judge in several of Tyler Perry's popular Madea films.

24. Edith Jones (1949)

American Judge

Former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit who was considered for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

25. Andrew Napolitano (1950)

American Judge

Libertarian commentator for the Fox News channel who previously was a New Jersey superior court judge from 1987 to 1995. He has been a host on the shows Brian and...

26. Lynn Toler (1959)

American Judge

American reality star known as the arbitrator in the television court series Divorce Court. Previously, she worked as an attorney and a municipal judge in Cleveland Heights Municipal Court for...

27. Greg Mathis (1960)

American Judge

Retired Michigan 36th District Court judge and syndicated television show arbiter who became famous for his reality show, Judge Mathis. His show began its sixteenth season in September 2016.

28. Marilyn Milian (1961)

American Judge

Former Florida circuit judge who became the host of the television show The People's Court.

29. David Stras (1974)

American Judge

David Ryan Stras is an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

30. John J. McConnell, Jr. (1958)

American Judge

John James McConnell Jr. also known as Jack McConnell was formerly a Rhode Island lawyer and currently a United States district judge on the United States District Court for...

31. Elizabeth Jenkins (judge) (Unknow)

American Judge

Elizabeth A. Jenkins is a U. S. Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Florida. She was appointed by the U. S. District Court in 1985. She was reappointed in...

32. Carlos Cadena (Unknow)

American Judge

Carlos C. Cadena was a Mexican American lawyer civil rights activist and judge based in San Antonio Texas. Carlos Cristian Cadena who was the son of Mexican immigrants was born...

33. Frank D. Padgett (1923)

American Judge

David Padgett is a retired judge and former World War II B-24 bomber pilot. Padgett grew up during the Great Depression and earned a scholarship to Harvard College in Massachusetts....

34. Harry W. Wellford (1924)

American Judge

Harry Walker Wellford is a former federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

35. Rosalie E. Wahl (1924)

American Judge

Sara Rosalie Wahl was an American lawyer and judge from Minnesota. She was the first woman in state history named to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Born in Gordon Kansas Wahl...

36. Laura Taylor Swain (Unknow)

American Judge

Laura Taylor Swain is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

37. Lavenski Smith (1958)

American Judge

Lavenski R. Smith is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was nominated to that court by President George W. Bush on...

38. Carol A. Beier (1958)

American Judge

Carol A. Beier is a Kansas Supreme Court Justice appointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius. She took office September 5 2003 to replace retiring Justice Bob Abbott.

39. Catherine Eagles (1958)

American Judge

Catherine Caldwell Eagles is a judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and a former Superior Court judge in Guilford County North Carolina.

40. Mary Rhodes Russell (1958)

American Judge

Mary Rhodes Russell is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She assumed the position on July 1 2013 upon the conclusion of the two year term of...

41. Robert J. Kelleher (1913)

American Judge

Robert Joseph Kelleher was a United States federal judge and an American tennis player and official inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. He graduated from Williams...

42. H. Lee Sarokin (1928)

American Judge

Haddon Lee Sarokin is a retired U. S. district judge and U. S. appeals court judge. Sarokin served on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from...

43. Jane Magnus-Stinson (1958)

American Judge

Jane Elizabeth Magnus-Stinson is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

44. Alan Harris Nevas (Unknow)

American Judge

Alan Harris Nevas was a Federal Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. He served on the court from 1985 to 2009 when he retired....

45. David M. Medina (1958)

American Judge

David Michael Medina is a former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He served in the Place 4 position. He was appointed by Governor Rick Perry in 2004 and subsequently...

46. Anne Holton (1958)

American Judge

Anne Bright Holton is the wife of United States Senator and former Governor Tim Kaine serving as First Lady of Virginia from 2006 to 2010 and as Virginia Secretary of...

47. Charles S. Haight, Jr. (1930)

American Judge

Charles Sherman Haight Jr. is an American lawyer and federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting by designation in the...

48. Brendan Byrne (1924)

American Judge

Brendan Thomas Byrne is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey. An attorney and former judge Byrne was elected to two terms as Governor of New Jersey. He was...

49. Phil Hardberger (1934)

American Judge

Phil Hardberger is a former mayor of San Antonio Texas. He took office in June 2005. He is a Democrat; however as with all mayoral city council and school board...

50. Alan B. Handler (1931)

American Judge

Alan B. Handler served as a New Jersey Supreme Court Justice from 1977 until 1999.