Since the founding of the United States, the first president, George Washington, remains the president who made the most appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States. In more recent history, Donald Trump appointed three Supreme Court Justices, and Joe Biden has appointed one Justice. John Roberts, the current Chief Justice was appointed by George W. Bush.
Number of Supreme Court Justices appointed to the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 2022, by president
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Statistics on The United States Supreme Court
The Court
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Appointments to the Court
3
Philosophy of the Court
5
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court justices ideological score 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court ideological score 1937-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court justices ideological MQ scores 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults perceived ideology of the Supreme Court 2023
- Premium Statistic Perceived ideology of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023, by party
Decisions of the Court
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- Premium Statistic Number of opinions by U.S. Supreme Court justices 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court voting alignment between justices 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court voting alignment between justices on non-unanimous cases 2020
- Premium Statistic Number of U.S. Supreme Court justice dissenting votes 2020, by type
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults' approval of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults' support for overturning Obergefell v. Hodges 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults' support for overturning Griswold v. Connecticut 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults' support for overturning Lawrence v. Texas 2022
Public opinion
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- Premium Statistic U.S. adults' confidence in the Supreme Court 1973-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults' confidence in the Supreme Court by party 2012-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults who approve of the Supreme Court 2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults approval of the Supreme Court 2023, by party
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults favorability rating of Supreme Court justices 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. public opinion on expansion of Supreme Court Justices 2022
- Premium Statistic Public opinion on if Supreme Court Justices should have term limits U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Opinion of U.S. adults on if the Supreme Court has too much power 2022, by party
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- Tenure of current U.S. Supreme Court Justices 2023
- Breakdown of votes for U.S. Supreme Court Justices since Scalia
- U.S. adults who approve of the Supreme Court 2023
- Perceived ideology of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023, by party
- U.S. adults favorability rating of Supreme Court justices 2022
- Public opinion on if Supreme Court Justices should have term limits U.S. 2022
- U.S. Supreme Court justices by gender 1789-2022
- Longest serving U.S. Supreme Court Justices 2023
- U.S. adults perceived ideology of the Supreme Court 2023
- U.S. adults approval of the Supreme Court 2023, by party
- U.S. public opinion on expansion of Supreme Court Justices 2022
- Opinion of U.S. adults on if the Supreme Court has too much power 2022
- Number of U.S. Supreme Court justice dissenting votes 2020, by type
- U.S. Supreme Court justices ideological score 2022
- U.S. Supreme Court ideological score 1937-2021
- U.S. adults' confidence in the Supreme Court by party 2012-2022
- U.S. adults' confidence in the Supreme Court 1973-2022
- U.S. Supreme Court justices ideological MQ scores 2005-2021
- Opinion of U.S. adults on if the Supreme Court has too much power 2022, by party
- Number of U.S. Supreme Court cases decided 2010-2023, by term
- U.S. adults' approval of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade 2022
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Supreme Court of the United States. (July 25, 2022). Number of Supreme Court Justices appointed to the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 2022, by president [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322363/supreme-court-appointments-president-us/
Supreme Court of the United States. "Number of Supreme Court Justices appointed to the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 2022, by president." Chart. July 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322363/supreme-court-appointments-president-us/
Supreme Court of the United States. (2022). Number of Supreme Court Justices appointed to the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 2022, by president. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322363/supreme-court-appointments-president-us/
Supreme Court of the United States. "Number of Supreme Court Justices Appointed to The United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 2022, by President." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322363/supreme-court-appointments-president-us/
Supreme Court of the United States, Number of Supreme Court Justices appointed to the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 2022, by president Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322363/supreme-court-appointments-president-us/ (last visited March 30, 2023)
Number of Supreme Court Justices appointed to the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 2022, by president [Graph], Supreme Court of the United States, July 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322363/supreme-court-appointments-president-us/