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The state with the most U.S. Supreme Court justice burial sites is Virginia with 20 – 14 of which are at Arlington National Cemetery. Since it was established in 1789, 114 persons have served as a justice (associate justice or chief justice) on the Supreme Court; of these, 104 have died.
Constance Bennett, Hollywood film actress, buried with her husband, Brigadier General Theron John Coulter; Charles W. Berry (1871–1941), New York City Comptroller; also a soldier; Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; William Brennan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
This is a list of past and present judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia.The court's name was the Supreme Court of Appeals until it was changed in 1971. [1] Members were titled Judge until a 1928 constitutional amendment changed the title to Justice and designated the presiding member Chief Justice.
Asbury Christian Compton (1929–2006), Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (1974–2000) John Rogers Cooke (1833–1891), Confederate General, American Civil War;
Supreme Court Justices who have lain in state in the Old Senate Chamber at the United States Capitol are as follows: [118] Salmon P. Chase (May 11, 1873) Supreme Court Justices who have lain in repose in the Great Hall at the United States Supreme Court Building are as follows: [118] Earl Warren (July 11–12, 1974) Thurgood Marshall (January ...
Of the 116 justices in history, 110 – or 94.8% – have been men. Until 1981, every Supreme Court justice was male. But Ronald Reagan promised he’d put a woman on the court, ...
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.