Autograph Collection

Washburn University School of Law Library is pleased to acknowledge the unique gift of Dr. John Davis Jr. A renowned optometrist, he was also an avid collector of autographs. During his lifetime he was able to obtain autographs for almost all of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court. This collection has been digitally reproduced and may be viewed by clicking on the name of the Justice, below. The page for each Justice shows the autograph from the collection, includes basic facts about the Justice, and provides links to other information about the Justice. A Succession Chart showing which Justices sat on the Court during each term has also been compiled by staff of the Washburn University School of Law Library.

* Image of autograph is available.

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

NameOath TakenService Ended
* Burger, Warren Earl 23-Jun-1969 26-Sep-1986
* Chase, Salmon Portland 15-Dec-1864 07-May-1873
* Ellsworth, Oliver 08-Mar-1796 15-Dec-1800
* Fuller, Melville Weston 08-Oct-1888 04-Jul-1910
* Hughes, Charles Evans 24-Feb-1930 30-Jun-1941
* Jay, John 19-Oct-1789 29-Jun-1795
* Marshall, John 04-Feb-1801 06-Jul-1835
* Rehnquist, William H. 26-Sep-1986 3-Sep-2005
Roberts, John Jr. 29-Sep-2005
Rutledge, John 12-Aug-1795 15-Dec-1795
* Stone, Harlan Fiske 03-Jul-1941 22-Apr-1946
Taft, William Howard 11-Jul-1921 03-Feb-1930
* Taney, Roger Brooke 28-Mar-1836 12-Oct-1864
* Vinson, Fred Moore 24-Jun-1946 08-Sep-1953
* Waite, Morrison Remick 04-Mar-1874 23-Mar-1888
* Warren, Earl 05-Oct-1953 23-Jun-1969
* White, Edward Douglass 19-Dec-1910 19-May-1921

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

NameOath TakenService Ended
Alito, Samuel 31-Jan-2006
Baldwin, Henry 18-Jan-1830 21-Apr-1844
* Barbour, Philip Pendleton 12-May-1836 25-Feb-1841
* Black, Hugo Lafayette 19-Aug-1937 17-Sep-1971
* Blackmun, Harry A. 09-Jun-1970 03-Aug-1994
Blair, John 02-Feb-1790 25-Oct-1795
* Blatchford, Samuel 03-Apr-1882 07-Jul-1893
* Bradley, Joseph P. 23-Mar-1870 22-Jan-1892
* Brandeis, Louis Dembitz 05-Jun-1916 13-Feb-1939
* Brennan, William J. Jr. 16-Oct-1956 20-Jul-1990
* Brewer, David Josiah 06-Jan-1890 28-Mar-1910
* Breyer, Stephen G. 03-Aug-1994
* Brown, Henry Billings 05-Jan-1891 28-May-1906
* Burton, Harold Hitz 01-Oct-1945 13-Oct-1958
* Butler, Pierce 02-Jan-1923 16-Nov-1939
* Byrnes, James Francis 08-Jul-1941 03-Oct-1942
Campbell, John Archibald 11-Apr-1853 30-Apr-1861
* Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan 14-Mar-1932 09-Jul-1938
Catron, John 01-May-1837 30-May-1865
Chase, Samuel 04-Feb-1796 19-Jun-1811
* Clark, Tom Campbell 14-Aug-1949 12-Jun-1967
* Clarke, John Hessin 09-Oct-1916 18-Sep-1922
* Clifford, Nathan 21-Jan-1858 25-Jul-1881
* Curtis, Benjamin Robbins 10-Oct-1851 30-Sep-1857
Cushing, William 02-Feb-1790 13-Sep-1810
Daniel, Peter Vivian 10-Jan-1842 31-May-1860
* Davis, David 10-Dec-1862 04-Mar-1877
* Day, William Rufus 02-Mar-1903 13-Nov-1922
* Douglas, William Orville 17-Apr-1939 12-Nov-1975
* Duvall, Gabriel 23-Nov-1811 14-Jan-1835
* Field, Stephen Johnson 20-May-1863 01-Dec-1897
* Fortas, Abe 04-Oct-1965 14-May-1969
* Frankfurter, Felix 30-Jan-1939 28-Aug-1962
* Ginsburg, Ruth Bader 10-Aug-1993
* Goldberg, Arthur Joseph 01-Oct-1962 25-Jul-1965
* Gray, Horace 09-Jan-1882 15-Sep-1902
* Grier, Robert Cooper 10-Aug-1846 31-Jan-1870
* Harlan, John Marshall II 28-Mar-1955 23-Sep-1971
* Harlan, John Marshall 10-Dec-1877 14-Oct-1911
* Holmes, Oliver Wendell 08-Dec-1902 12-Jan-1932
* Hughes, Charles Evans 10-Oct-1910 10-Jun-1916
* Hunt, Ward 09-Jan-1873 27-Jan-1882
Iredell, James 12-May-1790 20-Oct-1799
* Jackson, Howell Edmunds 04-Mar-1893 08-Aug-1895
* Jackson, Robert Houghwout 11-Jul-1941 09-Oct-1954
Johnson, Thomas 06-Aug-1792 16-Jan-1793
* Johnson, William 07-May-1804 04-Aug-1834
 Kagan, Elena 07-Aug-2010
* Kennedy, Anthony M. 18-Feb-1988
Lamar, Joseph Rucker 03-Jan-1911 02-Jan-1916
* Lamar, Lucius Quintus C. 18-Jan-1888 23-Jan-1893
* Livingston, Henry Brockholst 20-Jan-1807 18-Mar-1823
Lurton, Horace Harmon 03-Jan-1910 12-Jul-1914
* Marshall, Thurgood 02-Oct-1967 01-Oct-1991
* Matthews, Stanley 17-May-1881 22-Mar-1889
* McKenna, Joseph 26-Jan-1898 05-Jan-1925
McKinley, John 09-Jan-1838 19-Jul-1852
* McLean, John 11-Jan-1830 04-Apr-1861
* McReynolds, James Clark 12-Oct-1914 31-Jan-1941
* Miller, Samuel Freeman 21-Jul-1862 13-Oct-1890
* Minton, Sherman 12-Oct-1949 15-Oct-1956
* Moody, William Henry 17-Dec-1906 20-Nov-1910
Moore, Alfred 21-Apr-1800 26-Jan-1804
* Murphy, Frank 05-Feb-1940 19-Jul-1949
* Nelson, Samuel 27-Feb-1845 28-Nov-1872
* O'Connor, Sandra Day 25-Sep-1981 31-January-2006
Paterson, William 11-Mar-1793 09-Sep-1806
* Peckham, Rufus Wheeler 06-Jan-1896 24-Oct-1909
* Pitney, Mahlon 18-Mar-1912 31-Dec-1922
* Powell, Lewis F. Jr. 07-Jan-1972 26-Jun-1987
* Reed, Stanley Forman 31-Jan-1938 25-Feb-1957
* Rehnquist, William H 07-Jan-1972 26-Sep-1986
* Roberts, Owen Josephus 02-Jun-1930 31-Jul-1945
Rutledge, John 15-Feb-1790 05-Mar-1791
* Rutledge, Wiley Blount 15-Feb-1943 10-Sep-1949
Sanford, Edward Terry 19-Feb-1923 08-Mar-1930
Scalia, Antonin 26-Sep-1986
* Shiras, George, Jr. 10-Oct-1892

23-Feb-1903

Sotomayor, Sonia 08-Aug-2009
* Souter, David H. 09-Oct-1990 29-Jun-2009
* Stevens, John Paul 19-Dec-1975 29-June-2010
* Stewart, Potter 14-Oct-1958 03-Jul-1981
* Stone, Harlan Fiske 02-Mar-1925 02-Jul-1941
* Story, Joseph 03-Feb-1812 10-Sep-1845
* Strong, William 14-Mar-1870 14-Dec-1880
* Sutherland, George 02-Oct-1922 17-Jan-1938
* Swayne, Noah Haynes 27-Jan-1862 24-Jan-1881
* Thomas, Clarence 23-Oct-1991
Thompson, Smith 01-Sep-1823 18-Dec-1843
* Todd, Thomas 04-May-1807 07-Feb-1826
Trimble, Robert 16-Jun-1826 25-Aug-1828
* Van Devanter, Willis 03-Jan-1911 02-Jun-1937
Washington, Bushrod 04-Feb-1799 26-Nov-1826
* Wayne, James Moore 14-Jan-1835 05-Jul-1867
* White, Byron Raymond 16-Apr-1962 28-Jun-1993
* White, Edward Douglass 12-Mar-1894 18-Dec-1910
* Whittaker, Charles Evans 25-Mar-1957 31-Mar-1962
Wilson, James 05-Oct-1789 21-Aug-1798
* Woodbury, Levi 23-Sep-1845 04-Sep-1851
* Woods, William Burnham 05-Jan-1881 14-May-1887

About the John Davis, Jr. Autograph Collection of U.S. Supreme Court Justices at Washburn University School of Law.