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Elena Kagan
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate 63–37, Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1986. Sources — FJC Biographical Directory · Senate confirmation, August 5, 2010
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- 63–37
- Education
- Princeton 1981 · Harvard Law School 1986
- Succeeded
- John Paul Stevens
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Supreme Court · succeeded John Paul Stevens | Obama (D) | 63–37 |
Confirmation vote
Nomination Confirmed 63–37 on August 5, 2010 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 229. Senators link to their PolitiFinder profiles where identified.
Voted to confirm · 63
- Daniel Akaka(D-HI)
- Max Baucus(D-MT)
- Evan Bayh(D-IN)
- Mark Begich(D-AK)
- Michael Bennet(D-CO)
- Jeff Bingaman(D-NM)
- Barbara Boxer(D-CA)
- Sherrod Brown(D-OH)
- Roland Burris(D-IL)
- Maria Cantwell(D-WA)
- Benjamin Cardin(D-MD)
- Thomas Carper(D-DE)
- Bob Casey(D-PA)
- Susan Collins(R-ME)
- Kent Conrad(D-ND)
- Christopher Dodd(D-CT)
- Byron Dorgan(D-ND)
- Richard Durbin(D-IL)
- Russ Feingold(D-WI)
- Dianne Feinstein(D-CA)
- Al Franken(D-MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand(D-NY)
- Carte Goodwin(D-WV)
- Lindsey Graham(R-SC)
- Judd Gregg(R-NH)
- Kay Hagan(D-NC)
- Tom Harkin(D-IA)
- Daniel Inouye(D-HI)
- Tim Johnson(D-SD)
- Edward Kaufman(D-DE)
- John Kerry(D-MA)
- Amy Klobuchar(D-MN)
- Herb Kohl(D-WI)
- Mary Landrieu(D-LA)
- Frank Lautenberg(D-NJ)
- Patrick Leahy(D-VT)
- Carl Levin(D-MI)
- Joe Lieberman(I-CT)
- Blanche Lincoln(D-AR)
- Richard Lugar(R-IN)
- Claire McCaskill(D-MO)
- Robert Menendez(D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley(D-OR)
- Barbara Mikulski(D-MD)
- Patty Murray(D-WA)
- Bill Nelson(D-FL)
- Mark Pryor(D-AR)
- John Reed(D-RI)
- Harry Reid(D-NV)
- Jay Rockefeller(D-WV)
- Bernard Sanders(I-VT)
- Charles Schumer(D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen(D-NH)
- Olympia Snowe(R-ME)
- Arlen Specter(D-PA)
- Debbie Stabenow(D-MI)
- Jon Tester(D-MT)
- Mark Udall(D-CO)
- Tom Udall(D-NM)
- Mark Warner(D-VA)
- James Webb(D-VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse(D-RI)
- Ron Wyden(D-OR)
Voted against · 37
- Lamar Alexander(R-TN)
- John Barrasso(R-WY)
- Robert Bennett(R-UT)
- Christopher Bond(R-MO)
- Scott Brown(R-MA)
- Samuel Brownback(R-KS)
- Jim Bunning(R-KY)
- Richard Burr(R-NC)
- Saxby Chambliss(R-GA)
- Tom Coburn(R-OK)
- Thad Cochran(R-MS)
- Bob Corker(R-TN)
- John Cornyn(R-TX)
- Mike Crapo(R-ID)
- James DeMint(R-SC)
- John Ensign(R-NV)
- Michael Enzi(R-WY)
- Charles Grassley(R-IA)
- Orrin Hatch(R-UT)
- Kay Hutchison(R-TX)
- Jim Inhofe(R-OK)
- Johnny Isakson(R-GA)
- Mike Johanns(R-NE)
- Jon Kyl(R-AZ)
- George LeMieux(R-FL)
- John McCain(R-AZ)
- Mitch McConnell(R-KY)
- Lisa Murkowski(R-AK)
- E. Nelson(D-NE)
- James Risch(R-ID)
- Pat Roberts(R-KS)
- Jeff Sessions(R-AL)
- Richard Shelby(R-AL)
- John Thune(R-SD)
- David Vitter(R-LA)
- George Voinovich(R-OH)
- Roger Wicker(R-MS)
Education
| Princeton University | A.B. | 1981 |
| University of Oxford, Worcester College | M.Phil. | 1983 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1986 |
Sources
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Confirmation roll-call (Senate.gov, 2010)
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15 years on the Court. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).