U.S. Supreme Court / Appointed 1994 / Served to 2022
Stephen Gerald Breyer
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by the Senate 87–9, Stephen Gerald Breyer was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1964. He previously served on the First Circuit.Sources — FJC Biographical Directory · Senate confirmation, July 29, 1994
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- 87–9
- Education
- Stanford 1959 · Harvard Law School 1964
- Succeeded
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- Succeeded by
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | First Circuit | Carter (D) | 80–10 |
| 1994 | Supreme Court · succeeded Harry Andrew Blackmun | Clinton (D) | 87–9 |
Confirmation vote
Nomination Confirmed 87–9 on July 29, 1994 · 103rd Congress, Roll Call 242. Senators link to their PolitiFinder profiles where identified.
Voted to confirm · 87
- Daniel Akaka(D-HI)
- Max Baucus(D-MT)
- Robert Bennett(R-UT)
- Joseph Biden(D-DE)
- Jeff Bingaman(D-NM)
- Christopher Bond(R-MO)
- David Boren(D-OK)
- Barbara Boxer(D-CA)
- Bill Bradley(D-NJ)
- John Breaux(D-LA)
- Hank Brown(R-CO)
- Richard Bryan(D-NV)
- Dale Bumpers(D-AR)
- Robert Byrd(D-WV)
- Ben Campbell(D-CO)
- John Chafee(R-RI)
- Thad Cochran(R-MS)
- William Cohen(R-ME)
- Kent Conrad(D-ND)
- Larry Craig(R-ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato(R-NY)
- John Danforth(R-MO)
- Thomas Daschle(D-SD)
- Dennis DeConcini(D-AZ)
- Christopher Dodd(D-CT)
- Bob Dole(R-KS)
- Pete Domenici(R-NM)
- Byron Dorgan(D-ND)
- J. Exon(D-NE)
- Lauch Faircloth(R-NC)
- Russell Feingold(D-WI)
- Dianne Feinstein(D-CA)
- Wendell Ford(D-KY)
- John Glenn(D-OH)
- Slade Gorton(R-WA)
- Phil Gramm(R-TX)
- Chuck Grassley(R-IA)
- Judd Gregg(R-NH)
- Tom Harkin(D-IA)
- Orrin Hatch(R-UT)
- Mark Hatfield(R-OR)
- Howell Heflin(D-AL)
- Ernest Hollings(D-SC)
- Kay Hutchison(R-TX)
- Daniel Inouye(D-HI)
- James Jeffords(R-VT)
- J. Johnston(D-LA)
- Nancy Kassebaum(R-KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne(R-ID)
- Edward Kennedy(D-MA)
- J. Kerrey(D-NE)
- John Kerry(D-MA)
- Herb Kohl(D-WI)
- Frank Lautenberg(D-NJ)
- Patrick Leahy(D-VT)
- Carl Levin(D-MI)
- Joseph Lieberman(D-CT)
- Connie Mack(R-FL)
- Harlan Mathews(D-TN)
- John McCain(R-AZ)
- Mitch McConnell(R-KY)
- Howard Metzenbaum(D-OH)
- Barbara Mikulski(D-MD)
- George Mitchell(D-ME)
- Carol Moseley-Braun(D-IL)
- Daniel Moynihan(D-NY)
- Patty Murray(D-WA)
- Sam Nunn(D-GA)
- Bob Packwood(R-OR)
- Larry Pressler(R-SD)
- David Pryor(D-AR)
- Harry Reid(D-NV)
- Donald Riegle(D-MI)
- Charles Robb(D-VA)
- John Rockefeller(D-WV)
- William Roth(R-DE)
- Paul Sarbanes(D-MD)
- Jim Sasser(D-TN)
- Richard Shelby(D-AL)
- Paul Simon(D-IL)
- Alan Simpson(R-WY)
- Arlen Specter(R-PA)
- Ted Stevens(R-AK)
- Strom Thurmond(R-SC)
- John Warner(R-VA)
- Paul Wellstone(D-MN)
- Harris Wofford(D-PA)
Voted against · 9
- Conrad Burns(R-MT)
- Dan Coats(R-IN)
- Paul Coverdell(R-GA)
- Jesse Helms(R-NC)
- Trent Lott(R-MS)
- Richard Lugar(R-IN)
- Frank Murkowski(R-AK)
- Don Nickles(R-OK)
- Bob Smith(R-NH)
Did not vote · 4
- Dave Durenberger(R-MN)
- Bob Graham(D-FL)
- Claiborne Pell(D-RI)
- Malcolm Wallop(R-WY)
Education
| Stanford University | A.B. | 1959 |
| University of Oxford | B.A. | 1961 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1964 |
Sources
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Photographer: Steve Petteway (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- Confirmation roll-call (Senate.gov, 1994)
27 years on the Court. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).