Stephen Gerald Breyer
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Senior status. Born 1938.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstAssociate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- May 17, 1994
- Senate vote
- 87 to 9
- Confirmed
- Jul 29, 1994
- Commissioned
- Aug 3, 1994
- Senior status
- Jun 30, 2022
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Nov 13, 1980
- Senate vote
- 80 to 10
- Confirmed
- Dec 9, 1980
- Commissioned
- Dec 10, 1980
- Left this court
- Aug 3, 1994. Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- A.B., Stanford University, 1959
- B.A., University of Oxford, 1961
- LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1964
Career
- U.S. Army, 1957
- Law clerk, Hon. Arthur Goldberg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1964-1965
- Special assistant to the assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1965-1967
- Faculty, Harvard Law School, 1967-1994
- professor, 1967-1980
- lecturer, 1981-1994
- Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1977-1980
- Assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973
- Special counsel, Administrative Practices Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1974-1975
- Chief counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1980
- Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1985-1989
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-1994
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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