● Deceased
Potter Stewart
1915–1985 · Supreme Court seat #92 · 1958–1981 · OH
Potter Stewart is remembered for his 1964 concurrence in Jacobellis v. Ohio, in which he declined to define obscenity but wrote that "I know it when I see it" — one of the most frequently quoted lines in Supreme Court history.
Appointed By
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Predecessor
Harold H. Burton
Confirmed
May 5, 1959
Confirmation Vote
70–17
Tenure Began
October 14, 1958
Tenure Ended
July 3, 1981
Reason
Retired