● Deceased
Thurgood Marshall
1908–1993 · Supreme Court seat #96 · 1967–1991 · NY
Thurgood Marshall became the Court’s first Black justice after a legal career that included arguing and winning Brown v. Board of Education as the NAACP’s chief counsel, and spent 24 years on the bench as a consistent voice for civil rights.
Appointed By
Lyndon B. Johnson
Predecessor
Tom C. Clark
Confirmed
August 30, 1967
Confirmation Vote
69–11
Tenure Began
October 2, 1967
Tenure Ended
October 1, 1991
Reason
Retired