David Souter

American lawyer and jurist (1939-2025) · United States · On the map · Lawyers · Died at 85

David Hackett Souter was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1990 to 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat that had been vacated by William J. Brennan Jr., Souter was a member of both the Rehnquist and Roberts courts.

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2025Died8 May 20252010Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward1990Named Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesOffice9 October 1990 to 29 June 2009Named Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitOffice25 May to 9 October 19901976Named New Hampshire Attorney GeneralOffice17 July 1976 to 19 September 19781961Rhodes ScholarshipAward1939Born17 September 1939