Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Judiciary of the United States

United States Supreme Court

Chief Justice of the United States
John Jay

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1745; d. May 17 1829.

1789 – 1795

John Rutledge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1739; d. June 21 1800.

1795

Oliver Ellsworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1745; d. November 26 1807.

1796 – 1800

John Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1755; d. July 6 1835.

1801 – 1835

Roger Brooke Taney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1777; d. October 12 1864.

1836 – 1864

William Howard Taft

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1857; d. March 8 1930

1921 – 1930


Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
James Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1742; d. August 21 1798.

1789 – 1798

John Rutledge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1739; d. June 21 1800.

1790 – 1791

William Cushing

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1732; d. September 13 1810.

1790 – 1810

John Blair, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1732; d. August 31 1800.

1790 – 1795

James Iredell

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1751; d. October 20 1799.

1790 – 1799

Thomas Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1732; d. October 26 1819.

1791 – 1793

William Paterson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1745; d. September 9 1806.

1793 – 1806

Samuel Chase

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1741; d. June 19 1811.

1796 – 1811

Bushrod Washington

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1762; d. November 26 1829.

1798 – 1829

Alfred Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1755; d. October 15 1810.

1800 – 1804

William Johnson, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1771; d. August 4 1834.

1804 – 1834

Henry Brockholst Livingston

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1757; d. March 18 1823.

1807 – 1823

Thomas Todd

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1765; d. February 7 1826.

1807 – 1826

Gabriel Duvall

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1752; d. March 6 1844.

1811 – 1835

Joseph Story

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1779; d. September 10 1845.

1812 – 1845

Smith Thompson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1768; d. December 18 1843.

1823 – 1843

Robert Trimble

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1776; d. August 25 1828.

1826 – 1828

John McLean

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1785; d. April 4 1861.

1829 – 1861

Henry Baldwin

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1780; d. April 21 1844.

1830 – 1844

James Moore Wayne

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1790; d. July 5 1867.

1835 – 1867

Philip Pendleton Barbour

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1783; d. February 25 1841.

1836 – 1841

John Catron

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1786; d. May 30 1865.

1837 – 1865

John McKinley

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1780; d. July 19 1852.

1838 – 1852

Peter Vivian Daniel

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1784; d. May 31 1860.

1842 – 1860

Levi Woodbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1789; d. September 4 1851.

1845 – 1851

Amy Vivian Coney Barrett

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1972.

2020 – present


United States Federal Courts

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Robert Heron Bork

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1927; d. December 29 2012.

1982 – 1988


United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Michael Chertoff

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1953.

2003 – 2005


United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Elbert Parr Tuttle

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1897; d. June 23 1996.

1960 – 1967


Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Elbert Parr Tuttle

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1897; d. June 23 1996.

1954 – 1968


United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
William Howard Taft

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1857; d. March 8 1930

1892 – 1900


United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Amy Vivian Coney Barrett

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1972.

2017 – 2020




United States District Courts

Arizona

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Susan Marie Ritchie Bolton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1951.

2000 – 2016


Connecticut

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Andrew Thompson Judson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1784; d. March 17 1853.

1836 – 1853


Kentucky

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky
Robert Trimble

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1776; d. August 25 1828.

1817 – 1826


Louisiana

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
Dominic Augustin Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1765; d. December 19 1820.

1812 – 1813

Dominic Augustin Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1765; d. December 19 1820.

1813 – 1820


Missouri

Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
William Leonard “Bill” Hungate

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1922; d. June 22 2007.

1979 – 1991


New Hampshire

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
John Sullivan

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1740; d. January 23 1795.

1789 – 1795

John Pickering

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1737; d. April 11 1805.

1795 – 1804


New Jersey

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Mahlon Dickerson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1770; d. October 5 1853.

1840 – 1841


New York

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York
James Duane

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1733; d. February 1 1797.

1789 – 1794

William Peter Van Ness

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1778; d. September 6 1826.

1812 – 1814


Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Roger Skinner

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1773; d. August 29 1825.

1819 – 1825


Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
William Peter Van Ness

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1778; d. September 6 1826.

1814 – 1826


North Carolina

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina
John Stokes

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1756; d. October 12 1790.

1790


Oregon

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
James Milton Burns

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1924; d. December 21 2001.

1979 – 1984


Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
James Milton Burns

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1924; d. December 21 2001.

1972 – 1989

Robert Edward Jones

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1927; d. March 29 2025.

1990 – 2000


Pennsylvania

Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
William Wilkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1779; d. June 23 1865.

1824 – 1831


Tennessee

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Tennessee
John McNairy

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1762; d. November 12 1837.

1797 – 1802


Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
John McNairy

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1762; d. November 12 1837.

1802 – 1833


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
John McNairy

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1762; d. November 12 1837.

1802 – 1833


Virginia

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia
John Tyler, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1747; d. January 6 1813.

1811 – 1813


Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
George Hay

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1765; d. September 21 1830.

1825 – 1830

Philip Pendleton Barbour

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1783; d. February 25 1841.

1830 – 1836

Peter Vivian Daniel

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1784; d. May 31 1860.

1836 – 1841




United States District Attorneys

District of Columbia

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Francis Scott Key

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1779; d. January 11 1843.

1833 – 1841


Massachusetts

United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
Harrison Gray Otis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1765; d. October 28 1848.

1796


New Jersey

United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
Richard Stockton

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1764; d. March 7 1828.

1789 – 1791

Michael Chertoff

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1953.

1990 – 1994


New York

United States Attorney for the District of New York
Nathan Sanford

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1777; d. October 17 1838.

1803 – 1815


United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York
Roger Skinner

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1773; d. August 29 1825.

1815 – 1819


United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1795; d. November 8 1858.

1838 – 1841

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1795; d. November 8 1858.

1845 – 1848

Elihu Root

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1845; d. February 7 1937.

1883 – 1885

Rudolph William Louis “Rudy” Giuliani

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1944.

1983 – 1989


Pennsylvania

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jared Ingersoll, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1749; d. October 31 1822.

1815 – 1822

Henry Dilworth Gilpin

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1801; d. January 29 1860.

1831 – 1837


Virginia

United States Attorney for the District of Virginia
William Wirt

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1772; d. February 18 1834.

1816 – 1817


Wyoming

United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming
David Duane “Dave” Freudenthal

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1950.

1994 – 2001

Matthew Hansen “Matt” Mead

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1962.

2001 – 2007