(Part 5a--the Table) Court Elders: The Septuagenarian Justices

Table: The Last 10 Retirees

Warren E. Burger	On the Court 17 yrs	Retired 1986 at 79	Died at 87
Lewis F. Powell	15 ½ yrs	Retired 1987 at 79	Died at 90
William J. Brennan, Jr.	33 ¾ yrs	Retired 1990 at 84	Died at 91
Thurgood Marshall	24 yrs	Retired 1991 at 83	Died at 84
Byron R. White	31 yrs	Retired 1993 at 75	Died at 84
Harry A. Blackmun	24 yrs	Retired 1994 at 85	Died at 90
William H. Rehnquist	33 ¾ yrs	Died in office 2005 at 80	Died at 80
Sandra Day O'Connor	24 yrs	Retired 2006 at 75	Currently 82
David H. Souter	18 ¾ yrs	Retired 2009 at 69	Currently 73
John Paul Stevens	34 ½ yrs	Retired 2010 at 90	Currently 92

[As noted in the main post, much of this data is derived from the works of  University Of Virginia Professor Emeritus Henry J. Abraham, including his JUSTICES AND PRESIDENTS (AND SENATORS in later editions).]
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