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David Souter

David Hackett Souter ( SOO-tər; September 17, 1939 – May 8, 2025) 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. Raised in New England, Souter attended Harvard College; Magdalen College, Oxford; and Harvard Law School. After briefly working in private practice, he moved to public service. He served as a prosecutor in the office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire (1968–1976); as attorney general of New Hampshire (1976–1978); as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court (1978–1983); as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court (1983–1990); and as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990). In mid-2009, after Barack Obama took office as U.S. president, Souter announced his retirement from the Court; he was succeeded by Sonia Sotomayor. Souter continued to hear cases by designation at the circuit court level.

Infobox

Nominated by
John Sununu
Preceded by
Warren Rudman
Succeeded by
Thomas D. Rath
Governor
Meldrim Thomson Jr.
Born
David Hackett Souter(1939-09-17)September 17, 1939Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
May 8, 2025(2025-05-08) (aged 85)Hopkinton, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Education
mw- Harvard University (BA, LLB)Magdalen College, Oxford (MA)
Party
Republican

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Preceded byWarren Rudman
Preceded byWarren Rudman
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Preceded byWarren Rudman
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Attorney General of New Hampshire 1976–1978
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Succeeded byThomas D. Rath
Preceded byHugh H. Bownes
Preceded byHugh H. Bownes
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Preceded byHugh H. Bownes
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1990
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Succeeded byNorman H. Stahl
Preceded byWilliam J. Brennan Jr.
Preceded byWilliam J. Brennan Jr.
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Preceded byWilliam J. Brennan Jr.
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1990–2009
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Succeeded bySonia Sotomayor
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Preceded byWarren Rudman
Attorney General of New Hampshire 1976–1978
Succeeded byThomas D. Rath
Preceded byHugh H. Bownes
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1990
Succeeded byNorman H. Stahl
Preceded byWilliam J. Brennan Jr.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1990–2009
Succeeded bySonia Sotomayor

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