associate justice anthony kennedy is the longest serving justice currently on the supreme court.
associate justice anthony kennedy is the longest serving justice currently on the supreme court.
who is the longest serving justice currently on the supreme court?
associate justice anthony kennedy
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stevens retired on june 29, 2010 as the third-longest-serving justice in the history of the supreme court with 34 years and six months of service and just three days short of tying the tenure of the second-longest serving justice in history, stephen johnson field (1863–1897) who retired in december 1, 1897. the longest-serving justice is his immediate predecessor, justice william o. douglas, who served 36½ years and retired on november 12, 1975. stevens was also the second-oldest justice, at age 90 years and two months at retirement, behind oliver wendell holmes jr. who retired at the age of 90 years and 10 months on january 12, 1932. on july 23, 2015, stevens became the longest-lived retired justice, surpassing stanley forman reed who died at age 95 years and 93 days on april 2, 1980.
john paul stevens