Nine Ohioans have served as Supreme Court justices. The first was John McClean of Cincinnati who took the bench in 1830.
Two have held the chief justice post: Salmon P. Chase, the 23rd governor of Ohio, and Morrison Remick Waite. President Ulysses S. Grant nominated Waite to replace Chase, who died in 1873, as chief justice. The last to serve was Cincinnati native Potter Stewart. Stewart, an associate judge, retired from the court in 1981 and died in 1985.
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New York has produced the most Supreme Court justices with 17 followed by Massachusetts with 10. Virginia claims nine, the same number as Ohio.
Here are the justices from the Buckeye State:
| U.S. Supreme Court Justices from Ohio | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justices | Years on bench |
| Salmon Portland Chase | 1864-1873 |
| Morrison Remick Waite | 1874-1888 |
| Associate Justices | |
| John McLean | 1830-1861 |
| Noah Haynes Swayne | 1862-1881 |
| Stanley Matthews | 1881-1889 |
| William Rufus Day | 1903-1922 |
| John Hessin Clarke | 1916-1922 |
| Harold Hitz Burton | 1945-1958 |
| Potter Stewart | 1958-1981 |
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