David Souter
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The Honorable David Souter |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office October 9, 1990 – June 29, 2009 |
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| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | William Brennan |
| Succeeded by | Sonia Sotomayor |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | |
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In office May 25, 1990 – October 9, 1990 |
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| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Hugh H. Bownes |
| Succeeded by | Norman H. Stahl |
| Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court | |
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In office 1983–1990 |
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| Nominated by | John Sununu |
| Preceded by | Maurice Paul Bois |
| Succeeded by | Sherman D. Horton, Jr. |
| Attorney General of New Hampshire | |
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In office 1976–1978 |
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| Governor | Meldrim Thomson, Jr. |
| Preceded by | Warren Rudman |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Rath |
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David Hackett Souter September 17, 1939 Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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Harvard University (BA, LLB) Magdalen College, Oxford (BA) |
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David Hackett Souter (/ˈsuːtər/; born September 17, 1939) is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served from October 1990 until his retirement in June 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat vacated by William J. Brennan, Jr., Souter sat on both the Rehnquist and Roberts courts and came to vote reliably with the court's liberal members.
He was the only Justice during his time on the Court with extensive prior court experience outside of a federal appeals court. He served as a prosecutor (1966–1968), in the New Hampshire Attorney General's office (1968–1976), as the Attorney General of New Hampshire (1976–1978), as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire (1978–1983), as an Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court (1983–1990) and briefly as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990).
Following Souter's retirement announcement in May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor as his successor.
Souter was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on September 17, 1939, the only child of Joseph Alexander Souter (1904–1976) and Helen Adams (Hackett) Souter (1907–1995). At age 11, he moved with his family to their farm in Weare, New Hampshire.
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