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Supreme Court Trivia

Careers Away from the Court

Which U.S. Supreme Court justices formerly served as U.S. solicitor general?

Five Supreme Court justices formerly served as solicitor generals at some point in their careers before ascending to the U.S. Supreme Court. They include William Howard Taft (1890–92), Charles Evans Hughes (1929–30), Stanley Reed (1935–38), Robert H. Jackson (1938–40), and Thurgood Marshall (1965–67).



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