SCOTUS vacancies

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	Justice	Succeeding Justice	Retirement announcement date	Actual departure date	Confirmation date of successor	Swearing-in date of successor	Length of time between retirement announcement date and confirmation date of successor (days)	Length of Vacancy (days - by confirmation)	Length of Vacancy (days - by swearing-in)	Notes
2	John Paul Stevens	Elena Kagan	4/9/2010	6/29/2010	8/5/2010	8/7/2010	119	37	39
3	David Souter	Sonia Sotomayor	4/30/2009	6/29/2009	8/6/2009	8/8/2009	99	38	40
4	Sandra Day O'Connor	Samuel Alito	7/1/2005	1/31/2006	1/31/2006	1/31/2006	215	0	0
5	William Rehnquist	John Roberts	9/3/2005	9/3/2005	9/29/2005	9/29/2005	26	26	26
6	Harry Blackmun	Stephen Breyer	4/7/1994	8/3/1994	7/29/1994	8/3/1994	114	0	0
7	Byron White	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	3/19/1993	6/28/1993	8/3/1993	8/10/1993	138	36	43
8	Thurgood Marshall	Clarence Thomas	6/27/1991	10/1/1991	10/15/1991	10/23/1991	111	14	22
9	William Brennan, Jr.	David Souter	7/20/1990	7/20/1990	10/2/1990	10/9/1990	75	74	81
10	Lewis Franklin Powell	Anthony Kennedy	6/26/1987	6/26/1987	2/3/1988	2/18/1988	223	222	237
11	Warren E. Burger	Antonin Scalia*	6/17/1986	9/26/1986	9/17/1986	9/26/1986	92	0	0	Technically, Burger was succeeded by Rehnquist as Chief Justice. Scalia was then appointed to succeed Rehnquist as an Associate Justice.
12	Potter Stewart	Sandra Day O'Connor	6/18/1981	7/3/1981	9/21/1981	9/25/1981	95	80	84
13	William O. Douglas	John Paul Stevens	11/12/1975	11/12/1975	12/17/1975	12/19/1975	35	35	37
14	John Marshall Harlan	William Rehnquist	9/23/1971	9/23/1971	12/10/1971	1/7/1972	78	78	106
15	Hugo Black	Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.	9/17/1971	9/17/1971	12/6/1971	1/7/1972	80	80	112
16	Earl Warren	Warren Burger	6/13/1968	6/23/1969	6/9/1969	6/23/1969	361	0	0
17	Abe Fortas	Harry Blackmun	5/14/1969	5/14/1969	5/12/1970	6/9/1970	363	363	391
18	Tom Clark	Thurgood Marshall	2/18/1967	6/12/1967	8/30/1967	10/2/1967	193	79	112
19	Arthur Goldberg	Abe Fortas	7/25/1965	7/25/1965	8/11/1965	10/4/1965	17	17	71
20	Felix Frankfurter	Arthur Goldberg	8/28/1962	8/28/1962	9/25/1962	10/1/1962	28	28	33
21	Charles Evans Whittaker	Byron White	3/29/1962	3/31/1962	4/11/1962	4/16/1962	13	11	16
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