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Supreme Court
Scholar Bowl Practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1st Chief Justice | John Jay |
| 1st female Justice | Sandra Day O'Connor |
| 1st African American Justice | Thurgood Marshall |
| Longest serving Chief Justice | John Marshall (1801-1835) |
| Longest serving Justice | William Douglas (1939-1975) |
| Number of Justices on Supreme Court | 9 |
| President of US that later became Chief Justice | Taft |
| Current Chief Justice | John G. Roberts, Jr. |
| 1st African American female Justice (2022- ) | Ketanji Brown Jackson |
| 1st Hispanic Justice 3rd woman (2009- ) | Sonia Sotomayor |
| 2nd woman Justice (1980-2022) | Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| 1st Jewish Justice | Louis Brandeis |
| 1st Catholic Justice (1836 to 1864) Chief justice during Dred Scott v. Sanford, which denied citizenship to Black Americans | Roger Taney |