Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated
One of Fortas's former residences (left) in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Fortas with Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965
The demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States encompass the gender, ethnicity, and religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 116 people who have been appointed and confirmed
David J. Brewer was born to missionary parents in Smyrna, in the Ottoman Empire, (now İzmir, Turkey).
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Justice, speaking with his appointing President, Lyndon B. Johnson
Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice, with appointing President Barack Obama
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice, with President Ronald Reagan, who appointed her