President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Justice Potter Stewart to succeed Justice Harold Hitz Burton in 1958. Stewart was succeeded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor when he retired in 1981.
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Yes. Justice Potter Stewart, whom President Eisenhower appointed to the US Supreme Court in 1958, was active in Ohio Republican politics, but was considered an ideological moderate. During his time on the bench, from 1958-1981, Stewart functioned as the swing vote between the liberal and conservative blocs on the Court.
Justices are appointed to the Supreme Court for life or until they voluntarily retire.
On the current court, four were appointed by Democrats. Clinton appointed Ginsburg and Breyer; Obama appointed Sotomayer and Kagan.
George Washington had the opportunity to appoint the most Justices of the Supreme Court. He appointed 11, out of the 14 he nominated.
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