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David Souter
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
	In office; October 3, 1990 – June 29, 2009
Nominated by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	William Brennan
Succeeded by	Sonia Sotomayor
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
	In office; May 25, 1990 – October 9, 1990
Nominated by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Hugh H. Bownes
Succeeded by	Norman H. Stahl
Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
	In office; 1983–1990
Nominated by	John Sununu
Preceded by	Maurice Bois
Succeeded by	Sherman Horton
Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court
	In office; 1978–1983
20th Attorney General of New Hampshire
	In office; January 15, 1976 – April 1978
Governor	Meldrim Thomson Jr.
Preceded by	Warren Rudman
Succeeded by	Thomas D. Rath
Personal details
Born	David Hackett Souter ; September 17, 1939 (age 82); Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Harvard University (BA, LLB); Magdalen College, Oxford (BA)
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David Hackett Souter ( born September 17, 1939) is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served from October 1990 until his retirement in June 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat left by William J. Brennan, Jr., Souter sat on both the Rehnquist and Roberts courts and came to vote reliably with the court's liberal members.

Pre-Supreme Court

He was the only Justice during his time on the Court with court experience outside of a federal appeals court. He served as a prosecutor (1966–1968), in the New Hampshire Attorney General's office (1968–1976), as the Attorney General of New Hampshire (1976–1978), as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire (1978–1983), as an Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court (1983–1990) and briefly as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990).