As actuaries, we like to quantify things.

Here are
some findings from a recent Oliver Wyman study
of the Supreme Court that we find compelling

The number of appointments to the Supreme Court The number

since George Washington appointed John Jay of Supreme
through Barack Obamas appointment of Elena Kagan Court justices
appointed
Including 5 justices reappointed to Chief Justice in the past
100 years

YEARS

The number of Supreme Court

justices likely to be appointed
over the next 100 years because
of longer tenures
The longest tenure to date for a Supreme Court
justice William O. Douglas,
who retired at age 77 under Gerald Ford

The average age of the last 7 Supreme The average age

Court justices to voluntarily leave the court of the first 10
Supreme Court
justices who
The estimated average tenure resigned or
for Supreme Court justices The average age of the last retired in office
over the next 100 years 10 Supreme Court justices
to voluntarily leave the court

The number of Supreme Court justices

who have passed away in office
The average age of the last 25
Supreme Court justices appointed
at the time of their oath of office

The number of
presidents who
appointed 4 or
The number of Supreme Court justices more Supreme
Court justices
who have served more than 30 years

The most Supreme Court justice appointments made by one president George Washington

The largest number The number of

of appointments presidents who
made by a one-term did not appoint any
president Supreme Court justices
William Howard Taft

The number of presidents who served their The number of presidents who appointed a
full term that did not appoint any Supreme majority of the court during their time in the
Court justice Jimmy Carter White HouseGeorge Washington, Andrew
Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, William Howard Taft,
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower

Source: Oliver Wyman analysis