C4121-11A, Sandra Day O'Connor being sworn in as Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger. Her husband John O'Connor looks on at the U.S. Supreme Court. 09/25/1981. Reagan White House Photographs; White House Photographic Collection; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1981-2006)
Place of BirthEl Paso, TX, USA
Sandra Day O’Connor (Retired), Associate Justice,
was born in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 1930. She married John Jay O’Connor III in 1952 and has three sons - Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B. from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San Mateo County, California from 1952–1953 and as a civilian attorney for Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany from 1954–1957. From 1958–1960, she practiced law in Maryvale, Arizona, and served as Assistant Attorney General of Arizona from 1965–1969. She was appointed to the Arizona State Senate in1969 and was subsequently reelected to two two-year terms. In 1975 she was elected Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat September 25, 1981. Justice O’Connor retired from the Supreme Court on January 31, 2006.
was born in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 1930. She married John Jay O’Connor III in 1952 and has three sons - Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B. from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San Mateo County, California from 1952–1953 and as a civilian attorney for Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany from 1954–1957. From 1958–1960, she practiced law in Maryvale, Arizona, and served as Assistant Attorney General of Arizona from 1965–1969. She was appointed to the Arizona State Senate in1969 and was subsequently reelected to two two-year terms. In 1975 she was elected Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat September 25, 1981. Justice O’Connor retired from the Supreme Court on January 31, 2006.
Dates in Office
1981 - 2006 associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
2005 - 2012 Chancellor of the College of William and Mary
1979 - 1981 Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals
1975 - 1979 Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court
1969 - 1975 Member of the Arizona Senate
2005 - 2012 Chancellor of the College of William and Mary
1979 - 1981 Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals
1975 - 1979 Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court
1969 - 1975 Member of the Arizona Senate
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Nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor as Supreme Court Justice August 19, 1981
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NAID:10569622
Nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor as Supreme Court Justice August 19, 1981
Topic Guide- O’Connor, Sandra Day
Federal Judicial Center biographySocial Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) record