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ME626-10, Sandra Day O'Connor Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1981-2006.  Michael Evans Portra…
ME626-10, Sandra Day O'Connor Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1981-2006. Michael Evans Portrait Project Photograph Collection; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
Sandra Day O'Connor
ME626-10, Sandra Day O'Connor Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1981-2006.  Michael Evans Portra…
ME626-10, Sandra Day O'Connor Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1981-2006. Michael Evans Portrait Project Photograph Collection; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
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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.
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