Noah Haynes Swayne (December 7, 1804 – June 8, 1884) was an American jurist and politician. He was the first Republican appointed as a justice to the United States Supreme Court.
Noah Haynes Swayne
Supreme Court of the United States
Born 1804 in Frederick County, VA
Died 1884 in New York, NY
FJC ID: 2322
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 125/year
Supreme Court of the United States · 1862–1881
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio1839–1862
U.S. attorney for the District of Ohio1830–1839- OhioState representative · 1830, 1836
- Private practice, Coshocton, Ohio1824–1830
- Coshocton County, OhioProsecutor · 1826
Appointments
1862–1881 · Appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Read law1823