<P> Of the justices currently sitting , the youngest at time of appointment was Clarence Thomas , who was 43 years old at the time of his confirmation in 1991 . As of the beginning of the 2017 -- 18 term , Neil Gorsuch is the youngest justice sitting , at 50 years of age . The oldest person to have served on the Court was Oliver Wendell Holmes , Jr. , who stepped down two months shy of his 91st birthday . John Paul Stevens , second only to Holmes , left the court in June 2010 , two months after turning 90 . </P>
<P> Of the justices currently sitting , the youngest at time of appointment was Clarence Thomas , who was 43 years old at the time of his confirmation in 1991 . As of the beginning of the 2017 -- 18 term , Neil Gorsuch is the youngest justice sitting , at 50 years of age . The oldest person to have served on the Court was Oliver Wendell Holmes , Jr. , who stepped down two months shy of his 91st birthday . John Paul Stevens , second only to Holmes , left the court in June 2010 , two months after turning 90 . </P>
who is the youngest appointed supreme court justice
who is the youngest appointed supreme court justice
Neil Gorsuch
Neil Gorsuch