<P> Other than the justices themselves , the Solicitor General is among the most influential and knowledgeable members of the legal community with regard to Supreme Court litigation . Six Solicitors General have later served on the Supreme Court : William Howard Taft ( who served as the 27th President of the United States before becoming Chief Justice of the United States ) , Stanley Forman Reed , Robert H. Jackson , Thurgood Marshall , and Elena Kagan . Some who have had other positions in the office of the Solicitor General have also later been appointed to the Supreme Court . For example , Chief Justice John Roberts was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General during the George H.W. Bush administration and Associate Justice Samuel Alito was an Assistant to the Solicitor General . The last former Solicitor General to be successfully nominated to the court was Justice Elena Kagan . Only one former Solicitor General has been nominated to the Supreme Court unsuccessfully , that being Robert Bork ; however , no sitting Solicitor General has ever been denied such an appointment . Eight other Solicitors General have served on the United States Courts of Appeals . </P>
<P> Other than the justices themselves , the Solicitor General is among the most influential and knowledgeable members of the legal community with regard to Supreme Court litigation . Six Solicitors General have later served on the Supreme Court : William Howard Taft ( who served as the 27th President of the United States before becoming Chief Justice of the United States ) , Stanley Forman Reed , Robert H. Jackson , Thurgood Marshall , and Elena Kagan . Some who have had other positions in the office of the Solicitor General have also later been appointed to the Supreme Court . For example , Chief Justice John Roberts was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General during the George H.W. Bush administration and Associate Justice Samuel Alito was an Assistant to the Solicitor General . The last former Solicitor General to be successfully nominated to the court was Justice Elena Kagan . Only one former Solicitor General has been nominated to the Supreme Court unsuccessfully , that being Robert Bork ; however , no sitting Solicitor General has ever been denied such an appointment . Eight other Solicitors General have served on the United States Courts of Appeals . </P>
what current member of the supreme court was once the solicitor general
what current member of the supreme court was once the solicitor general
Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan