TABLE 12-1 Background of Supreme Court Justices to 2004 NUMBER OF JUSTICES Occupational Position before Appointment Private legal practice 25 State judges 21 Federal judgeship U.S. attorney general assistant U.S. attomey gener U.S. solicit ral Federal exective post Religious Bac Protestant religious affiliation Age on Appointment Under +0 41-50 51-60 Political Party Affiliation Federalist (to 1835) Thig (to 1861) 44 92 Not a college graduate Female White 1oO African amercan SouRcEs: Caneressionl Qunrtery, Comwessind Qumtarby's Gaide oo the U.S. Supren Cour (Wahington DC: Congressional Gunned Press, 1996); and authrs upte