Former U.S Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter attends a news conference at the Supreme Court to urge better pay for federal judges on May 28, 2003, in Washington, D.C. (David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
Upon his retirement in 2009, President Barack Obama chose Sonia Sotomayor to take his seat.
The Supreme Court said Souter was born in Melrose, Mass., on Sept. 17, 1939.
He graduated from Harvard College and also received degrees from Oxford University and Harvard Law School.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, left, and former Associate Justice David Souter leave the the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception after attending Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral on Feb. 20, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
"In addition to hearing cases on the First Circuit, Justice Souter participated in civics education curriculum reform efforts in New Hampshire during his retirement," it also said.
Fox News' Bill Mears and Shannon Bream contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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