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Sonia Maria Sotomayor
Nominated: May 26, 2009, by Barack Obama Confirmed: August 6, 2009, by a vote of 68 to 31 Judicial oath: August 8, 2009 Born: June 25, 1954, The Bronx, New York Education: Princeton University, A.B. 1976; Factoid: Began her career as an assistant district attorney in New York County. Appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush. Appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1998. |
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