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Who appointed John Paul Stevens to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit?
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Richard Nixon appointed John Paul Stevens to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1975. Stevens served on the court for 13 years before being appointed to the Supreme Court by President Gerald Ford in 1986. He served on the Supreme Court until his retirement in 2010, making him the longest-serving justice in the court's history.
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