Who appointed the justice who Judge Sonia Sotomayor replaced on the Supreme Court?
Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates: President Barack Obama made two successful appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States. Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates:  The first was Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice David H. Souter. Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates:  Sotomayor was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 6, 2009, by a vote of 68–31. David Souter: David Hackett Souter ( ; born September 17, 1939) is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. David Souter:  Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat vacated by William J. Brennan, Jr., Souter sat on both the Rehnquist and Roberts courts and came to vote reliably with the court's liberal members.
George H. W. Bush