List of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court
Following is a list of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Current justices
Justice | Service began | Current term expires | Mandatory retirement deadline | Appointing governor | Party affiliation | Law school attended |
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Elizabeth T. Clement (Chief Justice) | Nov. 17, 2017 | Jan. 1, 2027 | Jan. 1, 2051 | Rick Snyder (R)[a] | Republican | Michigan State |
Brian K. Zahra | Jan. 15, 2011 | Jan. 1, 2023 | Jan. 1, 2031 | Rick Snyder (R)[a] | Republican | Detroit Mercy |
David Viviano | Feb. 27, 2013 | Jan. 1, 2025 | Jan. 1, 2047 | Rick Snyder (R)[a] | Republican | Michigan |
Richard H. Bernstein | Jan. 1, 2015 | Jan. 1, 2023 | Jan. 1, 2049 | n/a | Democratic | Northwestern
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Megan Cavanagh | Jan. 1, 2019 | Jan. 1, 2027 | Jan. 1, 2043 | n/a | Democratic | Wayne State |
Elizabeth M. Welch | Jan. 1, 2021 | Jan. 1, 2029 | Jan. 1, 2045 | n/a | Democratic | Ohio State |
Kyra Harris Bolden | Jan 1, 2023 | Jan 1, 2025[b] | Jan 1, 2058 | Gretchen Whitmer (D) | Democratic | Detroit Mercy |
- ^ a b c Elected afterward in their own right.
- ^ Justice Bolden was appointed to replace retiring Justice Bridget Mary McCormack, whose term ends in 2029. Bolden will face election in 2024 to serve out the rest of McCormack's term
Chief justices
Michigan Territory
Statehood
No. | Chief Justice | Tenure as Chief Justice | Tenure on Supreme Court |
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1 | William A. Fletcher | 1836–1842 | 1836–1842 |
2 | George Morell | 1842–1843 | 1836–1843 |
3 | Epaphroditus Ransom | 1843–1848 | 1837–1848 |
4 | Charles W. Whipple | 1848–1852 | 1839–1855 |
5 | Warner Wing | 1852–1854 | 1845–1856 |
6 | Sanford M. Green | 1855–1856 | 1848–1857 |
7 | Abner Pratt | 1856–1857 | 1850–1857 |
8 | George Martin | 1858–1867 | 1851–1867 |
9 | Thomas M. Cooley | 1868–1870 | 1864–1885 |
10 | James V. Campbell | 1870–1872 | 1858–1890 |
11 | Isaac P. Christiancy | 1872–1874 | January 1, 1858 – February 27, 1875 |
12 | Benjamin F. Graves | 1874–1876 | 1857, 1868–1883 |
13 | Thomas M. Cooley | 1876–1878 | 1864–1885 |
14 | James V. Campbell | 1878–1880 | 1858–1890 |
15 | Isaac Marston | 1880–1881 | 1875–1883 |
16 | Benjamin F. Graves | 1882–1883 | 1857, 1868–1883 |
17 | Thomas M. Cooley | 1884–1885 | 1864–1885 |
18 | James V. Campbell | 1885 | 1858–1890 |
19 | Allen B. Morse | 1885 | 1885–1891 |
20 | Thomas R. Sherwood | 1886–1889 | 1883–1889 |
21 | James V. Campbell | 1890 | 1858–1890 |
22 | John W. Champlin | 1890–1892 | 1884–1891 |
23 | John W. McGrath | 1892 | 1891–1895 |
24 | Frank A. Hooker | 1893 | 1893–1911 |
25 | John W. McGrath | 1894–1895 | 1891–1895 |
26 | Charles D. Long | 1895–1898 | 1888–1902 |
27 | Claudius B. Grant | 1898–1899 | 1890–1909 |
28 | Robert Morris Montgomery | 1900–1901 | 1892–1910 |
29 | Frank A. Hooker | 1902–1903 | 1893–1911 |
30 | Joseph B. Moore | 1904–1905 | 1896–1925 |
31 | Aaron V. McAlvay | 1907 | 1905–1915 |
32 | Claudius B. Grant | 1908 | 1890–1909 |
24 | Charles A. Blair | 1909 | 1905–1912 |
25 | John E. Bird | 1910 | 1910–1928 |
26 | Russell C. Ostrander | 1911 | 1905–1919 |
27 | Joseph B. Moore | 1912 | 1896–1925 |
28 | Joseph H. Steere | 1913 | 1911–1927 |
29 | Aaron V. McAlvay | 1914 | 1905–1915 |
30 | Flavius L. Brooke | 1915 | 1908–1921 |
31 | John W. Stone | 1916 | 1910–1924 |
32 | Franz C. Kuhn | 1917–1918 | 1917–1929 |
33 | John E. Bird | 1919 | 1910–1928 |
34 | Joseph B. Moore | 1920 | 1896–1925 |
35 | Joseph H. Steere | 1921 | 1911–1927 |
36 | Grant Fellows | 1922 | 1917–1929 |
37 | Howard Wiest | 1923 | 1921–1945 |
38 | George M. Clark | 1924 | 1919–1933 |
39 | John S. McDonald | 1925 | 1922–1933 |
40 | John E. Bird | 1926 | 1910–1928 |
41 | Nelson Sharpe | 1927 | 1919–1935 |
42 | Richard C. Flannigan | 1928 | 1927–1928 |
43 | Louis H. Fead | 1928 | 1928–1937 |
44 | Walter Harper North | 1929 | 1927–1952 |
45 | Henry M. Butzel | 1930–1931 | 1929–1955 |
46 | George M. Clark | 1932 | 1919–1933 |
47 | John S. McDonald | 1933 | 1922–1933 |
48 | Nelson Sharpe | 1934 | 1919–1935 |
49 | William W. Potter | 1935 | 1928–1940 |
50 | Walter Harper North | 1936 | 1927–1952 |
51 | Louis H. Fead | 1937 | 1928–1937 |
52 | Howard Wiest | 1938 | 1921–1945 |
53 | Henry M. Butzel | 1939 | 1929–1955 |
54 | George E. Bushnell | 1940 | 1934–1955 |
55 | Edward M. Sharpe | 1941 | 1934–1957 |
56 | Bert D. Chandler | 1942 | 1937–1943 |
57 | Emerson R. Boyles | 1943 | 1940–1956 |
58 | Walter Harper North | 1944 | 1927–1952 |
59 | Raymond Wesley Starr | 1945 | 1941–1946 |
60 | Henry M. Butzel | 1946 | 1929–1955 |
61 | Leland W. Carr | 1947 | 1941–1963 |
62 | George E. Bushnell | 1948 | 1934–1955 |
63 | Edward M. Sharpe | 1949 | 1934–1957 |
64 | Emerson R. Boyles | 1950 | 1940–1956 |
65 | Neil E. Reid | 1951 | 1944–1956 |
66 | Clark J. Adams | 1952 | 1952–1953 |
67 | John R. Dethmers | 1953 | 1946–1970 |
68 | Henry M. Butzel | 1954 | 1929–1955 |
69 | Leland W. Carr | 1955 | 1941–1963 |
70 | John R. Dethmers | 1956–1962 | 1946–1970 |
71 | Leland W. Carr | 1962–1963 | 1941–1963 |
72 | Thomas M. Kavanagh | 1964–1967 | January 1, 1958 – April 19, 1975 |
73 | John R. Dethmers | 1967–1969 | 1946–1970 |
74 | Thomas E. Brennan | 1969–1971 | January 1, 1967 – December 31, 1973 |
75 | Thomas M. Kavanagh | 1971–1974 | January 1, 1958 – April 19, 1975 |
76 | Thomas G. Kavanagh | 1975–1979 | January 1, 1969 – December 31, 1984 |
77 | Mary S. Coleman | 1979–1982 | January 1, 1973 – December 24, 1982 |
78 | John W. Fitzgerald |
1982 | January 7, 1974 – December 31, 1982 |
79 | G. Mennen Williams | 1983–1986 | January 1, 1971 – December 31, 1986 |
80 | Dorothy Comstock Riley | 1987–1991 | December 9, 1982 – February 16, 1983 and January 1, 1985 – September 1, 1997 |
81 | Michael F. Cavanagh |
1991–94 | January 1, 1983 – December 31, 2014 |
82 | James H. Brickley | 1995–1996 | December 27, 1982 – October 1, 1999 |
83 | Conrad L. Mallett Jr. | 1997–1998 | December 21, 1990 – January 2, 1999 |
84 | Elizabeth A. Weaver | 1999–2000 | January 1, 1995 – August 26, 2010 |
85 | Maura D. Corrigan | 2001–2004 | January 1, 1999 – January 14, 2011 |
86 | Clifford W. Taylor | 2005–2008 | August 21, 1997 – December 31, 2008 |
87 | Marilyn J. Kelly | 2009–2010 | January 1, 1997 – December 31, 2012 |
88 | Robert P. Young Jr. | 2011–2017 | December 30, 1998 – April 17, 2017 |
89 | Stephen Markman | 2017–2019 | October 1, 1999 – December 31, 2020 |
90 | Bridget Mary McCormack | 2019–2022 | January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2022 |
91 | Elizabeth T. Clement | 2022– | November 17, 2017 – |
Former justices
Judge | Began service | Ended service | Notes |
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Clark J. Adams | 1952 | 1953 | |
Paul L. Adams | 1962, 1964 | 1973 | |
Dennis Archer | 1985 | 1993 | |
Nathaniel Bacon | 1855 | 1857 | |
Frederick Bates | 1805 | 1808 | Territorial Justice |
John E. Bird | 1910 | 1928 | |
Eugene F. Black | 1956 | 1973 | |
Charles A. Blair | 1905 | 1912 | |
Patricia J. Boyle |
1983 | 1998 | |
Emerson R. Boyles | 1940 | 1956 | |
Thomas E. Brennan | 1967 | 1973 | |
James H. Brickley | 1983 | 1999 | |
Flavius L. Brooke | 1909 | 1921 | |
George E. Bushnell | 1934 | 1955 | |
Henry M. Butzel | 1929 | 1955 | |
Edward Cahill |
1890 | 1890 | |
James V. Campbell | 1858 | 1890 | |
William L. Carpenter |
1902 | 1908 | |
Leland W. Carr | 1945 | 1963 | |
Michael Cavanagh | 1982 | 2015 | |
Bert D. Chandler | 1936 | 1943 | |
John W. Champlin | 1884 | 1892 | |
Henry C. Chipman | 1827 | 1832 | Territorial Justice |
Isaac P. Christiancy | 1857 | 1874 | |
George M. Clark | 1919 | 1933 | |
Mary S. Coleman | 1973 | 1982 | |
Thomas M. Cooley | 1864 | 1885 | |
Joseph T. Copeland | 1852 | 1857 | |
Maura Corrigan |
1996 | 2011 | |
John R. Dethmers | 1946 | 1971 | |
Alton Davis | 2010 | 2010 | |
Samuel T. Douglass | 1852 | 1857 | |
George H. Durand | 1892 | 1892 | |
George C. Edwards |
1956 | 1961 | |
Louis H. Fead | 1928 | 1937 | |
Alpheus Felch | 1842 | 1845 | |
Grant Fellows | 1917 | 1929 | |
John Warner Fitzgerald | 1974 | 1982 | |
Richard C. Flannigan | 1928 | 1928 | |
William A. Fletcher |
1836 | 1842 | 1st Justice |
Daniel Goodwin |
1843 | 1846 | |
Claudius B. Grant | 1890 | 1909 | |
Benjamin F. Graves | 1868 | 1883 | |
Sanford M. Green | 1848 | 1857 | |
John Griffin |
1805 | 1824 | Territorial Justice |
Robert P. Griffin | 1987 | 1994 | |
Diane Hathaway | 2008 | 2013 | |
Frank A. Hooker | 1893 | 1911 | |
John Hunt | 1824 | 1827 | Territorial Justice |
David Johnson | 1852 | 1857 | |
Thomas G. Kavanagh | 1969 | 1984 | |
Thomas M. Kavanagh | 1958 | 1975 | |
Harry F. Kelly | 1954 | 1971 | |
Marilyn J. Kelly |
1997 | 2012 | |
Mary Beth Kelly | 2011 | 2015 | |
Frank C. Kuhn |
1912 | 1919 | |
Joan Larsen | 2015 | 2017 | |
Edwin Lawrence | 1857 | 1857 | |
Charles Levin | 1973 | 1996 | |
Lawrence Lindemer | 1975 | 1976 | |
Charles D. Long | 1888 | 1902 | |
Conrad L. Mallett Jr. | 1990 | 1998 | |
Randolph Manning | 1858 | 1864 | |
Stephen Markman | 1999 | 2020 | |
Isaac Marston | 1875 | 1883 | |
George Martin |
1851 | 1867 | |
Thomas Francis McAllister | 1938 | 1941 | |
Aaron V. McAlvay | 1905 | 1915 | |
Bridget Mary McCormack | 2013 | 2022 | |
John S. McDonald | 1922 | 1933 | |
John W. McGrath | 1890 | 1895 | |
George Miles | 1846 | 1850 | |
Robert Morris Montgomery | 1892 | 1910 | |
Blair Moody Jr.[1] | 1977 | 1982 | |
Joseph B. Moore | 1895 | 1925 | |
George Morell |
1832 1836 |
1836 1843 |
Territorial Justice State Justice |
Allen B. Morse | 1885 | 1892 | |
Edward Mundy | 1848 | 1851 | |
Walter Harper North | 1927 | 1952 | |
Michael D. O'Hara | 1963 | 1968 | |
Russell C. Ostrander | 1905 | 1919 | |
Rollin H. Person | 1915 | 1917 | |
William W. Potter | 1928 | 1940 | |
Abner Pratt | 1850 | 1857 | |
Epaphroditus Ransom | 1837 | 1848 | |
Neil E. Reid | 1944 | 1956 | |
Dorothy Comstock Riley | 1982 1985 |
1983 1997 |
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James L. Ryan | 1975 | 1985 | |
Edward M. Sharpe | 1934 | 1957 | |
Nelson Sharpe | 1919 | 1935 | |
Thomas R. Sherwood | 1883 | 1889 | |
Solomon Sibley | 1827 | 1837 | Territorial Justice |
Otis M. Smith | 1961 | 1967 | |
Talbot Smith | 1955 | 1961 | |
Ernest A. Snow | 1926 | 1927 | |
Theodore Souris | 1960 | 1968 | |
Raymond W. Starr | 1941 | 1946 | |
Joseph H. Steere | 1911 | 1927 | |
John W. Stone | 1910 | 1922 | |
John Swainson | 1971 | 1975 | |
Clifford W. Taylor |
1997 | 2009 | |
Harry S. Toy | 1935 | 1937 | |
Josiah Turner | 1857 | 1857 | |
Robert Traver ) |
1957 | 1959 | |
Thomas A. E. Weadock | 1933 | 1933 | |
Elizabeth Weaver | 1994 | 2010 | |
Charles W. Whipple | 1839 | 1855 | |
Kurtis T. Wilder | 2017 | 2018 | |
Howard Wiest | 1921 | 1945 | |
Ross Wilkins | 1832 | 1837 | Territorial Justice |
G. Mennen Williams | 1970 | 1987 | |
Edward H. C. Wilson | 1856 | 1857 | |
Warner Wing | 1845 | 1856 | |
Benjamin F. H. Witherell | 1857 | 1857 | |
James Witherell | 1808 | 1828 | Territorial Justice |
William Woodbridge | 1828 | 1832 | Territorial Justice |
Augustus B. Woodward | 1805 | 1824 | 1st Territorial Justice |
Robert P. Young Jr. | 1998 | 2017 |
References
- ^ "Blair Moody portrait dedication". Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved Jun 1, 2020.