List of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court explained

Following is a list of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court.

Current justices

Justicedata-sort-type=date Service begandata-sort-type=date Current term expiresdata-sort-type=date Mandatory retirement deadlineAppointing governorParty affiliation Law school attended
Elizabeth T. Clement (Chief Justice)Nov. 17, 2017Jan. 1, 2027Jan. 1, 2051Rick Snyder (R)RepublicanMichigan State
Brian K. ZahraJan. 15, 2011Jan. 1, 2023Jan. 1, 2031Rick Snyder (R)RepublicanDetroit Mercy
David VivianoFeb. 27, 2013 Jan. 1, 2025Jan. 1, 2047Rick Snyder (R)RepublicanMichigan
Richard H. BernsteinJan. 1, 2015Jan. 1, 2023Jan. 1, 2049n/aDemocraticNorthwestern
Megan CavanaghJan. 1, 2019Jan. 1, 2027Jan. 1, 2043n/aDemocraticWayne State
Jan. 1, 2021Jan. 1, 2029Jan. 1, 2045n/aDemocraticOhio State
Kyra Harris BoldenJan 1, 2023Jan 1, 2025Jan 1, 2058Gretchen Whitmer (D)DemocraticDetroit Mercy

Chief justices

Michigan Territory

Statehood

No. Chief Justice Tenure as Chief Justice Tenure on Supreme Court
1 1836–1842 1836–1842
2 1842–1843 1836–1843
3 1843–1848 1837–1848
4 1848–1852 1839–1855
5 1852–1854 1845–1856
6 1855–1856 1848–1857
7 1856–1857 1850–1857
8 1858–1867 1851–1867
9 1868–1870 1864–1885
10 1870–1872 1858–1890
11 1872–1874 January 1, 1858 – February 27, 1875
12 1874–1876 1857, 1868–1883
13 1876–1878 1864–1885
14 1878–1880 1858–1890
15 1880–1881 1875–1883
16 1882–1883 1857, 1868–1883
17 1884–1885 1864–1885
18 1885 1858–1890
19 1885 1885–1891
20 1886–1889 1883–1889
21 1890 1858–1890
22 1890–1892 1884–1891
23 1892 1891–1895
24 1893 1893–1911
25 1894–1895 1891–1895
26 1895–1898 1888–1902
27 1898–1899 1890–1909
28 1900–1901 1892–1910
29 1902–1903 1893–1911
30 1904–1905 1896–1925
31 1907 1905–1915
32 1908 1890–1909
24 1909 1905–1912
25 1910 1910–1928
26 1911 1905–1919
27 1912 1896–1925
28 1913 1911–1927
29 1914 1905–1915
30 1915 1908–1921
31 1916 1910–1924
32 1917–1918 1917–1929
33 1919 1910–1928
34 1920 1896–1925
35 1921 1911–1927
36 1922 1917–1929
37 1923 1921–1945
38 1924 1919–1933
39 1925 1922–1933
40 1926 1910–1928
41 1927 1919–1935
42 1928 1927–1928
43 1928 1928–1937
44 1929 1927–1952
45 1930–1931 1929–1955
46 1932 1919–1933
47 1933 1922–1933
48 1934 1919–1935
49 1935 1928–1940
50 1936 1927–1952
51 1937 1928–1937
52 1938 1921–1945
53 1939 1929–1955
54 1940 1934–1955
55 1941 1934–1957
56 1942 1937–1943
57 1943 1940–1956
58 1944 1927–1952
59 1945 1941–1946
60 1946 1929–1955
61 1947 1941–1963
62 1948 1934–1955
63 1949 1934–1957
64 1950 1940–1956
65 1951 1944–1956
66 1952 1952–1953
67 1953 1946–1970
68 1954 1929–1955
69 1955 1941–1963
70 1956–1962 1946–1970
71 1962–1963 1941–1963
72 1964–1967 January 1, 1958 – April 19, 1975
73 1967–1969 1946–1970
74 1969–1971 January 1, 1967 – December 31, 1973
75 1971–1974 January 1, 1958 – April 19, 1975
76 1975–1979 January 1, 1969 – December 31, 1984
77 1979–1982 January 1, 1973 – December 24, 1982
78 1982 January 7, 1974 – December 31, 1982
79 1983–1986 January 1, 1971 – December 31, 1986
80 1987–1991 December 9, 1982 – February 16, 1983 and January 1, 1985 – September 1, 1997
81 1991–94 January 1, 1983 – December 31, 2014
82 1995–1996 December 27, 1982 – October 1, 1999
83 1997–1998 December 21, 1990 – January 2, 1999
84 1999–2000 January 1, 1995 – August 26, 2010
85 2001–2004 January 1, 1999 – January 14, 2011
86 2005–2008 August 21, 1997 – December 31, 2008
87 2009–2010 January 1, 1997 – December 31, 2012
88 2011–2017 December 30, 1998 – April 17, 2017
89 2017–2019 October 1, 1999 – December 31, 2020
90 2019–2022 January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2022
91 2022– November 17, 2017 –

Former justices

JudgeBegan serviceEnded serviceNotes
Clark J. Adams19521953
Paul L. Adams1962, 19641973
Dennis Archer19851993
Nathaniel Bacon18551857
Frederick Bates18051808Territorial Justice
John E. Bird19101928
Eugene F. Black19561973
Charles A. Blair19051912
Patricia J. Boyle19831998
Emerson R. Boyles19401956
Thomas E. Brennan19671973
James H. Brickley19831999
Flavius L. Brooke19091921
George E. Bushnell19341955
Henry M. Butzel19291955
Edward Cahill18901890
James V. Campbell18581890
William L. Carpenter19021908
Leland W. Carr19451963
Michael Cavanagh19822015
Bert D. Chandler19361943
John W. Champlin18841892
Henry C. Chipman18271832Territorial Justice
Isaac P. Christiancy18571874
George M. Clark19191933
Mary S. Coleman19731982
Thomas M. Cooley18641885
Joseph T. Copeland18521857
Maura Corrigan19962011
John R. Dethmers19461971
Alton Davis20102010
Samuel T. Douglass18521857
George H. Durand18921892
George C. Edwards19561961
Louis H. Fead19281937
Alpheus Felch18421845
Grant Fellows19171929
John Warner Fitzgerald19741982
Richard C. Flannigan19281928
William A. Fletcher183618421st Justice
Daniel Goodwin18431846
Claudius B. Grant18901909
Benjamin F. Graves18681883
Sanford M. Green18481857
John Griffin18051824Territorial Justice
Robert P. Griffin19871994
Diane Hathaway20082013
Frank A. Hooker18931911
John Hunt18241827Territorial Justice
David Johnson18521857
Thomas G. Kavanagh19691984
Thomas M. Kavanagh19581975
Harry F. Kelly19541971
Marilyn J. Kelly19972012
Mary Beth Kelly20112015
Frank C. Kuhn19121919
Joan Larsen20152017
Edwin Lawrence18571857
Charles Levin19731996
Lawrence Lindemer19751976
Charles D. Long18881902
Conrad L. Mallett Jr.19901998
Randolph Manning18581864
Stephen Markman19992020
Isaac Marston18751883
George Martin18511867
Thomas Francis McAllister19381941
Aaron V. McAlvay19051915
Bridget Mary McCormack20132022
John S. McDonald19221933
John W. McGrath18901895
George Miles18461850
Robert Morris Montgomery18921910
Blair Moody Jr.[1] 19771982
Joseph B. Moore18951925
George Morell1832
1836
1836
1843
Territorial Justice
State Justice
Allen B. Morse18851892
Edward Mundy18481851
Walter Harper North19271952
Michael D. O'Hara19631968
Russell C. Ostrander19051919
Rollin H. Person19151917
William W. Potter19281940
Abner Pratt18501857
Epaphroditus Ransom18371848
Neil E. Reid19441956
Dorothy Comstock Riley1982
1985
1983
1997
James L. Ryan19751985
Edward M. Sharpe19341957
Nelson Sharpe19191935
Thomas R. Sherwood18831889
Solomon Sibley18271837Territorial Justice
Otis M. Smith19611967
Talbot Smith19551961
Ernest A. Snow19261927
Theodore Souris19601968
Raymond W. Starr19411946
Joseph H. Steere19111927
John W. Stone19101922
John Swainson19711975
Clifford W. Taylor19972009
Harry S. Toy19351937
Josiah Turner18571857
John D. Voelker
(a/k/a Robert Traver)
19571959
Thomas A. E. Weadock19331933
Elizabeth Weaver19942010
Charles W. Whipple18391855
Kurtis T. Wilder20172018
Howard Wiest19211945
Ross Wilkins18321837Territorial Justice
G. Mennen Williams19701987
Edward H. C. Wilson18561857
Warner Wing18451856
Benjamin F. H. Witherell18571857
James Witherell18081828Territorial Justice
William Woodbridge18281832Territorial Justice
Augustus B. Woodward180518241st Territorial Justice
Robert P. Young Jr.19982017

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blair Moody portrait dedication. https://web.archive.org/web/20071006065652/http://www.micourthistory.org/resources/Special%20Sessions/Moody%20Port%201987.php. dead. October 6, 2007. Jun 1, 2020.