List of justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court explained

Following is a list of persons who have served as justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court in its various forms since 1792.^[1]

1792–1895

Justice	Began active service	End of active service	Chief Justice start	Chief Justice end
	1792	1792
	1792	1806
	1792	1813
	1792	1806	1792	1806
	1801	1807	1806	1807
	1806	1808	1807	1808
	1806	1809	1808	1809
	1807	1809
	1808	1810 1818
	1808 1827	1809 1828
	1809	1827	1810	1827
	1810	1812
	1812	1828
	1819
	1820	1828
	1825
	1825
	1825
	1825
	1825
	1826	1826
	1828 1864	1842 1871	1829 1870	1842 1871
	1828	1834
	1829	1832
	1831	1837
	1835	1846	1843	1846
	1835^[2]	-	-
	1835	1856	1847 1854 1866	1851 1856 -
	1843	1849
	1847	1860	1851 1858	1852 1860
	1849	1851
	1851	1857	1856	1857
	1851	1854	1852	1854
	1854	1862	1860	1862
	1856	1864	1862	1864
	1857	1858	1857	1858
	1858	1861
	1860	1876	1866 1874	1868 1876
	1861	1865	1864	1865
	1862	1870	1868	1870
	1865	1866	1865	1866
	1866	1874	1872	1874
	1870	1878	1876	1878
	1871	1897	1871 1878 1886 1895	1872 1880 1888 1897
	1874	1881	1880	1881
	1876	1879
	1878	1886	1884	1886
	1879	1884	1882	1884
	1881	1899	1881 1888 1897	1882 1890 1899
	1884	1893	1890	1893
	1886	1894	1893	1894
	1893	1901	1899	1901
	1894	1895	1894	1895

1895 reorganization

Justice	Began active service	End of active service	Chief Justice start	Chief Justice end
	1895	1896
	1895	1903	1902	1903
	1895^[3]
	1895	1906	1901	1902
	1895
	1895	1903
	1896
	1896	1903
	1897	1905	1903	1905
	1899	1915	1905 1911	1907 1915
	1901	1911	1907	1909
	1903	1927	1909 1919	1917 1925
	1903	1914	1909	1910
	1903	1911	1910	1911
	1905	1907
	1906	1913
	1907	1921	1919	1921
	1911	1919	1915	1917
	1911	1912
	1912	1917
	1913	1915
	1914	1915
	1915	1923	1921	1923
	1915	1926	1925	1926
	1915	1951	1926 1929	1927 1931
	1917	1927	1923	1925
	1919	1921
	1921	1938	1927 1935	1929 1937
	1921	1923
	1923	1929	1929	1929
	1923	1924
	1924	1924
	1924	1935	1931	1933
	1926	1926
	1926	1951	1933 1941 1945	1935 1942 1947
	1927	1931	1931	1931
	1928	1933
	1929	1931
	1931	1937	1937	1937
	1931	1931
	1931	1943	1942	1943
	1933	1944	1937 1939	1938 1941
	1935	1939	1938	1939
	1937	1938
	1938	1953	1944 1951	1945 1953
	1938	1944	1943	1944
	1939	1945	1945
	1943	1959	1947 1953	1951 1954
	1944	1945
	1944	1944
	1944	1952
	1945	1947
	1945	1949
	1947	1951
	1949	1951
	1951	1975	1956 1963 1971	1957 1964 1973
	1951	1966	1957 1965	1964 1966
	1951	1967	1954 1962	1956 1963
	1951	1955
	1952	1954
	1954	1969	1959 1968	1960 1969
	1955	1957
	1957	1965	1960	1962
	1958	1960
	1959	1959
	1959	1969	1967	1968
	1959	1982*	1966 1973	1967 1974
	1965	1973	1969	1971
	1967	1973	1972	1973
	1967	1975	1974	1975
	1969	1973
	1969	1977*	1975	1977
	1973	1988*
	1973	1979*
	1975	1983*
	1975	1982*
	1975	1981*

• *Continued as Justice of the Supreme Court.

1975 reorganization

Justice	District	Began active service	End of active service
	1st	1976	1983
	2nd	1976	1983
	3rd	1976	1979
	4th	1976	1983
	5th	1976	1979
	6th	1976	1981
	7th	1976	1989
	3rd	1979	1986
	5th	1982	1999
	6th	1982	1983
	1st	1983	1991
	2nd	1983	1991
	4th	1983	1995
	6th	1983	2007
	3rd	1986	1986
	3rd	1987	2008
	7th	1989	1993
	1st	1991	1995
	2nd	1991	1996
	7th	1993	1993
	7th	1993	2005
	1st	1995	1995
	1st	1995	2006
	4th	1995	1996
	2nd	1996	1996
	2nd	1996	2006
	4th	1996	2006
	5th	1999	2006
	5th	2005	2006
	7th	2005	2015
	2nd	2006	2023
	4th	2006	2007
	1st	2007	2019
	4th	2007	2023
	5th	2007	2016
	6th	2007	2013
	3rd	2008	2019
	6th	2013	Incumbent
	7th	2015	2015
	7th	2015	2021
	5th	2017	Incumbent
	1st	2019	Incumbent
	1st	2019	2019
	3rd	2019	Incumbent
	7th	2021	Incumbent
	4th	2023	Incumbent
	2nd	2023	Incumbent

Notes and References

1. Web site: Justices of Kentucky's Highest Court: The Court of Appeals (1792-1975) & Supreme Court (1976-present). University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. February 9, 2021.
2. Declined office.
3. Appointed, but declined to qualify.