List of justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court explained

The following tables list the terms of all Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices in their order of appointment to serve on the Court.

Chief justices

	Judge	Lifespan	Residence	Began service	Ended service	Reason for termination	Appointed by	Re-appointed by
1	Prentiss Mellen	1764–1840	Portland			mandatory retirement	William King
2	Nathan Weston	1782–1872	Augusta			term expired	Robert P. Dunlap
3	Ezekiel Whitman	1776–1866	Portland			resigned	Edward Kent
4	Ether Shepley	1789–1877	Saco			term expired	John W. Dana
5	John S. Tenney	1793–1869	Norridgewock			term expired	Anson Morrill
6	John Appleton	1804–1891	Bangor			term expired	Israel Washburn Jr.	Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor
7	John A. Peters	1822–1904	Bangor			resignation	Frederick Robie	Edwin C. Burleigh Llewellyn Powers
8	Andrew P. Wiswell	1852–1906	Ellsworth			death	Llewellyn Powers
9	Lucilius A. Emery	1840–1920	Ellsworth			resignation	William T. Cobb
10	William Penn Whitehouse	1842–1922	Augusta			resignation	Frederick W. Plaisted
11	Albert R. Savage	1847–1917	Auburn			death	William T. Haines
12	Leslie C. Cornish	1854–1925	Augusta			resignation	Carl Milliken	Percival Proctor Baxter
13	Scott Wilson	1870–1942	Portland			elevation to the 1st Cir.	Owen Brewster
14	Luere B. Deasy	1859–1940	Bar Harbor			resignation	William Tudor Gardiner
15	William Robinson Pattangall	1865–1942	Augusta			resignation	William Tudor Gardiner
16	Charles J. Dunn	1872–1939	Orono			death	Louis J. Brann
17	Charles P. Barnes	1869–1951	Houlton			resignation	Lewis O. Barrows
18	Guy H. Sturgis	1877–1951	Portland			retirement	Lewis O. Barrows	Horace Hildreth
19	Harold H. Murchie	1888–1953	Calais			death	Frederick G. Payne
20	Edward F. Merrill	1883–1962	Skowhegan			resignation	Nathaniel M. Haskell
21	Raymond Fellows	1885–1957	Bangor			resignation	Burton M. Cross
22	Robert B. Williamson	1899–1976	Augusta			resignation	Edmund Muskie	John H. Reed
23	Armand A. Dufresne	1909–1994	Lewiston			term expired	Kenneth M. Curtis
24	Vincent L. McKusick	1921–2014	Cape Elizabeth			resignation	James B. Longley	Joseph E. Brennan
25	Daniel Wathen	1939–	Augusta			resignation	John R. McKernan Jr.	Angus King
26	Leigh Saufley	1954–	Portland			retirement	Angus King	John Baldacci Paul LePage
27	Valerie Stanfill	1957/58–	Wayne				Janet Mills

Associate justices

	Judge	Lifespan	Residence	Began service	Ended service	Reason for termination	Appointed by	Re-appointed by
1	William Pitt Preble	1783–1857	Portland			resignation	William King
2	Nathan Weston	1782–1872	Augusta			elevation to Chief Justice	William King
3	Albion Parris	1788–1857	Portland			resignation	Enoch Lincoln
4	Nicholas Emery	1776–1861	Portland			term expired	Robert P. Dunlap
5	Ether Shepley	1789–1877	Saco			elevation to Chief Justice	Robert P. Dunlap	Edward Kavanagh
6	John S. Tenney	1793–1869	Norridgewock			elevation to Chief Justice	Edward Kent	John W. Dana
7	Samuel Wells	1801–1868	Portland			resignation	John W. Dana
8	Joseph Howard	1800–1877	Portland			term expired	John W. Dana
9	Richard D. Rice	1810–1882	Augusta			resignation	John Hubbard	Lot M. Morrill
10	John Appleton	1804–1891	Bangor			elevation to Chief Justice	John Hubbard	Lot M. Morrill
11	Joshua W. Hathaway	1797–1862	Bangor			term expired	John Hubbard
12	Jonas Cutting	1800–1876	Bangor			term expired	William G. Crosby	Israel Washburn Jr. Joshua Chamberlain
13	Seth May	1802–1881	Winthrop			term expired	Anson Morrill
14	Woodbury Davis	1818–1871	Portland			removal by address resignation	Anson Morrill Hannibal Hamlin	Samuel Cony
15	Daniel Goodenow	1793–1863	Alfred			term expired	Anson Morrill
16	Edward Kent	1802–1877	Bangor			term expired	Lot M. Morrill	Samuel Cony
17	Charles W. Walton	1819–1900	Deering			term expired	Israel Washburn Jr.	Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor Frederick Robie Edwin C. Burleigh
18	Jonathan G. Dickerson	1811–1878	Belfast			death	Israel Washburn Jr.	Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor
19	Edward Fox	1815–1881	Portland			resignation	Israel Washburn Jr.
20	William G. Barrows	1821–1886	Brunswick			term expired	Abner Coburn	Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor
21	Charles Danforth	1815–1890	Gardiner			death	Samuel Cony	Sidney Perham Seldon Connor Frederick Robie
22	Rufus P. Tapley	1823–1893	Saco			term expired	Samuel Cony
23	William Wirt Virgin	1823–1893	Portland			death	Sidney Perham	Alonzo Garcelon Frederick Robie
24	John A. Peters	1822–1904	Bangor			elevation to Chief Justice	Sidney Perham		Seldon Connor
25	Artemus Libbey	1823–1894	Augusta			term expired death	Nelson Dingley Jr. Frederick Robie	Edwin C. Burleigh
26	Joseph W. Symonds	1840–1918	Portland			resignation	Seldon Connor
27	Lucilius A. Emery	1840–1920	Ellsworth			elevation to Chief Justice	Frederick Robie	Edwin C. Burleigh Llewellyn Powers John Fremont Hill
28	Enoch Foster	1839–1913	Bethel			term expired	Frederick Robie	Edwin C. Burleigh
29	Thomas H. Haskell	1842–1900	Portland			death	Frederick Robie	Edwin C. Burleigh Llewellyn Powers
30	William Penn Whitehouse	1842–1922	Augusta			elevation to Chief Justice	Edwin C. Burleigh	Llewellyn Powers John Fremont Hill Frederick W. Plaisted
31	Andrew P. Wiswell	1852–1906	Ellsworth			elevation to Chief Justice	Henry B. Cleaves
32	Sewall C. Strout	1827–1914	Portland			term expired	Henry B. Cleaves	John Fremont Hill
33	Albert R. Savage	1847–1913	Auburn			elevation to Chief Justice	Llewellyn Powers	John Fremont Hill Frederick W. Plaisted
34	William H. Fogler	1837–1902	Rockland			death	Llewellyn Powers
35	Frederick A. Powers	1855–1824	Houlton			resignation	Llewellyn Powers	William T. Cobb
36	Henry C. Peabody	1838–1911	Portland			death	Llewellyn Powers	William T. Cobb
37	Albert Spear	1852–1929	Gardiner			term expired term expired	John Fremont Hill Carl Milliken	Bert M. Fernald
38	Charles F. Woodard	1848–1907	Bangor			death	William T. Cobb
39	Leslie C. Cornish	1854–1925	Augusta			elevation to Chief Justice	William T. Cobb	William T. Haines
40	Arno W. King	1855–1918	Ellsworth			death	William T. Cobb	William T. Haines
41	George E. Bird	1847–1926	Portland			retirement	William T. Cobb	Oakley C. Curtis
42	George F. Haley	1856–1918	Biddeford			death	Frederick W. Plaisted
43	George M. Hanson	1856–1924	Calais			death	Frederick W. Plaisted	Carl Milliken
44	Warren C. Philbrook	1857–1933	Waterville			retirement	William T. Haines	Carl Milliken Owen Brewster
45	John B. Madigan	1863–1918	Houlton			death	Oakley C. Curtis
46	Charles J. Dunn	1872–1939	Orono			elevation to Chief Justice	Carl Milliken	Owen Brewster William Tudor Gardiner
47	John A. Morrill	1855–1945	Auburn			retirement	Carl Milliken	Owen Brewster
48	Scott Wilson	1870–1942	Portland			elevation to Chief Justice	Carl Milliken
49	Luere B. Deasy	1859–1940	Bar Harbor			elevation to Chief Justice	Carl Milliken	Owen Brewster
50	Guy H. Sturgis	1877–1951	Portland			elevation to Chief Justice	Percival Proctor Baxter	William Tudor Gardiner Lewis O. Barrows
51	Charles P. Barnes	1869–1951	Houlton			elevation to Chief Justice	Percival Proctor Baxter	William Tudor Gardiner Lewis O. Barrows
52	Norman L. Bassett	1869–1931	Augusta			resignation	Owen Brewster
53	William Robinson Pattangall	1865–1942	Augusta			elevation to Chief Justice	Owen Brewster
54	Frank G. Farrington	1872–1933	Augusta			death	Owen Brewster
55	Sidney St. Felix Thaxter	1883–1958	Portland			retirement	William Tudor Gardiner	Lewis O. Barrows Sumner Sewall Frederick G. Payne
56	James H. Hudson	1878–1947	Guilford			death	Louis J. Brann	Lewis O. Barrows
57	Harry Manser	1874–1955	Auburn			retirement	Louis J. Brann	Sumner Sewall
58	George H. Worster	1871–1965	Bangor			resignation	Lewis O. Barrows
59	Harold H. Murchie	1888–1953	Calais			elevation to Chief Justice	Lewis O. Barrows	Horace Hildreth
60	Arthur Chapman	1873–1959	Portland			retirement	Sumner Sewall
61	Nathaniel Tompkins	1879–1949	Houlton			death	Horace Hildreth
62	Raymond Fellows	1885–1957	Bangor			elevation to Chief Justice	Horace Hildreth	Burton M. Cross
63	Edward P. Murray	1876–1966	Bangor			retirement	Horace Hildreth
64	Edward F. Merrill	1883–1962	Skowhegan			elevation to Chief Justice	Horace Hildreth
65	William B. Nulty	1888–1953	Portland			death	Frederick G. Payne
66	Robert B. Williamson	1899–1976	Augusta			elevation to Chief Justice	Frederick G. Payne	Edmund Muskie
67	Frank A. Tirrell	1893–1955	Camden			death	Burton M. Cross
68	Donald W. Webber	1906–1995	Auburn			resignation	Burton M. Cross	John H. Reed Kenneth M. Curtis
69	Albert Beliveau	1887–1971	Rumford			resignation	Burton M. Cross
70	Walter M. Tapley	1898–1971	Portland			resignation	Burton M. Cross	John H. Reed Kenneth M. Curtis
71	Percy T. Clarke	1885–1957	Ellsworth			retirement	Edmund Muskie
72	F. Harold Dubord	1891–1964	Waterville			resignation	Edmund Muskie
73	Francis W. Sullivan	1894–1967	Portland			resignation	Edmund Muskie	John H. Reed
74	Cecil J. Siddall	1894–1986	Sanford			resignation	Edmund Muskie
75	Harold C. Marden	1900–1994	Waterville			resignation	John H. Reed	Kenneth M. Curtis
76	Abraham M. Rudman	1896–1970	Bangor			resignation	John H. Reed
77	Armand A. Dufresne	1909–1994	Lewiston			elevation to Chief Justice	John H. Reed
78	Randolph Weatherbee	1907–1976	Bangor			death	John H. Reed	Kenneth M. Curtis
79	Charles A. Pomeroy	1914–1993	Windham			resignation	Kenneth M. Curtis	James B. Longley
80	Sidney W. Wernick	1913–1995	Portland			retirement	Kenneth M. Curtis	James B. Longley
81	James Archibald	1912–2006	Houlton			retirement	Kenneth M. Curtis	James B. Longley
82	Thomas E. Delahanty	1914–1985	Lewiston			retirement	Kenneth M. Curtis	Joseph E. Brennan
83	Edward S. Godfrey	1913–2005	Portland			term expired	James B. Longley
84	David A. Nichols	1917–1997	Lincolnville			resignation	James B. Longley	Joseph E. Brennan
85	Harry P. Glassman	1928–1981	Portland			death	Joseph E. Brennan
86	David G. Roberts	1928–1999	Bangor			retirement	Joseph E. Brennan	John R. McKernan Jr. (x2)
87	Gene Carter	1935–2021	Bangor			elevation to the D. Me.	Joseph E. Brennan
88	Elmer H. Violette	1921–2000	Van Buren			retirement	Joseph E. Brennan
89	Daniel Wathen	1939–	Augusta			elevation to Chief Justice	Joseph E. Brennan	John R. McKernan Jr.
90	Caroline Duby Glassman	1922–2013	Portland			term expired	Joseph E. Brennan	John R. McKernan Jr.
91	Louis Scolnik	1923–	Lewiston			resignation	Joseph E. Brennan
92	Robert W. Clifford	1937–	Lewiston			retirement	Joseph E. Brennan	John R. McKernan Jr. Angus King John Baldacci
93	D. Brock Hornby	1944–	Cape Elizabeth			elevation to the D. Me.	John R. McKernan Jr.
94	Samuel Collins	1923–2012	Rockland			retirement	John R. McKernan Jr.
95	Morton A. Brody	1933–2000	Waterville			elevation to the D. Me.	John R. McKernan Jr.
96	Paul L. Rudman	1935–	Bangor			resignation	John R. McKernan Jr.	Angus King
97	Howard H. Dana Jr.	1940–	Cape Elizabeth			term expired	John R. McKernan Jr.	Angus King
98	Kermit Lipez	1941–	South Portland			elevation to the 1st Cir.	John R. McKernan Jr.
99	Leigh Saufley	1954–	Portland			elevation to Chief Justice	Angus King
100	Donald G. Alexander	1942–	Winthrop			retirement	Angus King	John Baldacci Paul LePage
101	Susan W. Calkins	1942–	Portland			resignation	Angus King	John Baldacci
102	Jon D. Levy	1954–	Portland			elevation to the D. Me.	Angus King	John Baldacci
103	Warren Silver	1948–	Bangor			resignation	John Baldacci	Paul LePage
104	Andrew Mead	1952–	Bangor		present		John Baldacci	Paul LePage Janet Mills
105	Ellen Gorman	1955–	Falmouth			retirement	John Baldacci	Paul LePage
106	Joseph Jabar	1946–	Waterville			resignation	John Baldacci	Paul LePage
107	Jeffrey Hjelm	1955–	Camden			retirement	Paul LePage
108	Thomas E. Humphrey	1945–	Sanford			retirement	Paul LePage
109	Andrew M. Horton	1949–	Falmouth		present		Janet Mills
110	Catherine Connors	1959–	Kennebunk		present		Janet Mills
111	Rick E. Lawrence	1955/56–	Portland		present		Janet Mills
112	Wayne R. Douglas	1951/52–	Unknown		present		Janet Mills

Active retired justices

Retired justices who have been reappointed to enable them to continue to take part in Supreme Judicial Court proceedings.

Judge	Lifespan	Residence	Began service	Ended service	Reason for termination	Appointed by	Re-appointed by
George E. Bird	1847–1926	Portland			death	Percival Proctor Baxter
Albert Spear	1852–1929	Gardiner			death	Percival Proctor Baxter
John A. Morrill	1855–1945	Auburn			term expired	Owen Brewster
Warren C. Philbrook	1857–1933	Waterville			death	Owen Brewster
Arthur Chapman	1873–1959	Portland			term expired	Horace Hildreth
Harry Manser	1874–1955	Auburn			death	Horace Hildreth	Burton M. Cross
Edward P. Murray	1876–1966	Bangor	November 1948	November 1962	term expired	Horace Hildreth	Burton M. Cross
Guy H. Sturgis	1877–1951	Portland			death	Frederick G. Payne
Sidney St. Felix Thaxter	1883–1958	Portland			death	Burton M. Cross
Percy T. Clarke	1885–1957	Ellsworth		August 1957	retirement	Edmund Muskie
Armand A. Dufresne	1909–1994	Lewiston			retirement	James B. Longley	Joseph E. Brennan
Thomas E. Delahanty	1914–1985	Lewiston			death	Joseph E. Brennan
James Archibald	1912–2006	Houlton			death	Joseph E. Brennan	John R. McKernan Jr. Angus King (x2)
Sidney W. Wernick	1913–1995	Portland			death	Joseph E. Brennan	John R. McKernan Jr.
Elmer H. Violette	1921–2000	Van Buren			retirement	Joseph E. Brennan	John R. McKernan Jr.
Samuel Collins	1923–2012	Rockland			death	John R. McKernan Jr.	Angus King John Baldacci
David G. Roberts	1928–1999	Bangor			death	Angus King
Robert W. Clifford	1937–	Lewiston		present		John Baldacci	Paul LePage
Jeffrey Hjelm	1956–	Camden		present		Janet Mills
Thomas E. Humphrey	1945–	Sanford		present		Janet Mills

See also

• Maine Supreme Judicial Court

External links

• Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chronological List
• Maine Supreme Judicial Court official website
• The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009 - Cleaves Law Library
• Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices - Maine State Legislature