List of justices of the Florida Supreme Court

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This is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Florida, with their tenure of service on the Court.

Current justices[]

Name[1] and birthdate Appointed Chief Justice Current term expires Reaches age 75 Appointing governor Law school
Charles T. Canady
(1954-06-22) June 22, 1954 (age 67) 		August 28, 2008 2010–2012
2018–present 		January 4, 2023 June 22, 2029 Charlie Crist (R) Yale
Ricky Polston
(1955-11-24) November 24, 1955 (age 66) 		October 1, 2008 2012–2014 January 4, 2023 November 24, 2030 Charlie Crist (R) Florida State
Jorge Labarga
(1952-10-21) October 21, 1952 (age 69) 		January 2, 2009 2014–2018 January 4, 2023 October 21, 2027 Charlie Crist (R) Florida
C. Alan Lawson
(1961-05-12) May 12, 1961 (age 60) 		December 31, 2016 — January 6, 2025 May 12, 2036 Rick Scott (R) Florida State
Carlos G. Muñiz
(1969-06-25) June 25, 1969 (age 52) 		January 22, 2019 — January 4, 2027 June 25, 2044 Ron DeSantis (R) Yale
John D. Couriel
(1978-03-23) March 23, 1978 (age 43) 		June 1, 2020 — January 2, 2023 March 23, 2053 Ron DeSantis (R) Harvard
Jamie Grosshans
(1978-10-27) October 27, 1978 (age 43) 		September 14, 2020 — January 2, 2023 October 27, 2053 Ron DeSantis (R) Mississippi


Former justices[]

Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida in the 1950s
Florida Supreme Court in 2018 under Chief Justice Charles Canady.
Justice[2] Years served Chief Justice Reason for leaving
Thomas Douglas 1846–1851 & 1854–1855 Yes Died in Office
Thomas Baltzell 1846–1850 & 1854–1860 Yes Defeated
George S. Hawkins 1846–1850 No —
George W. MacRae 1847 No —
Joseph B. Lancaster 1848–1850 No —
Walker Anderson 1851–1853 Yes Resigned
Leslie A. Thompson 1851–1853 — Defeated
Albert G. Semmes 1851–1853 — —
Benjamin D. Wright 1853 — Defeated
Charles H. DuPont 1854–1868 Yes —
Bird M. Pearson 1856–1859 Yes Did not run for reelection
William A. Forward 1860–1865 — Did not run for reelection
David S. Walker 1860–1865 — Resigned
Augustus Maxwell 1865–1866 & 1887–1891 Yes 1866 Resigned, 1890 Did not run for reelection
James McNair Baker 1865–1868 — —
Samuel J. Douglas 1866–1868 — —
Edwin M. Randall 1868–1885 Yes Resigned
Ossian B. Hart 1868–1873 — Elected Governor of Florida
James Westcott III 1868–1885 No Resigned
Franklin D. Fraser 1873–1874 — Resigned
Robert Van Valkenburgh 1875–1888 — Died in Office
George G. McWhorter 1885–1887 — Resigned
George P. Raney 1885–1894 — Resigned
Henry L. Mitchell 1888–1891 — Resigned
R. Fenwick Taylor 1891–1925 Yes Retired
Milton H. Mabry 1891–1903 — Did not run for reelection
Benjamin S. Liddon 1894–1896 — Resigned
Francis B. Carter 1897–1905 — Resigned
Thomas M. Shackleford 1902–1917 — Resigned
Robert S. Cockrell 1902–1917 — Defeated
Evelyn C. Maxwell 1902–1904 — Resigned
William A. Hocker 1903–1915 — Did not run for reelection
James B. Whitfield 1904–1943 — Retired
Charles B. Parkhill 1905–1911 — Resigned
W. H. Ellis 1915–1938 — Retired
Jefferson B. Browne 1917–1925 — Resigned
Thomas F. West 1917–1925 — Resigned
William Glenn Terrell 1923–1964 Yes Died in Office
Armstead Brown 1925–1946 — Retired
Louie W. Strum 1925–1931 — Appointed to Federal District Court
Rivers H. Buford 1925–1948 — Retired
Fred H. Davis 1931–1937 — Died in Office
Roy H. Chapman 1937–1952 — Died in Office
Elwyn Thomas 1938–1969 — Retired
Alto Adams 1940–1951 & 1967–1968 — 1951 Resigned, 1968 Resigned
Harold L. "Tom" Sebring 1943–1955 Yes Appointed Dean of Stetson College of Law
Paul D. Barns 1946–1949 — Retired
T. Frank Hobson 1948–1962 — Retired
B.K. Roberts 1949–1976 Yes Retired
John E. Mathews 1951–1955 — Died in Office
E. Harris Drew 1952–1971 — Retired
B. Campbell Thornal 1955–1970 — Died in Office
Stephen C. O'Connell 1955–1967 Yes Appointed University of Florida President
Millard F. Caldwell 1962–1969 Yes Mandatory retirement
Richard W. Ervin 1964–1975 — Retired
Wade L. Hopping 1968–1969 No Defeated
Vassar B. Carlton 1969–1974 — Retired
James C. Adkins 1969–1987 Yes Mandatory retirement
Joseph A. Boyd Jr. 1969–1987 Yes Mandatory retirement
David L. McCain 1970–1975 No Resigned before impeachment
Hal P. Dekle 1971–1975 No Resigned before impeachment
Ben F. Overton 1974–1999 Yes Mandatory retirement
Arthur J. England Jr. 1975–1981 Yes Resigned
Alan C. Sundberg 1975–1982 Yes Resigned
Joseph W. Hatchett 1975–1979 No Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Frederick B. Karl 1977–1978 No Resigned
James E. Alderman 1978–1985 Yes Resigned
Parker Lee McDonald 1979–1994 Yes Retired
Raymond Ehrlich 1981–1991 Yes Mandatory retirement
Leander J. Shaw Jr. 1983–2003 Yes Mandatory retirement
Rosemary Barkett 1985–1994 Yes Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Stephen H. Grimes 1987–1997 Yes Mandatory retirement
Gerald Kogan 1987–1998 Yes Retired
Major B. Harding 1991–2002 Yes Retired
Harry Lee Anstead 1994–2009 Yes Mandatory retirement
Charles T. Wells 1994–2009 Yes Mandatory retirement
Raoul G. Cantero III 2002–2008 No Returned to private practice
Kenneth B. Bell 2003–2008 No Returned to private practice
James E.C. Perry 2009–2016 No Mandatory retirement
Barbara J. Pariente 1997–2019 Yes Mandatory retirement
R. Fred Lewis 1998–2019 Yes Mandatory retirement
Peggy A. Quince 1998–2019 Yes Mandatory retirement
Robert J. Luck 2019 No Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Barbara Lagoa 2019 No Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Succession of Justices of Supreme Court of Florida Supreme Court of Florida
  2. ^ Succession of Justices of Supreme Court of Florida Supreme Court of Florida
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