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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Bridget Mary McCormack (Chief Justice)[1] | Jan. 1, 2013 | Jan. 1, 2029 | Jan. 1, 2037 | n/a | Democratic | NYU |
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 |
Elizabeth T. Clement | Nov. 17, 2017 | Jan. 1, 2027 | Jan. 1, 2051 | Rick Snyder (R)[a] | Republican | Michigan State |
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 |
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– | January 1, 2013 – |
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 | |
John S. McDonald | 1922 | 1933 | |
John W. McGrath | 1890 | 1895 | |
George Miles | 1846 | 1850 | |
Robert Morris Montgomery | 1892 | 1910 | |
Blair Moody Jr.[2] | 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 | |
John D. Voelker (a/k/a 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[]
- ^ "McCormack chosen to lead Michigan Supreme Court". Detroit News. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Blair Moody portrait dedication". Retrieved Jun 1, 2020.[permanent dead link]
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