List of justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)
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This is a list of the justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia:
Chief justices[]
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Henry Lumpkin | 1863 | 1867 |
| Hiram B. Warner | 1867 1872 |
1868 1880 |
| Joseph E. Brown | 1868 | 1870 |
| Osborne Augustus Lochrane | 1871 | 1872 |
| James Jackson | 1880 | 1887 |
| Logan Edwin Bleckley | 1887 | 1894 |
| Thomas Jefferson Simmons | 1894 | 1905 |
| 1905 | 1923 | |
| Richard Russell Sr. | 1923 | 1938 |
| 1938 | 1943 | |
| Robert Charles Bell | 1943 | 1946 |
| William Franklin Jenkins | 1946 | 1948 |
| William Henry Duckworth | 1948 | 1969 |
| 1969 | 1972 | |
| Carlton Mobley | 1972 | 1974 |
| 1974 | 1975 | |
| Horace Elmo Nichols | 1975 | 1980 |
| 1980 | 1980 | |
| Robert Henry Jordan | 1980 | 1982 |
| 1982 | 1986 | |
| 1986 | 1989 | |
| Harold G. Clarke | 1990 | 1992 |
| Charles L. Weltner | 1992 | 1992 |
| Harold G. Clarke | 1992 | 1994 |
| Willis B. Hunt Jr. | 1994 | 1995 |
| Robert Benham | 1995 | 2001 |
| Norman S. Fletcher | 2001 | 2005 |
| Leah Ward Sears | 2005 | 2009 |
| Carol W. Hunstein | 2009 | 2012 |
| George H. Carley | 2012 | 2012 |
| Carol W. Hunstein | 2012 | 2013 |
| Hugh P. Thompson | 2013 | 2016 |
| P. Harris Hines | 2017 | 2018 |
| Harold Melton[1] | 2018 | 2021 |
| David E. Nahmias | 2021 | (incumbent) |
Associate justices[]
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
|---|---|---|
| Eugenius Aristides Nisbet | 1845 | 1853 |
| Joseph Henry Lumpkin | 1845 | 1863 |
| Hiram B. Warner | 1845 1868 |
1865 1872 |
| 1853 | 1855 | |
| Henry L. Benning | 1853 | 1859 |
| Charles James McDonald | 1855 | 1859 |
| 1859 | 1860 | |
| Richard F. Lyon | 1859 | 1865 |
| Charles J. Jenkins | 1860 | 1866 |
| 1866 | 1868 | |
| 1866 | 1868 | |
| Henry Kent McCay | 1868 | 1875 |
| William Watts Montgomery | 1872 | 1873 |
| Robert Pleasant Trippe | 1873 | 1875 |
| Logan Edwin Bleckley | 1875 | 1880 |
| James Jackson | 1875 | 1880 |
| 1880 | 1880 | |
| 1880 | 1882 | |
| Martin Jenkins Crawford | 1880 | 1883 |
| 1882 | 1887 | |
| Mark Harden Blandford | 1883 | 1890 |
| Thomas Jefferson Simmons | 1887 | 1894 |
| Samuel Lumpkin | 1891 | 1903 |
| 1894 | 1897 | |
| 1897 | 1902 | |
| 1897 | 1903 | |
| 1897 | 1905 | |
| 1897 | 1907 | |
| Samuel Barnard Adams | 1902 | 1902 |
| 1902 | 1906 | |
| Henry Gray Turner | 1903 | 1904 |
| Joseph Rucker Lamar | 1903 | 1905 |
| Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. | 1904 | 1917 |
| 1905 | 1916 | |
| Marcus Wayland Beck | 1905 | 1937 |
| 1906 | 1942 | |
| 1907 | 1911 | |
| 1911 | 1934 | |
| S. Price Gilbert | 1916 | 1936 |
| Walter F. George | 1917 | 1922 |
| 1922 | 1932 | |
| Robert Charles Bell | 1932 1946 |
1938 1949 |
| 1934 | 1938 | |
| William Franklin Jenkins | 1936 | 1948 |
| 1937 | 1945 | |
| William Henry Duckworth | 1938 | 1948 |
| 1942 | 1942 | |
| William Yates Atkinson | 1943 | 1953 |
| 1943 | 1960 | |
| T. Grady Head | 1945 | 1965 |
| 1945 | 1966 | |
| 1948 | 1948 | |
| 1949 | 1960 | |
| 1949 | 1969 | |
| Charles William Worrill | 1953 | 1954 |
| Homer Sutton | 1954 | 1954 |
| Carlton Mobley | 1954 | 1972 |
| 1960 | 1966 | |
| 1960 | 1974 | |
| Eugene Cook | 1965 | 1967 |
| Horace Elmo Nichols | 1966 1980 |
1975 1980 |
| John E. Frankum | 1967 | 1970 |
| 1967 1980 |
1980 1981 | |
| 1969 | 1972 | |
| 1970 | 1973 | |
| William Barrett Gunter | 1972 | 1977 |
| Robert Henry Jordan | 1972 | 1980 |
| 1973 | 1977 | |
| Robert Howell Hall | 1974 | 1979 |
| 1975 | 1982 | |
| 1977 | 1981 | |
| 1977 | 1986 | |
| Harold G. Clarke | 1979 | 1989 |
| 1981 | 1989 | |
| George T. Smith | 1981 | 1991 |
| Charles L. Weltner | 1981 | 1992 |
| 1982 | 1992 | |
| Willis B. Hunt Jr. | 1986 | 1994 |
| Robert Benham | 1990 2001 |
2020 |
| Norman S. Fletcher | 1990 | 2005 |
| Carol W. Hunstein | 1992 2013 |
2018 |
| Leah Ward Sears | 1992 | 2009 |
| George H. Carley | 1993 | 2012 |
| Hugh P. Thompson | 1994 | 2017[2] |
| P. Harris Hines | 1995 | 2018[3] |
| Harold Melton | 2005 | 2021 |
| David E. Nahmias | 2009 | (incumbent) |
| Keith R. Blackwell | 2012 | 2020 |
| Michael P. Boggs | 2017 | (incumbent) |
| Nels S.D. Peterson | 2017 | (incumbent) |
| Britt C. Grant | 2017 | 2018 |
| Sarah Hawkins Warren[4] | 2018 | (incumbent) |
| Charlie Bethel | 2018 | (incumbent) |
| John J. Ellington | 2019 | (incumbent) |
| Carla Wong McMillian[5] | 2020 | (incumbent) |
| Shawn Ellen LaGrua | 2021 | (incumbent) |
| Verda Colvin | 2021 | (incumbent) |
References[]
- ^ "9/4/18 - NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF GEORGIA SUPREME COURT". Supreme Court of Georgia. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Georgia chief justice to step down in January". myajc. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ June 18, Katheryn Tucker |; PM, 2018 at 12:33. "Help Wanted on Georgia Supreme Court". Daily Report. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Sarah Hawkins Warren Named to Georgia Supreme Court | Daily Report". Daily Report. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ^ "Gov. Kemp Names Appointments to Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals" (Press release). Atlanta, Georgia. March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
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