List of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court

Following is a list of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court.

Frontal view of the Michigan Hall of Justice.

Current justices

Justice Service began Current term expires Mandatory retirement deadline Appointing governor Party affiliation Law school attended
Elizabeth T. Clement (Chief Justice) Nov. 17, 2017 Jan. 1, 2027 Jan. 1, 2051 Rick Snyder (R)[lower-alpha 1] Republican Michigan State
Brian K. Zahra Jan. 15, 2011 Jan. 1, 2023 Jan. 1, 2031 Rick Snyder (R)[lower-alpha 1] Republican Detroit Mercy
David Viviano Feb. 27, 2013 Jan. 1, 2025 Jan. 1, 2047 Rick Snyder (R)[lower-alpha 1] Republican Michigan
Richard H. Bernstein Jan. 1, 2015 Jan. 1, 2023 Jan. 1, 2049 n/a Democratic Northwestern
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
Kyra Harris Bolden Jan 1, 2023 Jan 1, 2025[lower-alpha 2] Jan 1, 2058 Gretchen Whitmer (D) Democratic Detroit Mercy
  1. Elected afterward in their own right.
  2. Justice Bolden was appointed to replace retiring Justice Bridget Mary McCormack, whose term ends in 2029. Bolden will face election in 2024 to serve out the rest of McCormack's term

Chief justices

Michigan Territory

Statehood

No.Chief JusticeTenure as Chief JusticeTenure on Supreme Court
1William A. Fletcher1836–18421836–1842
2George Morell1842–18431836–1843
3Epaphroditus Ransom1843–18481837–1848
4Charles W. Whipple1848–18521839–1855
5Warner Wing1852–18541845–1856
6Sanford M. Green1855–18561848–1857
7Abner Pratt1856–18571850–1857
8George Martin1858–18671851–1867
9Thomas M. Cooley1868–18701864–1885
10James V. Campbell1870–18721858–1890
11Isaac P. Christiancy1872–1874January 1, 1858 – February 27, 1875
12Benjamin F. Graves1874–18761857, 1868–1883
13Thomas M. Cooley1876–18781864–1885
14James V. Campbell1878–18801858–1890
15Isaac Marston1880–18811875–1883
16Benjamin F. Graves1882–18831857, 1868–1883
17Thomas M. Cooley1884–18851864–1885
18James V. Campbell18851858–1890
19Allen B. Morse18851885–1891
20Thomas R. Sherwood1886–18891883–1889
21James V. Campbell18901858–1890
22John W. Champlin1890–18921884–1891
23John W. McGrath18921891–1895
24Frank A. Hooker18931893–1911
25John W. McGrath1894–18951891–1895
26Charles D. Long1895–18981888–1902
27Claudius B. Grant1898–18991890–1909
28Robert Morris Montgomery1900–19011892–1910
29Frank A. Hooker1902–19031893–1911
30Joseph B. Moore1904–19051896–1925
31Aaron V. McAlvay19071905–1915
32Claudius B. Grant19081890–1909
24Charles A. Blair19091905–1912
25John E. Bird19101910–1928
26Russell C. Ostrander19111905–1919
27Joseph B. Moore19121896–1925
28Joseph H. Steere19131911–1927
29Aaron V. McAlvay19141905–1915
30Flavius L. Brooke19151908–1921
31John W. Stone19161910–1924
32Franz C. Kuhn1917–19181917–1929
33John E. Bird19191910–1928
34Joseph B. Moore19201896–1925
35Joseph H. Steere19211911–1927
36Grant Fellows19221917–1929
37Howard Wiest19231921–1945
38George M. Clark19241919–1933
39John S. McDonald19251922–1933
40John E. Bird19261910–1928
41Nelson Sharpe19271919–1935
42Richard C. Flannigan19281927–1928
43Louis H. Fead19281928–1937
44Walter Harper North19291927–1952
45Henry M. Butzel1930–19311929–1955
46George M. Clark19321919–1933
47John S. McDonald19331922–1933
48Nelson Sharpe19341919–1935
49William W. Potter19351928–1940
50Walter Harper North19361927–1952
51Louis H. Fead19371928–1937
52Howard Wiest19381921–1945
53Henry M. Butzel19391929–1955
54George E. Bushnell19401934–1955
55Edward M. Sharpe19411934–1957
56Bert D. Chandler19421937–1943
57Emerson R. Boyles19431940–1956
58Walter Harper North19441927–1952
59Raymond Wesley Starr19451941–1946
60Henry M. Butzel19461929–1955
61Leland W. Carr19471941–1963
62George E. Bushnell19481934–1955
63Edward M. Sharpe19491934–1957
64Emerson R. Boyles19501940–1956
65Neil E. Reid19511944–1956
66Clark J. Adams19521952–1953
67John R. Dethmers19531946–1970
68Henry M. Butzel19541929–1955
69Leland W. Carr19551941–1963
70John R. Dethmers1956–19621946–1970
71Leland W. Carr1962–19631941–1963
72Thomas M. Kavanagh1964–1967January 1, 1958 – April 19, 1975
73John R. Dethmers1967–19691946–1970
74Thomas E. Brennan1969–1971January 1, 1967 – December 31, 1973
75Thomas M. Kavanagh1971–1974January 1, 1958 – April 19, 1975
76Thomas G. Kavanagh1975–1979January 1, 1969 – December 31, 1984
77Mary S. Coleman1979–1982January 1, 1973 – December 24, 1982
78John W. Fitzgerald1982January 7, 1974 – December 31, 1982
79G. Mennen Williams1983–1986January 1, 1971 – December 31, 1986
80Dorothy Comstock Riley1987–1991December 9, 1982 – February 16, 1983 and January 1, 1985 – September 1, 1997
81Michael F. Cavanagh1991–94January 1, 1983 – December 31, 2014
82James H. Brickley1995–1996December 27, 1982 – October 1, 1999
83Conrad L. Mallett Jr.1997–1998December 21, 1990 – January 2, 1999
84Elizabeth A. Weaver1999–2000January 1, 1995 – August 26, 2010
85Maura D. Corrigan2001–2004January 1, 1999 – January 14, 2011
86Clifford W. Taylor2005–2008August 21, 1997 – December 31, 2008
87Marilyn J. Kelly2009–2010January 1, 1997 – December 31, 2012
88Robert P. Young Jr.2011–2017December 30, 1998 – April 17, 2017
89Stephen Markman2017–2019October 1, 1999 – December 31, 2020
90Bridget Mary McCormack2019–2022January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2022
91Elizabeth T. Clement2022–November 17, 2017 –

Former justices

Judge Began service Ended service Notes
Clark J. Adams19521953
Paul L. Adams1962, 19641973
Dennis Archer19851993
Nathaniel Bacon18551857
Frederick Bates18051808Territorial Justice
John E. Bird19101928
Eugene F. Black19561973
Charles A. Blair19051912
Patricia J. Boyle19831998
Emerson R. Boyles19401956
Thomas E. Brennan19671973
James H. Brickley19831999
Flavius L. Brooke19091921
George E. Bushnell19341955
Henry M. Butzel19291955
Edward Cahill18901890
James V. Campbell18581890
William L. Carpenter19021908
Leland W. Carr19451963
Michael Cavanagh19822015
Bert D. Chandler19361943
John W. Champlin18841892
Henry C. Chipman18271832Territorial Justice
Isaac P. Christiancy18571874
George M. Clark19191933
Mary S. Coleman19731982
Thomas M. Cooley18641885
Joseph T. Copeland18521857
Maura Corrigan19962011
John R. Dethmers19461971
Alton Davis20102010
Samuel T. Douglass18521857
George H. Durand18921892
George C. Edwards19561961
Louis H. Fead19281937
Alpheus Felch18421845
Grant Fellows19171929
John Warner Fitzgerald19741982
Richard C. Flannigan19281928
William A. Fletcher183618421st Justice
Daniel Goodwin18431846
Claudius B. Grant18901909
Benjamin F. Graves18681883
Sanford M. Green18481857
John Griffin18051824Territorial Justice
Robert P. Griffin19871994
Diane Hathaway20082013
Frank A. Hooker18931911
John Hunt18241827Territorial Justice
David Johnson18521857
Thomas G. Kavanagh19691984
Thomas M. Kavanagh19581975
Harry F. Kelly19541971
Marilyn J. Kelly19972012
Mary Beth Kelly20112015
Frank C. Kuhn19121919
Joan Larsen20152017
Edwin Lawrence18571857
Charles Levin19731996
Lawrence Lindemer19751976
Charles D. Long18881902
Conrad L. Mallett Jr.19901998
Randolph Manning18581864
Stephen Markman19992020
Isaac Marston18751883
George Martin18511867
Thomas Francis McAllister19381941
Aaron V. McAlvay19051915
Bridget Mary McCormack20132022
John S. McDonald19221933
John W. McGrath18901895
George Miles18461850
Robert Morris Montgomery18921910
Blair Moody Jr.[1]19771982
Joseph B. Moore18951925
George Morell1832
1836
1836
1843
Territorial Justice
State Justice
Allen B. Morse18851892
Edward Mundy18481851
Walter Harper North19271952
Michael D. O'Hara19631968
Russell C. Ostrander19051919
Rollin H. Person19151917
William W. Potter19281940
Abner Pratt18501857
Epaphroditus Ransom18371848
Neil E. Reid19441956
Dorothy Comstock Riley1982
1985
1983
1997
James L. Ryan19751985
Edward M. Sharpe19341957
Nelson Sharpe19191935
Thomas R. Sherwood18831889
Solomon Sibley18271837Territorial Justice
Otis M. Smith19611967
Talbot Smith19551961
Ernest A. Snow19261927
Theodore Souris19601968
Raymond W. Starr19411946
Joseph H. Steere19111927
John W. Stone19101922
John Swainson19711975
Clifford W. Taylor19972009
Harry S. Toy19351937
Josiah Turner18571857
John D. Voelker
(a/k/a Robert Traver)
19571959
Thomas A. E. Weadock19331933
Elizabeth Weaver19942010
Charles W. Whipple18391855
Kurtis T. Wilder20172018
Howard Wiest19211945
Ross Wilkins18321837Territorial Justice
G. Mennen Williams19701987
Edward H. C. Wilson18561857
Warner Wing18451856
Benjamin F. H. Witherell18571857
James Witherell18081828Territorial Justice
William Woodbridge18281832Territorial Justice
Augustus B. Woodward180518241st Territorial Justice
Robert P. Young Jr.19982017

References

  1. "Blair Moody portrait dedication". Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved Jun 1, 2020.
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