List of judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri


The following is a list of all of the individuals who have served on the Supreme Court of Missouri.
Missouri's Supreme Court had three judges from 1820 until 1872, when it was increased to five. In 1890 the number of judges was increased to seven, which is still the standard.
Only the Chief Justice is referred to as "justice" while other members are referred to as "judge." The chief justice is typically elected to a two-year term on a rotating basis by a vote of the Supreme Court judges.
NameCountyTerm as Judge
Montgomery1821–1841
Cape Girardeau1821–1823
Washington1821–1824
St. Louis1823–1825
Howard1824–1845
St. Louis1825–1837
Cole1837–1839
Saline1839–1849
Cole1841–1843
Monroe1845–1848
Lafayette1849
Clinton1849
Clinton1850–1851
Lafayette1850–1857
St. Louis1850–1855
Cole1851–1862
Howard1855–1857
St. Louis1857–1859
Saline1857–1861
Ray1859–1861
1873
St. Charles1862–1865
Marion1862–1865
St. Louis1862–1865
Lewis1865–1877
Montgomery1865–1866
St. Louis1865–1868
Pike1866–1868
Greene1868
Buchanan1868–1872
St. Louis1868–1872
Cooper1871–1874
Saline1873–1880
Buchanan1873–1876
Greene1873–1902
St. Louis1874
Jackson1875–1884
Platte1877–1888
Macon1876–1888
Carroll1881–1890
Jackson1885–1894
Monroe1887–1907
St. Louis1889–1898
Henry1891–1910
Jefferson1890–1892
Audrain1890–1898
Linn1893–1910
Jasper1895–1904
Cooper1898
St. Louis1899–1906
St. Louis1899–1912
Madison1903–1910
Pettis1905–1914
Bates1906–1928
Buchanan1907–1925
St. Louis1910–1912
Jackson1910–1913
Carter1911–1915
St. Louis1913–1919
Pemiscot1913–1919
Morgan1913–1930
DeKalb1915–1924
St. Francois1915–1916
Jasper1917–1920
Jackson1919–1920
St. Louis1919–1922
St. Louis1921–1922
Adair1921–1922
Jasper1921–1930
Monroe1922–1932
Greene1923–1932
Carroll1925–1934
Franklin1925–1926
Audrain1927–1946
Boone1928
Adair1929–1938
Marion1930–1932
Nodaway1931–1955
Marion1933–1942
Jackson1933
Jackson1933–1955
Jackson1933–1964
St. Louis1935
Chariton1935–1937
St. Louis1937–1949
Scott1938
Ray1939–1950
Mercer1943–1966
Buchanan1947–1954
Cape Girardeau1950–1965
Audrain1950–1964
Howard1954–1963
Jackson1955–1968
St. Louis City1955–1970
Randolph1963–1977
Pemiscot1964–1978
Cape Girardeau1965–1978
Laclede1965–1988
Jasper1967–1982
Livingston1969–1982
St. Louis1970–1982
Marion1977–1992
St. Louis1978–1979
Boone1979–1989
Platte1979–1991
St. Louis1982–1985
Dunklin1982–1991
St. Louis1982–1992
Cole1985–1998
Boone1989–2001
Howell1989–2002
Cole1991–2004
Clay1991–1995
Jackson1992-2012
Cape Girardeau1992–2008
St. Louis1995–2007
St. Louis1998–2011
Jackson2001–present
St. Louis City2002–2016
Marion2004–present
Vernon2007–present
Atchison2008–present
St. Louis2011–present
Boone2012–present
Greene2017–present