List of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court


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

Current Justices

Chief Justices

Michigan Territory

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. Mallet 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 –
90Bridget Mary McCormack2019–January 1, 2013

Former Justices

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