List of justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
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Following is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
These justices served in three different iterations of the court.[1][2]
Supreme judges of the State of Mississippi (1818–1832) edit
| Justice | Began service |
Ended service |
Notes |
| John P. Hampton | 1818 | 1829 | Chief Justice, 1818–1829 |
| William Bayard Shields | 1818 | 1818 | |
| John Taylor | 1818 | 1820 | |
| Powhatan Ellis | 1818 | 1825 | Service interrupted in 1818 |
| Joshua G. Clarke | 1818 | – | |
| Walter Leake | 1820 | – | |
| Louis L. Winston | 1821 | 1824 | |
| Richard Stockton | 1822 | – | |
| Edward Turner | 1824 | 1832 | Chief Justice, 1829–1832 |
| Isaac Caldwell | 1825 | – | |
| Joshua Child | 1825 | 1831 | |
| John Black | 1826 | 1832 | |
| George Winchester | 1827 | – | |
| William B. Griffith | 1827 | – | |
| Harry Cage | 1828 | – | |
| Isaac R. Nicholson | 1828 | – | |
| Alexander Montgomery | 1831 | – | |
| William L. Sharkey | 1832 | 1832 | |
| George W. Smyth | 1832 | 1832 | |
| Eli Huston | 1832 | 1832 |
Judges of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (1832–1870) edit
| Justice | Began service |
Ended service |
Post | Notes |
| William L. Sharkey | 1832 | 1850 | District 1, Post 1[3] | Chief Justice, 1833–1851 |
| Cotesworth P. Smith | 1832 1840 1850 |
1838 1841 1863 |
District 2, Post 1[3] | Chief Justice, 1851–1863 |
| Daniel W. Wright | 1832 | 1838 | District 3, Post 1[3] | |
| James F. Trotter | 1838 | 1839 | District 3, Post 1[3] | |
| P. Rutilius R. Pray | 1838 | 1840 | District 2, Post 1[3] | |
| John A. Quitman | 1838 | – | ||
| Edward Turner | 1840 | 1843 | District 2, Post 1[3] | |
| Reuben Davis | 1842 | 1842 | District 3, Post 1[3] | |
| Alexander M. Clayton | 1842 | – | District 3, Post 1[3] | |
| Joseph S. B. Thatcher | 1843 | – | District 2, Post 1[3] | |
| Collin S. Tarpley | 1851 | 1851 | District 1, Post 1[3] | |
| William Yerger | 1851 | – | District 1, Post 1[3] | |
| Ephraim S. Fisher | 1852 | – | District 3, Post 1[3] | |
| Alexander Hamilton Handy | 1853 | 1867 | District 1, Post 1[3] | Chief Justice, 1864–1867[4] |
| William Littleton Harris | 1858 | 1867 | District 3, Post 1[3] | |
| David W. Hurst | 1863 | – | District 2, Post 1[3] | |
| Henry T. Ellett | 1866 | – | District 2, Post 1[3] | |
| Thomas Shackelford | 1868 | – | District 3, Post 1[3] | |
| Ephraim G. Peyton | 1868 | 1870 | District 1, Post 1[3] | Continued in post-1870 court |
| Elza Jeffords | 1868 | – | District 2, Post 1[3] | |
| George F. Brown | 1868 | – | District 2, Post 1[3] |
Justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1870–Present) edit
| Justice | Began service |
Ended service |
Notes |
| Ephraim G. Peyton | 1870 | 1876 | Chief Justice, 1870–1876 |
| Jonathan Tarbell | 1870 | 1876 | |
| Horatio F. Simrall | 1870 | 1879 | Chief Justice, 1876–1878 |
| H. H. Chalmers | 1876 | 1885 | |
| Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell | 1876 | 1894 | Chief Justice, 1882–1885 and 1891–1894 |
| James Z. George | 1879 | 1881 | Chief Justice, 1879–1881 |
| Tim E. Cooper | 1881 | 1896 | Chief Justice, 1885–1888 and 1894–1896 |
| James M. Arnold | 1886 | 1889 | Chief Justice, 1888–1889 |
| Thomas H. Woods | 1889 | 1900 | Chief Justice, 1889–1891 and 1896–1900 |
| Albert H. Whitfield | 1894 | 1910 | Chief Justice, 1900–1910 |
| Thomas R. Stockdale | 1896 | 1897 | |
| Samuel H. Terral | 1897 | 1903 | |
| S. S. Calhoon | 1900 | 1908 | |
| Jeff Truly | 1903 | 1906 | |
| J. H. Price | 1903 | 1903 | (James Houston) |
| Robert Burns Mayes | 1906 | 1911 | Chief Justice, 1910–1911 |
| Robert Virgil Fletcher | 1908 | 1909 | |
| Sydney M. Smith | 1909 | 1948 | Chief Justice, 1912–1948 |
| William Dozier Anderson | 1910 | - | |
| William Campbell McLean | 1911 | 1912 | |
| Sam C. Cook | 1912 | 1924 | |
| Richard F. Reed | 1912 | 1915 | |
| J. Morgan Stevens | 1915 | 1920 | |
| John Burt Holden | 1916 | 1928 | Died in office |
| Clayton D. Potter | 1916 | 1917 | |
| Eugene O. Sykes | 1916 | 1924 | |
| George H. Ethridge | 1917 | 1941 | |
| William Henry Cook | 1920 | 1937 | |
| James G. McGowen | 1925 | 1940 | |
| W. Joe Pack | 1928 | 1928 | |
| Virgil Alexis Griffith | 1928 | 1949 | Chief Justice, 1948–1949 |
| Harvey McGehee | 1937 | 1964 | Chief Justice, 1949–1964 |
| William G. Roberds | 1940 | 1950 | |
| Julian P. Alexander | 1941 | 1953 | |
| Lemuel Augustus Smith | 1945 | - | |
| Lee Davis Hall | 1948 | 1961 | |
| Malcolm B. Montgomery | 1948 | 1950 | |
| Richard Olney Arrington | 1950 | 1963 | |
| James Garrott Holmes | 1950 | 1961 | |
| John W. Kyle | 1950 | 1965 | |
| Percy Mercer Lee | 1950 | 1966 | Chief Justice, 1964–1966 |
| James Plemon Coleman | 1950 | 1950 | |
| William Nathaniel Ethridge Jr. | 1952 | 1971 | Chief Justice, 1966–1971; died in office |
| Fred Lotterhos Sr. | 1953 | 1954 | |
| Robert G. Gillespie | 1954 | 1977 | Chief Justice, 1971–1977 |
| Taylor H. McElroy | 1960 | 1964 | |
| Henry Lee Rodgers | 1961 | 1976 | |
| Robert Lee Jones | 1962 | 1971 | |
| Thomas Pickens Brady | 1963 | 1973 | Appointed to fill an unexpired term |
| Neville Patterson | 1964 | 1986 | Chief Justice, 1977–1986 |
| Stokes Robertson Jr. | 1966 | 1980 | |
| William H. Inzer | 1965 | 1978 | |
| Lemuel Augustus Smith Jr. | 1965 | 1982 | |
| Robert Perkins Sugg | 1970 | 1983 | |
| Vernon H. Broom | 1972 | 1984 | |
| Harry G. Walker | 1973 | 1987 | Chief Justice, 1986–1987 |
| Roy Noble Lee | 1976 | 1993 | Chief Justice, 1987–1993 |
| Francis S. Bowling | 1977 | 1985 | |
| Kermit R. Cofer | 1978 | 1986 | |
| Armis E. Hawkins | 1980 | 1995 | Chief Justice, 1993–1995 |
| Lenore L. Prather | 1982 | 2001 | Chief Justice, 1998–2001 |
| Dan M. Lee | 1982 | 1998 | Chief Justice, 1995–1998 |
| James L. Robertson | 1983 | 1992 | Appointed to fill an unexpired term |
| Michael D. Sullivan | 1984 | 2000 | |
| Reuben V. Anderson | 1985 | 1990 | |
| Joseph Ruble Griffin | 1986 | 1988 | |
| Joseph Stephen Zuccaro Jr. | 1987 | 1989 | |
| William Joel Blass | 1989 | 1990 | Appointed to fill an unexpired term |
| Edwin L. Pittman | 1989 | 2004 | Chief Justice, 2001–2004 |
| Chuck McRae | 1990 | 2004 | |
| Fred L. Banks Jr. | 1991 | 2001 | Appointed to fill an unexpired term |
| James L. Roberts Jr. | 1992 | 1999 | |
| Michael P. Mills | 1995 | 2001 | Appointed to fill an unexpired term |
| Bill Waller Jr. | 1996 | 2019 | Chief Justice, 2009–2019 |
| Kay B. Cobb | 1999 | 2007 | |
| Oliver E. Diaz Jr. | 2000 | 2008 | |
| James W. Smith Jr. | 1994 | 2009 | Chief Justice, 2004–2009 |
| Charles Easley | 2000 | 2008 | |
| George C. Carlson Jr. | 2001 | 2013 | |
| James E. Graves Jr. | 2001 | 2011 | |
| Jess H. Dickinson | 2004 | 2017 | |
| Michael K. Randolph | 2004 | Present | Chief Justice since 2019[5] |
| Ann Hannaford Lamar | 2007 | 2017 | |
| David A. Chandler | 2008 | 2016 | |
| Randy G. Pierce | 2008 | 2016 | |
| James W. Kitchens | 2009 | Present | |
| Leslie D. King | 2011 | Present | |
| Josiah D. Coleman | 2013 | Present | |
| James D. Maxwell II | 2016 | Present | |
| Dawn H. Beam | 2016 | Present | |
| Robert P. Chamberlin | 2017 | Present | |
| David M. Ishee | 2017 | Present | |
| Kenny Griffis | 2019 | Present |
References edit
- ^ James Daniel Lynch, The Bench and Bar of Mississippi (1881), p. 533-34.
- ^ Dunbar Roland, ed., The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 1 (1904), p. 136-137.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Leslie Southwick, Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996, 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).
- ^ Lloyd, James B. (1981). Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817–1967. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781617034183. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Presiding Justice Michael K. Randolph - State of Mississippi Judiciary".