List of Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court

Following is a list of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is known as Michigan's "court of last resort" and consists of seven justices who are elected to eight-year terms. Candidates are nominated by political parties and are elected on a nonpartisan ballot...

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Current Justices

Name	Elected/Appointed	Term expires	Appointing Governor	Party Affiliation	Dates as Chief Justice
Chief Justice Chief Justice The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of... Robert P. Young, Jr.	1999	January 1, 2019	John Engler / Elected	Republican	2011-
Michael Cavanagh Michael Cavanagh Michael F. Cavanagh is a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court.-References:...	1982	January 1, 2015	Elected	Democrat	1991-1995
Marilyn Kelly	1996	January 1, 2013	Elected	Democrat Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	2009-2011
Stephen Markman Stephen Markman Stephen J. Markman is a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He advocates for judicial restraint and has argued for a more restricted role for the judiciary in matters of public policy.-Career:...	1999	January 1, 2013	John Engler / Elected	Republican
Diane Hathaway Diane Hathaway Diane Hathaway has been a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2008.Hathaway was born and raised in Detroit. She was a nurse for several years. She studied at Wayne State University and eventually earned a law degree from the University of Detroit Law School.Hathaway served on the Wayne...	2008	January 1, 2017	Elected	Democrat
Mary Beth Kelly Mary Beth Kelly Mary Beth Kelly is a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court, elected in November, 2010. Ms. Kelly graduated from the University of Michigan. She was previously a trial court judge on Michigan's Third Circuit Court in Wayne County.-References:...	2010	January 1, 2019	Elected	Republican
Brian K. Zahra Brian K. Zahra Brian K. Zahra is a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.Zahra attended Wayne State University and worked his way through by opening a health and beauty-aid store in downtown Detroit, which he expanded into a full grocery store. He subsequently graduated from the University of Detroit School of...	2011	January 1, 2013	Rick Snyder	Republican

Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justices

Clark J. Adams
Clark J. Adams
Clark J. Adams was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1952 and 1953.Adams had an undergraduate from the University of Michigan and his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Adams practiced law in Pontiac, Michigan...
John E. Bird
John E. Bird
John E. Bird was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1910-1928.Bird was born in Clayton, Michigan. Bird graduated from Adrian College. He was admitted to the bar and in 1894 was elected prosecuting attorney for Lenawee County. He served in this position until 1899.In 1905 Bird was...
Charles A. Blair
Charles A. Blair
Charles A. Blair was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1905 until 1912.Blair was born in Jackson, Michigan, the son of Austin Blair. He received a bachelors degree from the University of Michigan and then studied law at his father's law office. He passed the bar in 1878 and the...
Emerson R. Boyles
Emerson R. Boyles
Emerson R. Boyles was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1940 until 1956.Boyles as born in Chester Township, Michigan. He attended rural district schools and graduated from Charlotte High School in Charlotte, Michigan as valedictorian...
Thomas E. Brennan
Thomas E. Brennan
Thomas E. Brennan is the founder of Thomas M. Cooley Law School, the 81st Justice and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, an attorney, and former jurist and educator in the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:...
James H. Brickley
James H. Brickley
James H. Brickley was the 54th and 56th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1982-1999.-Biography:Brickley was born in Flint, Michigan...
Flavius L. Brooke
Flavius L. Brooke
Flavius L. Brooke was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1908-1921.Brooke was born in Ontario. He immigrated to Michigan in 1885. He practiced law in Detroit and then in 1901 became a judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court.-Sources:...
George E. Bushnell
George E. Bushnell
George E. Bushnell was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1934-1955.Bushnell was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1907 with a degree in engineering. After working for a time at a New York advertising firm Bushnell came to Detroit and studied at the Detroit...
Henry M. Butzel
Henry M. Butzel
Henry M. Butzel was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1929 until 1935.Butzel was born in Detroit. He received both his undergraduate and his law degree from the University of Michigan.-Sources:*...
James V. Campbell
James V. Campbell
James V. Campbell was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1858-1890.Campbell was born in Buffalo, New York but was brought to Detroit at a very young age. Campbell served as a law professor at the University of Michigan for much of the time he was on the Michigan Supreme Court.-Sources:*...
William Leland Carpenter
William L. Carpenter (Michigan jurist)
William L. Carpenter was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1902 until 1904. Carpenter was born in Lake Orion, Michigan. He studied at what is now Michigan State University and then went to the University of Michigan Law School....
Leland W. Carr
Leland W. Carr
Leland Walker Carr was a Michigan Supreme Court justice from 1945 to 1963.-External links:*...
Michael F. Cavanagh
John W. Champlin
John W. Champlin
John W. Champlin was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1884 until 1891.Champlain was born in Kingston, New York and came to Grand Rapids, Michigan as an adult to study law with his borther. He served as a judge of the Grand Rapids Recorders' Court and then as mayor of Grand Rapids...
Bert D. Chandler
Bert D. Chandler
Bert D. Chandler was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1937-1943.Chandler was born in Rollin Township, Michigan. He practiced law for many years and also served as a justice of the 39th Circuit prior to becoming a member of the Michigan Supreme Court.-Sources:*...
Isaac P. Christiancy
Isaac P. Christiancy
Isaac Peckham Christiancy was Chief Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan....
George M. Clark
Mary S. Coleman
Mary S. Coleman
Mary S. Coleman was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1973 until 1982.Coleman was born in Texas but grew up in Washington, DC. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Maryland and received her law degree from George Washington University...
Thomas M. Cooley
Thomas M. Cooley
Thomas McIntyre Cooley, LL.D., was the 25th Justice and a Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, between 1864 and 1885. Born in Attica, New York, he was father to Charles Cooley, a distinguished American sociologist...
Maura D. Corrigan
Maura D. Corrigan
Maura D. Corrigan is the Incumbent Director of the Michigan Department of Human Services. She was also a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, serving from 1998-2011.-Background:...
John R. Dethmers
John R. Dethmers
John R. Dethmers was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Dethmers was born in Plessis in O'Brien County, Iowa. He resided in Orange City, Iowa, Holland, Michigan, and East Lansing, Michigan. He enrolled at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, then went on to the University of Michigan Law...
Louis H. Fead
Grant Fellows
John W. Fitzgerald
Richard C. Flannigan
William A. Fletcher
Claudius B. Grant
Benjamin F. Graves
Sanford M. Green
Frank A. Hooker
Thomas G. Kavanagh
Thomas M. Kavanagh
Thomas M. Kavanagh
Thomas Matthew Kavanagh was an American politician. Born near Carson City, Michigan he served as the 48th Michigan Attorney General from 1955 to 1957. Thomas Kavanagh went on to serve as a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court from 1958 to 1975 which included eight years as Chief Justice from...
Marilyn Kelly
Franz C. Kuhn
Franz C. Kuhn
Franz C. Kuhn was born in Detroit on February 8, 1872. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he began practicing law in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. He was elected Macomb County prosecuting attorney in 1898. He also was a probate judge and became the Michigan Attorney General in 1910. In...
Charles D. Long
Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.
Isaac Marston
George Martin
Aaron V. McAlvay
John S. McDonald
John W. McGrath
Robert Morris Montgomery
Robert Morris Montgomery
Robert Morris Montgomery was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals....
Joseph B. Moore
George Morrell
Allen B. Morse
Walter H. North
Russell C. Ostrander
William W. Potter
William W. Potter (Michigan politician)
William W. Potter was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Potter was born to Lucien B. and Clarinda L. Potter in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan. He was a resident of East Lansing and was married to Margaret D...
Abner Pratt
Epaphroditus Ransom
Epaphroditus Ransom
Epaphroditus Ransom was the seventh Governor of Michigan and Michigan Supreme Court justice from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life in Massachusetts and Vermont:...
Neil E. Reid
Dorothy Comstock Riley
Dorothy Comstock Riley
Dorothy Comstock Riley was a lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving on the Michigan Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on the Michigan Court of Appeals...
Edward M. Sharpe
Nelson Sharpe
Thomas R. Sherwood
Solomon Sibley
Solomon Sibley
Solomon Sibley was a United States politician and jurist in the Michigan Territory.-Early life: 1769–1815:...
Raymond W. Starr
Raymond Wesley Starr
Raymond Wesley Starr was a United States federal judge.Born in Harbor Springs, Michigan, Starr received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1910...
Joseph H. Steere
John W. Stone
John W. Stone
John Wesley Stone was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Stone was born in Wadsworth, Ohio and attended the public schools and Spencer Academy in Spencer, Ohio. He moved to Allegan County, Michigan in 1856 and was elected county clerk in 1860...
Clifford W. Taylor
Clifford W. Taylor
Clifford W. Taylor was Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court until he was voted out of office in 2008.Justice Taylor was appointed to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1992 and elected later that year. He remained in that position until 1997 when he was appointed by former Governor John...
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Charles W. Whipple
Howard Wiest
G. Mennen Williams
G. Mennen Williams
Gerhard Mennen "Soapy" Williams, , was a politician from the US state of Michigan. An heir to a personal grooming products fortune, he was known as "Soapy," and wore a trademark green bow tie with white polka dots....
Warner Wing
James Witherell
James Witherell
James Witherell was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts. After completing preparatory studies, he served in the Continental Army 1775-1783 during the American Revolutionary War. He entered service as a private and rose to the rank of Adjutant in...
Augustus B. Woodward
Augustus B. Woodward
Augustus Brevoort Woodward was the first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory. In that position, he played a prominent role in the planning and reconstruction of Detroit following a devastating fire.Woodward never married. His biographer, Arthur M...

Former Justices

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service	Notes
Clark J. Adams Clark J. Adams Clark J. Adams was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1952 and 1953.Adams had an undergraduate from the University of Michigan and his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Adams practiced law in Pontiac, Michigan...	1952	1953
Paul L. Adams Paul L. Adams Paul L. Adams was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1962 and also from 1964-1972.Adams was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He received a bachelor's, master's and a law degree all from the University of Michigan. He was mayor of Sault Ste...	1962, 1964	1973
Dennis Archer Dennis Archer Dennis Wayne Archer is an American lawyer and politician from Michigan. A Democrat, Archer served on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit...	1985	1993
Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (Michigan jurist) Nathaniel Bacon was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1855 to 1857.Bacon was born at Ballston Spa, New York. He graduated from Union College in 1824. He was admitted to the bar in 1827 and in 1828 opened law offices in Rochester, New York. In 1833 he moved to Niles, Michigan...	1855	1857
Frederick Bates Frederick Bates Frederick Bates , older brother of Edward Bates and James Woodson Bates, was an American attorney and politician. He was elected in 1824 as the second governor of Missouri and died in office in 1825...	1805	1808	Territorial Justice
John E. Bird John E. Bird John E. Bird was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1910-1928.Bird was born in Clayton, Michigan. Bird graduated from Adrian College. He was admitted to the bar and in 1894 was elected prosecuting attorney for Lenawee County. He served in this position until 1899.In 1905 Bird was...	1910	1928
Eugene F. Black Eugene F. Black Eugene F. Black was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1956 to 1972.Black studied law at both the Detroit College of Law and the University of Michigan Law School. He passed the bar in 1925. In 1945, Black was elected Michigan Attorney General as a Republican, but he did not seek...	1956	1973
Charles A. Blair Charles A. Blair Charles A. Blair was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1905 until 1912.Blair was born in Jackson, Michigan, the son of Austin Blair. He received a bachelors degree from the University of Michigan and then studied law at his father's law office. He passed the bar in 1878 and the...	1905	1912
Patricia J. Boyle Patricia J. Boyle Patricia J. Boyle was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1983-1998.Boyle was born in Detroit. She received both her undergraduate and her law degree from Wayne State University. In 1964 she became an assistant United States district attorney. She held this position until 1968...	1983	1998
Emerson R. Boyles Emerson R. Boyles Emerson R. Boyles was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1940 until 1956.Boyles as born in Chester Township, Michigan. He attended rural district schools and graduated from Charlotte High School in Charlotte, Michigan as valedictorian...	1940	1956
Thomas E. Brennan Thomas E. Brennan Thomas E. Brennan is the founder of Thomas M. Cooley Law School, the 81st Justice and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, an attorney, and former jurist and educator in the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:...	1967	1973
James H. Brickley James H. Brickley James H. Brickley was the 54th and 56th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1982-1999.-Biography:Brickley was born in Flint, Michigan...	1983	1999
Flavius L. Brooke Flavius L. Brooke Flavius L. Brooke was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1908-1921.Brooke was born in Ontario. He immigrated to Michigan in 1885. He practiced law in Detroit and then in 1901 became a judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court.-Sources:...	1909	1921
George E. Bushnell George E. Bushnell George E. Bushnell was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1934-1955.Bushnell was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1907 with a degree in engineering. After working for a time at a New York advertising firm Bushnell came to Detroit and studied at the Detroit...	1934	1955
Henry M. Butzel Henry M. Butzel Henry M. Butzel was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1929 until 1935.Butzel was born in Detroit. He received both his undergraduate and his law degree from the University of Michigan.-Sources:*...	1929	1955
Edward Cahill Edward Cahill (Michigan jurist) Edward Cahill was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1890.Cahill was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He studied at Kalamazoo College. He served in the Union Army in 1862 but was discharged due to illness. In 1863 he raised a unit of African American soldiers in Michigan...	1890	1890
James V. Campbell James V. Campbell James V. Campbell was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1858-1890.Campbell was born in Buffalo, New York but was brought to Detroit at a very young age. Campbell served as a law professor at the University of Michigan for much of the time he was on the Michigan Supreme Court.-Sources:*...	1858	1890
William L. Carpenter William L. Carpenter (Michigan jurist) William L. Carpenter was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1902 until 1904. Carpenter was born in Lake Orion, Michigan. He studied at what is now Michigan State University and then went to the University of Michigan Law School....	1902	1908
Leland W. Carr Leland W. Carr Leland Walker Carr was a Michigan Supreme Court justice from 1945 to 1963.-External links:*...	1945	1963
Bert D. Chandler Bert D. Chandler Bert D. Chandler was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1937-1943.Chandler was born in Rollin Township, Michigan. He practiced law for many years and also served as a justice of the 39th Circuit prior to becoming a member of the Michigan Supreme Court.-Sources:*...	1936	1943
John W. Champlin John W. Champlin John W. Champlin was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1884 until 1891.Champlain was born in Kingston, New York and came to Grand Rapids, Michigan as an adult to study law with his borther. He served as a judge of the Grand Rapids Recorders' Court and then as mayor of Grand Rapids...	1884	1892
Henry C. Chipman Henry C. Chipman Henry C. Chipman was a judge of the Supreme Territorial Court of Michigan from 1827 until 1832.Chipman was the son of Vermont senator Nathaniel Chipman. He studied at Middlebury College and then moved to South Carolina. He served in the War of 1812. In 1823 he came to Michigan...	1827	1832	Territorial Justice
Isaac P. Christiancy Isaac P. Christiancy Isaac Peckham Christiancy was Chief Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan....	1857	1874
George M. Clark	1919	1933
Mary S. Coleman Mary S. Coleman Mary S. Coleman was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1973 until 1982.Coleman was born in Texas but grew up in Washington, DC. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Maryland and received her law degree from George Washington University...	1973	1982
Thomas M. Cooley Thomas M. Cooley Thomas McIntyre Cooley, LL.D., was the 25th Justice and a Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, between 1864 and 1885. Born in Attica, New York, he was father to Charles Cooley, a distinguished American sociologist...	1864	1885
Joseph T. Copeland Joseph T. Copeland Joseph Tarr Copeland was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1852 until 1857, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...	1852	1857
Maura Corrigan	1996	2011
John R. Dethmers John R. Dethmers John R. Dethmers was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Dethmers was born in Plessis in O'Brien County, Iowa. He resided in Orange City, Iowa, Holland, Michigan, and East Lansing, Michigan. He enrolled at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, then went on to the University of Michigan Law...	1946	1971	\|
Alton Davis	2010	2011
Samuel T Douglass Samuel T Douglass Samuel T. Douglass was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1852-1857.Douglass was born in Fredonia, New York and educated at Fredonia Academy. He came to Michigan in 1837. He served as court reporter for the Michigan Supreme Court from 1845-1849.After his term of service on the Supreme...	1852	1857
George H. Durand George H. Durand George Harman Durand was a politician, jurist, and attorney from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Durand was born in Cobleskill, New York. He attended the common schools and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, New York...	1892	1892
George C. Edwards George C. Edwards (Michigan jurist) George C. Edwards, Jr. was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1956 until 1962 and judge on the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals from 1963-1995....	1956	1961
Louis H. Fead	1928	1937
Alpheus Felch Alpheus Felch Alpheus Felch was the fifth Governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from Michigan.-Early life:Felch was born in Limerick, Maine. He was left an orphan at the age of three and lived with his grandfather Abijah Felch, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War...	1842	1845
Grant Fellows	1917	1929
John Warner Fitzgerald John Warner Fitzgerald John Warner Fitzgerald was a lawyer, member of the Michigan Senate, and chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court....	1974	1982
Richard C. Flannigan	1928	1928
William A. Fletcher	1836	1842	1st Justice
Daniel Goodwin	1843	1846
Claudius B. Grant	1890	1909
Benjamin F. Graves	1868	1883
Sanford M. Green	1848	1857
John Griffin	1805	1824	Territorial Justice
Robert P. Griffin Robert P. Griffin Robert Paul Griffin was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court....	1987	1994
Frank A. Hooker	1893	1911
John Hunt	1824	1827	Territorial Justice
David Johnson	1852	1857
Thomas G. Kavanagh	1969	1984
Thomas M. Kavanagh Thomas M. Kavanagh Thomas Matthew Kavanagh was an American politician. Born near Carson City, Michigan he served as the 48th Michigan Attorney General from 1955 to 1957. Thomas Kavanagh went on to serve as a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court from 1958 to 1975 which included eight years as Chief Justice from...	1958	1975
Harry F. Kelly Harry Kelly (politician) Harry Francis Kelly was an American politician. He served as the 39th Governor of Michigan from 1943 to 1947.- Early life :...	1954	1971
Frank C. Kuhn	1912	1919
Edwin Lawrence	1857	1857
Charles Levin Charles Levin Charles Leonard Levin was a Michigan jurist. He served as a Michigan Court of Appeals judge from 1966 to 1972 and as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1973 to 1996. He attended the University of Michigan where he received his B.A. in 1946 and his LL.B...	1973	1996
Lawrence Lindemer Lawrence Lindemer Lawrence "Larry" Boyd Lindemer was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Lindemer was born in Syracuse, New York. He attended Hamilton College in New York for two years, then transferred to the University of Michigan and graduated with an A.B. degree in 1943...	1975	1976
Charles D. Long	1888	1902
Conrad L. Mallett Jr.	1990	1998
Randolph Manning	1858	1864
Isaac Marston	1875	1883
George Martin	1851	1867
Thomas F. McAllister	1938	1941
Aaron V. McAlvay	1905	1915
John S. McDonald	1922	1933
John W. McGrath	1890	1895
George Miles	1846	1850
Robert M. Montgomery	1892	1910
Blair Moody, Jr.	1977	1982
Joseph B. Moore	1895	1925
George Morrell	1832 1836	1836 1843	Territorial Justice :
Allen B. Morse	1885	1892
Edward Mundy Edward Mundy (politician) Edward Mundy was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as its first Lieutenant Governor.-Biography:...	1848	1851
Walter H. North	1927	1952
Michael D. O'Hara	1963	1968
Russel C. Ostrander	1905	1919
Rollin H. Person	1915	1916
William W. Potter William W. Potter (Michigan politician) William W. Potter was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Potter was born to Lucien B. and Clarinda L. Potter in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan. He was a resident of East Lansing and was married to Margaret D...	1928	1940
Abner Pratt	1850	1857
Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom was the seventh Governor of Michigan and Michigan Supreme Court justice from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life in Massachusetts and Vermont:...	1837	1848
Neil E. Reid	1944	1956
Dorothy Comstock Riley Dorothy Comstock Riley Dorothy Comstock Riley was a lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving on the Michigan Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on the Michigan Court of Appeals...	1982 1985	1983 1997
James L. Ryan James L. Ryan James Leo Ryan is a former Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.-Biography:...	1975	1985
Edward M. Sharpe	1934	1957
Nelson Sharpe	1919	1935
Thomas R. Sherwood	1883	1889
Solomon Sibley Solomon Sibley Solomon Sibley was a United States politician and jurist in the Michigan Territory.-Early life: 1769–1815:...	1827	1837	Territorial Justice
Otis M. Smith Otis M. Smith Otis M. Smith was the first African American justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and the General Counsel for General Motors.Smith graduated from law school at The Catholic University of America in 1950, where he was a member of the first volume of the school's Law Review.He then went to Flint,...	1961	1967
Talbot Smith Talbot Smith Talbot Smith was a United States federal judge.Born in Fayette, Missouri, Smith was a lieutenant in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1931. He received a B.S. from United States Naval Academy in 1920, and an M.S. from Naval Academy Post-Graduate School in 1928...	1955	1961
Ernest A. Snow	1926	1927
Theodore Souris	1960	1968
Raymond W. Starr Raymond Wesley Starr Raymond Wesley Starr was a United States federal judge.Born in Harbor Springs, Michigan, Starr received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1910...	1941	1946
Joseph H. Steere	1911	1927
John W. Stone John W. Stone John Wesley Stone was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Stone was born in Wadsworth, Ohio and attended the public schools and Spencer Academy in Spencer, Ohio. He moved to Allegan County, Michigan in 1856 and was elected county clerk in 1860...	1910	1922
John Swainson John Swainson John Burley Swainson was a politician from the US state of Michigan, as well as the 42nd Governor of Michigan....	1971	1975
Clifford W. Taylor Clifford W. Taylor Clifford W. Taylor was Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court until he was voted out of office in 2008.Justice Taylor was appointed to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1992 and elected later that year. He remained in that position until 1997 when he was appointed by former Governor John...	1997	2009
Harry S. Toy	1935	1936
Josiah Turner	1857	1857
John D. Voelker John D. Voelker John D. Voelker , better known by his pen name Robert Traver, was an attorney, judge, and writer. He is best known as the author of the novel, Anatomy of a Murder published in 1958... (a/k/a Robert Traver)	1957	1959
Thomas A. E. Weadock Thomas A. E. Weadock Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock was a judge and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Weadock was born in Ballygarret, County Wexford, Ireland and immigrated to the United States in infancy with his parents, Lewis Weadock and Mary Weadock, who settled on a farm near St. Marys, Ohio...	1933	1933
Elizabeth A. Weaver	1994	2010
Charles W. Whipple	1839	1855
Howard Wiest	1921	1945
Ross Wilkins Ross Wilkins Ross Wilkins was an American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania, who later served as a territorial and U.S...	1832	1837	Territorial Justice
G. Mennen Williams G. Mennen Williams Gerhard Mennen "Soapy" Williams, , was a politician from the US state of Michigan. An heir to a personal grooming products fortune, he was known as "Soapy," and wore a trademark green bow tie with white polka dots....	1970	1987
Edward H. C. Wilson	1856	1857
Warner Wing	1845	1856
Benjamin F. H. Witherell Benjamin F. H. Witherell Benjamin Franklin Hawkins Witherell was a jurist in the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court in 1857....	1857	1857
James Witherell James Witherell James Witherell was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts. After completing preparatory studies, he served in the Continental Army 1775-1783 during the American Revolutionary War. He entered service as a private and rose to the rank of Adjutant in...	1808	1828	Territorial Justice
William Woodbridge William Woodbridge William Woodbridge was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood...	1828	1832	Territorial Justice
Augustus B. Woodward Augustus B. Woodward Augustus Brevoort Woodward was the first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory. In that position, he played a prominent role in the planning and reconstruction of Detroit following a devastating fire.Woodward never married. His biographer, Arthur M...	1805	1824	1st Territorial Justice

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