List of Florida Supreme Court Justices
This is a list of Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida, with their tenure of service on the Court.
Current Justices
Name[1] | Appointed | Chief Justice | Term expiration | Mandatory retirement | Appointing Governor |
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Barbara J. Pariente | December 10, 1997 | 2004–2006 | 2019 | 2019 | Lawton Chiles, Democrat |
R. Fred Lewis | December 7, 1998 | 2006–2008 | 2019 | 2019 | Lawton Chiles, Democrat |
Peggy A. Quince | December 8, 1998 | 2008–2010 | 2019 | 2019 | Lawton Chiles, Democrat/ Jeb Bush, Republican[2] |
Charles T. Canady | August 28, 2008 | 2010-2012 | 2017 | 2024 | Charlie Crist, Republican |
Ricky Polston | October 1, 2008 | 2012-2014 | 2017 | 2026 | Charlie Crist, Republican |
Jorge Labarga | January 2, 2009 | 2014 to present | 2017 | 2023 | Charlie Crist, Republican |
James E.C. Perry | March 11, 2009 | — | 2017 | 2017 | Charlie Crist, Republican |
Former Justices
Justice[3] | Years served | Chief Justice | Reason for leaving |
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Thomas Douglas | 1846–1850 & 1854–1855 | Yes | Died in Office |
Thomas Baltzell | 1846–1850 & 1854–1860 | Yes | Defeated |
George S. Hawkins | 1846–1850 | No | — |
George W. MacRae | 1847 | No | — |
Joseph B. Lancaster | 1848–1850 | No | — |
Walker Anderson | 1851–1853 | Yes | Resigned |
Leslie A. Thompson | 1851–1853 | — | Defeated |
Albert G. Semmes | 1851–1853 | — | — |
Benjamin D. Wright | 1853 | — | Defeated |
Charles H. DuPont | 1854–1868 | Yes | — |
Bird M. Pearson | 1856–1859 | Yes | Did not run for reelection |
William A. Forward | 1860–1865 | — | Did not run for reelection |
David S. Walker | 1860–1865 | — | Resigned |
Augustus Maxwell | 1865–1866 & 1887–1891 | Yes | 1866 Resigned, 1890 Did not run for reelection |
James McNair Baker | 1865–1868 | — | — |
Samuel J. Douglas | 1866–1868 | — | — |
Edwin M. Randall | 1868–1885 | Yes | Resigned |
Ossian B. Hart | 1868–1873 | — | Elected Governor of Florida |
James D. Westcott, Jr. | 1868–1885 | No | Resigned |
Franklin D. Fraser | 1873–1874 | — | Resigned |
Robert Van Valkenburgh | 1875–1888 | — | Died in Office |
George G. McWhorter | 1885–1887 | — | Resigned |
George P. Raney | 1885–1894 | — | Resigned |
Henry L. Mitchell | 1888–1891 | — | Resigned |
R. Fenwick Taylor | 1891–1925 | Yes | Retired |
Milton H. Mabry | 1891–1903 | — | Did not run for reelection |
Benjamin S. Liddon | 1894–1896 | — | Resigned |
Francis B. Carter | 1897–1905 | — | Resigned |
Thomas M. Shackleford | 1902–1917 | — | Resigned |
Robert S. Cockrell | 1902–1917 | — | Defeated |
Evelyn C. Maxwell | 1902–1904 | — | Resigned |
William A. Hocker | 1903–1915 | — | Did not run for reelection |
James B. Whitfield | 1904–1943 | — | Retired |
Charles B. Parkhill | 1905–1911 | — | Resigned |
William H. Ellis | 1915–1938 | — | Retired |
Jefferson B. Browne | 1917–1925 | — | Resigned |
Thomas F. West | 1917–1925 | — | Resigned |
William Glenn Terrell | 1923–1964 | Yes | Died in Office |
Armstead Brown | 1925–1946 | — | Retired |
Louie W. Strum | 1925–1931 | — | Appointed to Federal District Court |
Rivers H. Buford | 1925–1948 | — | Retired |
Fred H. Davis | 1931–1937 | — | Died in Office |
Roy H. Chapman | 1937–1952 | — | Died in Office |
Elwyn Thomas | 1938–1969 | — | Retired |
Alto Adams | 1940–1951 & 1967–1968 | — | 1951 Resigned, 1968 Resigned |
Harold L. "Tom" Sebring | 1943–1955 | Yes | Appointed Dean of Stetson College of Law |
Paul D. Barns | 1946–1949 | — | Retired |
T. Frank Hobson | 1948–1962 | — | Retired |
B.K. Roberts | 1949–1976 | Yes | Retired |
John E. Mathews | 1951–1955 | — | Died in Office |
E. Harris Drew | 1952–1971 | — | Retired |
B. Campbell Thornal | 1955–1970 | — | Died in Office |
Stephen C. O'Connell | 1955–1967 | Yes | Appointed University of Florida President |
Millard F. Caldwell | 1962–1969 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
Richard W. Ervin | 1964–1975 | — | Retired |
Wade L. Hopping | 1968–1969 | No | Defeated |
Vassar B. Carlton | 1969–1974 | — | Retired |
James C. Adkins | 1969–1987 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
Joseph A. Boyd Jr. | 1969–1987 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
David L. McCain | 1970–1975 | No | Resigned |
Hal P. Dekle | 1971–1975 | No | Resigned |
Ben F. Overton | 1974–1999 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
Arthur J. England, Jr. | 1975–1981 | Yes | Resigned |
Alan C. Sundberg | 1975–1982 | Yes | Resigned |
Joseph W. Hatchett | 1975–1979 | No | Appointed to U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Frederick B. Karl | 1977–1978 | No | Resigned |
James E. Alderman | 1978–1985 | Yes | Resigned |
Parker Lee McDonald | 1979–1994 | Yes | Retired |
Raymond Ehrlich | 1981–1991 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
Leander J. Shaw, Jr. | 1983–2003 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
Rosemary Barkett | 1985–1994 | Yes | Appointed to U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Stephen H. Grimes | 1987–1997 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
Gerald Kogan | 1987–1998 | Yes | Retired |
Major B. Harding | 1991–2002 | Yes | Retired |
Harry Lee Anstead | 1994–2009 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
Charles T. Wells | 1994–2009 | Yes | Mandatory retirement |
Raoul G. Cantero, III | 2002–2008 | No | Returned to private practice |
Kenneth B. Bell | 2003–2008 | No | Returned to private practice |
See also
References
- ↑ Succession of Justices of Supreme Court of Florida Supreme Court of Florida
- ↑ Justices of the Florida Supreme Court - Chief Justice Quince Supreme Court of Florida
- ↑ Succession of Justices of Supreme Court of Florida Supreme Court of Florida
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