List of justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

The following tables list the terms of all Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices in their order of appointment to serve on the Court.

Chief justices #JudgeLifespanResidenceBegan serviceEnded serviceReason forterminationAppointed byRe-appointed by1Prentiss Mellen1764–1840Portlandmandatory retirementWilliam King2Nathan Weston1782–1872Augustaterm expiredRobert P. Dunlap3Ezekiel Whitman1776–1866PortlandresignedEdward Kent4Ether Shepley1789–1877Sacoterm expiredJohn W. Dana5John S. Tenney1793–1869Norridgewockterm expiredAnson Morrill6John Appleton1804–1891Bangorterm expiredIsrael Washburn Jr.Joshua ChamberlainSeldon Connor7John A. Peters1822–1904BangorresignationFrederick RobieEdwin C. BurleighLlewellyn Powers8Andrew P. Wiswell1852–1906EllsworthdeathLlewellyn Powers9Lucilius A. Emery1840–1920EllsworthresignationWilliam T. Cobb10William Penn Whitehouse1842–1922AugustaresignationFrederick W. Plaisted11Albert R. Savage1847–1917AuburndeathWilliam T. Haines12Leslie C. Cornish1854–1925AugustaresignationCarl MillikenPercival P. Baxter13Scott Wilson1870–1942Portlandelevation to the 1st Cir.Owen Brewster14Luere B. Deasy1859–1940Bar HarborresignationWilliam Tudor Gardiner15William Robinson Pattangall1865–1942AugustaresignationWilliam Tudor Gardiner16Charles J. Dunn1872–1939OronodeathLouis J. Brann17Charles P. Barnes1869–1951HoultonresignationLewis O. Barrows18Guy H. Sturgis1877–1951PortlandretirementLewis O. BarrowsHorace Hildreth19Harold H. Murchie1888–1953CalaisdeathFrederick G. Payne20Edward F. Merrill1883–1962SkowheganresignationNathaniel M. Haskell21Raymond Fellows1885–1957BangorresignationBurton M. Cross22Robert B. Williamson1899–1976AugustaresignationEdmund MuskieJohn H. Reed23Armand A. Dufresne Jr.1909–1994Lewistonterm expiredKenneth M. Curtis24Vincent L. McKusick1921–2014Cape ElizabethresignationJames B. LongleyJoseph E. Brennan25Daniel Wathen1939–AugustaresignationJohn R. McKernan Jr.Angus King26Leigh Saufley1954–PortlandretirementAngus KingJohn BaldacciPaul LePage27Valerie Stanfill1957/58–Wayne Janet Mills

Associate justices #JudgeLifespanResidenceBegan serviceEnded serviceReason forterminationAppointed byRe-appointed by1William Pitt Preble1783–1857PortlandresignationWilliam King2Nathan Weston1782–1872Augustaelevation to Chief JusticeWilliam King3Albion Parris1788–1857PortlandresignationEnoch Lincoln4Nicholas Emery1776–1861Portlandterm expiredRobert P. Dunlap5Ether Shepley1789–1877Sacoelevation to Chief JusticeRobert P. DunlapEdward Kavanagh6John S. Tenney1793–1869Norridgewockelevation to Chief JusticeEdward KentJohn W. Dana7Samuel Wells1801–1868PortlandresignationJohn W. Dana8Joseph Howard1800–1877Portlandterm expiredJohn W. Dana9Richard D. Rice1810–1882AugustaresignationJohn HubbardLot M. Morrill10John Appleton1804–1891Bangorelevation to Chief JusticeJohn HubbardLot M. Morrill11Joshua W. Hathaway1797–1862Bangorterm expiredJohn Hubbard12Jonas Cutting1800–1876Bangorterm expiredWilliam G. CrosbyIsrael Washburn Jr.Joshua Chamberlain13Seth May1802–1881Winthropterm expiredAnson Morrill14Woodbury Davis1818–1871Portlandremoval by addressresignationAnson MorrillHannibal HamlinSamuel Cony15Daniel Goodenow1793–1863Alfredterm expiredAnson Morrill16Edward Kent1802–1877Bangorterm expiredLot M. MorrillSamuel Cony17Charles W. Walton1819–1900Deeringterm expiredIsrael Washburn Jr.Joshua ChamberlainSeldon ConnorFrederick RobieEdwin C. Burleigh18Jonathan G. Dickerson1811–1878BelfastdeathIsrael Washburn Jr.Joshua ChamberlainSeldon Connor19Edward Fox1815–1881PortlandresignationIsrael Washburn Jr.20William G. Barrows1821–1886Brunswickterm expiredAbner CoburnJoshua ChamberlainSeldon Connor21Charles Danforth1815–1890GardinerdeathSamuel ConySidney PerhamSeldon ConnorFrederick Robie22Rufus P. Tapley1823–1893Sacoterm expiredSamuel Cony23William Wirt Virgin1823–1893PortlanddeathSidney PerhamAlonzo GarcelonFrederick Robie24John A. Peters1822–1904Bangorelevation to Chief JusticeSidney PerhamSeldon Connor25Artemas Libbey1823–1894Augustaterm expireddeathNelson Dingley Jr.Frederick RobieEdwin C. Burleigh26Joseph W. Symonds1840–1918PortlandresignationSeldon Connor27Lucilius A. Emery1840–1920Ellsworthelevation to Chief JusticeFrederick RobieEdwin C. BurleighLlewellyn PowersJohn Fremont Hill28Enoch Foster1839–1913Bethelterm expiredFrederick RobieEdwin C. Burleigh29Thomas H. Haskell1842–1900PortlanddeathFrederick RobieEdwin C. BurleighLlewellyn Powers30William Penn Whitehouse1842–1922Augustaelevation to Chief JusticeEdwin C. BurleighLlewellyn PowersJohn Fremont HillFrederick W. Plaisted31Andrew P. Wiswell1852–1906Ellsworthelevation to Chief JusticeHenry B. Cleaves32Sewall C. Strout1827–1914Portlandterm expiredHenry B. CleavesJohn Fremont Hill33Albert R. Savage1847–1913Auburnelevation to Chief JusticeLlewellyn PowersJohn Fremont HillFrederick W. Plaisted34William H. Fogler1837–1902RocklanddeathLlewellyn Powers35Frederick A. Powers1855–1824HoultonresignationLlewellyn PowersWilliam T. Cobb36Henry C. Peabody1838–1911PortlanddeathLlewellyn PowersWilliam T. Cobb37Albert Spear1852–1929Gardinerterm expiredterm expiredJohn Fremont HillCarl MillikenBert M. Fernald38Charles F. Woodard1848–1907BangordeathWilliam T. Cobb39Leslie C. Cornish1854–1925Augustaelevation to Chief JusticeWilliam T. CobbWilliam T. Haines40Arno W. King1855–1918EllsworthdeathWilliam T. CobbWilliam T. Haines41George E. Bird1847–1926PortlandretirementWilliam T. CobbOakley C. Curtis42George F. Haley1856–1918BiddeforddeathFrederick W. Plaisted43George M. Hanson1856–1924CalaisdeathFrederick W. PlaistedCarl Milliken44Warren C. Philbrook1857–1933WatervilleretirementWilliam T. HainesCarl MillikenOwen Brewster45John B. Madigan1863–1918HoultondeathOakley C. Curtis46Charles J. Dunn1872–1939Oronoelevation to Chief JusticeCarl MillikenOwen BrewsterWilliam Tudor Gardiner47John A. Morrill1855–1945AuburnretirementCarl MillikenOwen Brewster48Scott Wilson1870–1942Portlandelevation to Chief JusticeCarl Milliken49Luere B. Deasy1859–1940Bar Harborelevation to Chief JusticeCarl MillikenOwen Brewster50Guy H. Sturgis1877–1951Portlandelevation to Chief JusticePercival P. BaxterWilliam Tudor GardinerLewis O. Barrows51Charles P. Barnes1869–1951Houltonelevation to Chief JusticePercival P. BaxterWilliam Tudor GardinerLewis O. Barrows52Norman L. Bassett1869–1931AugustaresignationOwen Brewster53William Robinson Pattangall1865–1942Augustaelevation to Chief JusticeOwen Brewster54Frank G. Farrington1872–1933AugustadeathOwen Brewster55Sidney St. Felix Thaxter1883–1958PortlandretirementWilliam Tudor GardinerLewis O. BarrowsSumner SewallFrederick G. Payne56James H. Hudson1878–1947GuilforddeathLouis J. BrannLewis O. Barrows57Harry Manser1874–1955AuburnretirementLouis J. BrannSumner Sewall58George H. Worster1871–1965BangorresignationLewis O. Barrows59Harold H. Murchie1888–1953Calaiselevation to Chief JusticeLewis O. BarrowsHorace Hildreth60Arthur Chapman1873–1959PortlandretirementSumner Sewall61Nathaniel Tompkins1879–1949HoultondeathHorace Hildreth62Raymond Fellows1885–1957Bangorelevation to Chief JusticeHorace HildrethBurton M. Cross63Edward P. Murray1876–1966BangorretirementHorace Hildreth64Edward F. Merrill1883–1962Skowheganelevation to Chief JusticeHorace Hildreth65William B. Nulty1888–1953PortlanddeathFrederick G. Payne66Robert B. Williamson1899–1976Augustaelevation to Chief JusticeFrederick G. PayneEdmund Muskie67Frank A. Tirrell1893–1955CamdendeathBurton M. Cross68Donald W. Webber1906–1995AuburnresignationBurton M. CrossJohn H. ReedKenneth M. Curtis69Albert Beliveau1887–1971RumfordresignationBurton M. Cross70Walter M. Tapley1898–1971PortlandresignationBurton M. CrossJohn H. ReedKenneth M. Curtis71Percy T. Clarke1885–1957EllsworthretirementEdmund Muskie72F. Harold Dubord1891–1964WatervilleresignationEdmund Muskie73Francis W. Sullivan1894–1967PortlandresignationEdmund MuskieJohn H. Reed74Cecil J. Siddall1894–1986SanfordresignationEdmund Muskie75Harold C. Marden1900–1994WatervilleresignationJohn H. ReedKenneth M. Curtis76Abraham M. Rudman1896–1970BangorresignationJohn H. Reed77Armand A. Dufresne Jr.1909–1994Lewistonelevation to Chief JusticeJohn H. Reed78Randolph Weatherbee1907–1976BangordeathJohn H. ReedKenneth M. Curtis79Charles A. Pomeroy1914–1993WindhamresignationKenneth M. CurtisJames B. Longley80Sidney W. Wernick1913–1995PortlandretirementKenneth M. CurtisJames B. Longley81James Archibald1912–2006HoultonretirementKenneth M. CurtisJames B. Longley82Thomas E. Delahanty1914–1985LewistonretirementKenneth M. CurtisJoseph E. Brennan83Edward S. Godfrey1913–2005Portlandterm expiredJames B. Longley84David A. Nichols1917–1997LincolnvilleresignationJames B. LongleyJoseph E. Brennan85Harry P. Glassman1928–1981PortlanddeathJoseph E. Brennan86David G. Roberts1928–1999BangorretirementJoseph E. BrennanJohn R. McKernan Jr. (x2)87Gene Carter1935–2021Bangorelevation to the D. Me.Joseph E. Brennan88Elmer H. Violette1921–2000Van BurenretirementJoseph E. Brennan89Daniel Wathen1939–Augustaelevation to Chief JusticeJoseph E. BrennanJohn R. McKernan Jr.90Caroline Duby Glassman1922–2013Portlandterm expiredJoseph E. BrennanJohn R. McKernan Jr.91Louis Scolnik1923–2024LewistonresignationJoseph E. Brennan92Robert W. Clifford1937–LewistonretirementJoseph E. BrennanJohn R. McKernan Jr.Angus KingJohn Baldacci93D. Brock Hornby1944–Cape Elizabethelevation to the D. Me.John R. McKernan Jr.94Samuel Collins1923–2012RocklandretirementJohn R. McKernan Jr.95Morton A. Brody1933–2000Watervilleelevation to the D. Me.John R. McKernan Jr.96Paul L. Rudman1935–2024BangorresignationJohn R. McKernan Jr.Angus King97Howard H. Dana Jr.1940–Cape Elizabethterm expiredJohn R. McKernan Jr.Angus King98Kermit Lipez1941–South Portlandelevation to the 1st Cir.John R. McKernan Jr.99Leigh Saufley1954–Portlandelevation to Chief JusticeAngus King100Donald G. Alexander1942–WinthropretirementAngus KingJohn BaldacciPaul LePage101Susan W. Calkins1942–PortlandresignationAngus KingJohn Baldacci102Jon D. Levy1954–Portlandelevation to the D. Me.Angus KingJohn Baldacci103Warren Silver1948–BangorresignationJohn BaldacciPaul LePage104Andrew Mead1952–Bangorpresent John BaldacciPaul LePageJanet Mills105Ellen Gorman1955–FalmouthretirementJohn BaldacciPaul LePage106Joseph Jabar1946–WatervilleresignationJohn BaldacciPaul LePage107Jeffrey Hjelm1955–CamdenretirementPaul LePage108Thomas E. Humphrey1945–SanfordretirementPaul LePage109Andrew M. Horton1949–Falmouthunknown retirementJanet Mills110Catherine Connors1959–Kennebunkpresent Janet Mills111Rick E. Lawrence1955–Portlandpresent Janet Mills112Wayne R. Douglas1951/52–Old Orchard Beachpresent Janet Mills112Julia M. Lipez1980–Cape Elizabethpresent Janet Mills113Chris Taub1968/69–present Janet Mills

Active retired justices Retired justices who have been reappointed to enable them to continue to take part in Supreme Judicial Court proceedings.