List of justices of the Indiana Supreme Court

The following are lists of members of the Indiana Supreme Court. Founded in 1816 with the ratification of the Constitution of Indiana, the court's size has varied between three and five members serving at the same time.

Appointment of justices From 1816 until 1851 justices served seven-year terms and were appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Indiana Senate.Gugin and St. Clair, p. xiii. From 1851 until 1971 justices were elected by popular vote every six years. From 1971 to the present a pool of candidates is selected by the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission and one is appointed by the governor. Justices are subject to a retention election after two years of service and, if retained, they may continue for a full term of ten years.

Current justices NameTerm start Term expiresNotesLoretta RushNovember 7, 20122034Mark MassaApril 2, 20122034Geoffrey G. SlaughterMay 9, 20162028Christopher M. GoffJuly 24, 20172030Derek R. MolterSeptember 1, 20222034

Previous Supreme Court justices #NameTerm start Term endDays in officeUndergraduate and mastersLL.B./J.D.LL.M./S.J.D.Notes1John JohnsonDecember 28, 1816September 10, 1817256Served as Chief JusticeDied in office2James ScottDecember 28, 1816December 28, 18305113Indiana University (honorary LL.D.)3Jesse Lynch HolmanDecember 28, 1816December 28, 183051134Isaac BlackfordSeptember 10, 1817January 3, 185312899Princeton University5Stephen StevensJanuary 28, 1831May 30, 183619496John T. McKinneyJanuary 28, 1831March 4, 1837 23137Charles DeweyMay 30, 1836January 29, 18473896Williams CollegeIndiana University (honorary LL.D.)8Jeremiah SullivanMay 29, 1837January 21, 18463159College of William & Mary9Samuel E. PerkinsJanuary 21, 1846January 3, 18658002Served two non consecutive terms9-cont'dSamuel E. PerkinsJanuary 1, 1877December 17, 1879800210Thomas SmithJanuary 29, 1847January 3, 1853216611Andrew DavisonJanuary 3, 1853January 3, 18654383Jefferson College12Addison RoacheJanuary 3, 1853May 8, 1854490Indiana University13William Z. StuartJanuary 3, 1853January 3, 18581826Amherst College14Alvin HoveyMay 8, 1854January 1, 1855581Was also Governor of Indiana15Samuel GookinsJanuary 1, 1855December 10, 185773116James HannaDecember 10, 1857January 3, 18652581 Was also Lieutenant Governor of Indiana17James WordenJanuary 16, 1858January 3, 1865689517-cont'dJames WordenJanuary 3, 1871December 2, 1882689518James S. FrazerJanuary 3, 1865January 3, 1871219119Jehu ElliottJanuary 3, 1865January 3, 1871219120Charles RayJanuary 3, 1865January 3, 1871219121Robert GregoryJanuary 3, 1865January 3, 1871219122John PettitJanuary 3, 1871January 1, 18772192Was also a United States senator23Alexander DowneyJanuary 3, 1871January 1, 18772190County Seminary (Wilmington, OH)24Samuel BuskirkJanuary 3, 1871January 1, 18772190Indiana University25Andrew L. OsbornDecember 16, 1872January 4, 187574926Horace P. BiddleJanuary 4, 1875January 3, 1881219127William NiblackJanuary 1, 1877January 7, 18894389Indiana University28George HowkJanuary 1, 1877January 7, 18894389Indiana Asbury University29John T. ScottDecember 29, 1879January 5, 1881373Franklin College30Byron ElliottJanuary 3, 1881January 2, 18934382Marion County Seminary31William Allen WoodsJanuary 3, 1881May 8, 1883855Wabash College32William H. CoombsDecember 2, 1882January 1, 18833033Allen ZollarsJanuary 1, 1883January 7, 18892198Denison University (B.A./M.A.)Denison University (LL.D.)/University of Michigan Law School34Edwin HammondMay 14, 1883January 6, 1885603Indiana Asbury University (LL.B.)35Joseph MitchellJanuary 6, 1885December 12, 1890216636Silas CoffeyJanuary 7, 1889January 7, 18952191Indiana University37Walter OldsJanuary 7, 1889June 15, 18931620†Capital University†Ohio State University38John BerkshireJanuary 17, 1889February 19, 1891763Indiana Asbury University39Robert McBrideDecember 17, 1890January 2, 189374740John MillerFebruary 25, 1891January 2, 1893677Hanover College41Leonard HackneyJanuary 2, 1893January 2, 1899219142James McCabeJanuary 2, 1893January 2, 1899219143Timothy HowardJanuary 2, 1893January 2, 18992191University of Michigan/University of Notre Dame (A.B./A.M.)Notre Dame Law School44Joseph S. DaileyJune 25, 1893January 7, 1895531Indiana University Maurer School of Law45James JordanJanuary 7, 1895April 10, 19126303Wabash College/Indiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law46Leander MonksJanuary 7, 1895January 7, 19136575Indiana University47Alexander DowlingJanuary 2, 1899January 2, 1905219248John V. HadleyJanuary 2, 1899January 2, 19114383Northwestern Christian University of IndianapolisIndianapolis Law School49Francis E. BakerJanuary 2, 1899January 25, 19021119Indiana University/University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan Law School50John H. GillettJanuary 25, 1902January 4, 1909253651Oscar H. MontgomeryJanuary 2, 1905January 2, 19112191Hanover College (B.A./M.A.)52Quincy Alden MyersJanuary 4, 1909January 4, 19152191Northwestern Christian University of Indianapolis/Dartmouth CollegeUnion Law School53John W. SpencerApril 15, 1912January 7, 19192093Central Normal College54Douglas J. MorrisJanuary 2, 1911January 1, 19172191Indiana Asbury University55Charles E. CoxJanuary 2, 1911January 1, 19172191 56Richard K. ErwinJanuary 6, 1913October 15, 19182108Methodist College57Moses LairyJanuary 4, 1915January 3, 19212191Northern Indiana Normal SchoolUniversity of Michigan Law School58David MyersJanuary 1, 1917December 31, 19346573Smithson College/Central Normal College/Union UniversityUnion Law School59Lawson HarveyJanuary 1, 1917June 25, 19201271Butler University/Haverford CollegeCentral Law School60Howard L. TownsendOctober 5, 1917November 1, 19232218Bethany College (West Virginia)Chicago-Kent College of Law61Benjamin WilloughbyJanuary 6, 1919January 7, 19314384Cincinnati College62Louis EwbankJanuary 1, 1920January 3, 1927255963Julius TravisJanuary 3, 1921January 3, 19334383University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan Law School64Fred GauseNovember 1, 1923January 5, 1925431Indiana University Maurer School of Law65Willard GemmillJanuary 5, 1925January 4, 19312190DePauw UniversityIndiana Law School66Clarence R. MartinJanuary 3, 1927January 3, 19332192University of MichiganIndiana Law School67Curtis RollJanuary 5, 1931January 4, 19434382Indiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law68Walter TreanorJanuary 8, 1931December 27, 19372545Indiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of LawHarvard Law School (S.J.D.)69Michael FanslerJanuary 4, 1933January 1, 19454380University of Notre DameNotre Dame Law School70James P. HughesJanuary 3, 1933January 1, 19392189DePauw UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law71George TremainJanuary 1, 1935December 31, 19402191Central Normal CollegeIndiana Law School72Curtis ShakeJanuary 4, 1938January 7, 19462925Vincennes UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law73Hardress Nathan SwaimJanuary 1, 1939January 1, 19452192DePauw UniversityUniversity of Chicago Law School74Frank RichmanJanuary 6, 1941January 6, 19472191Lake Forest CollegeUniversity of Chicago Law School75Mart O'MalleyJanuary 4, 1943January 3, 19492191Saint Thomas CollegeValparaiso University School of Law76Howard Young Sr.January 1, 1945January 1, 19512191University of ChicagoIndiana Law School77Oliver StarrJanuary 1, 1945January 1, 19512191Indiana UniversityUniversity of Michigan Law School78Frank GilkisonJanuary 1, 1945February 25, 19553707Indiana University Maurer School of Law79James EmmertJanuary 6, 1947January 5, 19594381Northwestern UniversityHarvard Law School80Paul G. JasperJanuary 3, 1949March 31, 19531548Indiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law81Arch BobbittJanuary 2, 1951January 7, 19634388Central Normal CollegeBenjamin Harrison Law School82Floyd DraperJanuary 2, 1951January 10, 19551469Valparaiso University School of Law83Dan FlanaganApril 1, 1953December 31, 1954639Butler University / University of CaliforniaBenjamin Harrison Law School84Harold AchorJanuary 3, 1955December 12, 19664361Indiana Central CollegeIndiana University Maurer School of Law85Isadore LevineJanuary 13, 1955May 23, 1955130University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan Law School86George HenleyMarch 15, 1955May 23, 195569Indiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law87Frederick Landis Jr.May 23, 1955November 8, 19653822Wabash CollegeIndiana University Maurer School of Law88Norman ArterburnMay 23, 1955May 13, 19778026Indiana UniversityUniversity of Chicago Law School 89Amos W. JacksonJanuary 5, 1959January 4, 19714382Hanover College90Walter Myers Jr.January 7, 1963June 2, 19671607Yale UniversityYale Law School91Frederick RakestrawJanuary 7, 1966January 2, 1967360Manchester College / Indiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law92Donald MoteJanuary 3, 1967September 17, 1968623DePauw University / Wabash CollegeGeorge Washington University Law School93David LewisJune 21, 1967January 6, 1969565DePauw UniversityUniversity of Chicago Law School94Donald HunterJanuary 2, 1967September 6, 19856822Lincoln Law School (Indianapolis)95Roger O. DeBrulerSeptember 30, 1968August 8, 199610174Indiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law 96Richard M. GivanJanuary 6, 1969December 31, 19949125Indiana UniversityIndiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law 97Dixon PrenticeJanuary 4, 1971January 6, 19865481Indiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law98Alfred PivarnikMay 13, 1977December 14, 19904963Creighton UniversityValparaiso University School of Law99Randall ShepardSeptember 6, 1985March 23, 20128306Princeton UniversityYale Law SchoolUniversity of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)100Brent DicksonJanuary 6, 1986April 29, 201611063Purdue UniversityIndiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law101Jon KrahulikDecember 14, 1990October 31, 19931052Indiana UniversityIndiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law102Frank Sullivan Jr.November 1, 1993July 31, 20126847 Dartmouth CollegeIndiana University Maurer School of LawUniversity of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)103Myra C. SelbyJanuary 4, 1995October 7, 19991737Kalamazoo CollegeUniversity of Michigan Law School104Theodore BoehmAugust 8, 1996September 30, 20105166Brown UniversityHarvard Law School105Robert RuckerNovember 19, 1999May 12, 20175035Indiana University NorthwestValparaiso University School of LawUniversity of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)106Steven H. DavidOctober 18, 2010August 31, 20221049Murray State UniversityIndiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law107Mark MassaApril 2, 2012Present517Indiana UniversityIndiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law108Loretta RushNovember 7, 2012Present298Purdue UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law109Geoffrey G. SlaughterJune 13, 2016PresentIndiana UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law110Christopher M. GoffJuly 24, 2017PresentBall State UniversityIndiana University Maurer School of Law † – There is a dispute between sources on Judge Olds' education. Gugin & St. Clair, Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court at 149 (2010) states, "Olds attended Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and then read law with his brother, James." Browning, Humphrey, & Kleinschmidt. "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices," 30 Ind. Law Review 328, 367 (1997) states, "He studied law at The Ohio State University."

Justices by school

Undergraduate and master's degrees