List of justices of the Supreme Court of Florida

The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the Florida State Courts System. Its membership consists of seven justices who are appointed by the Governor of Florida to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term. The seven justices elect one member from among themselves to serve as the chief for a two-year term beginning July 1st on even-numbered years. The Florida Constitution mandates that justices retire when they reach the age of 75.

List of justices denotes justices who served as chief justice for at least part of their tenure on the court while denotes currently-serving justices.

Justice Assumed office Vacated office Succeeded Appointed by Reason for leavingNotes1 Thomas Douglas* January 18461851 Inaugural Legislature2 Thomas Baltzell* January 18461851 Inaugural Legislature3 George S. Hawkins January 18461851InauguralLegislature4 George W. MacRae January 4, 1847January 7, 1848InauguralLegislature5 Joseph B. Lancaster January 10, 18481853InauguralLegislature6 Walker Anderson* January 1, 1851May 4, 1853InauguralLegislatureResigned7 Leslie A. Thompson January 1, 18511853InauguralLegislatureDefeated8 Albert G. Semmes January 1, 18511853InauguralLegislature9 Benjamin D. Wright May 24, 18531853InauguralLegislature Defeated1Thomas Douglas* 1854September 11, 1855InauguralDirect electionDied in office2Thomas Baltzell*18541859InauguralDirect electionDefeated10 Charles H. DuPont* 18541868InauguralDirect election11 Bird M. Pearson* 18561859InauguralDirect electionDid not run for reelection12 William A. Forward 18601865InauguralDirect electionDid not run for reelection13 David S. Walker 18601865InauguralDirect electionResigned14 Augustus Maxwell* 18651866Inaugural William MarvinResigned15 James McNair Baker 18651868Inaugural David S. Walker16 Samuel J. Douglas 18661868Inaugural David S. Walker17 Ossian B. Hart 18681873InauguralHarrison ReedElected Governor of Florida18 James Westcott III 1868January 7, 1885Inaugural Harrison ReedResigned19 Edwin M. Randall* January 1869January 7, 1885Inaugural Harrison ReedResigned20 Franklin D. Fraser January 16, 1873May 1874Hart Ossian B. HartResigned21 Robert B. Van Valkenburgh May 20, 1874 August 1, 1888FraserDied in office22 George G. McWhorter January 13, 1885July 1, 1887Randall Edward A. PerryResigned23 George P. Raney January 13, 1885May 31, 1894Westcott Edward A. PerryResigned14Augustus Maxwell*July 1, 18871890McWhorterDid not run for re-election24 Henry L. Mitchell August 7, 1888January 1, 1891Van ValkenburghResigned25 R. Fenwick Taylor* January 1, 1891February 28, 1925Mitchell Francis P. FlemingRetired26 Milton H. Mabry January 18911903MaxwellDirect electionDid not run for reelection27 Benjamin S. Liddon June 1, 1894January 1897RaneyResigned28 Francis B. Carter January 11, 1897May 25, 1905Liddon William D. Bloxham Resigned29 Thomas M. Shackleford December 1, 1902September 1, 1917Inaugural William Sherman JenningsResigned30 Robert S. Cockrell December 1, 1902January 2, 1917Inaugural William Sherman Jennings Defeated31 Evelyn C. Maxwell December 1, 1902February 15, 1904Inaugural William Sherman JenningsResigned32 William A. Hocker January 6, 1903January 5, 1915MabryDid not run for reelection33 James B. Whitfield February 15, 1904January 4, 1943Maxwell William Sherman JenningsRetired34 Charles B. Parkhill May 25, 1905January 1912CarterResigned35 W. H. Ellis January 5, 1915November 1, 1938HockerDirect electionRetired36 Jefferson B. Browne* January 2, 1917May 20, 1925CockrellDirect electionResigned"Lottery Today to Select A Chief Justice in Florida", The New York Times, January 2, 1923, p. 1737 Thomas F. West September 1, 1917December 3, 1925ShacklefordSidney Johnston CattsResigned38 William Glenn Terrell* May 15, 1923January 12, 1964ParkhillDied in office39 Louie Willard Strum March 2, 1925March 5, 1931TaylorAppointed to Federal District Court40 Armstead Brown July 1, 1925December 1, 1946Browne John W. MartinRetired41 Rivers H. Buford December 4, 1925April 3, 1948West John W. MartinRetired42 Fred Henry Davis March 9, 1931June 20, 1937Strum Doyle E. CarltonDied in office43 Roy H. Chapman June 23, 1937August 9, 1952Davis Fred P. ConeDied in office44 Elwyn Thomas November 1, 1938January 7, 1969EllisDirect electionRetired45 Alto Adams November 25, 1940October 22, 1951Inaugural Fred P. ConeResigned46 Harold Sebring* January 5, 1943September 15, 1955WhitfieldDirect electionAppointed Dean of Stetson College of Law47 Paul D. Barns December 2, 1946September 1, 1949BrownDirect electionRetired48 T. Frank Hobson April 6, 1948February 13, 1962Buford Millard F. CaldwellRetired49 B. K. Roberts* September 1, 1949December 1, 1976Barns Fuller WarrenRetired50 John Mathews October 23, 1951April 29, 1955Adams Fuller WarrenDied in office51 E. Harris Drew August 18, 1952January 5, 1971Chapman Fuller WarrenRetired52 B. Campbell Thornal May 9, 1955November 4, 1970MathewsDied in office53 Stephen C. O'Connell* October 21, 1955October 15, 1967Sebring LeRoy CollinsAppointed president of the University of Florida54 Millard Caldwell* February 14, 1962January 7, 1969HobsonMandatory retirement55 Richard Ervin* January 17, 1964January 6, 1975TerrellRetired45Alto AdamsNovember 13, 1967August 1, 1968O'Connell Claude R. Kirk Jr.Resigned56 Wade L. Hopping August 1, 1968January 7, 1969Adams Claude R. Kirk Jr.Defeated57 Vassar B. Carlton* January 7, 1969February 28, 1974HoppingDirect electionRetired58 James C. Adkins* January 7, 1969January 6, 1987CaldwellDirect electionMandatory retirement59 Joseph A. Boyd Jr.* January 7, 1969January 6, 1987ThomasDirect electionMandatory retirement60 David McCain December 14, 1970August 31, 1975Thornal Claude R. Kirk Jr.Resigned before impeachment61 Hal P. Dekle January 5, 1971April 30, 1975DrewDirect electionResigned before impeachment62 Ben Overton* March 27, 1974January 4, 1999Carlton Reubin AskewMandatory retirement63 Arthur J. England Jr.* January 8, 1975August 9, 1981ErvinDirect electionResigned64 Alan C. Sundberg* June 2, 1975September 15, 1982Dekle Reubin AskewResigned65 Joseph W. Hatchett September 2, 1975July 18, 1979McCain Reubin AskewAppointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit66 Frederick B. Karl January 4, 1977April 5, 1978RobertsDirect electionResigned67 James E. Alderman* April 5, 1978August 31, 1985KarlResigned68 Parker Lee McDonald* October 26, 1979May 31, 1994HatchettRetired69 Raymond Ehrlich* December 3, 1981January 7, 1991England Bob GrahamMandatory retirement70 Leander J. Shaw Jr.* January 10, 1983January 6, 2003SundbergMandatory retirement71 Rosemary Barkett* November 15, 1985April 21, 1994Alderman Bob GrahamAppointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit72 Stephen H. Grimes* January 30, 1987November 17, 1997Adkins Bob MartinezMandatory retirement73 Gerald Kogan* January 30, 1987December 31, 1998Boyd Bob MartinezRetired74 Major B. Harding* January 28, 1991August 31, 2002Ehrlich Lawton ChilesRetired75 Harry Lee Anstead* August 29, 1994January 5, 2009Barkett Lawton ChilesMandatory retirement76 Charles T. Wells* June 9, 1994March 3, 2009McDonald Lawton ChilesMandatory retirement77 Barbara Pariente* December 10, 1997January 8, 2019Grimes Lawton ChilesMandatory retirement78 R. Fred Lewis* December 7, 1998January 8, 2019Kogan Lawton ChilesMandatory retirement79 Peggy Quince* January 5, 1999 January 8, 2019OvertonLawton Chiles / Jeb BushMandatory retirement80 Raoul G. Cantero III July 10, 2002 September 6, 2008Harding Jeb BushReturned to private practice81 Kenneth B. Bell January 7, 2003 October 1, 2008Shaw Jeb BushReturned to private practice82* Cantero Charlie CristRetired83* Bell Charlie Crist Resigned84* Anstead Charlie Crist85 James E. C. Perry March 11, 2009December 30, 2016Wells Charlie CristMandatory retirement86 C. Alan Lawson December 31, 2016August 31, 2022Perry Rick ScottRetired87 Barbara Lagoa January 9, 2019December 6, 2019Lewis Ron DeSantisAppointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit88 Robert J. Luck January 14, 2019 November 19, 2019Pariente Ron DeSantisAppointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit89* Quince Ron DeSantis90 Lagoa Ron DeSantis91 Luck Ron DeSantis92 Lawson Ron DeSantis93 Polston Ron DeSantis94 Canady Ron DeSantis

See also Florida Constitution Government of Florida Judiciary of Florida

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