List of justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi

Following is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.

These justices served in three different iterations of the court.James Daniel Lynch, The Bench and Bar of Mississippi (1881), p. 533-34.Dunbar Roland, ed., The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 1 (1904), p. 136-137.

Supreme judges of the State of Mississippi (1818–1832) JusticeBeganserviceEndedserviceNotes1818 1829 Chief Justice, 1818–1829181818181818182018181825Service interrupted in 18181818 – 1820 – 182118241822 – 18241832Chief Justice, 1829–18321825 – 1825 1831 182618321827 – 1827 – 1828 – 1828 – 1831 – 183218321832183218321832

Judges of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (1832–1870) JusticeBeganserviceEndedservice Post Notes18321850 District 1, Post 1Leslie Southwick, Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996, 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998). Chief Justice, 1833–1851183218401850183818411863 District 2, Post 1 Chief Justice, 1851–18631832 1838 District 3, Post 1 18381839 District 3, Post 1 1838 1840 District 2, Post 1 1838 – 1840 1843 District 2, Post 1 18421842 District 3, Post 1 1842 – District 3, Post 1 1843 – District 2, Post 1 1851 1851 District 1, Post 1 1851 – District 1, Post 1 1852 – District 3, Post 1 1853 1867 District 1, Post 1 Chief Justice, 1864–18671858 1867 District 3, Post 1 1863 – District 2, Post 1 1866 – District 2, Post 1 1868 – District 3, Post 1 18681870 District 1, Post 1 Continued in post-1870 court1868 – District 2, Post 1 1868 – District 2, Post 1

Justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1870–Present)

JusticeBeganserviceEndedserviceNotes18701876Chief Justice, 1870–18761870187618701879Chief Justice, 1876–18781876188518761894Chief Justice, 1882–1885 and 1891–189418791881Chief Justice, 1879–188118811896Chief Justice, 1885–1888 and 1894–189618861889Chief Justice, 1888–188918891900Chief Justice, 1889–1891 and 1896–190018941910Chief Justice, 1900–19101896189718971903190019081903190619031903(James Houston)19061911Chief Justice, 1910–19111908190919091948Chief Justice, 1912–19481910-1911191219121924191219151915192019161928Died in office19161917191619241917194119201937192519401928192819281949Chief Justice, 1948–194919371964Chief Justice, 1949–196419401950194119531945-194819611948195019501963195019611950196519501966Chief Justice, 1964–19661950195019521971Chief Justice, 1966–1971; died in office1953195419541977Chief Justice, 1971–197719601964196119761962197119631973Appointed to fill an unexpired term19641986Chief Justice, 1977–1986196619801965197819651982197019831972198419731987Chief Justice, 1986–198719761993Chief Justice, 1987–1993197719851978198619801995Chief Justice, 1993–199519822001 Chief Justice, 1998–200119821998Chief Justice, 1995–199819831992Appointed to fill an unexpired term1984200019851990198619881987198919891990Appointed to fill an unexpired term19892004 Chief Justice, 2001–20041990200419912001Appointed to fill an unexpired term1992199919952001Appointed to fill an unexpired term19962019 Chief Justice, 2009–2019199920072000200819942009 Chief Justice, 2004–2009200020082001201320012011200420172004Present Chief Justice since 2019200720172008201620082016200920252011Present2013Present2016202520162025201720252017Present2019Present2025Present2025Present2026Present2026Present

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