Following is a list of persons who have served as justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court in its various forms since 1792.
1792–1850 JusticeBegan activeserviceEnd of activeserviceChief JusticestartChief JusticeendAppointed by17921792 Isaac Shelby17921806 Isaac Shelby17921813 Isaac Shelby1792180617921806Isaac Shelby1801180718061807James Garrard1806180818071808Christopher Greenup1806180918081809Christopher Greenup18071809 Christopher Greenup180818101818 1808182718091828 1809182718101827Charles Scott18101812 Charles Scott18121828 1819 1821 Gabriel Slaughter18201828 1825 1826 18251826Joseph Desha1825 1826 Joseph Desha1825 1826 Joseph Desha1825 1825 Joseph Desha1825 1826 Joseph Desha18261826 Joseph Desha18281864*18421871182918701842187118281834 18291832 Thomas Metcalfe18311837 Thomas Metcalfe18351846184318461835Declined office.--James T. Morehead1835*185618471854186618511856-James T. Morehead18431849 1847*1860185118581852186018491851
*Elected to at least one term after 1850 reorganization
1850 reorganization JusticeDistrictPolitical partyBegan activeserviceEnd of activeserviceChief JusticestartChief Justiceend2ndWhig1835185618471854186618511856-1stIndependent1847186018511858185218603rdWhig18511857185618574thDemocratic18511854185218544thDemocratic18541862186018622ndDemocratic18561864186218643rdKnow Nothing18571858185718583rdDemocratic185818611stDemocratic1860187618661874186818763rdUnion Democratic18611865186418654thUnion Democratic18621870186818702nd Union Democratic1828186418421871 18291870184218713rdUnion Democratic18651866186518663rdDemocratic18661874187218744thDemocratic18701878187618782ndDemocratic18711897*187118781886189518721880188818973rdDemocratic18741881188018811stDemocratic187618794thDemocratic18781886188418861stDemocratic18791884188218843rdDemocratic18811899*1881188818971882189018991stRepublican18841893189018934thDemocratic18861894189318941stDemocratic18931901*189919014thDemocratic1894189518941895 *Continued as justice after 1895 reorganization 1895 reorganization
Justice District Political party Began activeservice End of activeservice Chief Justicestart Chief Justiceend5th Democratic18711897187118781886189518721880188818973rdDemocratic188118991881188818971882189018997thDemocratic18931901189919011stDemocratic18951896 2ndRepublican18951903190219034thDemocratic1895Appointed, but declined to qualify.- 6thDemocratic18951906190119024thDemocratic18951895 4thRepublican 18951903 1stRepublican18961896 1stDemocratic18961903 5thRepublican18971905190319053rd Democratic1899191519051911190719157thRepublican1901191119071909 2nd Democratic1903192719091919191719251stDemocratic 19031914190919104thDemocratic19031911191019115thDemocratic19051907 6th Democratic19061913 5th Democratic1907192119191921 4th Democratic19111919191519177thRepublican19111912 7th Democratic19121917 6thDemocratic19131915 1stDemocratic 19141915 3rdDemocratic19151923192119236thDemocratic19151926192519261stDemocratic191519511926192919391927193119397thRepublican19171927192319254thRepublican19191921 5thDemocratic1921193819271935192919374thRepublican 19211923 3rdDemocratic19231929192919294thDemocratic 19231924 4thDemocratic19241924 4th Republican19241935193119336thDemocratic19261926 6thDemocratic19261951193319411945193519421947 2ndDemocratic19271931193119317thRepublican 19281933 3rdRepublican19291931 3rdDemocratic19311937193719372ndRepublican19311931 2ndDemocratic19311943194219437thDemocratic1933194419371939193819414thDemocratic19351939193819393rdDemocratic19371938 5thDemocratic1938195819441951194519533rdDemocratic19381944194319444thDemocratic19391945194519452ndDemocratic1943195919471953195119547thRepublican19441945 3rdRepublican19441944 3rdRepublican19441952 4thRepublican19451947 7thRepublican19451949 4thDemocratic19471951 7thDemocratic19491951 6thDemocratic195119751956196319711957196419734thDemocratic1951196719571965196419661stDemocratic1951196719541962195619637thDemocratic19511955 3rdDemocratic19521954 3rdDemocratic1954196919591968196019697thDemocratic19551957 7thRepublican19571965196019625thDemocratic19581959 2ndDemocratic19591959 5thDemocratic19591969196719682ndDemocratic19591982*19661973196719747thDemocratic19651973196919714thRepublican19671975197219731stDemocratic19671975197419753rdRepublican19691973 5thDemocratic19691977*19751977*7thDemocratic19731988* 3rdRepublican19731979* 1stDemocratic19751983* 4thRepublican19751982* 6thDemocratic19751981*
*Continued as Justice of the Supreme Court. 1975 reorganization Justice District Began activeservice End of activeserviceChief Justice startChief Justice end 1st 1976 1983 2nd 1976 198319771982 3rd 1976 1979 4th 1976 1983 5th 1976 197919761977 6th 1976 1981 7th 1976 1989 3rd 1979 1986 5th 1979 199919821998 6th 1982 1983 1st 1983 1991 2nd 1983 1991 4th 1983 1995 6th 1983 2007 3rd 1986 1986 3rd 1987 200819982008 7th 1989 1993 1st 1991 1995 2nd 1991 1996 7th 1993 1993 7th 1993 2005 1st 1995 1995 1st 1995 2006 4th 1995 1996 2nd 1996 1996 2nd 1996 2006 4th 1996 2006 5th 1999 2005 5th 2005 2006 7th 2005 2015 2nd 2006 202320082023 4th 2006 2007 1st 2007 2019 4th 2007 2023 5th 2006 2017 6th 2007 2013 3rd 2008 2019 6th 2013 Incumbent 7th 2015 2015 7th 2015 2021 5th 2017 202520232025 1st 2019 2019 1st 2019 Incumbent 3rd 2019 Incumbent2025present 7th 2021 Incumbent 4th 2023 Incumbent 2nd 2023 IncumbentPamela R. Goodwine5th 2025Incumbent
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