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1868 - 1869

Chief Justice:
Franklin J. Moses, Sr.

Associate Justices:
Ammiel Jenkins Willard
Solomon Lafayette Hoge


1870 - 1877

Chief Justice:
Franklin J. Moses, Sr.

Associate Justices:
Ammiel Jenkins Willard
Jonathan Jasper Wright


1877 - 1879

Chief Justice:
Ammiel Jenkins Willard

Associate Justices:
Henry McIver
Alexander Cheves Haskell


1879

Chief Justice:
Ammiel Jenkins Willard

Associate Justices:
Henry McIver
Samuel McGowan


1880 - 1891

Chief Justice:
William Dunlap Simpson

Associate Justices:
Henry McIver
Samuel McGowan


1891 - 1894

Chief Justice:
Henry McIver

Associate Justices:
Young John Pope
Samuel McGowan


1894 - 1896

Chief Justice:
Henry McIver

Associate Justices:
Young John Pope
Eugene Blackburn Gary


1896 - 1903

Chief Justice:
Henry McIver

Associate Justices:
Young John Pope
Eugene Blackburn Gary
Ira Boyd Jones


1903 - 1909

Chief Justice:
Young John Pope

Associate Justices:
Charles Albert Woods
Eugene Blackburn Gary
Ira Boyd Jones


1909 - 1912

Chief Justice:
Ira Boyd Jones

Associate Justices:
Charles Albert Woods
Eugene Blackburn Gary
Daniel Edward Hydrick



1912 - 1914

Chief Justice:
Eugene Blackburn Gary

Associate Justices:
Charles Albert Woods
Thomas Boone Fraser, Jr.
Daniel Edward Hydrick
Richard Cannon Watts



1914 - 1921

Chief Justice:
Eugene Blackburn Gary

Associate Justices:
George Williams Gage
Thomas Boone Fraser, Jr.
Daniel Edward Hydrick
Richard Cannon Watts


1921

Chief Justice:
Eugene Blackburn Gary

Associate Justices:
George Williams Gage
Thomas Boone Fraser, Jr.
Thomas Perrin Cothran
Richard Cannon Watts


1922 - 1925

Chief Justice:
Eugene Blackburn Gary

Associate Justices:
John Hardin Marion
Thomas Boone Fraser, Jr.
Thomas Perrin Cothran
Richard Cannon Watts


1926

Chief Justice:
Eugene Blackburn Gary

Associate Justices:
Eugene Satterwhite Blease
John Gates Stabler
Thomas Perrin Cothran
Richard Cannon Watts


1927 - 1931

Chief Justice:
Richard Cannon Watts

Associate Justices:
Eugene Satterwhite Blease
John Gates Stabler
Thomas Perrin Cothran
Jesse Francis Carter


1931 - 1934

Chief Justice:
Eugene Satterwhite Blease

Associate Justices:
Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
John Gates Stabler
Thomas Perrin Cothran
Jesse Francis Carter


1935 - 1939

Chief Justice:
John Gates Stabler

Associate Justices:
Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
Edward Ladson Fishburne
David Gordon Baker
Jesse Francis Carter


1940 - 1943

Chief Justice:
Milledge Lipscomb Bonham

Associate Justices:
Taylor Hudnall Stukes
Edward Ladson Fishburne
David Gordon Baker
Jesse Francis Carter


1943

Chief Justice:
Vacant

Associate Justices:
Taylor Hudnall Stukes
Edward Ladson Fishburne
David Gordon Baker
Jesse Francis Carter


1944 - 1954

Chief Justice:
David Gordon Baker

Associate Justices:
Taylor Hudnall Stukes
Edward Ladson Fishburne
Claude Ambrose Taylor
George Dewey Oxner


1954 - 1955

Chief Justice:
David Gordon Baker

Associate Justices:
Taylor Hudnall Stukes
Lionel Kennedy Legge
Claude Ambrose Taylor
George Dewey Oxner


1956 - 1961

Chief Justice:
Taylor Hudnall Stukes

Associate Justices:
Joseph Rodney Moss
Lionel Kennedy Legge
Claude Ambrose Taylor
George Dewey Oxner


1961

Chief Justice:
Claude Ambrose Taylor

Associate Justices:
Joseph Rodney Moss
Lionel Kennedy Legge
James Woodrow Lewis
George Dewey Oxner


1962 - 1966

Chief Justice:
Claude Ambrose Taylor

Associate Justices:
Joseph Rodney Moss
Thomas Patrick Bussey
James Woodrow Lewis
James Moncrief Brailsford, Jr.


1966

Chief Justice:
Joseph Rodney Moss

Associate Justices:
Lionel Kennedy Legge (Retired)
Thomas Patrick Bussey
James Woodrow Lewis
James Moncrief Brailsford, Jr


1967 - 1974

Chief Justice:
Joseph Rodney Moss

Associate Justices:
Cameron Bruce Littlejohn
Thomas Patrick Bussey
James Woodrow Lewis
James Moncrief Brailsford, Jr.


1975

Chief Justice:
Joseph Rodney Moss

Associate Justices:
Cameron Bruce Littlejohn
Thomas Patrick Bussey
James Woodrow Lewis
Julius B. Ness


1975 - 1980

Chief Justice:
James Woodrow Lewis

Associate Justices:
Cameron Bruce Littlejohn
George Tillman Gregory, Jr.
William Luther Rhodes, Jr.
Julius B. Ness


1980 - 1984

Chief Justice:
James Woodrow Lewis

Associate Justices:
Cameron Bruce Littlejohn
George Tillman Gregory, Jr.
David Walker Harwell
Julius B. Ness


1984 - 1985

Chief Justice:
Cameron Bruce Littlejohn

Associate Justices:
Archie Lee Chandler
George Tillman Gregory, Jr.
David Walker Harwell.
Julius B. Ness


1985 - 1988

Chief Justice:
Julius B. Ness

Associate Justices:
Archie Lee Chandler
George Tillman Gregory, Jr.
David Walker Harwell.
Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.


1988 - 1991

Chief Justice:
George Tillman Gregory, Jr.

Associate Justices:
Archie Lee Chandler
Jean Hoefer Toal
David Walker Harwell.
Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.


1992 - 1994

Chief Justice:
David Walker Harwell.

Associate Justices:
Archie Lee Chandler
Jean Hoefer Toal
James Edward Moore
Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.


1994

Chief Justice:
Archie Lee Chandler

Associate Justices:
John Henry Waller, Jr.
Jean Hoefer Toal
James Edward Moore
Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.


1995 - 2000

Chief Justice:
Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.

Associate Justices:
John Henry Waller, Jr.
Jean Hoefer Toal
James Edward Moore
Elijah Curran Burnett III

2000 - 2007

Chief Justice:
Jean Hoefer Toal

Associate Justices:
John Henry Waller, Jr.
Costa M. Pleicones
James Edward Moore
Elijah Curran Burnett III


2007

Chief Justice:
Jean Hoefer Toal

Associate Justices:
John Henry Waller, Jr.
Costa M. Pleicones
James Edward Moore
Donald W. Beatty


2008

Chief Justice:
Jean Hoefer Toal

Associate Justices:
John Henry Waller, Jr.
Costa M. Pleicones
John W. Kittredge
Donald W. Beatty


2009 - 2015

Chief Justice:
Jean Hoefer Toal

Associate Justices:
Kaye Gorenflo Hearn
Costa M. Pleicones
John W. Kittredge
Donald W. Beatty


2016

Chief Justice:
Costa M. Pleicones

Associate Justices:
Kaye Gorenflo Hearn
John Cannon Few
John W. Kittredge
Donald W. Beatty


2017 - 2023

Chief Justice:
Donald W. Beatty

Associate Justices:
John Cannon Few
Kaye G. Hearn
George C. James. Jr.
John W. Kittredge


2023 - 2024

Chief Justice:
Donald W. Beatty

Associate Justices:
John Cannon Few
David Garrison Hill
George C. James, Jr.
John W. Kittredge


2024 - Present

Chief Justice:
John W. Kittredge

Associate Justices:
John Cannon Few
David Garrison Hill
George C. James, Jr.
Letitia H. Verdin


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