Name:   Years Served: S. Clinton Hastings January 1850–January 1852 Henry A. Lyons January 1852–March 1852 Hugh C. Murray March 1852–September 1857 David S. Terry October 1857–September 1859 Stephen J. Field September 1859–May 1863 W.W. Cope May 1863–January 1864 Silas W. Sanderson January 1864–January 1866 John Currey January 1866–January 1868 Lorenzo Sawyer January 1868–January 1870 Augustus L. Rhodes January 1870–January 1872 Royal T. Sprague January 1872–February 1872 William T. Wallace February 1872–November 1879 Robert F. Morrison November 1879–March 1887 Niles Searls April 1887–January 1889 William H. Beatty January 1889–August 1914 Matt I. Sullivan August 1914–January 1915 Frank M. Angellotti January 1915–November 1921 Lucien Shaw November 1921–January 1923 Curtis D. Wilbur January 1923–March 1924 Louis W. Myers March 1924–January 1926 William H. Waste January 1926–June 1940 Phil S. Gibson June 1940–August 1964 Roger J. Traynor September 1964–February 1970 Donald R. Wright April 1970–February 1977 Rose Elizabeth Bird March 1977–January 1987 Malcolm M. Lucas February 1987–April 1996 Ronald M. George May 1996–present
	Name:   Years Served: S. Clinton Hastings January 1850–January 1852* Henry A. Lyons December 1849–March 1852* Nathaniel Bennett December 1849–October 1851 Hugh C. Murray October 1851–September 1857* Solomon Heydenfeldt January 1852–January 1857 Alexander Anderson April 1852–January 1853 Alexander Wells January 1853–October 1854 Charles H. Bryan November 1854–November 1855 David S. Terry November 1855–September 1859* Peter H. Burnett January 1857–October 1858 Stephen J. Field October 1857–May 1863* Joseph G. Baldwin October 1858–January 1862 W.W. Cope September 1859–January 1864* Edward Norton November 1861–January 1864 E. B. Crocker May 1863–January 1864 Silas W. Sanderson January 1864–January 1870* John Currey January 1864–January 1868* Lorenzo Sawyer January 1864–January 1870* Augustus L. Rhodes January 1864–January 1872* Oscar L. Shafter January 1864–December 1867 Royal T. Sprague January 1868–February 1872* Joseph B. Crockett December 1867–January 1880 William T. Wallace December 1869–November 1879* Jackson Temple January 1870–January 1872 December 1886–June 1889 January 1895–December 1902 Addison C. Niles January 1872–January 1880 Isaac S. Belcher March 1872–January 1874 E.W.McKinstry January 1874–October 1888 Robert F. Morrison November 1879 - March 1887 * Erskine M. Ross January 1880–October 1886 John R. Sharpstein January 1880–December 1892 Samuel Bell McKee January 1880–December 1887 Milton H.Myrick January 1880–January 1887 James D. Thornton January 1880–January 1891 A.Van R. Paterson January 1887–April 1894 Thomas B. McFarland January 1887–September 1908 Niles Searls April 1887–January 1889* John D. Works October 1888–January 1891 William H. Beatty January 1889–August 1914* Charles N. Fox June 1889–January 1891 John J. De Haven January 1891–January 1895 Charles H. Garoutte January 1891–January 1903 Ralph C. Harrison January 1891–January 1903 William F. Fitzgerald January 1893–January 1895 W. C. Van Fleet April 1894–January 1899 Frederick W. Henshaw January 1895–January 1918 Walter Van Dyke January 1899–December 1905 Frank M. Angellotti January 1903–November 1921* Lucien Shaw January 1903–January 1923* William G. Lorigan January 1903–January 1919 M. C. Sloss February 1906–February 1919 Henry A. Melvin September 1908–April 1920 Matt I. Sullivan August 1914–January 1915* William P. Lawlor January 1915–July 1926 Curtis D. Wilbur January 1918–March 1924* Thomas J. Lennon January 1919–August 1926 Warren Olney, Jr. March 1919–July 1921 William A. Sloane May 1920–December 1922 Charles A. Shurtleff July 1921–December 1922 William H. Waste November 1921–June 1940* Terry W. Ward December 1922–January 1923 Frank H. Kerrigan January 1923–February 1924 Emmet Seawell January 1923–July 1939 Louis W. Myers January 1923–January 1926* John E. Richards February 1924–June 1932 John W. Shenk April 1924–August 1959 Jesse W. Curtis January 1926–January 1945 Frank G. Finlayson October 1926–December 1926 Jeremiah F. Sullivan November 1926–January 1927 John W. Preston December 1926–October 1935 William H. Langdon January 1927–August 1939 Ira F. Thompson December 1932–August 1937 Nathaniel P. Conrey October 1935–November 1936 Douglas L. Edmonds November 1936–December 1955 Frederick W. Houser September 1937–October 1942 Jesse W. Carter September 1939–March 1959 Phil S. Gibson September 1939–August 1964* Roger J. Traynor August 1940–February 1970* B. Rey Schauer December 1942–September 1964 Homer R. Spence January 1945–June 1960 Marshall F. McComb January 1956–May 1977 Raymond E. Peters March 1959–January 1973 Thomas P. White August 1959–October 1962 Maurice T. Dooling, Jr. June 1960–June 1962 Mathew O. Tobriner July 1962–January 1982 Paul Peek December 1962–December 1966 Stanley Mosk September 1964–June 2001 Louis H. Burke November 1964–November 1974 Raymond L. Sullivan December 1966–January 1977 Donald R. Wright April 1970–February 1977* William P. Clark, Jr. March 1973–March 1981 Frank K. Richardson December 1974–December 1983 Wiley W. Manuel March 1977–January 1981 Rose Elizabeth Bird March 1977–January 1987* Frank C. Newman July 1977–December 1982 Otto M. Kaus July 1981–October 1985 Allen E. Broussard July 1981–August 1991 Cruz Reynoso February 1982–January 1987 Joseph R. Grodin December 1982–January 1987 Malcolm M. Lucas April 1984–April 1996* Edward A. Panelli December 1985–January 1994 John A. Arguelles March 1987–March 1989 David N. Eagleson March 1987–January 1991 Marcus M. Kaufman March 1987–January 1990 Joyce L. Kennard April 1989–Present Armand Arabian March 1990–February 1996 Marvin R. Baxter January 1991–Present Ronald M. George September 1991–Present* Kathryn M. Werdegar June 1994–Present Ming W. Chin March 1996–Present Janice R. Brown May 1996–June 2005 Carlos R. Moreno October 2001–Present Carol A. Corrigan January 2006 –Present * Also served as Chief Justice of California. See Chief Justices of California listing for length of service as Chief Justice.