Chronological Listing | Alphabetical Listing
Alphabetical Listing
Justice | Years Served
Alexander Anderson: April 1852–January 1853
Frank M. Angellotti: January 1903–November 1921 *
Armand Arabian: March 1990–February 1996
John A. Arguelles: March 1987–March 1989
Joseph G. Baldwin: October 1858–January 1862
Marvin R. Baxter: January 1991–January 2015
William H. Beatty: January 1889–August 1914 *
Issac S. Belcher: March 1872–January 1874
Nathaniel Bennett: December 1849–October 1851
Rose Elizabeth Bird: March 1977–January 1987 *
Allen E. Broussard: July 1981–August 1991
Janice R. Brown: May 1996–June 2005
Charles H. Bryan: November 1854–November 1855
Louis H. Burke: November 1964–November 1974
Peter H. Burnett: January 1857–October 1858
Tani Cantil-Sakauye: January 2011–Present *
Jesse W. Carter: September 1939–March 1959
Ming W. Chin: March 1996–August 2020
William P. Clark, Jr.: March 1973–March 1981
Nathaniel P. Conrey: October 1935–November 1936
W. W. Cope: September 1859–January 1864 *
Carol A. Corrigan: January 2006–Present
E. B. Crocker: May 1863–January 1864
Joseph B. Crockett: December 1867–January 1880
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar: January 2015–Present
John Currey: January 1864–January 1868 *
Jesse W. Curtis: January 1926–January 1945
John J. DeHaven: January 1891–January 1895
Maurice T. Dooling, Jr.: June 1960–June 1962
David N. Eagleson: March 1987–January 1991
Douglas L. Edmonds: November 1936–December 1955
Kelli M. Evans: January 2023–Present
Stephen J. Field: October 1857–May 1863 *
Frank G. Finlayson: October 1926–December 1926
William F. Fitzgerald: January 1893–January 1895
Charles N. Fox: June 1889–January 1891
Charles H. Garoutte: January 1891–January 1903
Ronald M. George: September 1991–2011 *
Phil S. Gibson: September 1939–August 1964 *
Joshua P. Groban: January 2019–Present
Joseph R. Grodin: December 1982–January 1987
Patricia Guerrero: March 2022–Present*
Ralph C. Harrison: January 1891–January 1903
S. Clinton Hastings: January 1850–January 1852 *
Frederick W. Henshaw: January 1895–January 1918
Solomon Heydenfeldt: January 1852–January 1857
Frederick W. Houser: September 1937–October 1942
Martin J. Jenkins: December 2020 – Present
Marcus M. Kaufman: March 1987–January 1990
Otto M. Kaus: July 1981–October 1985
Joyce L. Kennard: April 1989–April 2014
Frank H. Kerrigan: January 1923–February 1924
Leondra R. Kruger: January 2015–Present
William H. Langdon: January 1927–August 1939
William P. Lawlor: January 1915–July 1926
Thomas J. Lennon: January 1919–August 1926
Goodwin Liu: August 2011–Present
William G. Lorigan: January 1903–January 1919
Malcolm M. Lucas: April 1984–April 1996 *
Henry A. Lyons: December 1849–March 1852 *
Wiley W. Manuel: March 1977–January 1981
Marshall F. McComb: January 1956–May 1977
Thomas B. McFarland: January 1887–September 1908
Samuel Bell McKee: January 1880–December 1887
E. W. McKinstry: January 1874–October 1888
Henry A. Melvin: September 1908–April 1920
Carlos R. Moreno: October 2001–February 2011
Robert F. Morrison: November 1879-March 1887 *
Stanley Mosk: September 1964–June 2001
Hugh C. Murray: October 1851–September 1857 *
Louis W. Myers: January 1923–January 1926 *
Milton H. Myrick: January 1880–January 1887
Frank C. Newman: July 1977–December 1982
Addison C. Niles: January 1872–January 1880
Edward Norton: November 1861–January 1864
Warren Olney, Jr.: March 1919–July 1921
Edward A. Panelli: December 1985–January 1994
A. Van R. Paterson: January 1887–April 1894
Paul Peek: December 1962–December 1966
Raymond E. Peters: March 1959–January 1973
John W. Preston: December 1926–October 1935
Cruz Reynoso: February 1982–January 1987
Augustus L. Rhodes: January 1864–January 1872 *
John E. Richards: February 1924–June 1932
Frank K. Richardson: December 1974–December 1983
Erskine M. Ross: January 1880–October 1886
Silas W. Sanderson: January 1864–January 1870 *
Lorenzo Sawyer: January 1864–January 1870 *
B. Rey Schauer: December 1942–September 1964
Niles Searls: April 1887–January 1889 *
Emmet Seawell: January 1923–July 1939
Oscar L. Shafter: January 1864–December 1867
John R. Sharpstein: January 1880–December 1892
Lucien Shaw: January 1903–January 1923 *
John W. Shenk: April 1924–August 1959
Charles A. Shurtleff: July 1921–December 1922
William A. Sloane: May 1920–December 1922
M. C. Sloss: February 1906–February 1919
Homer R. Spence: January 1945–June 1960
Royal T. Sprague: January 1868–February 1872 *
Jeremiah F. Sullivan: November 1926–January 1927
Matt I. Sullivan: August 1914–January 1915 *
Raymond L. Sullivan: December 1966–January 1977
Jackson Temple: Jan 1870–Jan 1872 / Dec 1886–Jun 1889 / Jan 1895–Dec 1902
David S. Terry: November 1855–September 1859 *
Ira F. Thompson: December 1932–August 1937
James D. Thornton: January 1880–January 1891
Mathew O. Tobriner: July 1962–January 1982
Roger J. Traynor: August 1940–February 1970 *
Walter Van Dyke: January 1899–December 1905
W. C. Van Fleet: April 1894–January 1899
William T. Wallace: December 1869–November 1879 *
Terry W. Ward: December 1922–January 1923
William H. Waste: November 1921–June 1940 *
Alexander Wells: January 1853–October 1854
Kathryn M. Werdegar: June 1994–August 2017
Thomas P. White: August 1959–October 1962
Curtis D. Wilbur: January 1918–March 1924 *
John D. Works: October 1888–January 1891
Donald R. Wright: April 1970–February 1977 *
* Also served as Chief Justice of California. See Chief Justices of California listing for length of service as Chief Justice.
The Society wishes to thank Pepperdine University School of Law for assistance in scanning the “In Memoriams” that are included in the California Supreme Court Justices section and elsewhere on this website.
