The number on the left indicates order of appointment to serve on the Court. Each individual is counted only one time. Appointees numbers 1, 8 and 87 served only as Chief Justice. Appointees designated with an asterisk (*) are currently sitting on the Supreme Judicial Court.

Abbreviations: Apptd. = Appointed C.J. = Chief Justice Reapptd. = Reappointed Res. = Resigned Ret. = Retired

CHIEF JUSTICES
Order (Assoc.)	Name	Residence	Begin Service	End Service
1	Prentiss Mellen	Portland	JUL 1, 1820	OCT 11, 1834
	Nathan Weston	Augusta	OCT 22, 1834	Res. OCT 23, 1848
8	Ezekiel Whitman	Portland	DEC 10, 1841	Res. OCT 23, 1848
	Ether Shepley	Saco	OCT 28, 1848	OCT 22, 1855
	John Searle Tenney	Norridgewock	OCT 23, 1855	OCT 23, 1862
	John Appleton	Bangor	OCT 24, 1862	SEPT 19, 1883
	John A. Peters	Bangor	SEPT 20, 1883	Reapptd. SEPT 19, 1890 and SEPT 2, 1897; res. JAN 1, 1900
	Andrew P. Wiswell	Ellsworth	JAN 2, 1900	Died in office DEC 4, 1906
	Lucilius A. Emery	Ellsworth	DEC 14, 1906	Res. JUL 26, 1911
	William Penn Whitehouse	Augusta	JUL 26, 1911	Res. APR 8, 1913
	Albert R. Savage	Auburn	APR 9, 1913	Died in office JUN 14, 1917
	Leslie C. Cornish	Augusta	JUN 25, 1917	Reapptd. JUN 25, 1924; res. MAR 1, 1925
	Scott Wilson	Portland	MAR 1, 1925	Res. OCT 7, 1929
	Luere B. Deasy	Bar Harbor	OCT 12, 1929	Res. FEB 7, 1930
	William R. Pattangall	Augusta	FEB 7, 1930	Res. JUL 16, 1935
	Charles J. Dunn	Orono	JUL 18, 1935	Died in office NOV 10, 1939
	Charles P. Barnes	Houlton	NOV 21, 1939	Res. JUL 31, 1940
	Guy H. Sturgis	Portland	AUG 8, 1940	Ret. MAR 8, 1949
	Harold H. Murchie	Calais	MAR 8, 1949	Died in office MAR 7, 1953
	Edward F. Merrill	Skowhegan	MAR 18, 1953	Ret. APR 7, 1954
	Raymond Fellows	Bangor	APR 7, 1954	Res. SEPT 15, 1956
	Robert B. Williamson	Augusta	OCT 4, 1956	Res. AUG 21, 1970
	Armand A. Dufresne, Jr.	Lewiston	SEPT 3, 1970	Apptd. Active Ret. Justice Sept 16,1977. Died APR 19, 1994
87	Vincent L. McKusick	Cape Elizabeth	SEPT 16, 1977	Ret. FEB 28, 1992
	Daniel E. Wathen	Augusta	MAR 20, 1992	Res. OCT 4, 2001 and announced he would be running for Governor
	Leigh I. Saufley	Portland	DEC 6, 2001	Apptd. C.J. DEC 6, 2001. Ret. APR. 14, 2020 to become Dean of the University of Maine Law School
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
Order	Name	Residence	Begin Service	End Service
2	William Pitt Preble	Portland	JUL 1, 1820	Res. JUN 18, 1828
3	Nathan Weston	Augusta	JUL 1, 1820	Apptd. C.J. OCT 22, 1834
4	Albion K. Parris	Portland	JUN 25, 1828	Res. AUG 20, 1836
5	Nicholas Emery	Portland	OCT 22, 1834	OCT 21, 1841
6	Ether Shepley	Saco	SEPT 23, 1836	Apptd. C.J. OCT 23, 1848
7	John S. Tenney	Norridgewock	OCT 23, 1841	Apptd. C.J. OCT 23, 1855
9	Samuel Wells	Portland	SEPT 28, 1847	Res. MAR 31, 1854
10	Joseph Howard	Portland	OCT 23, 1848	OCT 22, 1856
11	Richard D. Rice	Augusta	MAY 11, 1852	Res. DEC 1, 1863
12	John Appleton	Bangor	MAY 11, 1852	Apptd, C.J. OCT 24, 1862
13	Joshua W. Hathaway	Bangor	MAY 11, 1852	MAY 10, 1859
14	Jonas Cutting	Bangor	APR 20, 1854	Reapptd. APR 20, 1861 and APR 20, 1868
15	Seth May	Winthrop	MAY 6, 1855	MAY 7, 1862
16	Woodbury Davis	Portland	OCT 10, 1855	Removed APR 1856; reapptd. FEB 25, 1857; res. 1865
17	Daniel Goodenow	Alfred	OCT 10, 1855	OCT 10, 1862
18	Edward Kent	Bangor	MAY 11, 1859	Reapptd. MAY 11, 1866
19	Charles W. Walton	Deering	MAY 14, 1862	Reapptd. MAY 1, 1869; MAY 16, 1876; MAY 15 1883 and MAY 15,1890
20	Jonathan G. Dickerson	Belfast	OCT 24, 1862	Reapptd. SEPT 24, 1869 and SEPT 20, 1876; died in office SEPT 1, 1878
21	Edward Fox	Portland	OCT 24, 1862	Res. 1863
22	William G. Barrows	Brunswick	MAR 27, 1863	Reapptd. MAR 24, 1870 and MAR 24, 1877
23	Charles Danforth	Gardiner	JAN 5, 1864	Reapptd. JAN 5, 1871; DEC 31, 1877 and DEC 31, 1884; Died in office MAR 1890
24	Rufus P. Tapley	Saco	DEC 21, 1865	DEC 1872. Died APR 10, 1893
25	William Wirt Virgin	Portland	DEC 26, 1872	Reapptd. MAR 1880, and MAR 30, 1887; Died in office JAN 23, 1893
26	John A. Peters	Bangor	MAY 20, 1873	Reapptd. MAY 20, 1880; apptd. C.J. SEPT 20, 1883
27	Artemus Libbey	Augusta	APR 24, 1875	Reapptd. JAN 11, 1883 and JAN 10, 1890; died in office MAR 15, 1894
28	Joseph W. Symonds	Portland	OCT 16, 1878	Res. MAR 31, 1884
29	Lucilius A. Emery	Ellsworth	OCT 5, 1883	Reapptd. OCT 4, 1890 OCT 5, 1897 and OCT 4, 1904; apptd. C.J. DEC 14, 1906
30	Enoch Foster	Bethel	MAR 24, 1884	Reapptd. MAR 24, 1891
31	Thomas H. Haskell	Portland	MAR 31, 1884	Reapptd. MAR 31, 1891 and MAR 31, 1898; died in office SEPT 24, 1900
32	William Penn Whitehouse	Augusta	APR 15, 1890	Reapptd. APR 24, 1897; APR 5, 1904 and APR 13, 1911; apptd. C.J. JUL 26, 1911
33	Andrew P. Wiswell	Ellsworth	APR 10, 1893	Apptd. C.J. JAN 2, 1900
34	Sewall C. Strout	Portland	APR 12, 1894	Reapptd. APR 12, 1901
35	Albert R. Savage	Auburn	MAY 15, 1897	Reapptd. MAY 16, 1904 and MAY 2, 1911; apptd. C.J. APR 9, 1913
36	William H. Fogler	Rockland	MAR 25, 1898	Died in office FEB 18, 1902
37	Frederick A. Powers	Houlton	JAN 2, 1900	Reapptd. JAN 2, 1907; res. MAR 31, 1907
38	Henry C. Peabody	Portland	NOV 29, 1900	Reapptd. NOV 29, 1907; died in office MAR 31, 1911
39	Albert M. Spear	Gardiner	MAR 1, 1902	Reapptd. MAR 1, 1909 and JUN 25, 1917; apptd. Active Ret. Justice JUL 24, 1923. Died JAN 31, 1929
40	Charles F. Woodard	Bangor	DEC 14, 1906	Died in office JUN 17, 1907
41	Leslie C. Cornish	Augusta	MAR 31, 1907	Reapptd. MAR 31, 1914; apptd. C.J. JUN 25, 1917
42	Arno W. King	Ellsworth	JUN 28, 1907	Reapptd. JUN 15, 1914; died in office JUL 21, 1918
43	George E. Bird	Portland	APR 13, 1908	Reapptd. APR 13, 1915; res. AUG 29, 1918; apptd. Active Ret. Justice OCT 23, 1923. Died JAN 19, 1926
44	George F. Haley	Biddeford	APR 12, 1911	Died in office FEB 19 1918
45	George M. Hanson	Calais	JUL 26, 1911	Reapptd. JUL 17, 1918; died in office APR 4, 1924
46	Warren C. Philbrook	Waterville	APR 9, 1913	Reapptd. APR 7, 1920 and APR 7, 1927; apptd. Active Ret. Justice NOV 29, 1928. Died MAY 31, 1933
47	John B. Madigan	Houlton	MAR 1, 1916	Died in office JAN 19, 1918
48†	Charles J. Dunn	Orono	FEB 6, 1918	Reapptd. FEB 6, 1925 and FEB 6, 1932; apptd. C.J. JUL 18, 1935
49	John A. Morrill	Auburn	MAR 5, 1918	Reapptd. Mar 5, 1925; Res. MAY 31, 1926 and apptd. Active Ret. Justice JUN 4, 1926
50	Scott Wilson	Portland	AUG 7, 1918	Apptd. C.J. MAR 1, 1925
51	Luere B. Deasy	Bar Harbor	SEPT 25, 1918	Reapptd. SEPT 25, 1925; apptd. C.J. OCT 12, 1929
52	Guy H. Sturgis	Portland	AUG 13, 1923	Reapptd. AUG 14, 1930 apptd. C.J. AUG 8, 1940; apptd. Active Ret. Justice MAR 8, 1949
53	Charles P. Barnes	Houlton	APR 17, 1924	Reapptd. APR 17, 1931; apptd. C.J. NOV 21, 1939
54	Norman L. Bassett	Augusta	MAR 26, 1925
55	William R. Pattangall	Augusta	JUL 2, 1926	Apptd. C.J. FEB 7, 1930
56	Frank G. Farrington	Augusta	NOV 16, 1928	Died in office SEPT 3 1933
57	Sidney St. Felix Thaxter	Portland	SEPT 16, 1930	Res. FEB 28, 1954. Died 1958
58	James H. Hudson, Guilford		NOV 20, 1933	Died AUG 21, 1947
59	Harry Manser	Auburn	JUL 18, 1935	Res. MAR 20, 1946; apptd. Active Ret. Justice MAR 30, 1946
60	George H. Worster		DEC 21, 1939	Res. JUL 31, 1942
61	Harold H. Murchie	Calais	AUG 8, 1940	Apptd. C.J. MAR 8, 1949. Died MAR 7, 1953
62	Arthur Chapman	Portland	NOV 4, 1942	Res. JUL 27, 1945; apptd. Active Ret. Justice JUL 27, 1945
63	Nathaniel Tompkins	Houlton	JUL 27, 1945	Died APR 22, 1949
64	Raymond Fellows	Bangor	MAY 1, 1946	Apptd. C.J. APR 7, 1954; res. SEPT 15, 1956
65	Edward P. Murray	Bangor	SEPT. 18, 1947	Res. APR 6, 1948
66	Edward F. Merrill	Skowhegan	JUN 2, 1948	Apptd. C.J. MAR 18, 1953
67	William B. Nulty	Portland	MAR 16, 1949	Died SEPT 11, 1953
68	Robert B. Williamson	Augusta	MAY 5, 1949	Apptd. C.J. OCT 4, 1956; ret. AUG 21, 1970
69	Frank A. Tirrell, Jr.	Camden	MAR 18, 1953	Died JUN 4, 1955
70	Donald W. Webber	Auburn	OCT 8, 1953	Ret. JUL 31, 1973. Died NOV 15, 1995
71	Albert Beliveau	Rumford	MAR 3, 1954	Res. MAR 25, 1958
72	Walter M. Tapley, Jr.	Portland	MAY 5, 1954	Ret. JUN 30, 1969
73	Percy T. Clarke	Ellsworth	MAR 3, 1955	Ret. JUN 15, 1956; apptd. Active Ret. Justice JUN 19, 1956
74	F. Harold Dubord	Waterville	OCT 4, 1956	Res. DEC 10, 1962
75	Francis W. Sullivan	Portland	OCT 4, 1956	Res. JUL 10, 1965
76	Cecil J. Siddall	Sanford	MAY 7, 1958	Res. FEB 27, 1965
77	Harold C. Marden		DEC 10, 1962	Ret. NOV 15, 1970. Died SEP 30, 1994
78	Abraham M. Rudman	Bangor	MAR 1965	Res. DEC 14, 1966
79	Armand A. Dufresne, Jr.	Lewiston	AUG 25, 1965	Apptd. C.J. SEPT 3, 1970; apptd. Active Ret. Justice 1978. Term exp. MAR 15, 1985. Died APR 19, 1994
80	Randolph A. Weatherbee	Bangor	DEC 21, 1966	Died May 20, 1976
81	Charles A. Pomeroy	Windham	JUL 2, 1969	Ret. JAN 1, 1980
82	Sidney W. Wernick	Portland	SEPT 30, 1970	Ret. AUG 24, 1981; qual. Active Ret. Justice JUL 24, 1984. Died SEP 22, 1995
83	James P. Archibald	Houlton	JAN 27, 1971	Apptd. Active Ret. Justice 1979; ret. JAN 1, 1980 Reapptd. OCT 24, 2001, Died MAY 28, 2006
84	Thomas E. Delahanty	Lewiston	SEPT 5, 1973	Apptd. Active Ret. Justice AUG 31, 1979. Died FEB 4, 1985
85	Edward S. Godfrey	Portland	SEPT 1, 1976	Ret. SEPT 1, 1983
86	David A. Nichols	Lincolnville	MAY 24, 1977	Ret. MAY 31, 1988. Died June 21, 1997
88	Harry P. Glassman	Portland	AUG 31, 1979	Died MAY 15, 1981
89	David G. Roberts	Portland	JAN 11, 1980	Ret. AUG 31, 1998
90	Gene Carter	Bangor	SEPT 15, 1980	Res. JUL 5, 1983
91	Elmer H. Violette	Van Buren	AUG 31, 1981	Res. AUG 1, 1986; apptd. Active Ret. Justice AUG 1, 1986; ret. FEB 1, 1994
92	Daniel E. Wathen	Augusta	AUG 31, 1981	Apptd. Chief Justice MAR 20, 1992. Res. OCT 4, 2001 and announced he would be running for Governor
93	Caroline D. Glassman	Portland	AUG 30, 1983	Ret. AUG. 29, 1997
94	Louis Scolnik	Auburn	SEPT 7, 1983	Ret. JUL 31, 1988
95	*Robert W. Clifford	Auburn	AUG 1, 1986	Active ret.
96	D. Brock Hornby		JUN 10, 1988	Res. MAY 7, 1990
97	Samuel W. Collins, Jr.	Rockland	SEPT 16, 1988	Ret. MAR 15, 1994; apptd. Active Ret. Justice MAY 12, 1994; Reapptd. OCT 24, 2001
98	Morton A. Brody	Augusta	JUNE 6, 1990	Res. AUG 9, 1991
99	Paul L. Rudman	Bangor	JUNE 5, 1992	Res. JUL 1, 2005
100	Howard H. Dana, Jr.	Portland	MAR 4, 1993	Ret. MAR 2, 2007
101	Kermit V. Lipez	Portland	MAY 12, 1994	Res. JUNE 30, 1998
102	Leigh I. Saufley	Portland	OCT 20, 1997	Apptd. C.J. DEC 6, 2001. Ret. APR. 14, 2020 to become Dean of the University of Maine Law School
103	Donald G. Alexander	Portland	SEPT 2, 1998	Ret. JAN. 31, 2020
104	Susan W. Calkins	Portland	SEPT 2, 1998	Res. OCT 1, 2007
105	Jon D. Levy	Portland	MAR 7, 2002	Confirmed as U.S. District judge APRIL 2014.
106	Warren M. Silver	Bangor	JUL 29, 2005	Ret. DEC 2014
107	*Andrew Mead	Bangor	MAR 22, 2007
108	*Ellen A. Gorman	Portland	OCT. 1, 2007
109	*Joseph M. Jabar	Augusta	SEPT 1, 2009
110	Jeffrey L. Hjelm	Camden	AUG 1, 2014
111	*Thomas E. Humphrey	Sanford	JUNE 9,  2015
112	*Catherine R. Connors	Kennebunk
113	*Andrew M. Horton	Falmouth

 

 

 

 

The number on the left indicates order of appointment to serve on the Court. Each individual is counted only one time. Appointees numbers 1, 8 and 87 served only as Chief Justice. Appointees designated with an asterisk (*) are currently sitting on the Supreme Judicial Court.

Abbreviations: Apptd. = Appointed C.J. = Chief Justice Reapptd. = Reappointed Res. = Resigned Ret. = Retired

 

† On chart of Law Clerk, Albert M. Spear was counted twice -- 39th and 48th. This list counts him only as 39th
* Currently sitting on Supreme Judicial Court.
Source: Maine Reporter; Maine Judiciary website 

 

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