List of justices of the Florida Supreme Court


This is a list of Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida, with their tenure of service on the Court.

Current Justices

Former Justices

JusticeYears servedChief JusticeReason for leaving
Thomas Douglas1846–1850 & 1854–1855YesDied in Office
Thomas Baltzell1846–1850 & 1854–1860YesDefeated
George S. Hawkins1846–1850No—
George W. MacRae1847No—
Joseph B. Lancaster1848–1850No—
Walker Anderson1851–1853YesResigned
Leslie A. Thompson1851–1853—Defeated
Albert G. Semmes1851–1853——
Benjamin D. Wright1853—Defeated
Charles H. DuPont1854–1868Yes—
Bird M. Pearson1856–1859YesDid not run for reelection
William A. Forward1860–1865—Did not run for reelection
David S. Walker1860–1865—Resigned
Augustus Maxwell1865–1866 & 1887–1891Yes1866 Resigned, 1890 Did not run for reelection
James McNair Baker1865–1868——
Samuel J. Douglas1866–1868——
Edwin M. Randall1868–1885YesResigned
Ossian B. Hart1868–1873—Elected Governor of Florida
James Westcott III1868–1885NoResigned
Franklin D. Fraser1873–1874—Resigned
Robert Van Valkenburgh1875–1888—Died in Office
George G. McWhorter1885–1887—Resigned
George P. Raney1885–1894—Resigned
Henry L. Mitchell1888–1891—Resigned
R. Fenwick Taylor1891–1925YesRetired
Milton H. Mabry1891–1903—Did not run for reelection
Benjamin S. Liddon1894–1896—Resigned
Francis B. Carter1897–1905—Resigned
Thomas M. Shackleford1902–1917—Resigned
Robert S. Cockrell1902–1917—Defeated
Evelyn C. Maxwell1902–1904—Resigned
William A. Hocker1903–1915—Did not run for reelection
James B. Whitfield1904–1943—Retired
Charles B. Parkhill1905–1911—Resigned
W. H. Ellis1915–1938—Retired
Jefferson B. Browne1917–1925—Resigned
Thomas F. West1917–1925—Resigned
William Glenn Terrell1923–1964YesDied in Office
Armstead Brown1925–1946—Retired
Louie W. Strum1925–1931—Appointed to Federal District Court
Rivers H. Buford1925–1948—Retired
Fred H. Davis1931–1937—Died in Office
Roy H. Chapman1937–1952—Died in Office
Elwyn Thomas1938–1969—Retired
Alto Adams1940–1951 & 1967–1968—1951 Resigned, 1968 Resigned
Harold L. "Tom" Sebring1943–1955YesAppointed Dean of Stetson College of Law
Paul D. Barns1946–1949—Retired
T. Frank Hobson1948–1962—Retired
B.K. Roberts1949–1976YesRetired
John E. Mathews1951–1955—Died in Office
E. Harris Drew1952–1971—Retired
B. Campbell Thornal1955–1970—Died in Office
Stephen C. O'Connell1955–1967YesAppointed University of Florida President
Millard F. Caldwell1962–1969YesMandatory retirement
Richard W. Ervin1964–1975—Retired
Wade L. Hopping1968–1969NoDefeated
Vassar B. Carlton1969–1974—Retired
James C. Adkins1969–1987YesMandatory retirement
Joseph A. Boyd Jr.1969–1987YesMandatory retirement
David L. McCain1970–1975NoResigned before impeachment
Hal P. Dekle1971–1975NoResigned before impeachment
Ben F. Overton1974–1999YesMandatory retirement
Arthur J. England Jr.1975–1981YesResigned
Alan C. Sundberg1975–1982YesResigned
Joseph W. Hatchett1975–1979NoAppointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Frederick B. Karl1977–1978NoResigned
James E. Alderman1978–1985YesResigned
Parker Lee McDonald1979–1994YesRetired
Raymond Ehrlich1981–1991YesMandatory retirement
Leander J. Shaw Jr.1983–2003YesMandatory retirement
Rosemary Barkett1985–1994YesAppointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Stephen H. Grimes1987–1997YesMandatory retirement
Gerald Kogan1987–1998YesRetired
Major B. Harding1991–2002YesRetired
Harry Lee Anstead1994–2009YesMandatory retirement
Charles T. Wells1994–2009YesMandatory retirement
Raoul G. Cantero III2002–2008NoReturned to private practice
Kenneth B. Bell2003–2008NoReturned to private practice
James E.C. Perry2009–2016NoMandatory retirement
Barbara J. Pariente1997–2019YesMandatory retirement
R. Fred Lewis1998–2019YesMandatory retirement
Peggy A. Quince1998–2019YesMandatory retirement
Robert J. Luck2019NoAppointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Barbara Lagoa2019NoAppointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit