List of Justices of the Supreme Court of California

This is a list of Justices of the Supreme Court of California. The Supreme Court of California

Supreme Court of California

The Supreme Court of California is the highest state court in California. It is headquartered in San Francisco and regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Its decisions are binding on all other California state courts.-Composition:...

is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the courts of California

Courts of California

Courts of California include:State courts of California*Supreme Court of California**California Courts of Appeal ***Superior Courts of California Federal courts located in California...

. Its membership consists of the Chief Justice of California and six Associate Justice

Associate Justice

Associate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...

s who are nominated by the Governor of California

Governor of California

The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced...

and appointed after confirmation by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments (which consists of the Chief Justice, the Attorney General of California

California Attorney General

The California Attorney General is the State Attorney General of California. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" The Attorney General carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice.The...

, and the state's senior presiding justice of the California Courts of Appeal; the senior Associate Justice fills the Chief Justice's spot on the commission when a new Chief Justice is nominated). Justices of the Supreme Court serve 12-year terms and receive a salary which is currently set at $228,856 per year for the Chief Justice and at $218,237 per year for each Associate Justice.

Under the 1849 Constitution of California, the Supreme Court had a Chief Justice and two Associate Justices, with 6-year terms of office. An 1862 constitutional amendment expanded the Court to a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, with 10-year terms. Since the adoption of the 1879 Constitution, the Court has had a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices, with 12-year terms.

The 1849 Constitution specified that the first Supreme Court justices would be appointed by the Legislature and that the justices would be subject to partisan direct election

Direct election

Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...

s from that point forward. The Governor could appoint justices in the event of a vacancy on the Court in between the elections. In 1910, elections for the Supreme Court became nonpartisan. In 1934, the state implemented the present system of gubernatorial appointment with retention election

Retention election

A judicial retention election is a periodic process whereby a judge is subject to a referendum held at the same time as a general election...

s, replacing the direct election

Direct election

of justices.

List of Justices

Chief Justice Jackson Temple
Jackson Temple
Jackson Temple was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California....

did not seek re-election in 1871, was elected as an Associate Justice in 1886 but resigned in 1889, and was again elected as an Associate Justice in 1895 serving (until his death in 1902). Therefore, he is listed three times. denotes justices who served as Chief Justice for at least part of their tenure on the court while denotes currently-serving justices.

Name	Assumed Office	Vacated Office	Appointed by
S. Clinton Hastings Serranus Clinton Hastings Serranus Clinton Hastings was a 19th-century politician and a prominent lawyer in the United States. He studied law as a young man and moved to the Iowa District in 1837 to open a law office. Iowa became a territory a year later, and he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the... *	December 22, 1849	January 1, 1852	Legislature California State Legislature The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members...
Nathaniel Bennett Nathaniel Bennett Nathaniel Bennett was one of the first Associate Justices of the California Supreme Court....	December 26, 1849	October 3, 1851	Legislature California State Legislature The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members...
Henry A. Lyons Henry A. Lyons Henry A. Lyons was the 2nd Chief Justice of California.... *	December 26, 1849	March 31, 1852	Legislature California State Legislature The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members...
Hugh Murray*	October 11, 1851	September 18, 1857	Governor McDougall
Solomon Heydenfeldt Solomon Heydenfeldt Solomon Heydenfeldt was the first Jewish justice of the Supreme Court of California in the Unitied States. He was elected by direct vote of the people and served from 1852 to 1857.... *	January 20, 1852	January 6, 1857	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Alexander O. Anderson Alexander O. Anderson Alexander Outlaw Anderson was an American attorney who represented Tennessee in the United States Senate, and later served in the California State Senate, and on the California Supreme Court.-Biography:The son of longtime U.S...	April 6, 1852	November 2, 1852	Governor Bigler John Bigler John Bigler was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third Governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to complete an entire term in office successfully, as well as the first to win re-election...
Alexander Wells	January 3, 1853	October 31, 1854	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Charles Henry Bryan Charles Henry Bryan Charles Henry Bryan was a politician and jurist in California.-Biography:Bryan was born on October 20, 1822 in Ellicottville, New York. His father, John A. Bryan, was a United States diplomat, and his brother-in-law, John B. Weller, was a United States Senator...	November 24, 1854	November 15, 1855	Governor Bigler John Bigler John Bigler was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third Governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to complete an entire term in office successfully, as well as the first to win re-election...
David S. Terry David S. Terry David Smith Terry was a California politician, who killed United States Senator David C. Broderick in the Broderick – Terry duel in 1859. He was then killed in 1889 by a bodyguard of United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field.-Biography:Terry was born in Christian County, Kentucky... *	November 15, 1855	September 12, 1859	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Peter H. Burnett	January 13, 1857	October 12, 1857	Governor J. N. Johnson J. Neely Johnson John Neely Johnson was an American lawyer and politician. He was elected as the fourth governor of California from 1856 to 1858, and later appointed justice to the Nevada Supreme Court from 1867 to 1871...
Stephen Johnson Field Stephen Johnson Field Stephen Johnson Field was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court from May 20, 1863, to December 1, 1897... *	October 13, 1857	May 20, 1863	Governor J. N. Johnson J. Neely Johnson John Neely Johnson was an American lawyer and politician. He was elected as the fourth governor of California from 1856 to 1858, and later appointed justice to the Nevada Supreme Court from 1867 to 1871...
Joseph G. Baldwin	October 2, 1858	January 2, 1864	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Warner Cope Warner Cope Warner Walton Cope , also known as W. W. Cope, was the 6th Chief Justice of California.Born in Kentucky, Cope came to California in 1850 and tried mining, but found little success. In 1853 he resumed work as an attorney, first in El Dorado County and the next year in Jackson, Amador County. He was...	September 20, 1859	January 2, 1864	Governor Weller John B. Weller John B. Weller was the fifth Governor of California from January 8, 1858 to January 9, 1860 and a Congressman from Ohio, U.S. senator from California, and minister to Mexico.-Life:...
Edward Norton	December 18, 1861	January 2, 1864	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Edwin B. Crocker Edwin B. Crocker Edwin Bryant Crocker was a California Supreme Court Justice and founder of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California.-Biography:... *	May 21, 1863	January 2, 1864	Governor Stanford Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford was an American tycoon, industrialist, robber baron, politician and founder of Stanford University.-Early years:...
John Currey John Currey John Moore Currey was the eighth Chief Justice of California, and candidate for Governor of California in 1859.Born in Westmorland County, New York in 1814, John Currey died in Dixon, California in 1912...	January 2, 1864	January 6, 1868	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Augustus Rhodes Augustus Rhodes Augustus L. Rhodes was the 10th Chief Justice of California.Educated at Hamilton College, Rhodes studied law and then moved to Bloomfield, Indiana, being admitted to the bar there in 1846. He served one term as the prosecuting attorney for the circuit court , and departed for California in 1854...	January 2, 1864	January 5, 1880	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Silas W. Sanderson*	January 2, 1864	January 4, 1870	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Lorenzo Sawyer Lorenzo Sawyer Lorenzo Sawyer was an American lawyer and judge who was appointed the Supreme Court of California in 1860 and served as Chief Justice of California from 1868–70. He served as a circuit judge for the U.S...	January 2, 1864	January 10, 1870	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Oscar L. Shafter	January 2, 1864	December 11, 1867	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Joseph B. Crockett	December 1867	January 5, 1880	Governor Haight
Royal T. Sprague Royal Sprague Royal Tyler Sprague was the 11th Chief Justice of California....	January 6, 1868	February 24, 1872	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
William T. Wallace William T. Wallace William T. Wallace was the 12th Chief Justice of California and the 6th Attorney General of California. He served on the Supreme Court of California from 1870 to 1879 and as Attorney General from 1856 to 1858.-External links:...	January 10, 1870	January 5, 1880	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Jackson Temple Jackson Temple Jackson Temple was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California.... *	January 10, 1870	January 1, 1872	Governor Haight
Addison Niles Addison Niles Addison Cook Niles was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of California from 1872-1880. The town of Niles in Fremont, California is named after Addison Niles, who was once a railroad attorney for the Western Pacific Railroad.... *	January 1, 1872	January 5, 1880	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Isaac S. Belcher	March 4, 1872	January 5, 1880	Governor Booth Newton Booth Newton Booth was an American politician.Born in Salem, Indiana, he attended the common schools. In 1841, his parents Beebe and Hannah Booth moved from Salem to Terre Haute, Indiana. Newton graduated from Asbury University, later renamed DePauw University, in nearby Greencastle, Indiana. He studied...
Elisha W. McKinstry Elisha W. McKinstry Elisha Williams McKinstry was a California jurist of the nineteenth century. He served as a justice of the California Supreme Court from 1874-1888....	December 29, 1873	October 1, 1888	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Robert F. Morrison Robert F. Morrison Robert F. Morrison was the 13th Chief Justice of California. Before his election to the Supreme Court of California, he had been Judge of the Fourth Judicial District in California.-References:... *	January 5, 1880	March 2, 1887	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Samuel B. McKee	January 5, 1880	January 3, 1887	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Milton H. Myrick	January 5, 1880	January 3, 1887	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Erskine M. Ross Erskine Mayo Ross -External links:*...	January 5, 1880	October 1, 1886	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
John R. Sharpstein	January 5, 1880	December 28, 1892	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
James D. Thornton	January 5, 1880	January 5, 1891	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Jackson Temple Jackson Temple Jackson Temple was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California....	December 13, 1886	June 25, 1889	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Van R. Patterson	December 22, 1886	May 3, 1894	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Thomas B. McFarland	December 28, 1886	May 3, 1894	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Niles Searls Niles Searls Niles Searls was an attorney, politician, and the Chief Justice of California.-Early years:Searls, whose last name is also sometimes spelled as Searles, was born in Coeymans, New York. His father, Abraham Searls , of English descent, worked as a farmer. His mother, Lydia Niles, was of Scottish... *	April 20, 1887	November 6, 1888	Governor Bartlett Washington Bartlett Washington Montgomery Bartlett was the 20th Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1883–1887 and was California's first and to date only Jewish Governor of California.- Life and career :...
John D. Works John D. Works John Downey Works was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917.John Downey Works was born in Indiana and attended private schools there. As a young man he served in the American Civil War as a member of the Tenth Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Cavalry...	October 2, 1888	January 5, 1891	Governor Waterman Robert Waterman (governor) Robert Whitney Waterman was an American politician. He served as the 17th Governor of California from September 12, 1887 until January 8, 1891.-Early years:...
William H. Beatty William H. Beatty William H. Beatty was the 15th Chief Justice of California from 1889–1914. Previously, he was Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court from 1879–1880.-External links:...	November 6, 1888	August 4, 1914	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Charles N. Fox	June 25, 1889	January 7, 1895	Governor Waterman Robert Waterman (governor) Robert Whitney Waterman was an American politician. He served as the 17th Governor of California from September 12, 1887 until January 8, 1891.-Early years:...
John J. De Haven John J. De Haven John Jefferson De Haven was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, De Haven moved to California in 1853 with his parents, who settled in Humboldt County....	December 18, 1890	January 7, 1895	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
C. H. Garoute	December 19, 1890	January 5, 1903	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Ralph C. Harrison	December 20, 1890	January 5, 1903	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
William F. Fitzgerald William F. Fitzgerald William F. Fitzgerald was California Attorney General. He also served on the California Supreme Court, 1893-4.-External links:*...	February 2, 1893	January 7, 1895	Governor Markham Henry Markham Henry Harrison Markham was a United States Representative from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887 and the 18th Governor of California from January 8, 1891 until January 11, 1895.Markham was born in Wilmington, New York...
William C. Van Fleet William Cary Van Fleet William Cary Van Fleet was a United States federal judge.Born in Maumee, Ohio, Van Fleet read law to enter the bar in 1873. He was an assistant district attorney of Sacramento County, California from 1878 to 1879. He was a California State Assemblyman from 1881 to 1882. He was the Director of...	May 7, 1894	January 3, 1899	Governor Markham Henry Markham Henry Harrison Markham was a United States Representative from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887 and the 18th Governor of California from January 8, 1891 until January 11, 1895.Markham was born in Wilmington, New York...
Frederick W. Henshaw	December 29, 1894	January 1919	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Jackson Temple Jackson Temple Jackson Temple was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California....	January 7, 1895	December 25, 1902	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Walter Van Dyke	December 22, 1898	December 25, 1905	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Frank M. Angellotti Frank M. Angellotti Frank M. Angellotti was the 17th Chief Justice of California.... *	December 11, 1902	November 1921	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Lucien Shaw Lucien Shaw Lucien Shaw was the 18th Chief Justice of California and a prominent Republican politician in California during the early 20th century. Shaw served as a judge on the Superior Court of California from 1889 to 1902, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1903 until he... *	December 11, 1902	January 1923	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
William G. Lorigan William G. Lorigan William G. Lorigan is a distinguished Justice of the Supreme Court of California. He is a Graduate of Santa Clara University. In 1909 he was appointed by Governor Henry Gage.-External links:* *...	January 7, 1903	January 1919	Governor Gage Henry Gage Henry Tifft Gage was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Republican, Gage was elected to a single term as the 20th Governor of California from 1899 to 1903. Gage was also the U.S. Minister to Portugal for several months in 1910.-Biography:Gage was born on Christmas Day, 1852 in Geneva,...
M. C. Sloss	December 19, 1906	March 1, 1919	Governor Pardee George Pardee George Cooper Pardee was an American doctor of medicine and politician. The 21st Governor of California, holding office from January 7, 1903, to January 9, 1907, Pardee was the second native-born Californian to assume the governorship, after Romualdo Pacheco, and the first governor born in...
Henry A. Melvin	September 28, 1908	December 1920	Direct election Direct election Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the...
Matt I. Sullivan*	August 22, 1914	January 4, 1915	Governor H. Johnson Hiram Johnson Hiram Warren Johnson was a leading American progressive and later isolationist politician from California; he served as the 23rd Governor from 1911 to 1917, and as a United States Senator from 1917 to 1945.-Early life:...
William P. Lawlor	December 22, 1914	July 25, 1926
Curtis D. Wilbur Curtis D. Wilbur Curtis Dwight Wilbur was born in Iowa. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1884. Shortly after graduation, Curtis Wilbur resigned his commission, a common practice at the time, and moved to Riverside, California. He was admitted to the California bar in 1890 and served as Los... *	January 1, 1918	March 19, 1924	Governor Stephens William Stephens William Dennison Stephens was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was also the 24th Governor of California from 1917 to 1923....
Thomas J. Lennon	December 20, 1918	August 14, 1926
Warren Olney, Jr.	March 1, 1919	July 1921
William A. Sloane	December 15, 1920	January 1923	Governor Stephens William Stephens William Dennison Stephens was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was also the 24th Governor of California from 1917 to 1923....
Charles A. Shurtleff	July 2, 1921	December 1922
William H. Waste William H. Waste William H. Waste was the 21st Chief Justice of California.Born near Chico, California, Waste graduated from the University of California in 1891 and Hastings Law School in San Francisco in 1894. He practiced law in Oakland and later in Berkeley... *	November 25, 1921	June 6, 1940	Governor Stephens William Stephens William Dennison Stephens was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was also the 24th Governor of California from 1917 to 1923....
Terry W. Ward	December 19, 1922	January 8, 1923
Frank H. Kerrigan Frank Henry Kerrigan Frank Henry Kerrigan was a United States federal judge.Born in Contra Costa County, California, Kerrigan read law to enter the bar in 1889. He was in private practice in California from 1890 to 1900. He was a justice of the peace in San Francisco, California from 1894 to 1900. He was a judge of...	January 8, 1923	February 11, 1924
Emmett Seawell	January 8, 1923	July 7, 1939
Louis Wescott Myers*	January 15, 1923	January 1, 1926	Governor Richardson Friend Richardson Friend William Richardson , was an American newspaper publisher and politician. A member of the Progressive Party and later the Republican Party, Richardson was elected as the California State Treasurer from 1915 to 1923, and shortly afterwards as the 25th governor of California from 1923 to 1927...
John E. Richards John E. Richards John E. Richards was an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from 1924 until 1932.Richards was born on July 7, 1856 in San Jose. He obtained his undergraduate degree from University of the Pacific in 1877 and his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1879...	February 11, 1924	December 1932
John W. Shenk	April 14, 1924	August 3, 1959
Jesse W. Curtis, Sr.	January 1, 1926	January 1, 1945
Frank G. Finlayson	October 4, 1926	December 1926
Jeremiah F. Sullivan	November 22, 1926	December 1926
John W. Preston John W. Preston John White Preston was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from 1926 through 1935.He was born in Woodbury, Tennessee on May 14, 1877. His parents were Hugh L. Preston and Thankful C. Preston, nee Doak....	December 27, 1926	September 1935
William Langdon William Langdon William Henry Langdon was an American banker, lawyer and judge from California.-Biography:Langdon was born in Alameda County to William and Annie Langdon. Langdon attended local public schools, and graduated from the California State Normal School to become a teacher, while also entering the state...	January 4, 1927	August 1939
Ira F. Thompson	December 31, 1932	January 1, 1947
Nathaniel P. Conrey	October 1, 1935	November 1936	Governor Merriam Frank Merriam Frank Finley Merriam was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939...
Douglas L. Edmonds Douglas L. Edmonds Douglas L. Edmonds was an American jurist, serving on the Supreme Court of California and the United Nation's International Law Commission....	November 23, 1936	December 31, 1955	Governor Merriam Frank Merriam Frank Finley Merriam was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939...
Frederick W. Houser Frederick W. Houser Frederick Wilhelm Houser Frederick W. Houser was born to Justus Christian Houser and Martha Rodman in Jones County, Iowa...	October 1, 1937	October 12, 1942	Governor Merriam Frank Merriam Frank Finley Merriam was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939...
Jesse W. Carter	September 12, 1939	March 15, 1950	Governor Olson Culbert Olson Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.-Personal background:...
Phil S. Gibson Phil S. Gibson Phil Sheridan Gibson was the 22nd Chief Justice of California.-Biography:Gibson was born in Grant City, Missouri on November 28, 1888. He was the son of W. J. and Mollie Gibson. He attended the University of Missouri, graduating in 1912 with both an AB and LLB... *	October 2, 1939	August 30, 1964	Governor Olson Culbert Olson Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.-Personal background:...
Roger J. Traynor Roger J. Traynor Roger John Traynor served as the 23rd Chief Justice of California from 1964 to 1970, and as an Associate Justice from 1940 to 1964... *	August 13, 1940	January 31, 1970	Governor Olson Culbert Olson Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.-Personal background:...
B. Rey Schauer	December 18, 1942	September 15, 1965	Governor Olson Culbert Olson Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.-Personal background:...
Homer R. Spence Homer R. Spence Homer Robert Spence was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court and a Justice of the District Court of Appeal, First District ....	January 2, 1945	June 1, 1964	Governor Warren Earl Warren Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.He is known for the sweeping decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law, especially regarding the rights of the accused, ending public-school-sponsored prayer, and requiring...
Marshall F. McComb Marshall F. McComb Marshall F. McComb was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1955 to 1977.-Education and early career:...	January 3, 1956	May 3, 1977	Governor Knight Goodwin Knight Goodwin Jess Knight , known as "Goodie Knight", was a U.S. politician who was the 31st Governor of California from 1953 until 1959.-Early life:...
Raymond E. Peters	March 25, 1959	January 2, 1973	Governor P. Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:...
Thomas P. White	August 25, 1959	October 31, 1962	Governor P. Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:...
Maurice T. Dooling, Jr.	June 30, 1960	June 30, 1962	Governor P. Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:...
Mathew Tobriner Mathew Tobriner Mathew Oscar Tobriner was an Associate Justice on the California Supreme Court from July 1962–January 1982. An appointee of Democratic Governor Pat Brown, he had worked as a labor lawyer until 1959, when Brown appointed him to the California Court of Appeal. After three years on the Court...	July 2, 1962	January 20, 1981	Governor P. Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:...
Paul Peek Paul Peek (politician) Paul Peek was an American attorney, Democratic politician and jurist. Peek practiced law in southern California prior to his election in 1936 to the California Assembly, where he served as Speaker during the 1939 session. He was appointed Secretary of State in 1940 and then to the Court of Appeal,...	December 2, 1962	December 16, 1966	Governor P. Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:...
Stanley Mosk Stanley Mosk Stanley Mosk was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court for 37 years , and holds the record for the longest-serving justice on that court. Before sitting on the Supreme Court, he served as Attorney General of California and as a trial court judge, among other governmental positions...	September 1, 1964	June 19, 2001	Governor P. Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:...
Louis H. Burke	November 20, 1964	November 30, 1974	Governor P. Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:...
Raymond L. Sullivan	December 20, 1966	January 19, 1977	Governor P. Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:...
Donald R. Wright*	April 17, 1970	February 1, 1977	Governor Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
William P. Clark, Jr. William P. Clark, Jr. William Patrick Clark, Jr. , American politician, served under President Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, United States National Security Advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the Secretary of the Interior from 1983 until 1985.- Life and career :A devout Catholic, former...	March 23, 1973	March 24, 1981	Governor Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Frank K. Richardson Frank K. Richardson Frank Kellogg Richardson was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.-Early life:Born in St. Helena, California, Richardson graduated from Germantown High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania his freshman year but transferred to Stanford...	December 2, 1974	December 2, 1983	Governor Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Wiley Manuel Wiley Manuel Wiley W. Manuel was an associate justice on the Supreme Court of California from 1977 – 1981 and the first African American to serve on the high court. Governor Jerry Brown appointed Justice Manuel on February 12, 1977. Justice Manuel had served on the court for only four years before he...	March 24, 1977	January 5, 1981	Governor J. Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
Rose Elizabeth Bird*	March 26, 1977	January 5, 1987	Governor J. Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
Frank C. Newman	July 16, 1977	December 13, 1982	Governor J. Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
Otto Kaus Otto Kaus Otto M. Kaus was a former judge from the State of California. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He was already attending school in Great Britain when the rest of his family fled the Nazis in the 1930s. Immigrating to the United States, his family settled in Los Angeles, California...	July 21, 1981	October 16, 1985	Governor J. Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
Allen Broussard Allen Broussard Allen Broussard was an African-American judge who rose to become a justice of the California Supreme Court.He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on April 13, 1929, the son of Clemire and Eugenia Broussard. At the age of 16, he moved with his family to California...	July 22, 1981	August 31, 1991	Governor J. Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
Cruz Reynoso Cruz Reynoso Cruz Reynoso is a civil rights lawyer, professor emeritus of law, and the first Chicano Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court . He also served on the California Third District Court of Appeal...	February 11, 1982	January 5, 1987	Governor J. Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
Joseph Grodin Joseph Grodin Joseph R. Grodin is a lawyer and former appellate and Supreme Court judge in the state of California.-Biography:Grodin is a graduate from the University of California in Berkeley and from Yale University...	December 27, 1982	January 5, 1987	Governor J. Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
Malcolm Lucas*	April 6, 1984	May 1, 1996	Governor Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
Edward A. Panelli Edward A. Panelli Edward A. Panelli is a Justice of the Supreme Court of California. He received his B.S. Degree from Santa Clara University and J.D. Degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. In 1985 he was appointed to the California Supreme Court by Governor George Deukmejian.-External links:...	December 24, 1985	May 3, 1994	Governor Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
John Arguelles	March 18, 1987	March 1, 1989	Governor Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
David Eagleson David Eagleson David N. Eagleson served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1987 to 1991. He practiced law in Long Beach, California for 20 years...	March 18, 1987	January 6, 1991	Governor Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
Marcus Kaufman Marcus Kaufman Marcus M. Kaufman served as the 103rd justice on the Supreme Court of California from March 1987 until his retirement in January 1990. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Kaufman served for 17 years as an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate...	March 18, 1987	January 31, 1990	Governor Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
Joyce L. Kennard Joyce L. Kennard Joyce Luther Kennard is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Appointed by Governor George Deukmejian in 1989 she is the longest-serving justice sitting on the Court, having been retained by California's voters three times—first to fill the unexpired term in 1990, followed by...	April 5, 1989	Present	Governor Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
Armand Arabian	March 1, 1990	March 1, 1996	Governor Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
Marvin R. Baxter	January 7, 1991	Present	Governor Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
Ronald M. George Ronald M. George Ronald Marc George is the retired 27th Chief Justice of California, where he headed the Supreme Court of California and the Judicial Council of California... *	September 3, 1991	January 3, 2011	Governor Wilson Pete Wilson Peter Barton "Pete" Wilson is an American politician from California. Wilson, a Republican, served as the 36th Governor of California , the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that included eight years as a United States Senator , eleven years as Mayor of San Diego and...
Kathryn Werdegar Kathryn Werdegar Kathryn Mickle Werdegar is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Pete Wilson in 1994. She was retained by the electorate in November 2002, with 74.1% percent of the vote. She earned her B.A...	May 3, 1994	Present	Governor Wilson Pete Wilson Peter Barton "Pete" Wilson is an American politician from California. Wilson, a Republican, served as the 36th Governor of California , the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that included eight years as a United States Senator , eleven years as Mayor of San Diego and...
Janice Rogers Brown Janice Rogers Brown Janice Rogers Brown is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She previously was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, holding that post from May 2, 1996 until her appointment to the D.C. Circuit.President George W. Bush...	May 2, 1996	June 30, 2005	Governor Wilson Pete Wilson Peter Barton "Pete" Wilson is an American politician from California. Wilson, a Republican, served as the 36th Governor of California , the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that included eight years as a United States Senator , eleven years as Mayor of San Diego and...
Ming Chin Ming Chin Ming William Chin is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. He was appointed to the California Supreme Court by Governor Pete Wilson on January 25, 1996, and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments and sworn in on March 1, 1996...	March 1, 1996	Present	Governor Wilson Pete Wilson Peter Barton "Pete" Wilson is an American politician from California. Wilson, a Republican, served as the 36th Governor of California , the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that included eight years as a United States Senator , eleven years as Mayor of San Diego and...
Carlos R. Moreno	October 18, 2001	February 28, 2011	Governor Davis Gray Davis Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. is an American Democratic politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003...
Carol Corrigan Carol Corrigan Carol Ann Corrigan is an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.- Background :Corrigan, the daughter of a newspaperman, grew up in the San Joaquin Valley city of Stockton, California. She graduated from Saint Mary's High School in Stockton, and attended the then women-only Catholic...	January 4, 2006	Present	Governor Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
Tani Cantil-Sakauye Tani Cantil-Sakauye Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye , a Filipina-American jurist, is the 28th Chief Justice of California. Nominated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for California's highest judicial office on July 22, 2010, and retained in office by California voters on November 2, 2010, she was sworn in on January 3, 2011... *	January 3, 2011	Present	Governor Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
Goodwin Liu Goodwin Liu Goodwin Hon Liu is an American lawyer and educator who currently serves as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Before his appointment by California Governor Jerry Brown, Liu was Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law...	September 1, 2011	Present	Governor J. Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...

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