List of Justices of the Supreme Court of California
List of Justices
Chief Justice Jackson Temple 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).

List of Justices of the Supreme Court of California

Section Title: List of Justices
Table Section Text: Chief Justice Jackson Temple 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).

Name	Assumed Office	Vacated Office	Appointed by

S. Clinton Hastings*	December 22, 1849	January 1, 1852	Legislature

Nathaniel Bennett	December 26, 1849	October 3, 1851	Legislature

Henry A. Lyons*	December 26, 1849	March 31, 1852	Legislature

Hugh Murray*	October 11, 1851	September 18, 1857	Governor McDougall

Solomon Heydenfeldt*	January 20, 1852	January 6, 1857	Direct election

Alexander O. Anderson	April 6, 1852	November 2, 1852	Governor Bigler

Alexander Wells	January 3, 1853	October 31, 1854	Direct election

Charles Henry Bryan	November 24, 1854	November 15, 1855	Governor Bigler

David S. Terry*	November 15, 1855	September 12, 1859	Direct election

Peter Hardeman Burnett	January 13, 1857	October 12, 1857	Governor J. N. Johnson

Stephen Johnson Field*	October 13, 1857	May 20, 1863	Governor J. N. Johnson

Joseph G. Baldwin	October 2, 1858	January 2, 1862	Direct election

Warner Cope*	September 20, 1859	January 2, 1864	Governor Weller

Edward Norton	December 18, 1861	January 2, 1864	Direct election

Edwin B. Crocker	May 21, 1863	January 2, 1864	Governor Stanford

John Currey	January 2, 1864	January 6, 1868	Direct election

Augustus Rhodes	January 2, 1864	January 5, 1880	Direct election

Silas Sanderson*	January 2, 1864	January 4, 1870	Direct election

Lorenzo Sawyer	January 2, 1864	January 10, 1870	Direct election

Oscar L. Shafter	January 2, 1864	December 11, 1867	Direct election

Joseph B. Crockett	December 1867	January 5, 1880	Governor Haight

Royal T. Sprague	January 6, 1868	February 24, 1872	Direct election

William T. Wallace	January 10, 1870	January 5, 1880	Direct election

Jackson Temple*	January 10, 1870	January 1, 1872	Governor Haight

Addison Niles*	January 1, 1872	January 5, 1880	Direct election

Isaac S. Belcher	March 4, 1872	January 5, 1874	Governor Booth

Elisha W. McKinstry	January 5, 1874	October 1, 1888	Direct election

Robert F. Morrison*	January 5, 1880	March 2, 1887	Direct election

Samuel B. McKee	January 5, 1880	January 3, 1887	Direct election

Milton H. Myrick	January 5, 1880	January 3, 1887	Direct election

Erskine M. Ross	January 5, 1880	October 1, 1886	Direct election

John Sharpstein	January 5, 1880	December 28, 1892	Direct election

James D. Thornton	January 5, 1880	January 5, 1891	Direct election

Jackson Temple	December 13, 1886	June 25, 1889	Direct election

Van R. Paterson	December 22, 1886	May 3, 1894	Direct election

Thomas Bard McFarland	December 28, 1886	September 1908	Direct election

Niles Searls*	April 20, 1887	November 6, 1888	Governor Bartlett

John D. Works	October 2, 1888	January 5, 1891	Governor Waterman

William H. Beatty*	November 6, 1888	August 4, 1914	Direct election

Charles N. Fox	June 25, 1889	January 7, 1895	Governor Waterman

John J. De Haven	December 18, 1890	January 7, 1895	Direct election

Charles H. Garoute	December 19, 1890	January 5, 1903	Direct election

Ralph C. Harrison	December 20, 1890	January 5, 1903	Direct election

William F. Fitzgerald	February 2, 1893	January 7, 1895	Governor Markham

William C. Van Fleet	May 7, 1894	January 3, 1899	Governor Markham

Frederick W. Henshaw	December 29, 1894	January 1, 1918	Direct election

Jackson Temple	January 7, 1895	December 25, 1902	Direct election

Walter Van Dyke	December 22, 1898	December 25, 1905	Direct election

Frank M. Angellotti*	December 11, 1902	November 15, 1921	Direct election

Lucien Shaw*	December 11, 1902	January 1923	Direct election

William G. Lorigan	January 7, 1903	January 1919	Governor Gage

M. C. Sloss	December 19, 1906	March 1, 1919	Governor Pardee

Henry A. Melvin	September 28, 1908	December 1920	Direct election

Matt Sullivan*	August 22, 1914	January 4, 1915	Governor H. Johnson

William P. Lawlor	January 3, 1915	July 25, 1926	Direct election

Curtis D. Wilbur*	January 1, 1918	March 19, 1924	Governor Stephens

Thomas J. Lennon	December 20, 1918	August 14, 1926	Direct election

Warren Olney Jr.	March 1, 1919	July 1921	Governor Stephens

William A. Sloane	May 15, 1920	January 7, 1923	Governor Stephens

Charles A. Shurtleff	July 2, 1921	December 1922	Governor Stephens

William H. Waste*	November 25, 1921	June 6, 1940	Governor Stephens

Terry W. Ward	December 19, 1922	January 8, 1923	Direct election

Frank H. Kerrigan	January 8, 1923	February 11, 1924	Direct election

Emmett Seawell	January 8, 1923	July 7, 1939	Direct election

Louis Wescott Myers*	January 15, 1923	January 1, 1926	Governor Richardson

John E. Richards	February 11, 1924	December 1932	Governor Richardson

John W. Shenk	April 14, 1924	August 3, 1959	Governor Richardson

Jesse W. Curtis Sr.	January 1, 1926	January 1, 1945	Governor Richardson

Frank G. Finlayson	October 4, 1926	December 11, 1926	Governor Richardson

Jeremiah F. Sullivan	November 22, 1926	December 1926	Governor Richardson

John W. Preston	December 27, 1926	October 6, 1935	Direct election

William Langdon	January 4, 1927	August 1939	Direct election

Ira F. Thompson	December 31, 1932	August 4, 1937	Governor Rolph

Nathaniel P. Conrey	October 6, 1935	November 2, 1936	Governor Merriam

Douglas L. Edmonds	November 23, 1936	December 31, 1955	Governor Merriam

Frederick W. Houser	October 1, 1937	October 12, 1942	Governor Merriam

Jesse W. Carter	September 12, 1939	March 15, 1959	Governor Olson

Phil S. Gibson*	October 2, 1939	August 30, 1964	Governor Olson

Roger J. Traynor*	August 13, 1940	January 31, 1970	Governor Olson

B. Rey Schauer	December 18, 1942	September 15, 1964	Governor Olson

Homer R. Spence	January 2, 1945	June 1, 1960	Governor Warren

Marshall F. McComb	January 3, 1956	May 3, 1977	Governor Knight

Raymond E. Peters	March 25, 1959	January 2, 1973	Governor P. Brown

Thomas P. White	August 25, 1959	October 31, 1962	Governor P. Brown

Maurice T. Dooling Jr.	June 30, 1960	June 30, 1962	Governor P. Brown

Mathew Tobriner	July 2, 1962	January 20, 1981	Governor P. Brown

Paul Peek	December 2, 1962	December 16, 1966	Governor P. Brown

Stanley Mosk	September 1, 1964	June 19, 2001	Governor P. Brown

Louis H. Burke	November 20, 1964	November 30, 1974	Governor P. Brown

Raymond L. Sullivan	December 20, 1966	January 19, 1977	Governor P. Brown

Donald Wright*	April 17, 1970	February 1, 1977	Governor Reagan

William P. Clark, Jr.	March 23, 1973	March 24, 1981	Governor Reagan

Frank K. Richardson	December 2, 1974	December 2, 1983	Governor Reagan

Wiley Manuel	March 24, 1977	January 5, 1981	Governor J. Brown

Rose Bird*	March 26, 1977	January 5, 1987	Governor J. Brown

Frank C. Newman	July 16, 1977	December 13, 1982	Governor J. Brown

Otto Kaus	July 21, 1981	October 16, 1985	Governor J. Brown

Allen Broussard	July 22, 1981	August 31, 1991	Governor J. Brown

Cruz Reynoso	February 11, 1982	January 4, 1987	Governor J. Brown

Joseph Grodin	December 27, 1982	January 5, 1987	Governor J. Brown

Malcolm M. Lucas*	April 6, 1984	May 1, 1996	Governor Deukmejian

Edward A. Panelli	December 24, 1985	May 3, 1994	Governor Deukmejian

John Arguelles	March 18, 1987	March 1, 1989	Governor Deukmejian

David Eagleson	March 18, 1987	January 6, 1991	Governor Deukmejian

Marcus Kaufman	March 18, 1987	January 31, 1990	Governor Deukmejian

Joyce L. Kennard	April 5, 1989	April 5, 2014	Governor Deukmejian

Armand Arabian	March 1, 1990	March 1, 1996	Governor Deukmejian

Marvin R. Baxter	January 7, 1991	January 5, 2015	Governor Deukmejian

Ronald M. George*	September 3, 1991	January 3, 2011	Governor Wilson

Kathryn Werdegar	May 3, 1994	August 31, 2017	Governor Wilson

Janice Rogers Brown	May 2, 1996	June 30, 2005	Governor Wilson

Ming Chin	March 1, 1996	Present	Governor Wilson

Carlos R. Moreno	October 18, 2001	February 28, 2011	Governor Davis

Carol Corrigan	January 4, 2006	Present	Governor Schwarzenegger

Tani Cantil-Sakauye*	January 3, 2011	Present	Governor Schwarzenegger

Goodwin Liu	September 1, 2011	Present	Governor J. Brown

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar	January 5, 2015	Present	Governor J. Brown

Leondra R. Kruger	January 5, 2015	Present	Governor J. Brown

Joshua P. Groban	January 3, 2019	Present	Governor J. Brown

Sentence(s)

Jackson Temple served three separate terms on the Court between 1870 and 1902.

final_sentence: Jackson Temple served three separate terms on the Court between 1870 and 1902.