List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Indiana
Previous Supreme Court Justices
† – There is a dispute between sources on Judge Olds' education. Gugin & St.

List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Indiana

Section Title: Previous Supreme Court Justices
Table Section Text: † – There is a dispute between sources on Judge Olds' education. Gugin & St.

#	Name	Term Start	Term End	Days in Office	Preceded By	Succeeded By	Undergraduate & Masters	J.D./Law Degree	LL.M./S.J.D.	Notes

1	John Johnson	December 28, 1816	September 10, 1817	256	n/a	Isaac N. Blackford

2	James Scott	December 28, 1816	December 28, 1830	5113	n/a	Stephen C. Stevens	Indiana University (honorary LL.D.)

3	Jesse Holman	December 28, 1816	December 28, 1830	5113	n/a	John T. McKinney

4	Isaac Blackford	September 10, 1817	January 3, 1853	12899	John Johnson	Andrew Davison	Princeton University

5	Stephen Stevens	January 28, 1831	May 30, 1836	1949	James Scott	Charles Dewey

6	John T. McKinney	January 28, 1831	March 4, 1837	2313	Jesse L. Holman	Jeremiah C. Sullivan

7	Charles Dewey	May 30, 1836	January 29, 1847	3896	Stephen C. Stevens	Thomas L. Smith	Williams College	Indiana University (honorary LL.D.)

8	Jeremiah Sullivan	May 29, 1837	January 21, 1846	3159	John T. McKinney	Samuel E. Perkins	College of William & Mary

9	Samuel Perkins	January 1, 1877	December 17, 1879	8002	Jeremiah C. Sullivan	Charles A. Ray

9-cont'd	Samuel Perkins	January 21, 1846	January 3, 1865	8002	John Pettit	John T. Scott

10	Thomas Smith	January 29, 1847	January 3, 1853	2166	Charles Dewey	William Z. Stuart

11	Andrew Davison	January 3, 1853	January 3, 1865	4383	Isaac N. Blackford	Jehu T. Elliott	Jefferson College

12	Addison Roache	January 3, 1853	May 8, 1854	490	n/a	Alvin P. Hovey	Indiana University

13	William Z. Stuart	January 3, 1853	January 3, 1858	1826	Thomas L. Smith	James L. Worden	Amherst College

14	Alvin Hovey	May 8, 1854	January 1, 1855	581	Addison L. Roache	Samuel B. Gookins

15	Samuel Gookins	January 1, 1855	December 10, 1857	731	Alvin P. Hovey	James M. Hanna

16	James Hanna	December 10, 1857	January 3, 1865	2581	Samuel B. Gookins	Robert C. Gregory

17	James Worden	January 16, 1858	January 3, 1865	6895	William Z. Stuart	James S. Frazer

17-cont'd	James Worden	January 3, 1871	December 2, 1882	6895	James S. Frazer	William H. Coombs

18	James S. Frazer	January 3, 1865	January 3, 1871	2191	James L. Worden	James L. Worden

19	Jehu Elliott	January 3, 1865	January 3, 1871	2191	Andrew Davison	Alexander C. Downey

20	Charles Ray	January 3, 1865	January 3, 1871	2191	Samuel E. Perkins	Samuel H. Buskirk

21	Robert Gregory	January 3, 1865	January 3, 1871	2191	James M. Hanna	Jon Pettit

22	John Pettit	January 3, 1871	January 1, 1877	2192	Robert C. Gregory	Samuel E. Perkins

23	Alexander Downey	January 3, 1871	January 1, 1877	2190	Jehu T. Elliott	George V. Howk	County Seminary (Wilmington, OH)

24	Samuel Buskirk	January 3, 1871	January 1, 1877	2190	Charles A. Ray	William E. Niblack	Indiana University

25	Andrew L. Osborn	December 16, 1872	January 4, 1875	749	n/a	Horace P. Biddle

26	Horace P. Biddle	January 4, 1875	January 3, 1881	2191	Andrew L. Osborn	William A. Woods

27	William Niblack	January 1, 1877	January 7, 1889	4389	Samuel H. Buskirk	Silas D. Coffey	Indiana University

28	George Howk	January 1, 1877	January 7, 1889	4389	Alexander Downey	John G. Berkshire	Indiana Asbury University

29	John Scott	December 29, 1879	January 5, 1881	373	Samuel E. Perkins	Byron K. Elliott	Franklin College (TN)

30	Byron Elliott	January 3, 1881	January 2, 1893	4382	John T. Scott	J. James McCabe	Marion County Seminary

31	William Woods	January 3, 1881	May 8, 1883	855	Horace P. Biddle	Edwin P. Hammond	Wabash College

32	William H. Coombs	December 2, 1882	January 1, 1883	30	James L. Worden	Allen Zollars

33	Allen Zollars	January 1, 1883	January 7, 1889	2198	William H. Coombs	Walter Olds	Denison University (B.A./M.A.)	Denison University (LL.D.)/University of Michigan Law School

34	Edwin Hammond	May 14, 1883	January 6, 1885	603	William A. Woods	Joseph A. S. Mitchell	Indiana Asbury University (LL.B.)

35	Joseph Mitchell	January 6, 1885	December 12, 1890	2166	Edwin P. Hammond	Robert W. McBride

36	Silas Coffey	January 7, 1889	January 7, 1895	2191	William E. Niblack	James H. Jordan	Indiana University

37	Walter Olds	January 7, 1889	June 15, 1893	1620	Allen Zollars	Joseph S. Dailey	†Capital University	†Ohio State University

38	John Berkshire	January 17, 1889	February 19, 1891	763	George V. Howk	John D. Miller	Indiana Asbury University

39	Robert McBride	December 17, 1890	January 2, 1893	747	Joseph A.S. Mitchell	Timothy E. Howard

40	John Miller	February 25, 1891	January 2, 1893	677	John G. Berkshire	Leonard J. Hackney	Hanover College

41	Leonard Hackney	January 2, 1893	January 2, 1899	2191	John D. Miller	Alexander Dowling

42	J. James McCabe	January 2, 1893	January 2, 1899	2191	Byron K. Elliott	John V. Hadley

43	Timothy Howard	January 2, 1893	January 2, 1899	2191	Robert W. McBride	Francis E. Baker	University of Michigan/University of Notre Dame (A.B./A.M.)	Notre Dame Law School

44	Joseph S. Dailey	June 25, 1893	January 7, 1895	531	Walter Olds	Leander J. Monks	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

45	James Jordan	January 7, 1895	April 10, 1912	6303	Silas D. Coffey	John W. Spencer	Wabash College/Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

46	Leander Monks	January 7, 1895	January 7, 1913	6575	Joseph S. Dailey	Richard K. Erwin	Indiana University

47	Alexander Dowling	January 2, 1899	January 2, 1905	2192	Leonard J. Hackney	Oscar H. Montgomery

48	John V. Hadley	January 2, 1899	January 2, 1911	4383	J. James McCabe	Charles E. Cox	Northwestern Christian University of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Law School

49	Francis Elisha Baker	January 2, 1899	January 25, 1902	1119	Timothy E. Howard	Robert W. McBride	Indiana University/University of Michigan	University of Michigan Law School

50	John H. Gillett	January 25, 1902	January 4, 1909	2536	Francis E. Baker	Quincy A. Myers

51	Oscar H. Montgomery	January 2, 1905	January 2, 1911	2191	Alexander Dowling	Douglas J. Morris	Hanover College (B.A./M.A.)

52	Quincy Myers	January 4, 1909	January 4, 1915	2191	John H. Gillett	Moses B. Lairy	Northwestern Christian University of Indianapolis/Dartmouth College	Union Law School

53	John W. Spencer	April 15, 1912	January 7, 1918	2093	James H. Jordan	Benjamin M. Willoughby	Central Normal College

54	Douglas J. Morris	January 2, 1911	January 1, 1917	2191	Oscar H. Montgomery	David A. Myers	Indiana Asbury University

55	Charles E. Cox	January 2, 1911	January 1, 1917	2191	John V. Hadley	Lawson M. Harvey

56	Richard K. Erwin	January 6, 1913	October 15, 1918	2108	Leander J. Monks	Howard L. Townsend	Methodist College

57	Moses Lairy	January 4, 1915	January 3, 1921	2191	Quincy A. Myers	Julius C. Travis	Northern Indiana Normal School	University of Michigan Law School

58	David Myers	January 1, 1917	December 31, 1934	6573	Douglas J. Morris	George L. Tremain	Smithson College/Central Normal College/Union University	Union Law School

59	Lawson Harvey	January 1, 1917	June 25, 1920	1271	Charles E. Cox	Louis B. Ewbank	Butler University/Haverford College	Central Law School

60	Howard L. Townsend	October 5, 1917	November 1, 1923	2218	Richard K. Erwin	Fred C. Guase	Bethany College (West Virginia)	Chicago-Kent College of Law

61	Benjamin Willoughby	January 6, 1919	January 7, 1931	4384	John W. Spencer	Walter E. Treanor	Cincinnati College

62	Louis Ewbank	January 1, 1920	January 3, 1927	2559	Lawson M. Harvey	Clarence R. Martin

63	Julius Travis	January 3, 1921	January 3, 1933	4383	Moses B. Lairy	Michael L. Fansler	University of Michigan	University of Michigan Law School

64	Fred Gause	November 1, 1923	January 5, 1925	431	Howard L. Townsend	Willard G. Gemmill	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

65	Willard Gemmill	January 5, 1925	January 4, 1931	2190	Fred C. Gause	Curtis W. Roll	DePauw University	Indiana Law School

66	Clarence R. Martin	January 3, 1927	January 3, 1933	2192	Louis B. Ewbank	James P. Hughes	University of Michigan	Indiana Law School

67	Curtis Roll	January 5, 1931	January 4, 1943	4382	Willard G. Gemmill	Martin J. O'Malley	Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

68	Walter Treanor	January 8, 1931	December 27, 1937	2545	Benjamin W. Willoughby	Curtis G. Shake	Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law	Harvard Law School (S.J.D.)

69	Michael Fansler	January 4, 1933	January 1, 1945	4380	Julius C. Travis	Oliver Starr	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame Law School

70	James P. Hughes	January 3, 1933	January 1, 1939	2189	Clarence R. Martin	Hardress Nathan Swaim	DePauw University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

71	George Tremain	January 1, 1935	December 31, 1940	2191	David A. Myers	Frank N. Richman	Central Normal College	Indiana Law School

72	Curtis Shake	January 4, 1938	January 7, 1946	2925	Walter E. Treanor	Frank E. Gilkison	Vincennes University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

73	Hardress Nathan Swaim	January 1, 1939	January 1, 1945	2192	James P. Hughes	Howard S. Young Sr.	DePauw University	University of Chicago Law School

74	Frank Richman	January 6, 1941	January 6, 1947	2191	George L. Tremain	James A. Emmert	Lake Forest College	University of Chicago Law School

75	Mart O'Malley	January 4, 1943	January 3, 1949	2191	Curtis W. Roll	Paul G. Jasper	Saint Thomas College	Valparaiso University School of Law

76	Howard Young, Sr.	January 1, 1945	January 1, 1951	2191	Hardress Nathan Swaim	Arch N. Bobbitt	University of Chicago	Indiana Law School

77	Oliver Starr	January 1, 1945	January 1, 1951	2191	Michael L. Fansler	Floyd S. Draper	Indiana University	University of Michigan Law School

78	Frank Gilkison	January 1, 1945	February 25, 1955	3707	Curtis G. Shake	George W. Henley Jr.	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

79	James Emmert	January 6, 1947	January 5, 1959	4381	Frank N. Richman	Amos W. Jackson	Northwestern University	Harvard Law School

80	Paul G. Jasper	January 3, 1949	March 31, 1953	1548	Martin J. O'Malley	Dan C. Flanagan	Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

81	Arch Bobbitt	January 2, 1951	January 7, 1963	4388	Howard S. Young Sr.	Walter Myers Jr.	Central Normal College	Benjamin Harrison Law School

82	Floyd Draper	January 2, 1951	January 10, 1955	1469	Oliver Starr	Isadore E. Levine	Valparaiso University School of Law

83	Dan Flanagan	April 1, 1953	December 31, 1954	639	Paul G. Jasper	Harold E. Achor	Butler University / University of California	Benjamin Harrison Law School

84	Harold Achor	January 3, 1955	December 12, 1966	4361	Dan C. Flanagan	Donald H. Hunter	Indiana Central College	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

85	Isadore Levine	January 13, 1955	May 23, 1955	130	Floyd S. Draper	Frederick Landis Jr.	University of Michigan	University of Michigan Law School

86	George Henley	March 15, 1955	May 23, 1955	69	Frank E. Gilkison	Norman F. Arterburn	Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

87	Frederick Landis Jr.	May 23, 1955	November 8, 1965	3822	Isadore E. Levine	Frederick E. Rakestraw	Wabash College	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

88	Norman Arterburn	May 23, 1955	May 13, 1977	8026	George W. Henley Jr.	Alfred J. Pivarnik	Indiana University	University of Chicago Law School

89	Amos W. Jackson	January 5, 1959	January 4, 1971	4382	James A. Emmert	Dixon W. Prentice	Hanover College

90	Walter Myers, Jr.	January 7, 1963	June 2, 1967	1607	Arch N. Bobbitt	David M. Lewis	Yale University	Yale Law School

91	Frederick Rakestraw	January 7, 1966	January 2, 1967	360	Frederick Landis Jr.	Donald R. Mote	Manchester College / Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

92	Donald Mote	January 3, 1967	September 17, 1968	623	Frederick E. Rakestraw	Roger O. DeBruler	DePauw University / Wabash College	George Washington University Law School

93	David Lewis	June 21, 1967	January 6, 1969	565	Walter Myers Jr.	Richard M. Given	DePauw University	University of Chicago School of Law

94	Donald Hunter	January 2, 1967	September 6, 1985	6822	Harold E. Achor	Randall T. Shepard	Lincoln Law School (Indianapolis)

95	Roger O. DeBruler	September 30, 1968	August 8, 1996	10174	Donald R. Mote	Theodore R. Boehm	Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

96	Richard M. Givan	January 6, 1969	December 31, 1994	9125	David M. Lewis	Myra C. Selby	Indiana University	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

97	Dixon Prentice	January 4, 1971	January 6, 1986	5481	Amos W. Jackson	Brent E. Dickson	Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

98	Alfred Pivarnik	May 13, 1977	December 14, 1990	4963	Norman F. Arterburn	Jon D. Krahulik	Creighton University	Valparaiso University School of Law

99	Randall Shepard	September 6, 1985	March 23, 2012	8306	Donald H. Hunter	Mark S. Massa	Princeton University	Yale Law School	University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)

100	Brent Dickson	January 6, 1986	April 29, 2016	11063	Dixon W. Prentice	Purdue University	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

101	Jon Krahulik	December 14, 1990	October 31, 1993	1052	Alfred J. Pivarnik	Frank Sullivan Jr.	Indiana University	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

102	Frank Sullivan, Jr.	November 1, 1993	July 31, 2012	6847	Jon D. Krahulik	Loretta H. Rush	Dartmouth College	Indiana University Maurer School of Law	University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)

103	Myra C. Selby	January 4, 1995	October 7, 1999	1737	Richard M. Given	Robert D. Rucker	Kalamazoo College	University of Michigan Law School

104	Theodore Boehm	August 8, 1996	September 30, 2010	5166	Roger O. DeBruler	Steven H. David	Brown University	Harvard Law School

105	Robert Rucker	November 19, 1999	May 12, 2017	5035	Myra C. Selby	Indiana University Northwest	Valparaiso University School of Law	University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)

106	Steven H. David	October 18, 2010	Present	1049	Theodore R. Boehm	Murray State	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

107	Mark S. Massa	April 2, 2012	Present	517	Randall T. Shepard	Indiana University	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

108	Loretta Rush	November 7, 2012	Present	298	Frank Sullivan Jr.	Purdue University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

109	Geoffrey Slaughter	June 13, 2016	Present	Brent Dickson	Indiana University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

110	Christopher M. Goff	July 24, 2017	Present	Robert Rucker	Ball State University	Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Sentence(s)

In 1817, Blackford was appointed as a Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, replacing Justice John Johnson.

final_sentence: In 1817, Blackford was appointed as a Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, replacing Justice John Johnson.