List of Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Chief Justices

List of Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Section Title: Chief Justices
Table Section Text: None

#	Judge	Lifespan	Residence	Began service	Ended service	Reason for termination	Appointed by	Re-appointed by

1	Prentiss Mellen	1764–1840	Portland	July 1, 1820	October 11, 1834	mandatory retirement	William King

2	Nathan Weston	1782–1872	Augusta	October 22, 1834	October 22, 1841	term expired	Robert P. Dunlap

3	Ezekiel Whitman	1776–1866	Portland	December 10, 1841	October 23, 1848	resigned	Edward Kent

4	Ether Shepley	1789–1877	Saco	October 23, 1848	October 22, 1855	term expired	John W. Dana

5	John S. Tenney	1793–1869	Norridgewock	October 23, 1855	October 23, 1862	term expired	Anson Morrill

6	John Appleton	1804–1891	Bangor	October 24, 1862	September 19, 1883	term expired	Israel Washburn Jr.	Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor

7	John A. Peters	1822–1904	Bangor	September 20, 1883	January 1, 1900	resignation	Frederick Robie	Edwin C. Burleigh Llewellyn Powers

8	Andrew P. Wiswell	1852–1906	Ellsworth	January 2, 1900	December 4, 1906	death	Llewellyn Powers

9	Lucilius A. Emery	1840–1920	Ellsworth	December 14, 1906	July 26, 1911	resignation	William T. Cobb

10	William Penn Whitehouse	1842–1922	Augusta	July 26, 1911	April 8, 1913	resignation	Frederick W. Plaisted

11	Albert R. Savage	1847–1913	Auburn	April 9, 1913	June 14, 1917	death	William T. Haines

12	Leslie C. Cornish	1854–1925	Augusta	June 25, 1917	March 1, 1925	resignation	Carl Milliken	Percival Proctor Baxter

13	Scott Wilson	1870–1942	Portland	March 1, 1925	October 7, 1929	elevation to the 1st Cir.	Owen Brewster

14	Luere B. Deasy	1859–1940	Bar Harbor	October 12, 1929	February 7, 1930	resignation	William Tudor Gardiner

15	William Robinson Pattangall	1865–1942	Augusta	February 7, 1930	July 16, 1935	resignation	William Tudor Gardiner

16	Charles J. Dunn	1872–1939	Orono	July 18, 1935	November 10, 1939	death	Louis J. Brann

17	Charles P. Barnes	1869–1951	Houlton	November 21, 1939	July 31, 1940	resignation	Lewis O. Barrows

18	Guy H. Sturgis	1877–1951	Portland	August 8, 1940	March 8, 1949	retirement	Lewis O. Barrows	Horace Hildreth

19	Harold H. Murchie	1888–1953	Calais	March 8, 1949	March 7, 1953	death	Frederick G. Payne

20	Edward F. Merrill	1883–1962	Skowhegan	March 18, 1953	April 7, 1954	resignation	Nathaniel M. Haskell

21	Raymond Fellows	1885–1957	Bangor	April 7, 1954	September 15, 1956	resignation	Burton M. Cross

22	Robert B. Williamson	1899–1976	Augusta	October 4, 1956	August 21, 1970	resignation	Edmund Muskie	John H. Reed

23	Armand A. Dufresne	1909–1994	Lewiston	September 3, 1970	September 3, 1977	term expired	Kenneth M. Curtis

24	Vincent L. McKusick	1921–2014	Cape Elizabeth	September 16, 1977	February 28, 1992	resignation	James B. Longley	Joseph E. Brennan

25	Daniel Wathen	1939–	Augusta	March 20, 1992	October 4, 2001	resignation	John R. McKernan Jr.	Angus King

26	Leigh Saufley	1954–	Portland	December 6, 2001	present	Angus King	John Baldacci Paul LePage

Sentence(s)

Williamson was appointed to serve as a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

final_sentence: Williamson was appointed to serve as a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.