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List of justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Following is a list of justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court and their years of service.

[[Territory of Orleans]] (1804–1812)
(three judges) • John Bartow Prevost 1804–1806 • Ephraim Kirby 1804 (died en route to New Orleans) • Peter Stephen Du Ponceau 1804 (declined Jefferson's appointment) • William Sprigg 1806–1808 • George Mathews Jr. 1806–1813 • Joshua Lewis 1807–1813 • John Thompson 1808–1810 • Francois Xavier Martin 1810–1813 ==State of Louisiana (1813 to the present)==
State of Louisiana (1813 to the present)
Constitution of 1812 (three to five judges appointed by the governor) • Dominic Augustin Hall 1813, Presiding Judge • Pierre Derbigny 1813–1820 • George Mathews Jr. 1813–1836, Presiding Judge • Francois Xavier Martin 1815–1836; • Alexander Porter 1821–1833 • Henry Adams Bullard 1834–1839 • Francois Xavier Martin 1836–1846, Presiding Judge • Henry Carleton 1837–1839 • Pierre Adolphe Rost 1839 • George Eustis Sr. 1839 • George Strawbridge 1839 • Rice Garland 1840–1846 • Alonzo Morphy 1839–1846 • Henry Adams Bullard 1840–1846 • Florent Edouard Simon 1840–1846 Constitution of 1845 (three associate justices and one chief justice) • Pierre Adolphe Rost 1846–1854 • George Eustis Sr. 1846–1853, Chief Justice • George Rogers King 1846–1850 • Thomas Slidell 1846–1853; 1853–1855, Chief Justice • Isaac Trimble Preston 1850–1852 Constitution of 1852 (four associate justices elected in districts and one chief justice elected at-large) • William Dunbar 1852–1853 • Cornelius Voorhies 1853–1859 • Alexander McKenzie Buchanan 1853–1862 • Abner Nash Ogden 1853–1855 • James G. Campbell 1853–1854 • Henry M. Spofford 1854–1858 • James Neilson Lea 1855–1857 • Edwin T. Merrick 1855–1865, Chief Justice • James L. Cole 1857–1860 • Thomas T. Land 1858–1865 • Albert Voorhies 1859–1865 • Albert Duffel 1860–1865 • Pierre Emile Bonford 1863–1864 • Thomas Courtland Manning 1864–1865 Constitution of 1864 (four associate justices and one chief justice appointed by the governor for 8 year terms) • William B. Hyman 1865–1868, Chief Justice • Zenon Labauve Jr. 1865–1868 , who later became Chief Justice of the United States • Rufus K. Howell 1865–1877 • John Henry Ilsley 1865–1868 • Robert Byron Jones 1865–1866 • James G. Taliaferro 1866–1876 • John T. Ludeling 1868–1877, Chief Justice • William Gillespie Wyly 1868–1876 • William Wirt Howe 1868–1872 • John H. Kennard 1872–1873 • Philip H. Morgan 1873–1877 • John E. Leonard 1876–1877 • John Edward King 1877 • Thomas Courtland Manning 1877–1880, Chief Justice • Robert Hardin Marr 1877–1880 • Alcibiade De Blanc 1877–1880 • William B. Giles Egan 1877–1878 • William B. Spencer 1877–1880 • Edward Douglass White 1879–1880 Constitution of 1879 (four associate justices and one chief justice appointed by the governor for 12 year terms) • Edouard Bermudez 1880–1892, Chief Justice • Felix Pierre Poché 1880–1890 • Robert Barr Todd 1880–1888 • William M. Levy 1880–1882 • Charles Erasmus Fenner 1880–1893 • Thomas Courtland Manning 1882–1886 • Samuel D. McEnery 1888–1891 • Lynn B. Watkins 1886–1901 • Joseph Arsenne Breaux 1890–1904; 1904–1914, Chief Justice • Francis T. Nicholls 1892–1904; 1904–1911, Chief Justice • Charles Parlange 1893–1894 • Henry C. Miller 1894–1899 • Newton C. Blanchard 1897–1903 Constitution of 1898 (five justices appointed by the governor, with the chief justice determined by time in service) • Frank A. Monroe 1899–1914; 1914–1921, Chief Justice • Olivier O. Provosty 1901–1922; 1922, Chief Justice • Alfred D. Land 1903–1917 • Walter B. Sommerville 1911–1921 • Joseph Arsenne Breaux 1904–1914, Chief Justice Constitution of 1913 (five justices elected by the people, with the chief justice determined by time in service) • Charles Austin O'Niell 1914–1922; 1922–1949, Chief Justice • Paul Leche 1917–1919 • Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr. 1918–1924 Constitution of 1921 (seven justices elected by the people, with the chief justice determined by time in service) • Joshua G. Baker 1921–1922 • Robert Reid 1923–1923 • David N. Thompson 1922–1930 • Winston Overton 1921–1934 • John St. Paul 1922–1934 • John R. Land 1921–1941 • Wynne Grey Rogers 1922–1946 • Harney Felix Brunot 1923–1936 • Frederick M. Odom 1931–1945 • Archibald T. Higgins 1934–1945 • John B. Fournet 1935–1970; 1949–1970, Chief Justice • Amos Lee Ponder Jr. 1937–1959 • Robert F. Kennon 1945–1946 • E. Howard McCaleb Jr. 1941–1943; 1947–1970; 1971–1972, Chief Justice • Frank W. Hawthorne 1945–1968 • Joe Busbey Hamiter 1943–1970; Chief Justice 1970 • Nathaniel W. Bond 1947–1948 • Harold A. Moise 1948–1958 • J. Cleveland Frugé 1949 • Samuel A. LeBlanc I 1949–1954 • James D. Simon 1955–1960 • Albert Tate Jr. 1970–1979 • Walter B. Hamlin 1958–1972; 1972–1973, Chief Justice • Rene A. Viosca 1959–1960 • Joe W. Sanders 1960–1973; 1973–1978, Chief Justice • Frank Summers 1960–1978; 1979–1980, Chief Justice • Mack E. Barham 1968–1975 • John Allen Dixon Jr. 1971–1980; 1980–1990, Chief Justice • Pascal F. Calogero Jr. 1973–1990; 1990–2008, Chief Justice • Walter F. Marcus Jr. 1973–2000 Constitution of 1974 (seven justices elected in single-member districts after reapportionment by legislation effective in the year 2000; the chief justice is determined seniority of service) • James L. Dennis 1975–1995 • Fred A. Blanche Jr. 1979–1986 • Jack C. Watson 1979–1996 • Harry T. Lemmon 1980–2001 • Luther F. Cole 1986–1992 • Pike Hall Jr. 1990–1994 • Catherine D. Kimball 1992–2009; 2009–2013, Chief Justice • Revius Ortique Jr. 1993–1994 • Bernette Joshua Johnson 1994–2020; 2013–2020, Chief Justice • Jeffrey P. Victory 1995–2014 • E. Joseph Bleich 1996 • Jeannette Knoll 1997–2016 • Chet D. Traylor 1997–2009 • John L. Weimer 2001–present; 2021–present, Chief Justice • Greg G. Guidry 2009–2019 • Marcus R. Clark 2009–2020 • Jefferson D. Hughes III 2013–present • Scott J. Crichton 2015–2025 • James T. Genovese 2017–2024 • William J. Crain 2019–2025 • Jay McCallum 2021–present • Piper D. Griffin 2021–present • John Guidry 2025–present • Cade Cole 2025–present ==References==
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