The following table lists the terms of all Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices in the order of appointment to serve on the Court.
# | Judge | Residence | Born/Died | Term of Service | Appointed By | Reason for Termination |
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1 | Prentiss Mellen | Portland, Maine | July 1, 1820– October 11, 1834 |
July 1, 1820– October 11, 1834 |
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2 | William Pitt Preble | Portland, Maine | July 1, 1820– June 18, 1828 |
resignation | ||||
3 | Nathan Weston | Augusta, Maine | July 1, 1820– October 21, 1841 |
October 22, 1834– October 21, 1841 |
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4 | Albion K. Parris | Portland, Maine | June 25, 1828– August 20, 1836 |
resignation | ||||
5 | Nicholas Emery | Portland, Maine | October 22, 1834– October 21, 1841 |
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6 | Ether Shepley | Saco, Maine | September 23, 1836– October 22, 1855 |
October 23, 1848– October 22, 1855 |
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7 | John S. Tenney | Norridgewock, Maine | October 23, 1841– October 23, 1862 |
October 23, 1855– October 23, 1862 |
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8 | Ezekiel Whitman | Portland, Maine | December 10, 1841– October 23, 1848 |
December 10, 1841– October 23, 1848 |
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9 | Samuel Wells | Portland, Maine | September 28, 1847– March 31, 1854 |
resignation | ||||
10 | Joseph Howard | Portland, Maine | October 23, 1848– October 22, 1856 |
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11 | Richard D. Rice | Augusta, Maine | May 11, 1852– December 1, 1863 |
resignation | ||||
12 | John Appleton | Bangor, Maine | May 11, 1852– September 19, 1883 |
October 24, 1862– September 19, 1883 |
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13 | Joshua W. Hathaway | Bangor, Maine | May 11, 1852– May 10, 1859 |
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14 | Jonas Cutting | Bangor, Maine | April 20, 1854– | |||||
15 | Seth May | Winthrop, Maine | May 6, 1855– May 7, 1862 |
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16 | Woodbury Davis | Portland, Maine | October 10, 1855– 1865 |
resignation | ||||
17 | Daniel Goodenow | Alfred, Maine | October 10, 1855– October 10, 1862 |
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18 | Edward Kent | Bangor, Maine | May 11, 1859– | |||||
19 | Charles W. Walton | Deering, Maine | May 14, 1862– May 15, 1897 |
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20 | Jonathan G. Dickerson | Belfast, Maine | October 24, 1862– September 1, 1878 |
death | ||||
21 | Edward Fox | Portland, Maine | October 24, 1862– 1863 |
resignation | ||||
22 | William G. Barrows | Brunswick, Maine | March 27, 1863– | |||||
23 | Charles Danforth | Gardiner, Maine | January 5, 1864– March 30, 1890 |
death | ||||
24 | Rufus P. Tapley | Saco, Maine | December 21, 1865– | |||||
25 | William Wirt Virgin | Portland, Maine | December 26, 1872– January 23, 1893 |
death | ||||
26 | John A. Peters | Bangor, Maine | May 20, 1873– January 1, 1900 |
resignation | ||||
27 | Artemus Libbey | Augusta, Maine | April 24, 1875– March 15, 1894 |
death | ||||
28 | Joseph W. Symonds | Portland, Maine | October 16, 1878– March 31, 1884 |
resignation | ||||
29 | Lucilius A. Emery | Ellsworth, Maine | October 5, 1883– July 26, 1911 |
resignation | ||||
30 | Enoch Foster | Bethel, Maine | March 24, 1884– | |||||
31 | Thomas H. Haskell | Portland, Maine | March 31, 1884– September 24, 1900 |
death | ||||
32 | William Penn Whitehouse | Augusta, Maine | April 15, 1890– April 8, 1913 |
resignation | ||||
33 | Andrew P. Wiswell | Ellsworth, Maine | April 10, 1893– December 4, 1906 |
January 2, 1900– December 4, 1906 |
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34 | Sewall C. Strout | Portland, Maine | April 12, 1894– | |||||
35 | Albert R. Savage | Auburn, Maine | May 15, 1897– June 14, 1917 |
death | ||||
36 | William H. Fogler | Rockland, Maine | March 25, 1898– February 18, 1902 |
death | ||||
37 | Frederick A. Powers | Houlton, Maine | January 2, 1900– | |||||
38 | Henry C. Peabody | Portland, Maine | November 29, 1900– March 31, 1911 |
death | ||||
39 | Albert M. Spear | Gardiner, Maine | March 1, 1902– July 24, 1923 |
retirement | ||||
40 | Charles F. Woodard | Bangor, Maine | December 14, 1906– June 17, 1907 |
death | ||||
41 | Leslie C. Cornish | Augusta, Maine | March 31, 1907– March 1, 1925 |
resignation | ||||
42 | Arno W. King | Ellsworth, Maine | June 28, 1907– July 21, 1918 |
death | ||||
43 | George E. Bird | Portland, Maine | April 13, 1908– October 23, 1923 |
retirement | ||||
44 | George F. Haley | Biddeford, Maine | April 12, 1911– | |||||
45 | George M. Hanson | Calais, Maine | July 26, 1911– April 4, 1924 |
death | ||||
46 | Warren C. Philbrook | Waterville, Maine | April 9, 1913– November 29, 1928 |
retirement | ||||
47 | John B. Madigan | Houlton, Maine | March 1, 1916– January 19, 1918 |
death | ||||
48 | Charles J. Dunn | Orono, Maine | February 6, 1918– November 10, 1939 |
death | ||||
49 | John A. Morrill | Auburn, Maine | March 5, 1918– June 4, 1926 |
retirement | ||||
50 | Scott Wilson | Portland, Maine | August 7, 1918– October 7, 1929 |
March 1, 1925– October 7, 1929 |
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51 | Luere B. Deasy | Bar Harbor, Maine | September 25, 1918– February 7, 1930 |
resignation | ||||
52 | Guy H. Sturgis | Portland, Maine | August 13, 1923– March 8, 1949 |
retirement | ||||
53 | Charles P. Barnes | Houlton, Maine | April 17, 1924– July 31, 1940 |
resignation | ||||
54 | Norman L. Bassett | Augusta, Maine | March 26, 1925– | |||||
55 | William Robinson Pattangall | Augusta, Maine | July 2, 1926– July 16, 1935 |
February 7, 1930– July 16, 1935 |
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56 | Frank G. Farrington | Augusta, Maine | November 16, 1928– | |||||
57 | Sidney St. Felix Thaxter | Portland, Maine | September 16, 1930– February 28, 1954 |
resignation | ||||
58 | James H. Hudson | Guilford, Maine | November 20, 1933– August 21, 1947 |
death | ||||
59 | Harry Manser | Auburn, Maine | July 18, 1935– March 20, 1946 |
resignation | ||||
60 | George H. Worster | December 21, 1939– July 31, 1942 |
resignation | |||||
61 | Harold H. Murchie | Calais, Maine | August 8, 1940– March 7, 1953 |
March 8, 1949– March 7, 1953 |
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62 | Arthur Chapman | Portland, Maine | November 4, 1942– July 27, 1945 |
resignation | ||||
63 | Nathaniel Tompkins | Houlton, Maine | July 27, 1945– April 22, 1949 |
death | ||||
64 | Raymond Fellows | Bangor, Maine | May 1, 1946– September 15, 1956 |
April 7, 1954– September 15, 1956 |
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65 | Edward P. Murray | Bangor, Maine | September 18, 1947– April 6, 1948 |
resignation | ||||
66 | Edward F. Merrill | Skowhegan, Maine | June 2, 1948– April 7, 1954 |
March 18, 1953– April 7, 1954 |
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67 | William B. Nulty | Portland, Maine | March 16, 1949– September 11, 1953 |
death | ||||
68 | Robert B. Williamson | Augusta, Maine | May 5, 1949– August 21, 1970 |
October 4, 1956– August 21, 1970 |
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69 | Frank A. Tirrell, Jr. | Camden, Maine | March 18, 1953– June 4, 1955 |
death | ||||
70 | Donald W. Webber | Auburn, Maine | October 8, 1953– July 31, 1973 |
retirement | ||||
71 | Albert Beliveau | Rumford, Maine | March 3, 1954– March 25, 1958 |
resignation | ||||
72 | Walter M. Tapley, Jr. | Portland, Maine | May 5, 1954– June 30, 1969 |
retirement | ||||
73 | Percy T. Clarke | Ellsworth, Maine | March 3, 1955– June 15, 1956 |
retirement | ||||
74 | F. Harold Dubord | Waterville, Maine | October 4, 1956– December 10, 1962 |
resignation | ||||
75 | Francis W. Sullivan | Portland, Maine | October 4, 1956– July 10, 1965 |
resignation | ||||
76 | Cecil J. Siddall | Sanford, Maine | May 7, 1958– February 27, 1965 |
resignation | ||||
77 | Harold C. Marden | December 10, 1962– November 15, 1970 |
retirement | |||||
78 | Abraham M. Rudman | Bangor, Maine | March 1, 1965– December 14, 1966 |
resignation | ||||
79 | Armand A. Dufresne, Jr. | Lewiston, Maine | August 25, 1965– September 16, 1977 |
retirement | ||||
80 | Randolph A. Weatherbee | Bangor, Maine | December 21, 1966– May 20, 1976 |
death | ||||
81 | Charles A. Pomeroy | Windham, Maine | July 2, 1969– January 1, 1980 |
retirement | ||||
82 | Sidney W. Wernick | Portland, Maine | September 30, 1970– August 24, 1981 |
retirement | ||||
83 | James P. Archibald | Houlton, Maine | January 27, 1971– January 1, 1980 |
retirement | ||||
84 | Thomas E. Delahanty | Lewiston, Maine | July 26, 1914- February 4, 1985 |
September 5, 1973– August 31, 1979 |
retirement | |||
85 | Edward S. Godfrey | Portland, Maine | September 1, 1976– September 1, 1983 |
retirement | ||||
86 | David A. Nichols | Lincolnville, Maine | May 24, 1977– May 31, 1988 |
retirement | ||||
87 | Vincent L. McKusick | Cape Elizabeth, Maine | September 16, 1977– February 28, 1992 |
September 17, 1977– February 28, 1992 |
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88 | Harry P. Glassman | Portland, Maine | August 31, 1979– May 15, 1981 |
death | ||||
89 | David G. Roberts | Portland, Maine | January 11, 1980– August 31, 1998 |
retirement | ||||
90 | Gene Carter | Bangor, Maine | September 15, 1980– July 5, 1983 |
resignation | ||||
91 | Elmer H. Violette | Van Buren, Maine | August 31, 1981– August 1, 1986 |
resignation | ||||
92 | Daniel E. Wathen | Augusta, Maine | August 31, 1981– October 4, 2001 |
March 20, 1992– October 4, 2001 |
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93 | Caroline Duby Glassman | Portland, Maine | August 30, 1983– September 1, 1997 |
retirement | ||||
94 | Louis Scolnik | Auburn, Maine | September 7, 1983– July 31, 1988 |
retirement | ||||
95 | Robert W. Clifford | Auburn, Maine | August 1, 1986– | Joseph E. Brennan | ||||
96 | D. Brock Hornby | June 10, 1988– May 7, 1990 |
John R. McKernan, Jr. | resignation | ||||
97 | Samuel W. Collins, Jr. | Rockland, Maine | September 16, 1988– March 15, 1994 |
John R. McKernan, Jr. | retirement | |||
98 | Morton A. Brody | Augusta, Maine | June 6, 1990– August 9, 1991 |
John R. McKernan, Jr. | resignation | |||
99 | Paul L. Rudman | Bangor, Maine | June 5, 1992– July 1, 2005 |
John R. McKernan, Jr. | resignation | |||
100 | Howard H. Dana, Jr. | Portland, Maine | March 4, 1993– March 2, 2007 |
John R. McKernan, Jr. | ||||
101 | Kermit V. Lipez | Portland, Maine | May 12, 1994– June 30, 1998 |
John R. McKernan, Jr. | resignation | |||
102 | Leigh I. Saufley | October 20, 1997– | December 6, 2001– | Angus King | ||||
103 | Donald G. Alexander | September 2, 1998– | Angus King | |||||
104 | Susan W. Calkins | September 2, 1998– | Angus King | |||||
105 | Jon D. Levy | March 7, 2002– | Angus King | |||||
106 | Warren M. Silver | July 29, 2005– | John Baldacci | |||||
107 | Andrew Mead | Bangor, Maine | May 24, 2007– | John Baldacci |
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