List of justices of the Florida Supreme Court

This is a list of Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida, with their tenure of service on the Court.

Current Justices

Name[1] and Birthdate	Appointed	Chief Justice	Current term expires	Reaches age 75	Appointing governor	Law school
Charles T. Canady June 22, 1954	August 28, 2008	2010–2012 2018–present	January 2023	June 2029	Charlie Crist (R)	Yale
Ricky Polston March 24, 1955	October 1, 2008	2012–2014	January 2023	November 2030	Charlie Crist (R)	Florida State
Jorge Labarga October 21, 1952	January 2, 2009	2014–2018	January 2023	October 2027	Charlie Crist (R)	Florida
C. Alan Lawson May 12, 1961	December 31, 2016	—	January 2025	May 2036	Rick Scott (R)	Florida State
Carlos G. Muñiz June 25, 1969	January 22, 2019	—	January 2027	June 2044	Ron DeSantis (R)	Yale
John D. Couriel March 23, 1978	June 1, 2020	—	January 2023	March 2053	Ron DeSantis (R)	Harvard
Jamie Grosshans October 27, 1978	September 14, 2020	—	January 2023	October 2053	Ron DeSantis (R)	Mississippi

Former Justices

Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida in the 1950s

Florida Supreme Court in 2018 under Chief Justice Charles Canady.

Justice[2]	Years served	Chief Justice	Reason for leaving
Thomas Douglas	1846–1851 & 1854–1855	Yes	Died in Office
Thomas Baltzell	1846–1850 & 1854–1860	Yes	Defeated
George S. Hawkins	1846–1850	No	—
George W. MacRae	1847	No	—
Joseph B. Lancaster	1848–1850	No	—
Walker Anderson	1851–1853	Yes	Resigned
Leslie A. Thompson	1851–1853	—	Defeated
Albert G. Semmes	1851–1853	—	—
Benjamin D. Wright	1853	—	Defeated
Charles H. DuPont	1854–1868	Yes	—
Bird M. Pearson	1856–1859	Yes	Did not run for reelection
William A. Forward	1860–1865	—	Did not run for reelection
David S. Walker	1860–1865	—	Resigned
Augustus Maxwell	1865–1866 & 1887–1891	Yes	1866 Resigned, 1890 Did not run for reelection
James McNair Baker	1865–1868	—	—
Samuel J. Douglas	1866–1868	—	—
Edwin M. Randall	1868–1885	Yes	Resigned
Ossian B. Hart	1868–1873	—	Elected Governor of Florida
James Westcott III	1868–1885	No	Resigned
Franklin D. Fraser	1873–1874	—	Resigned
Robert Van Valkenburgh	1875–1888	—	Died in Office
George G. McWhorter	1885–1887	—	Resigned
George P. Raney	1885–1894	—	Resigned
Henry L. Mitchell	1888–1891	—	Resigned
R. Fenwick Taylor	1891–1925	Yes	Retired
Milton H. Mabry	1891–1903	—	Did not run for reelection
Benjamin S. Liddon	1894–1896	—	Resigned
Francis B. Carter	1897–1905	—	Resigned
Thomas M. Shackleford	1902–1917	—	Resigned
Robert S. Cockrell	1902–1917	—	Defeated
Evelyn C. Maxwell	1902–1904	—	Resigned
William A. Hocker	1903–1915	—	Did not run for reelection
James B. Whitfield	1904–1943	—	Retired
Charles B. Parkhill	1905–1911	—	Resigned
W. H. Ellis	1915–1938	—	Retired
Jefferson B. Browne	1917–1925	—	Resigned
Thomas F. West	1917–1925	—	Resigned
William Glenn Terrell	1923–1964	Yes	Died in Office
Armstead Brown	1925–1946	—	Retired
Louie W. Strum	1925–1931	—	Appointed to Federal District Court
Rivers H. Buford	1925–1948	—	Retired
Fred H. Davis	1931–1937	—	Died in Office
Roy H. Chapman	1937–1952	—	Died in Office
Elwyn Thomas	1938–1969	—	Retired
Alto Adams	1940–1951 & 1967–1968	—	1951 Resigned, 1968 Resigned
Harold L. "Tom" Sebring	1943–1955	Yes	Appointed Dean of Stetson College of Law
Paul D. Barns	1946–1949	—	Retired
T. Frank Hobson	1948–1962	—	Retired
B.K. Roberts	1949–1976	Yes	Retired
John E. Mathews	1951–1955	—	Died in Office
E. Harris Drew	1952–1971	—	Retired
B. Campbell Thornal	1955–1970	—	Died in Office
Stephen C. O'Connell	1955–1967	Yes	Appointed University of Florida President
Millard F. Caldwell	1962–1969	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Richard W. Ervin	1964–1975	—	Retired
Wade L. Hopping	1968–1969	No	Defeated
Vassar B. Carlton	1969–1974	—	Retired
James C. Adkins	1969–1987	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Joseph A. Boyd Jr.	1969–1987	Yes	Mandatory retirement
David L. McCain	1970–1975	No	Resigned before impeachment
Hal P. Dekle	1971–1975	No	Resigned before impeachment
Ben F. Overton	1974–1999	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Arthur J. England Jr.	1975–1981	Yes	Resigned
Alan C. Sundberg	1975–1982	Yes	Resigned
Joseph W. Hatchett	1975–1979	No	Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Frederick B. Karl	1977–1978	No	Resigned
James E. Alderman	1978–1985	Yes	Resigned
Parker Lee McDonald	1979–1994	Yes	Retired
Raymond Ehrlich	1981–1991	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Leander J. Shaw Jr.	1983–2003	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Rosemary Barkett	1985–1994	Yes	Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Stephen H. Grimes	1987–1997	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Gerald Kogan	1987–1998	Yes	Retired
Major B. Harding	1991–2002	Yes	Retired
Harry Lee Anstead	1994–2009	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Charles T. Wells	1994–2009	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Raoul G. Cantero III	2002–2008	No	Returned to private practice
Kenneth B. Bell	2003–2008	No	Returned to private practice
James E.C. Perry	2009–2016	No	Mandatory retirement
Barbara J. Pariente	1997–2019	Yes	Mandatory retirement
R. Fred Lewis	1998–2019	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Peggy A. Quince	1998–2019	Yes	Mandatory retirement
Robert J. Luck	2019	No	Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Barbara Lagoa	2019	No	Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

See also

• Florida Constitution
• Florida Democratic Party
• Government of Florida
• Judiciary of Florida
• Republican Party of Florida
• Supreme Court of Florida

Notes

References

1. Succession of Justices of Supreme Court of Florida Supreme Court of Florida
2. Succession of Justices of Supreme Court of Florida Supreme Court of Florida