List of justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court

Following is a list of Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court:

John Catron served on the Tennessee Supreme Court before his appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Andrew Jackson's service on the Tennessee Supreme Court preceded his service for his second term in the United States Senate, and as President of the United States.

Horace Maynard served on the Tennessee Supreme Court and the United States Congress at the same time, a dual role that was challenged in court.

Territorial high court

The following judges were appointed by President George Washington while Tennessee remained a United States territory, the Southwest Territory.

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service	Notes
Joseph Anderson	1791	1796	.
Willie Blount	1796	1796	.
David Campbell	1790	1796	.
John McNairy	1790	1796	.

State supreme court

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service	Notes
E. Riley Anderson	1990	2006	.
George Andrews	1868	1870	.
Nathan Lynn Bachman	1918	1923	.
William M. Barker	1995	2009	.
William Dwight Beard	1890 1894	1892 1910	.
Bennett Douglas Bell	1908	1910	.
Adolpho A. Birch Jr.	1993	2006	.
Jeffrey S. Bivins	2014	Incumbent	.
A. D. Bright	1894	1894	.
Ray L. Brock Jr.	1974	1987	.
George H. Brown Jr.	1980	1980	.
William Little Brown	1822	1824	.
Arthur S. Buchanan	1910	1917	.
Hamilton S. Burnett	1947	1973	.
Waller C. Caldwell	1886	1902	.
George Washington Campbell	1809	1811	.
Robert Looney Caruthers	1854	1861	.
John Catron	1831	1835	.
Alexander W. Chambliss	1923	1937	.
Chester C. Chattin	1965	1969	.
William C. C. Claiborne	1796	1797	.
Cornelia A. Clark	2005	Incumbent	.
William Loch Cook	1923	1942	.
William Wilcox Cooke	1815	1816	.
James Burch Cooke	1885	1886	.
Robert E. Cooper	1974	1990	.
William Frierson Cooper	1878	1886	.
Henry Crabb	1826	1827	.
Larry Barkley Creson	1965	1972	.
Martha Craig Daughtrey	1990	1993	.
James W. Deaderick	1870	1886	.
David William Dehaven	1935	1943	.
Frank F. Drowota III	1980	2005	.
Ross W. Dyer	1961	1974	.
Thomas Emmerson	1807 1819	1809 1822	.
Sam L. Felts	1960	1964	.
Francis Fentriss	1918	1918	.
William C. Folkes	1886	1890	.
William Fones	1973	1990	.
Thomas J. Freeman	1870	1886	.
Frank H. Gailor	1943	1954	.
Grafton Green	1910	1947	.
Nathan Green Sr.	1831	1852	.
Frank P. Hall	1918	1926	.
William J. Harbison	1966 1974	1967 1990	.
William R. Harris	1855	1858	.
Horace H. Harrison	1867	1868	.
Alvin Hawkins	1865	1868	.
John Haywood	1816	1826	.
Joe W. Henry	1974	1980	.
Janice M. Holder	1996	2014	.
Andrew O. Holmes	1963	1965	.
Parry W. Humphreys	1807	1809	.
Allison B. Humphreys	1967	1974	.
Andrew Jackson	1798	1804	.
Holly M. Kirby	2014	Incumbent	.
William C. Koch Jr.	2007	2014	.
D. L. Lansden	1910	1923	.
Benjamin J. Lea	1890	1894	.
Sharon Gail Lee	2009	Incumbent	.
Horace H. Lurton	1886	1893	.
Horace Maynard	1868	1868	.
William K. McAlister	1893	1910	.
George F. McCanless	1969	1970	.
Andrew McClain	1869	1870	.
Robert McFarland	1871	1882	.
Robert J. McKinney	1847	1861	.
Samuel Milligan	1860 1864	1861 1868	.
Matthew M. Neil	1902	1918	.
A. B. Neil	1942	1960	.
Thomas A. R. Nelson	1870	1871	.
Alfred O. P. Nicholson	1870	1876	.
Charles H. O'Brien	1987	1994	.
John Overton	1804	1810	.
Roger A. Page	2016	Incumbent
Jacob Peck	1822	1834	.
Samuel Powell	1807	1809	.
Alan M. Prewitt	1937 1941	1937 1963	.
William B. Reese	1835	1847	.
Lyle Reid	1990	1998	.
Archibald Roane	1796 1815	1801 1819	.
James O. Shackleford	1865	1868	.
John Knight Shields	1902	1910	.
Henry G. Smith	1867	1870	.
John L. T. Sneed	1870	1878	.
David L. Snodgrass	1886	1917	.
John E. Swepston	1954	1961	.
William H. Swiggart	1926	1934	.
Howell Tatum	1797	1798	.
Pride Tomlinson	1947	1961	.
Archibald W. O. Totten	1850	1855	.
William B. Turley	1835	1850	.
Peter Turney	1870	1893	.
Gary R. Wade	2006	2015	.
Hugh Lawson White	1809	1815	.
Penny J. White	1994	1996	.
Weldon B. White	1961	1967	.
Robert Whyte	1816	1834	.
John Summerfield Wilkes	1893	1908	.
Samuel Cole Williams	1913	1919	.
Thomas L. Williams	1826	1826	.
Archibald Wright	1858	1885	.

References

External links

Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court, Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society
Tennessee Supreme Court Photos, 1926 to Present

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