Following is a list of justices of the

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and their years of service.

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(1804–1812)

(three judges) * John Bartow Prevost 1804–1806 * Ephraim Kirby 1804 (died en route to New Orleans) *

Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Peter Stephen Du Ponceau (born Pierre-Étienne du Ponceau, June 3, 1760 – April 1, 1844) was a French-American linguist, philosopher, and jurist. After emigrating to the colonies in 1777, he served in the American Revolutionary War. Afterward ...

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)

Constitution of 1812

(three to five judges appointed by the governor) *

Dominic Augustin Hall Dominic Augustin Hall (January 1, 1765 – December 19, 1820) was chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Chief United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit and a United States District Judge o ...

1813, Presiding Judge *

Pierre Derbigny Pierre Augustin Charles Bourguignon Derbigny (June 30, 1769 – October 6, 1829) was the sixth Governor of Louisiana. Born in 1769, at Laon, France, the eldest son of Augustin Bourguignon d'Herbigny who was President of the Directoire de l'Aisn ...

1813–1820 * George Mathews Jr. 1813–1836, Presiding Judge * Francois Xavier Martin 1815–1836; *

Alexander Porter Alexander Porter (June 24, 1785January 13, 1844) was an attorney, politician, and planter, who served as United States Senator from Louisiana from 1833 to 1837. Born in Ireland, he emigrated in 1801 at the age of 16 to the United States. He ser ...

1821–1833 *

Henry Adams Bullard Henry Adams Bullard (September 9, 1788 – April 17, 1851) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a National Republican and one as a Whig. Biography Bullard was born i ...

1834–1839 * Francois Xavier Martin 1836–1846, Presiding Judge *

Henry Carleton Henry Carleton (c.1785 – March 28, 1863) was an American jurist. Henry Carleton Coxe was born in Virginia, and entered college from Athens, Georgia. He graduated from Yale College in 1806. After leaving college, he dropped the surname Coxe, ...

1837–1839 *

Pierre Adolphe Rost Pierre Adolphe Rost (1797 – September 6, 1868) was a Louisiana politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge, and plantation owner. Early life and emigration to the United States Born in the department of Lot-et-Garonne, France in 1797, Rost receiv ...

1839 *

George Eustis Sr. George Eustis Sr. (October 20, 1796 – December 22, 1858) was chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1838. He was also one of the founders of the Pontchartrain Railroad and a benefactor of the University of Louisiana, now Tulane Univer ...

1839 *

George Strawbridge George Strawbridge (1785 – March 11, 1859) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ...

1839 *

Rice Garland Rice Garland (September 30, 1799August 13, 1863) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a United States representative from Louisiana from 1834 to 1840. Biography Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and he pursued a ...

1840–1846 *

Alonzo Morphy Alonzo Michael Morphy (November 23, 1798 – November 22, 1856) was a lawyer serving as Attorney General of Louisiana from 1828 to 1830, and a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from August 31, 1839 to March 19, 1846.''Celebration of the Cente ...

1839–1846 *

1840–1846 *

Florent Edouard Simon Florent Edouard Simon (or Edward Simon; May 26, 1799 – 1866) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from January 1, 1840, to March 19, 1846. Born in Tournai, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, he studied at the University of Louvain, ...

1840–1846

Constitution of 1845

(three associate justices and one chief justice) *

1846–1854 *

1846–1853, Chief Justice *

George Rogers King George Rogers King (1807–March 21, 1871) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from March 19, 1846, to March 1, 1850. Born in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana,''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (March 1, 191 ...

1846–1850 *

Thomas Slidell Thomas Slidell (c.1807 – April 20, 1864) was chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was a brother of John Slidell, a diplomat of the Confederate States of America in France. He entered Yale College from New York and graduated in ...

1846–1853; 1853–1855, Chief Justice *

Isaac Trimble Preston Isaac Trimble Preston (1793 – July 4, 1852) was a 19th-century Louisiana lawyer, politician, and Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Preston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, the son of Francis Preston. In a letter to James Madison, ...

1850–1852

Constitution of 1852

(four associate justices elected in districts and one chief justice elected at-large) *

William Dunbar William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460 – died by 1530) was a Scottish makar, or court poet, active in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. He was closely associated with the court of King James IV and produced a large body of work in ...

1852–1853 *

Cornelius Voorhies Cornelius Voorhies (July 22, 1804 – July 1, 1859) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from May 4, 1853 to April 27, 1859. Voorhies, "of Dutch descent", was born in the state of Louisiana on July 22, 1804. Two sources disagree on his b ...

1853–1859 *

Alexander McKenzie Buchanan Alexander McKenzie Buchanan (March 1, 1805 – August 26, 1868) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from May 4, 1853, to May 6, 1862. Born in New York City, Buchanan read law in the office of Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Isaac Trim ...

1853–1862 *

Abner Nash Ogden Abner Nash Ogden (September 19, 1809 – August 11, 1875) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from May 4, 1853, to July, 1855. Born in Hillsborough, North Carolina, Ogden's father was judge Robert Ogden and his maternal grandfather was ...

1853–1855 * James G. Campbell 1853–1854 * Henry M. Spofford 1854–1858 *

James Neilson Lea James Neilson Lea (November 26, 1815 – October 26, 1884) was a Louisiana state legislator and justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Lea was born in New Orleans, La., November 26, 1815, the son of Dr. Squire and Eliza (Nelson) Lea. He gra ...

1855–1857 * Edwin T. Merrick 1855–1865, Chief Justice * James L. Cole 1857–1860 * Thomas T. Land 1858–1865 *

Albert Voorhies Albert Voorhies (January 23, 1829 – January 20, 1913) was the 10th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. He was Lieutenant Governor under James Madison Wells from March 4, 1865 – June 3, 1867. He was a pro-slavery Southern Democrat and often at od ...

1859–1865 * Albert Duffel 1860–1865 * Pierre Emile Bonford 1863–1864 *

Thomas Courtland Manning Thomas Courtland Manning (September 14, 1825 Edenton, North Carolina – October 11, 1887, New York City) was an American jurist and diplomat. Manning's ancestors came from England to Virginia in the 17th century. He was graduated at the Univers ...

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 Senatorwhite

* Rufus K. Howell 1865–1877 *

John Henry Ilsley John Henry Ilsley (June 22, 1806 – May 9, 1880) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from April 3, 1865, to November 1, 1868. Born in London Ilsley graduated from the University of Oxford, and emigrated to the United States at the age ...

1865–1868 * Robert Byron Jones 1865–1866 *

James G. Taliaferro James Govan Taliaferro (September 28, 1798 – October 13, 1876) was a lawyer, newspaper publisher, and judge in Louisiana. In 1860 he owned 27 slaves and a plantation valued at $87,000. As the secession movement grew he remained a staunch Unioni ...

1866–1876 * John T. Ludeling 1868–1877, Chief Justice *

William Gillespie Wyly William Gillespie Wyly (February, 1831 – September 25, 1903) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from November 1, 1868, to November 3, 1876. Born in Greeneville, Tennessee, Wyly graduated from Jefferson College. He was elected a Dist ...

1868–1876 *

William Wirt Howe William Wirt Howe (November 24, 1833 – March 17, 1909) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from November 1, 1868, to December 3, 1872. Born in Canandaigua, New York,''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (Ma ...

1868–1872 * John H. Kennard 1872–1873 * Philip H. Morgan 1873–1877 * John E. Leonard 1876–1877 *

John Edward King John Edward King (10 July 1858 – 21 March 1939) was an author, Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College, Oxford, Head teacher, High Master of Manchester Grammar School, Headmaster of Bedford School, and Headmaster of Clifton College. Biography Bor ...

1877 *

1877–1880, Chief Justice *

Robert Hardin Marr Robert Hardin Marr (October 29, 1819 – November 18, 1892) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from January 9, 1877, to April 5, 1880. Life and career Born in Clarksville, Tennessee,''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court o ...

1877–1880 * Alcibiade De Blanc 1877–1880 * William B. Giles Egan 1877–1878 *

William B. Spencer William Brainerd Spencer (February 5, 1835 – February 12, 1882) was an attorney and politician of the planter class, elected as U.S. Representative from Louisiana in 1876, in a contested election decided in his favor and against the Republic ...

1877–1880 *

Edward Douglass White Edward Douglass White Jr. (November 3, 1844 – May 19, 1921) was an American politician and jurist from Louisiana. White was a U.S. Supreme Court justice for 27 years, first as an associate justice from 1894 to 1910, then as the ninth chief ju ...

1879–1880

Constitution of 1879

(four associate justices and one chief justice appointed by the governor for 12 year terms) *

Edouard Bermudez Edouard Edmund Bermudez (January 19, 1832 – August 22, 1892) was a Louisiana attorney who served as chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from April 5, 1880 to April 5, 1892. Early life, education, career, and military service Born in N ...

1880–1892, Chief Justice * Felix Pierre Poché 1880–1890 * Robert Barr Todd 1880–1888 *

William M. Levy William Mallory Levy (October 31, 1827 – August 14, 1882) was an American lawyer and Confederate States Army , Confederate American Civil War , Civil War veteran who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representat ...

1880–1882 * Charles Erasmus Fenner 1880–1893 *

1882–1886 * Samuel D. McEnery 1888–1891 * Lynn B. Watkins 1886–1901 * Joseph Arsenne Breaux 1890–1904; 1904–1914, Chief Justice *

Francis T. Nicholls Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (August 20, 1834January 4, 1912) was an American attorney, politician, judge, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served two terms as the 28th Governor of L ...

1892–1904; 1904–1911, Chief Justice * Charles Parlange 1893–1894 * Henry C. Miller 1894–1899 *

Newton C. Blanchard Newton Crain Blanchard (January 29, 1849 – June 22, 1922) was a United States representative, U.S. senator, and the 33rd governor of Louisiana. Personal life Born in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, he completed academic studies, ...

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 Olivier O. Provosty (August 3, 1852 – August 3, 1924) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from March 16, 1901, to December 30, 1922, serving as chief justice from January 2, 1922, until the end of his service. Born in Pointe Coupee Par ...

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 Winston Overton (October 4, 1870 – September 9, 1934) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from July 5, 1921, to September 9, 1934. Born in Marksville, Louisiana, Overton was the City Attorney for Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charl ...

1921–1934 * John St. Paul 1922–1934 *

John R. Land John Rutherford Land (July 9, 1862 – April 18, 1941) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from October 13, 1921, to April 18, 1941. Born in Lexington, Mississippi, he was the son of Thomas Thompson Land, a prominent attorney who also ser ...

1921–1941 * Wynne Grey Rogers 1922–1946 *

Harney Felix Brunot Harney Felix Brunot (October 8, 1860 – March 11, 1944) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from June 4, 1923, to December 31, 1936. Born in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, to Robert Felix Brunot and Jane Elizabeth Brunot, née Neeley,"De ...

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 Francis Willard "Frank" Hawthorne (June 2, 1900 – March 2, 1986) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from January 1, 1945, to January 2, 1968. Hawthorne received his law degree from Louisiana State University Louisiana State Univer ...

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 1949–1954 * James D. Simon 1955–1960 *

Albert Tate Jr. Albert A. Tate Jr. (September 23, 1920 – March 27, 1986), was a long-serving Louisiana judge. A Democrat, Tate served as a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans, and as a judge of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ...

1970–1979 * Walter B. Hamlin 1958–1972; 1972–1973, Chief Justice *

Rene A. Viosca Rene A. Viosca (November 14, 1890 – September 16, 1973) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1959 to 1960. As a state court judge, in 1957, Viosca ruled in favor of boxer Ralph Dupas in a suit to establish Dupas' race, with Dupas c ...

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. John Allen Dixon Jr. (April 8, 1920 – February 22, 2003) was an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from January 4, 1971 to February 29, 1980, and chief justice from March 1, 1980 to April 8, 1990. Early life, education, and career ...

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 James L. Dennis (born January 9, 1936) is an American lawyer, jurist, and former politician serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, with chambers in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ea ...

1975–1995 * Fred A. Blanche Jr. 1979–1986 *

Jack C. Watson Jack Crozier Watson (September 17, 1928 – February 11, 2022) was a Louisiana lawyer and judge who served as a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1979 to 1996. Born in Jonesville, Louisiana, Watson received his undergraduate degree from ...

1979–1996 * Harry T. Lemmon 1980–2001 * Luther F. Cole 1986–1992 * Pike Hall Jr. 1990–1994 *

Catherine D. Kimball Catherine D. (Kitty) Kimball (born February 7, 1945)Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball

1992–2009; 2009–2013, Chief Justice *
Revius Ortique Jr. Revius Oliver Ortique Jr. (June 14, 1924 – June 22, 2008) was an American jurist, the first African-American justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and civil rights activist. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he served as an officer in the Unite ...
1993–1994 * Bernette Joshua Johnson 1994–2020; 2013–2020, Chief Justice * Jeffrey P. Victory 1995–2014 * E. Joseph Bleich 1996 *
Jeannette Knoll Alicia Jeannette Theriot Knoll (born January 23, 1943) is a former member of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Knoll announced that she would retire at the end of 2016 rather than seek re-election. She was succeeded by James T. Genovese (born August ...
1997–2016 *
Chet D. Traylor Chet D. Traylor (born October 12, 1945) is a former Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, having served in that capacity from 1997 to 2009. Traylor announced his candidacy for the supreme court prior to the January 1996 qualifying pe ...
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 Jefferson D. Hughes III (born January 9, 1952) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana since 2013. Early life and education Hughes graduated Denham Springs High School in 1970. He received a ...
2013–present * Scott J. Crichton 2015–present * James T. Genovese 2017–present * William J. Crain 2019–present * Jay McCallum 2021–present *
Piper D. Griffin Piper Dinita Griffin (born February 2, 1962) is an American judge who is an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Early life and education A lifelong resident of New Orleans, Griffin attended Xavier University Preparatory Scho ...
2021–present

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Territory of Orleans

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State of Louisiana (1813 to the present)

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Constitution of 1864

Constitution of 1879

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