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The following is a list of justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court which are broken down by pre- and post-statehood appointments. Historically, only three individuals have declined appointment to the Court which all occurred during the Provincial Congress period: William Reed in 1775, Robert Treat Paine in 1776, and James Warren in 1777.
Justices initially served a lifetime role until (in most cases) they either died or resigned. In the modern era, mandatory retirement has been a requirement when a given justice reaches the age of 70. This has been in place since 1976 when Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro stepped down.
| Title | Name | Began active service | Appointed by | Reaches age 70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Justice | Kimberly S. Budd | 2020 | Charlie Baker | 2036 |
| Associate Justice | Frank Gaziano | 2016 | 2034 | |
| Associate Justice | Scott L. Kafker | 2017 | 2029 | |
| Associate Justice | Dalila Argaez Wendlandt | 2020 | 2038 | |
| Associate Justice | Serge Georges Jr. | 2020 | 2038 | |
| Associate Justice | Bessie Dewar | 2024 | Maura Healey | 2050 |
| Associate Justice | Gabrielle Wolohojian | 2024 | 2030 |
| # | Image | Justice | Succeeded | Tenure | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Stoughton (1631–1701) |
Inaugural[b] | 1692 – July 7, 1701 (Died) |
Sir William Phips | |
| 2 | Wait Winthrop (1642–1717) |
W. Stoughton | 1701 – 1701 (Resigned) |
Governor's Council | |
| 3 | Isaac Addington (1645–1719) |
W. Winthrop | 1702 – 1703 (Resigned) |
Joseph Dudley | |
| 4 | Wait Winthrop (1642–1717) |
I. Addington | 1708 – November 7, 1717 (Died) | ||
| 5 | Samuel Sewall (1652–1730) |
W. Winthrop | 1718 – 1728 (Resigned) |
Samuel Shute | |
| 6 | Benjamin Lynde Sr. (1666–1749) |
Sa. Sewall | 1729 – January 28, 1745 (Died) |
William Burnet | |
| 7 | Paul Dudley (1666–1751) |
B. Lynde Sr. | 1745 – January 25, 1751 (Died) |
William Shirley | |
| 8 | Stephen Sewall (1702–1760) |
P. Dudley | 1751 – September 10, 1760 (Died) | ||
| 9 | Thomas Hutchinson (1711–1780) |
St. Sewall | 1761 – 1769 (Became Acting Governor) |
Francis Bernard | |
| 10 | Benjamin Lynde Jr. (1700–1781) |
T. Hutchinson | 1769 – 1771 (Resigned) |
Thomas Hutchinson | |
| 11 | Peter Oliver (1713–1791) |
B. Lynde Jr. | 1772 – 1775 (Removed from office) | ||
| 12 | John Adams (1735–1826) |
Inaugural | 1775 – 1777 (Never presided, resigned) |
Provincial Congress | |
| 13 | William Cushing (1732–1810) |
J. Adams | 1777 – 1780 (Constitution of 1780) |
| # | Image | Justice | Succeeded | Tenure | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Danforth (1623–1699) |
Inaugural[b] | 1692 – November 5, 1699 (Died) |
Sir William Phips | |
| 2 | Wait Winthrop (1642–1717) |
Inaugural[b] | 1692 – 1701 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| 3 | John Richards (bef. 1630–1694) |
Inaugural[b] | 1692 – April 2, 1694 (Died) | ||
| 4 | Samuel Sewall (1652–1730) |
Inaugural[b] | 1692 – 1718 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| 5 | Elisha Cooke Sr. (1637–1715) |
J. Richards | 1695 – 1702 (Resigned) |
William Stoughton | |
| 6 | John Walley (d. 1712) |
T. Danforth | 1700 – 1712 (Died) | ||
| 7 | John Saffin (bapt. 1626–1710) |
W. Winthrop | 1701 – 1702 (Appointment not renewed) |
Governor's Council | |
| 8 | John Hathorne (1641–1717) |
E. Cooke | 1702 – 1712 (Resigned) |
Joseph Dudley | |
| 9 | John Leverett (1662–1724) |
J. Saffin | 1702 – 1708 (Resigned) | ||
| 10 | Jonathan Corwin (1640–1718) |
J. Leverett | 1708 – 1717 (Appointment not renewed) | ||
| 11 | Benjamin Lynde Sr. (1666–1749) |
Vacant[c] | 1712 – 1729 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| 12 | Nathaniel Thomas (1643–1718) |
1712 – October 22, 1718 (Died) | |||
| 13 | Addington Davenport (1670–1736) |
J. Corwin | December 9, 1715 – April 3, 1736 (Died) |
William Tailer | |
| 14 | Edmund Quincy III (1681–1737) |
Vacant[d] | 1718 – February 23, 1737 (Died) |
Samuel Shute | |
| 15 | Paul Dudley (1666–1751) |
1718 – 1751 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |||
| 16 | John Cushing | B. Lynde Sr. | 1728 – 1733 (Resigned) |
William Burnet | |
| 17 | Jonathan Remington (1677–1745) |
J. Cushing | 1733 – September 20, 1745 (Died) |
Jonathan Belcher | |
| 18 | Richard Saltonstall | A. Davenport | 1736 – 1756 (Resigned) | ||
| 19 | Thomas Graves (1684–1747) |
E. Quincy | 1737 – 1738 (Resigned) | ||
| 20 | Stephen Sewall (1702–1760) |
T. Graves | 1739 – 1745 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| 21 | Nathaniel Hubbard (1680–1748) |
P. Dudley | 1745 – 1746 |
William Shirley | |
| 22 | Benjamin Lynde Jr. (1700–1781) |
J. Remington | 1747 – 1769 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| 23 | John Cushing Jr. | N. Hubbard | 1747 – 1771 (Resigned) | ||
| 24 | Chambers Russell (1713–1766) |
St. Sewall | 1752 – 1766 (Died) |
Spencer Phips | |
| 25 | Peter Oliver (1713–1791) |
R. Saltonstall | 1756 – 1772 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
William Shirley | |
| 26 | Edmund Trowbridge (1709–1793) |
C. Russell | 1767 – 1775 (Removed from office) |
Francis Bernard | |
| 27 | Foster Hutchinson (1724–1799) |
B. Lynde Jr. | 1771 – 1775 (Removed from office) |
Thomas Hutchinson | |
| 28 | Nathaniel Ropes (1726–1774) |
Vacant[e] | 1772 – 1774 (Died) | ||
| 29 | William Cushing (1732–1810) |
1772 – 1775 (Reorganization of Court) | |||
| 30 | William Brown (1737–1802) |
N. Ropes | 1774 – 1775 (Removed from office) | ||
| 31 | William Cushing (1732–1810) |
Inaugural | 1775 – 1776 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
Provincial Congress | |
| 32 | None[f]
|
Nathaniel Sargent (1731–1791) |
Inaugural | 1775 – 1780 (Constitution of 1780) | |
| 33 | Jedediah Foster (1726–1779) |
Inaugural | 1776 – October 17, 1779 (Died) | ||
| 34 | James Sullivan (1744–1808) |
Inaugural | March 1776 – 1780 (Constitution of 1780) | ||
| 35 | David Sewall (1735–1825) |
W. Cushing | 1777 – 1780 (Constitution of 1780) |
| Image | Justice | Position | Succeeded[1] | Tenure | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Cushing (1732–1810) |
Chief Justice |
Inaugural | 1780 – 1789 (Appointed to Supreme Court) |
Provincial Congress | |
None[f]
|
Nathaniel Sargent (1731–1791) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1780 – 1791 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| David Sewall (1735–1825) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural[g] | 1780 – 1789 (Appointed to U.S. District Court) | ||
| James Sullivan (1744–1808) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1780 – 1782 (Resigned) | ||
| Francis Dana (1743–1811) |
Associate Justice |
J. Foster (1779) |
1785 – 1806 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| Increase Sumner (1746–1799) |
Associate Justice |
J. Sullivan | 1782 – 1787 (Resigned to become Governor) |
John Hancock | |
None[f]
|
Nathaniel Sargent (1731–1791) |
Chief Justice |
W. Cushing | 1790 – October 2, 1791 (Died) | |
| Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814) |
Associate Justice |
D. Sewall | 1790 – 1804 (Resigned) | ||
None[f]
|
Nathan Cushing (1742–1812) |
Associate Justice |
N. Sargent (as Associate Justice) |
1790 – 1800 (Resigned) | |
| Francis Dana (1743–1811) |
Chief Justice |
N. Sargent (as Chief Justice) |
1791 – 1806 (Resigned) | ||
| Thomas Dawes (1731–1809) |
Associate Justice |
F. Dana (as Associate Justice) |
1792 – 1802 (Resigned) | ||
None[f]
|
Theophilus Bradbury (1739–1803) |
Associate Justice |
I. Sumner | 1797 – July 1803 (Removed due to poor health) | |
| Samuel Sewall (1757–1814) |
Associate Justice |
N. Cushing | 1800 – 1814 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
Caleb Strong | |
| Theodore Sedgwick (1746–1813) |
Associate Justice |
T. Dawes | 1802 – January 24, 1813 (Died) | ||
None[f]
|
Simeon Strong (1736–1805) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1801 – 1805 (Died) | |
| George Thatcher (1754–1824) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1801 – January 1824 (Resigned) | ||
| Theophilus Parsons (1750–1813) |
Chief Justice |
F. Dana | 1806 – October 13, 1813 (Died) | ||
| Isaac Parker (1768–1830) |
Associate Justice |
S. Strong | 1806 – 1814 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
None[f]
|
Charles Jackson (1775–1855) |
Associate Justice |
T. Sedgwick | 1813 – 1823 (Resigned) | |
| Samuel Sewall (1757–1814) |
Chief Justice |
T. Parsons | 1814 – June 8, 1814 (Died) | ||
| Daniel Dewey (1766–1815) |
Associate Justice |
S. Sewall (as Associate Justice) |
1814 – May 26, 1815 (Died) | ||
| — | Samuel Putnam (1768–1843) |
Associate Justice |
I. Parker (as Associate Justice) |
1814 – 1842 (Resigned) | |
| Isaac Parker (1768–1830) |
Chief Justice |
S. Sewall | 1814 – July 25, 1830 (Died) | ||
| — | Samuel Wilde (1771–1855) |
Associate Justice |
D. Dewey | 1815 – 1850 (Resigned) | |
| Levi Lincoln Jr. (1782–1868) |
Associate Justice |
G. Thatcher | 1824 – 1825 (Elected Governor) |
William Eustis | |
| Marcus Morton (1784–1864) |
Associate Justice |
L. Lincoln Jr. | 1825 – 1840 (Elected Governor) |
Levi Lincoln Jr. | |
| Lemuel Shaw (1781–1861) |
Chief Justice |
I. Parker | August 30, 1830 – August 21, 1860 (Resigned) | ||
| — | Charles Augustus Dewey (1793–1866) |
Associate Justice |
C. Jackson[h] | 1837 – 1866 (Died) |
Edward Everett |
| — | Samuel Hubbard (1785–1847) |
Associate Justice |
S. Putnam | 1842 – 1847 (Died) |
John Davis |
| Theron Metcalf (1784–1875) |
Associate Justice |
M. Morton I[i] | 1848 – 1865 (Resigned) |
George N. Briggs | |
| — | Charles E. Forbes (1795–1881) |
Associate Justice |
S. Hubbard | 1848 – 1848 (Resigned) | |
| Richard Fletcher (1788–1869) |
Associate Justice |
C. Forbes | 1848 – 1853 (Resigned) | ||
| George Tyler Bigelow (1810–1878) |
Associate Justice |
S. Wilde | 1850 – 1860 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| Caleb Cushing (1800–1879) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1852 – 1853 (Appointed U.S. Attorney General) |
George S. Boutwell | |
| Benjamin Thomas (1813–1878) |
Associate Justice |
R. Fletcher | 1853 – 1859 (Resigned) |
John H. Clifford | |
| Pliny Merrick (1794–1867) |
Associate Justice |
C. Cushing | 1853 – 1864 (Resigned) | ||
| Ebenezer R. Hoar (1816–1895) |
Associate Justice |
B. Thomas | 1859 – 1869 (Appointed U.S. Attorney General) |
Nathaniel Prentice Banks | |
| George Tyler Bigelow (1810–1878) |
Chief Justice |
L. Shaw | 1860 – 1867 (Resigned) | ||
| Reuben Atwater Chapman (1801–1873) |
Associate Justice |
G. T. Bigelow (as Associate Justice) |
1860 – 1868 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| Horace Gray (1828–1902) |
Associate Justice |
P. Merrick | 1864 – September 15, 1873 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
John Albion Andrew | |
| — | James Denison Colt (1819–1881) |
Associate Justice |
T. Metcalf | 1865 – 1866 (Resigned) | |
| Dwight Foster (1828–1884) |
Associate Justice |
J. Colt (first term) |
1866 – 1869 (Resigned) |
Alexander H. Bullock | |
| — | John Wells (1819–1875) |
Associate Justice |
C. Dewey | 1866 – 1875 (Died) | |
| Reuben Atwater Chapman (1801–1873) |
Chief Justice |
G. T. Bigelow | 1868 – June 28, 1873 (Died) | ||
| — | James Denison Colt (1819–1881) |
Associate Justice |
R. A. Chapman (as Associate Justice) |
1868 – 1881 (Died) | |
| Marcus Morton II (1819–1891) |
Associate Justice |
E. Hoar | 1869 – 1882 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
William Claflin | |
| — | Seth Ames (1805–1881) |
Associate Justice |
D. Foster | 1869 – 1881 (Resigned) | |
| Horace Gray (1828–1902) |
Chief Justice |
R. A. Chapman | September 15, 1873 – January 9, 1882 (Appointed to Supreme Court) |
William B. Washburn | |
| Charles Devens (1820–1891) |
Associate Justice |
H. Gray (as Associate Justice) |
1873 – 1877 (Appointed U.S. Attorney General) | ||
| William Endicott (1826–1900) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1873 – 1882 (Resigned) | ||
| — | Otis Lord (1812–1884) |
Associate Justice |
J. Wells | 1875 – 1882 (Resigned) |
William Gaston |
| Augustus Soule (1827–1887) |
Associate Justice |
C. Devens (first term) |
March 27, 1877 – April 11, 1881 (Resigned) |
Alexander H. Rice | |
| Walbridge A. Field (1833–1899) |
Associate Justice |
S. Ames | 1881 – September 4, 1890 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
John D. Long | |
| — | William Allen (1822–1891) |
Associate Justice |
J. Colt (second term) |
1881 – 1891 (Died) | |
| Charles Devens (1820–1891) |
Associate Justice |
A. Soule | 1881 – 1891 (Died) | ||
| Marcus Morton II (1819–1891) |
Chief Justice |
H. Gray | 1882 – 1890 (Resigned) | ||
| Waldo Colburn (1824–1885) |
Associate Justice |
W. Endicott | November 10, 1882 – September 26, 1885 (Died) | ||
| Charles Allen (1827–1913) |
Associate Justice |
M. Morton II | 1882 – 1898 (Resigned) | ||
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) |
Associate Justice |
O. Lord | 1882 – 1899 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| William Gardner (1827–1888) |
Associate Justice |
W. Colburn | 1885 – 1887 (Resigned) |
George D. Robinson | |
| Marcus Perrin Knowlton (1839–1918) |
Associate Justice |
W. Gardner | 1887 – 1902 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
Oliver Ames | |
| Walbridge A. Field (1833–1899) |
Chief Justice |
M. Morton II | September 4, 1890 – July 15, 1899 (Died) |
John Q. A. Brackett | |
| James Madison Morton Sr. (1837–1923) |
Associate Justice |
W. A. Field (as Associate Justice) |
1890 – 1913 (Resigned) |
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| James Barker (1839–1905) |
Associate Justice |
W. Allen | 1891 – October 2, 1905 (Died) |
William Russell | |
| John Lathrop (1835–1910) |
Associate Justice |
C. Devens (second term) |
1891 – 1906 (Resigned) |
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| John Wilkes Hammond (1837–1922) |
Associate Justice |
C. Allen | 1898 – 1914 (Resigned) |
Roger Wolcott | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) |
Chief Justice |
W. A. Field | August 2, 1899 – December 4, 1902 (Appointed to Supreme Court) | ||
| William Loring (1851–1930) |
Associate Justice |
O. W. Holmes (as Associate Justice) |
September 7, 1899 – September 16, 1919 (Resigned) | ||
| Henry Braley (1850–1929) |
Associate Justice |
M. P. Knowlton | 1902 – 1929 (Died) |
Winthrop M. Crane | |
| Marcus Perrin Knowlton (1839–1918) |
Chief Justice |
O. W. Holmes | 1902 – September 7, 1911 (Resigned) | ||
| Henry Sheldon (1843–1926) |
Associate Justice |
J. Barker | 1905 – 1915 (Resigned) |
William Lewis Douglas | |
| Arthur Prentice Rugg (1862–1938) |
Associate Justice |
J. Lathrop | 1906 – 1911 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
Curtis Guild Jr. | |
| Arthur Prentice Rugg (1862–1938) |
Chief Justice |
M. P. Knowlton | 1911 – June 12, 1938 (Died) |
Eugene Foss | |
| Charles DeCourcy (1857–1924) |
Associate Justice |
A. P. Rugg (as Associate Justice) |
1911 – 1924 (Died) | ||
| John C. Crosby (1859–1943) |
Associate Justice |
J. Morton | December 31, 1913 – October 1, 1937 (Resigned) |
David I. Walsh | |
| — | Edward Pierce (1852–1938) |
Associate Justice |
J. Hammond | 1914 – 1937 (Resigned) | |
| James B. Carroll (1856–1932) |
Associate Justice |
H. Sheldon | 1915 – 1932 (Died) | ||
| — | Charles Jenney (1860–1923) |
Associate Justice |
W. Loring | 1919 – November 29, 1923 (Died) |
Calvin Coolidge |
| William C. Wait (1860–1935) |
Associate Justice |
C. Jenney | 1923 – 1934 (Resigned) |
Channing H. Cox | |
| — | George A. Sanderson (1863–1932) |
Associate Justice |
C. DeCourcy | 1924 – 1932 (Died) | |
| — | Fred Tarbell Field (1876–1950) |
Associate Justice |
H. Braley | January 30, 1929 – June 30, 1938 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
Frank G. Allen |
| — | Charles Donahue (1877–1952) |
Associate Justice |
J. B. Carroll | March 17, 1932 – April 26, 1944 (Resigned) |
Joseph B. Ely |
| Henry T. Lummus (1876–1960) |
Associate Justice |
G. A. Sanderson | 1932 – 1955 (Resigned) | ||
| — | Stanley Elroy Qua (1880–1965) |
Associate Justice |
W. Wait | 1934 – 1947 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| — | Arthur Dolan (1876–1949) |
Associate Justice |
J. C. Crosby | 1937 – August 20, 1949 (Resigned) |
Charles F. Hurley |
| Louis Cox (1874–1961) |
Associate Justice |
E. Pierce | 1937 – 1944 (Resigned) | ||
| — | Fred Tarbell Field (1876–1950) |
Chief Justice |
A. P. Rugg | June 30, 1938 – July 24, 1947 (Resigned) | |
| — | James Ronan (1884–1959) |
Associate Justice |
F. T. Field (as Associate Justice) |
1938 – 1959 (Died) | |
| — | Raymond Sanger Wilkins (1891–1971) |
Associate Justice |
L. Cox | 1944 – 1956 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
Leverett Saltonstall |
| — | John Spalding (1897–1979) |
Associate Justice |
C. Donahue | 1944 – 1971 (Resigned) | |
| — | Stanley Elroy Qua (1880–1965) |
Chief Justice |
F. T. Field | 1947 – 1956 (Resigned) |
Robert F. Bradford |
| Harold P. Williams (1882–1963) |
Associate Justice |
S. Qua (as Associate Justice) |
1947 – 1962 (Resigned) | ||
| Edward Counihan (1882–1961) |
Associate Justice |
A. Dolan | 1949 – 1960 (Resigned) |
Paul A. Dever | |
| — | Arthur Whittemore (1896–1969) |
Associate Justice |
H. Lummus | October 1955 – October 1, 1969 (Died) |
Christian Herter |
| — | Raymond Sanger Wilkins (1891–1971) |
Chief Justice |
S. Qua | 1956 – 1970 (Resigned) | |
| — | Richard Ammi Cutter (1902–1993) |
Associate Justice |
R. S. Wilkins (as Associate Justice) |
1956 – 1972 (Resigned) | |
| Paul G. Kirk Sr. (1904–1981) |
Associate Justice |
J. Ronan | November 23, 1960 – December 15, 1970 (Resigned) |
Foster Furcolo | |
| — | Jacob Spiegel (1902–1984) |
Associate Justice |
E. Counihan | 1960 – 1972 (Resigned) | |
| — | G. Joseph Tauro (1906–1994) |
Associate Justice |
1961 – 1970 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
John Volpe | |
| — | Paul Reardon (1909–1988) |
Associate Justice |
H. P. Williams | 1962 – 1977 (Resigned) | |
| — | G. Joseph Tauro (1906–1994) |
Chief Justice |
R. S. Wilkins | 1970 – 1976 (Mandatory retirement) |
|
| — | Francis J. Quirico (1911–1999) |
Associate Justice |
A. Whittemore | 1969 – 1981 (Mandatory retirement) |
Francis W. Sargent |
| — | Robert Braucher (1916–1981) |
Associate Justice |
P. Kirk | January 18, 1971 – August 26, 1981 (Died) | |
| — | Edward F. Hennessey (1919–2007) |
Associate Justice |
J. Spalding | 1971 – 1976 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| — | Benjamin Kaplan (1911–2010) |
Associate Justice |
R. A. Cutter | 1972 – 1981 (Mandatory retirement) | |
| — | Herbert P. Wilkins (1930–) |
Associate Justice |
J. Spiegel | 1972 – 1996 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| — | Edward F. Hennessey (1919–2007) |
Chief Justice |
G. J. Tauro | 1976 – 1989 (Mandatory retirement) |
Michael Dukakis |
| — | Paul J. Liacos (1929–1999) |
Associate Justice |
E. Hennessey (as Associate Justice) |
1976 – June 20, 1986 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| — | Ruth Abrams (1930–2019) |
Associate Justice |
P. Reardon | 1978 – 2000 (Mandatory retirement) | |
| Joseph R. Nolan (1925–2013) |
Associate Justice |
F. Quirico | 1981 – 1995 (Mandatory retirement) |
Edward J. King | |
| — | Neil L. Lynch (1930–2014) |
Associate Justice |
B. Kaplan | 1981 – 2000 (Mandatory retirement) | |
| — | Francis Patrick O'Connor (1927–2007) |
Associate Justice |
R. Braucher | 1981 – 1997 (Mandatory retirement) | |
| — | Paul J. Liacos (1929–1999) |
Chief Justice |
E. Hennessey | June 20, 1986 – September 30, 1996 (Resigned) |
Michael Dukakis |
| — | John M. Greaney (1939–) |
Associate Justice |
P. Liacos | 1989 – 2008 (Resigned) | |
| Charles Fried (1935–2024) |
Associate Justice |
J. Nolan | September 1995 – June 1999 (Resigned) |
William Weld | |
| Margaret H. Marshall (1944–) |
Associate Justice |
H. Wilkins (as Associate Justice) |
1996 – October 14, 1999 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| — | Herbert P. Wilkins (1930–) |
Chief Justice |
P. Liacos | 1996 – October 13, 1999 (Resigned) | |
| Roderick L. Ireland (1944–) |
Associate Justice |
F. O'Connor | 1997 – December 20, 2010 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| Margaret H. Marshall (1944–) |
Chief Justice |
H. Wilkins | October 14, 1999 – October 31, 2010 (Resigned) |
Paul Cellucci | |
| — | Judith Cowin (1942–) |
Associate Justice |
C. Fried | 1999 – 2011 (Resigned) | |
| — | Francis X. Spina (1946–) |
Associate Justice |
M. Marshall (as Associate Justice) |
1999 – August 12, 2016 (Mandatory retirement) | |
| — | Martha B. Sosman (1950–2007) |
Associate Justice |
N. Lynch | 2000 – March 10, 2007 (Died) | |
| — | Robert J. Cordy (1949–) |
Associate Justice |
R. Abrams | 2001 – August 12, 2016 (Resigned) | |
| Margot Botsford (1947–) |
Associate Justice |
M. Sosman | September 4, 2007 – March 15, 2017 (Mandatory retirement) |
Deval Patrick | |
| Ralph Gants (1954–2020) |
Associate Justice |
J. Greaney | January 29, 2009 – July 28, 2014 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| Roderick L. Ireland (1944–) |
Chief Justice |
M. Marshall | December 20, 2010 – July 25, 2014 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
| Barbara Lenk (1950–) |
Associate Justice |
J. Cowin | June 8, 2011 – December 1, 2020 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
| — | Fernande R.V. Duffly (1949–) |
Associate Justice |
R. Ireland (as Associate Justice) |
February 1, 2011 – July 12, 2016 (Resigned) | |
| Ralph Gants (1954–2020) |
Chief Justice |
R. Ireland | July 28, 2014 – September 14, 2020[2][3] (Died) | ||
| — | Geraldine Hines (1947–) |
Associate Justice |
R. Gants (as Associate Justice) |
July 31, 2014 – August 18, 2017 (Mandatory retirement) | |
| Frank Gaziano (1963–) |
Associate Justice |
F. Spina | August 18, 2016 – Incumbent |
Charlie Baker | |
| Kimberly S. Budd (1966–) |
Associate Justice |
F. Duffly | August 24, 2016 – December 1, 2020 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
| David A. Lowy (1959/60–) |
Associate Justice |
R. Cordy | August 24, 2016 – February 3, 2024 (Retired) | ||
| Elspeth B. Cypher (1959–) |
Associate Justice |
M. Botsford | March 31, 2017 – January 12, 2024 (Retired) | ||
| Scott Kafker (1959–) |
Associate Justice |
G. Hines | August 21, 2017 – Incumbent | ||
| Kimberly S. Budd (1966–) |
Chief Justice |
R. Gants | December 1, 2020 – Incumbent | ||
| Dalila Argaez Wendlandt (1969–) |
Associate Justice |
K. Budd (as Associate Justice) |
December 4, 2020 – Incumbent | ||
| Serge Georges Jr. (1970–) |
Associate Justice |
B. Lenk | December 16, 2020 – Incumbent | ||
| Bessie Dewar (1980–) |
Associate Justice |
E. Cypher | January 16, 2024 – Incumbent |
Maura Healey | |
| Gabrielle Wolohojian (1960–) |
Associate Justice |
D. Lowy | April 22, 2024 – Incumbent |