Search for the Chief Justice by the first letter of their last name or chronologically
By the first letter of their last name:
A B C D F G H K L M N O P R S T W Y
A
Supreme Court: 1952 – 1953
Chief Justice: 1952
B
Supreme Court: 1910 – 1928
Chief Justice: 1910, 1919, 1926
Supreme Court: 1905 – 1912
Chief Justice: 1909
Supreme Court: 1940 – 1956
Chief Justice: 1943, 1950
Supreme Court: 1967 – 1973
Chief Justice: 1969, 1970, 1971
Supreme Court: 1982 – 1999
Chief Justice: 1995, 1996
Supreme Court: 1908 – 1921
Chief Justice: 1915
Supreme Court: 1934 – 1955
Chief Justice: 1940, 1948
Supreme Court: 1929 – 1955
Chief Justice: 1930, 1931, 1939, 1946, 1954
C
Supreme Court: 1858 – 1890
Chief Justice: 1870, 1871, 1872, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1885, 1890
Supreme Court: 1902 – 1904
Chief Justice: 1906
Supreme Court: 1941 – 1963
Chief Justice: 1947, 1955, 1962, 1963
Supreme Court: 2019 – current
Chief Justice: 2025
Supreme Court: 1983 – 2014
Chief Justice: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Supreme Court: 1884 – 1891
Chief Justice: 1890, 1891, 1892
Supreme Court: 1937 – 1943
Chief Justice: 1942
Supreme Court: 1858 – 1875
Chief Justice: 1872, 1873, 1874
Supreme Court: 1919 – 1933
Chief Justice: 1924, 1932
Supreme Court: 2017 – 2025
Chief Justice: 2022, 2023, 2024
Supreme Court: 1973 – 1982
Chief Justice: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
Supreme Court: 1864 – 1885
Chief Justice: 1868, 1869, 1870, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1884, 1885
Supreme Court: 1999 – 2011
Chief Justice: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
D
Supreme Court: 1946 – 1970
Chief Justice: 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969
F
Supreme Court: 1928 – 1937
Chief Justice: 1928, 1937
Supreme Court: 1917 – 1929
Chief Justice: 1922
Supreme Court: 1974 – 1982
Chief Justice: 1982
Supreme Court: 1927 – 1928
Chief Justice: 1928
Supreme Court: 1836 – 1842
Chief Justice: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
G
Supreme Court: 1890 – 1905
Chief Justice: 1898, 1899, 1908
Supreme Court: 1857 – 1857
Chief Justice: 1874, 1875, 1876, 1882, 1883
Supreme Court: 1848 – 1857
Chief Justice: 1855, 1856
H
Supreme Court: 1893 – 1911
Chief Justice: 1893, 1902, 1903
K
Supreme Court: 1958 – 1975
Chief Justice: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Supreme Court: 1969 – 1984
Chief Justice: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
Supreme Court: 1997 – 2012
Chief Justice: 2009, 2010
Supreme Court: 1912 – 1919
Chief Justice: 1917, 1918
L
Supreme Court: 1888 – 1902
Chief Justice: 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898
M
Supreme Court: 1990 – 1999
Chief Justice: 1997, 1998
Supreme Court: 1999 – 2020
Chief Justice: 2017, 2018
Supreme Court: 1875 – 1883
Chief Justice: 1880, 1881
Supreme Court: 1851 – 1867
Chief Justice: 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867
Supreme Court: 1905 – 1915
Chief Justice: 1907, 1914
Supreme Court: 2013-2022
Chief Justice: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Supreme Court: 1922 – 1933
Chief Justice: 1925, 1933
Supreme Court: 1891 – 1895
Chief Justice: 1892, 1894, 1895
Supreme Court: 1892 – 1906
Chief Justice: 1900, 1901, 1910
Supreme Court: 1896 – 1921
Chief Justice: 1904, 1905, 1912, 1920
Supreme Court: 1832 – 1843
Chief Justice: 1843
Supreme Court: 1885 – 1892
Chief Justice: 1885
N
Supreme Court: 1927 – 1952
Chief Justice: 1929, 1936, 1944, 1952
O
Supreme Court: 1905 – 1919
Chief Justice: 1911, 1918
P
Supreme Court: 1928 – 1940
Chief Justice: 1935
Supreme Court: 1850 – 1857
Chief Justice: 1856, 1857
R
Supreme Court: 1836 – 1848
Chief Justice: 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848
Supreme Court: 1944 – 1956
Chief Justice: 1951
Supreme Court: 1982 – 1983
Chief Justice: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
S
Supreme Court: 1919 – 1935
Chief Justice: 1927, 1934
Supreme Court: 1934 – 1957
Chief Justice: 1941, 1949, 1956
Supreme Court: 1883 – 1889
Chief Justice: 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889
Supreme Court: 1824 – 1836
Chief Justice: 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837
Supreme Court: 1941 – 1946
Chief Justice: 1945
Supreme Court: 1911 – 1927
Chief Justice: 1913, 1921
Supreme Court: 1910 – 1924
Chief Justice: 1916
T
Supreme Court: 1997 – 2008
Chief Justice: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
W
Supreme Court: 1995 – 2010
Chief Justice: 1999, 2000
Supreme Court: 1839 – 1855
Chief Justice: 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852
Supreme Court: 1921 – 1945
Chief Justice: 1923, 1930, 1938
Supreme Court: 1971 – 1986
Chief Justice: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
Supreme Court: 1845 – 1856
Chief Justice: 1852, 1853, 1854
Supreme Court: 1808 – 1828
Chief Justice: 1824, 1825, 1826
Supreme Court: 1805 – 1824
Chief Justice: 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824
Y
Supreme Court: 1998 – 2017
Chief Justice: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Chronological List
| Years | Chief Justice |
| 1836-1842 | William A. Fletcher |
| 1842-1843 | George Morrell |
| 1843-1847 | Epaphroditus Ransom |
| 1848-1851 | Charles W. Whipple |
| 1852-1853* | Warner Wing |
| 1854-1855* | Sanford M. Green |
| 1856* | Abner Pratt |
| 1857*-1867 | George Martin |
| 1868-1869 | Thomas M. Cooley |
| 1870-1871 | James V. Campbell |
| 1872-1873 | Isaac P. Christiancy |
| 1874-1875 | Benjamin F. Graves |
| 1876-1877 | Thomas M. Cooley |
| 1878-1879 | James V. Campbell |
| 1880-1881 | Isaac Marston |
| 1882-1883 | Benjamin F. Graves |
| 1884-1885 | Thomas M. Cooley |
| 1885 | Allen B. Morse |
| 1886-1887 | James V. Campbell |
| 1888-1889 | Thomas R. Sherwood |
| 1890 | James V. Campbell |
| 1890-1891 | John W. Champlin |
| 1892 | Allen B. Morse |
| 1892 | John W. McGrath |
| 1893 | Frank A. Hooker |
| 1894-1895 | John W. McGrath |
| 1896-1897 | Charles D. Long |
| 1898-1899 | Claudius B. Grant |
| 1900-1901 | Robert M. Montgomery |
| 1902-1903 | Frank A. Hooker |
| 1904-1905 | Joseph B. Moore |
| 1906 | William L. Carpenter |
| 1907 | Aaron V. McAlvay |
| 1908 | Claudius B. Grant |
| 1909 | Charles A. Blair |
| 1910 | Robert M. Montgomery |
| 1910 | John E. Bird |
| 1911 | Russell C. Ostrander |
| 1912 | Joseph B. Moore |
| 1913 | Joseph H. Steere |
| 1914 | Aaron V. McAlvay |
| 1915 | Flavius L. Brooke |
| 1916 | John W. Stone |
| 1917 | Franz C. Kuhn |
| 1918 | Russell C. Ostrander |
| 1919 | John E. Bird |
| 1920 | Joseph B. Moore |
| 1921 | Joseph H. Steere |
| 1922 | Grant Fellows |
| 1923 | Howard Wiest |
| 1924 | George M. Clark |
| 1925 | John S. McDonald |
| 1926 | John E. Bird |
| 1927 | Nelson Sharpe |
| 1928 | Louis H. Fead |
| 1929 | Walter H. North |
| 1930 | Howard Wiest |
| 1931 | Henry M. Butzel |
| 1932 | George M. Clark |
| 1933 | John S. McDonald |
| 1934 | Nelson Sharpe |
| 1935 | William W. Potter |
| 1936 | Walter H. North |
| 1937 | Louis H. Fead |
| 1938 | Howard Wiest |
| 1939 | Henry M. Butzel |
| 1940 | George E. Bushnell |
| 1941 | Edward M. Sharpe |
| 1942 | Bert D. Chandler |
| 1943 | Emerson R. Boyles |
| 1944 | Walter H. North |
| 1945 | Raymond W. Starr |
| 1946 | Henry M. Butzel |
| 1947 | Leland W. Carr |
| 1948 | George E. Bushnell |
| 1949 | Edward M. Sharpe |
| 1950 | Emerson R. Boyles |
| 1951 | Neil E. Reid |
| 1952 | Walter H. North |
| 1952 | Clark J. Adams |
| 1953 | John R. Dethmers |
| 1954 | Henry M. Butzel |
| 1955 | Leland W. Carr |
| 1956 | Edward M. Sharpe |
| 1956-1961 | John R. Dethmers |
| 1962-1963 | Leland W. Carr |
| 1964-1966 | Thomas M. Kavanagh |
| 1967-1969 | John R. Dethmers |
| 1969-1970 | Thomas E. Brennan |
| 1971-1974 | Thomas M. Kavanagh |
| 1975-1978 | Thomas G. Kavanagh |
| 1979-1982 | Mary S. Coleman |
| 1982 | John W. Fitzgerald |
| 1983-1986 | G. Mennen Williams |
| 1987-1990 | Dorothy Comstock Riley |
| 1991-1994 | Michael F. Cavanagh |
| 1995-1996 | James H. Brickley |
| 1997-1998 | Conrad L. Mallett, Jr. |
| 1999-2000 | Elizabeth A. Weaver |
| 2001-2004 | Maura D. Corrigan |
| 2005-2008 | Clifford W. Taylor |
| 2009-2010 | Marilyn J. Kelly |
| 2011-2016 | Robert P. Young, Jr. |
| 2017-2018 | Stephen J. Markman |
| 2019-2022 | Bridget M. McCormack |
| 2022-present | Elizabeth T. Clement |