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Chief justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
From Ballotpedia
| Justice | Years as Chief Justice |
|---|---|
| Prentiss Mellen | 1820-1834 |
| Nathan Weston | 1834-1841 |
| Ezekiel Whitman | 1841-1848 |
| Ether Shepley | 1848-1855 |
| John Searle Tenney | 1855-1862 |
| John Appleton | 1862-1883 |
| John A. Peters | 1883-1900 |
| Andrew Wiswell | 1900-1906 |
| Lucilius Emery | 1906-1911 |
| William Penn Whitehouse | 1911-1913 |
| Albert Savage | 1913-1917 |
| Leslie Cornish | 1917-1925 |
| Scott Wilson | 1925-1929 |
| Luere Deasy | 1929-1930 |
| William Pattangall | 1930-1935 |
| Charles Dunn | 1935-1939 |
| Charles Barnes | 1939-1940 |
| Guy Sturgis | 1940-1949 |
| Harold Murchie | 1949-1953 |
| Edward Merrill | 1953-1954 |
| Raymond Fellows | 1954-1956 |
| Robert B. Williamson | 1956-1970 |
| Armand Dufresne | 1970-1977 |
| Vincent McKusick | 1977-1992 |
| Daniel Wathen | 1992-2001 |
| Leigh Ingalls Saufley | 2001-2020 |
| Valerie Stanfill | 2021-Present |
External links
- Maine Supreme Judicial Court chief justices
- History of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, from Cleaves Law Library
