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Supreme Court of Mississippi

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The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest court in Mississippi. Its justices are chosen by nonpartisan election. This page lists every justice to serve on the court, current and former, with when they joined the bench and whom they succeeded.

62
Justices in history
9
Currently serving
Nonpartisan
Selection
8-yr
Term
Current justices
JusticeSince
William L. Waller Jr.1996
Jess H. Dickinson2004
Michael K. Randolph2004
Ann Hannaford Lamar2007
Randy G. Pierce2008
David A. Chandler2009
James W. Kitchens2009
Leslie D. King2011
Josiah D. Coleman2013
Former justices
JusticeYears
George C. Carlson Jr.2001–2012
James Earl Graves Jr.2001–2011
Oliver E. Diaz Jr.2000–2008
Charles Easley2000–2008
Kay B. Cobb1999–2007
Michael P. Mills1995–2001
James W. Smith Jr.1993–2009
Charles L. Roberts Jr.1992–1999
Fred L. Banks Jr.1991–2001
Charles R. McRae1991–2004
William Joel Blass1989–1991
Edwin L. Pittman1989–2004
Joseph Stephen Zuccaro Jr.1987–1989
Joseph Ruble Griffin1986–1988
Reuben V. Anderson1985–1990
Michael D. Sullivan1984–2000
James L. Robertson1983–1992
Dan M. Lee1982–1998
Lenore L. Prather1982–2001
Armis E. Hawkins1980–1995
Kermit R. Cofer1978–1986
Francis S. Bowling1977–1985
Roy Noble Lee1976–1992
Harry Grey Walker1973–1987
Vernon H. Broom1972–1984
Robert Perkins Sugg1970–1983
Lemuel A. Smith Jr.1966–1982
William H. Inzer1965–1978
Thomas Pickens Brady1964–1973
Neville Patterson1964–1986
Stokes Robertson Jr.1964–1980
Robert Lee Jones1962–1971
Henry Lee Rodgers1961–1976
Taylor H. McElroy1960–1962
Robert G. Gillespie1954–1977
William Nathaniel Ethridge Jr.1952–1971
Richard Olney Arrington1950–1963
James Plemon Coleman1950–1950
James Garrott Holmes1950–1961
John W. Kyle1950–1965
Percy Mercer Lee1950–1965
Lee Davis Hall1948–1961
Julian P. Alexander1941–1953
William Greene Roberds1940–1950
A. Harvey McGehee1937–1964
William Campbell McLean1911–1912
James Houston Price1903–1903
Jeff Truly1903–1906
Samuel Heidelberg Terral1897–1903
Thomas Ringland Stockdale1896–1897
Albert Hall Whitfield1894–1910
Thomas H. Woods1889–1900
Louis L. Winston1821–1824

How a justice reaches this court. Justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi are chosen in nonpartisan elections to 8-year terms. Nine justices are elected from three districts on a nonpartisan ballot; vacancies are filled by gubernatorial appointment. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any justice to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project; selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-06-30. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).