List of justices of the Kansas Supreme Court

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Following is a list of justices of the Kansas Supreme Court who are currently serving and those previously in office since the beginning of the State of Kansas in 1861. As of 2024, the Kansas Supreme Court has seven justices currently serving on the supreme bench.

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Justices

NameBegan active serviceEnded active serviceBegan as Chief JusticeEnded as Chief Justice
Melissa Standridge December 14, 2020Present--
K.J. Wall August 3, 2020Present--
Evelyn Wilson January 24, 2020July 4, 2025--
Caleb Stegall December 5, 2014Present--
Nancy Moritz January 7, 2011July 29, 2014--
Daniel Biles March 6, 2009Present--
Lee A. Johnson January 8, 2007September 8, 2019--
Eric S. Rosen November 18, 2005Present--
Carol A. Beier September 5, 2003September 18, 2020--
Robert L. Gernon January 13, 2003March 30, 2005--
Marla Luckert January 13, 2003PresentDecember 17, 2019Present
Lawton Nuss October 17, 2002December 17, 2019August 3, 2010December 17, 2019
Edward Larson September 1, 1995September 4, 2002--
Robert E. Davis January 11, 1993January 12, 2009January 12, 2009August 3, 2010
Bob Abbott September 1, 1990June 6, 2003--
Frederick N. Six September 1, 1988January 13, 2003--
Donald L. Allegrucci January 12, 1987January 8, 2007--
Tyler C. Lockett February 11, 1983January 13, 2003--
Harold S. Herd March 18, 1979January 11, 1993--
Kay McFarland September 19, 1977September 1, 1995September 1, 1995January 12, 2009
Richard Winn Holmes September 17, 1977September 1, 1990September 1, 1990August 31, 1995
Robert H. Miller November 1, 1975September 1, 1988September 1, 1988August 31, 1990
David Prager December 4, 1971January 12, 1987January 12, 1987September 1, 1988
Perry L. Owsley September 24, 1971December 31, 1978--
Alex M. Fromme May 2, 1966October 25, 1982--
Earl Eugene O'Connor October 1, 1965November 10, 1971--
Robert H. Kaul September 27, 1965September 17, 1977--
John F. Fontron March 5, 1964October 1, 1975--
Schuyler W. Jackson April 7, 1958February 8, 1964--
Alfred G. Schroeder January 14, 1957September 19, 1977September 19, 1977January 12, 1987
Fred Hall January 3, 1957April 7, 1958--
Harold R. Fatzer March 1, 1956September 1, 1971September 1, 1971September 19, 1977
Clair E. Robb January 10, 1955August 6, 1965--
William J. Wertz January 8, 1951October 1, 1965
Lloyd M. Kagey December 4, 1950January 8, 1951--
William J. Wertz March 1, 1950December 4, 1950
Edward F. Arn February 21, 1949March 1, 1950--
Robert T. Price November 30, 1948May 1, 1966May 1, 1966September 1, 1971
Austin M. Cowan June 9, 1948November 30, 1948--
Allen Banks Burch January 8, 1945May 31, 1948--
Jay S. Parker January 11, 1943January 14, 1957January 14, 1957May 1, 1966
Homer Hoch January 9, 1939January 30, 1949--
Harry K. Allen January 11, 1937January 11, 1943--
Hugo T. Wedell July 3, 1935January 10, 1955--
Walter G. Thiele January 9, 1933January 3, 1957January 3, 1957January 14, 1957
Edward Ray Sloan April 6, 1931January 9, 1933--
William A. Smith December 1, 1930March 1, 1956March 1, 1956January 3, 1957
William D. Jochems January 4, 1930December 1, 1930--
William Easton Hutchinson May 12, 1927January 9, 1939--
William West Harvey January 8, 1923January 8, 1945January 8, 1945March 1, 1956
Richard Joseph Hopkins January 8, 1923December 27, 1929--
John Marshall January 11, 1915March 25, 1931--
John Shaw Dawson January 11, 1915January 11, 1937January 11, 1937January 8, 1945
Judson S. West January 9, 1911January 8, 1923--
Alfred W. Benson August 1, 1907January 11, 1915--
Charles Burleigh Graves August 21, 1905January 9, 1911--
Silas Wright Porter July 1, 1905January 8, 1923--
Clark Allen Smith December 1, 1904January 11, 1915--
Henry F. Mason January 12, 1903May 4, 1927--
Rousseau Angelus Burch September 29, 1902July 1, 1935July 1, 1935January 11, 1937
William D. Atkinson January 1, 1904December 1, 1904--
John Calvin Pollock January 15, 1901December 2, 1903--
Abram Halstead Ellis January 15, 1901September 25, 1902--
Adrian Lawrence Greene January 15, 1901July 28, 1907--
Edwin Wilber Cunningham January 15, 1901August 16, 1905--
David Martin --April 30, 1895January 11, 1897
William Redwood Smith January 9, 1899July 1, 1905--
Frank Doster --January 11, 1897January 12, 1903
Stephen Haley Allen January 9, 1893January 9, 1899--
Daniel Mulford Valentine January 11, 1869January 9, 1893--
William Agnew Johnston December 1, 1884January 12, 1903January 12, 1903June 30, 1935
Theodore A. Hurd April 23, 1884December 1, 1884--
David J. Brewer January 9, 1871April 8, 1884--
Albert H. Horton --December 31, 1876April 30, 1895
Jacob Safford January 9, 1865January 9, 1871--
Lawrence Dudley Bailey February 9, 1861January 11, 1869--
Samuel Austin Kingman February 9, 1861January 9, 1865January 14, 1867December 30, 1876
Robert Crozier --January 5, 1864January 14, 1867
Nelson Cobb --December 28, 1862January 5, 1864
John Hampton Watson --Elected November 4, 1862Election Ruled Void
Thomas Ewing Jr. --February 9, 1861November 28, 1862

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