List of justices of the Supreme Court of Ohio

Seal of the Supreme Court of Ohio

Bold indicates chief judge or chief justice. The Ohio Supreme Court was created by the Ohio Constitution of 1802 with three judges, and had three or four through 1851. In 1851, the number of judges was increased to five. In 1892, the number of judges was increased to six. In 1912, the office of chief justice was created and the total number of judges was increased to seven (including the chief justice). In 1968, all the supreme court judges were re-titled as justice.

See also:

• List of Ohio politicians
• Ohio Supreme Court elections

Chief justices

Chief judges (1803–1845)

Name	Party	Term
Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1803–1804
Samuel Huntington	Democratic-Republican	1804–1808
William Sprigg	Democratic-Republican	1808–1810
Thomas Scott	Democratic-Republican	1810–1815
Ethan A. Brown	Democratic-Republican	1815–1819
Jessup Nash Couch	Democratic-Republican	1819–1821
Calvin Pease	Democratic-Republican	1821–1829
Peter Hitchcock		1829–1833
Joshua Collett		1833–1835
Ebenezer Lane		1835–1845

Chief justices (since 1913)

Name	Party	Term
Hugh L. Nichols	Democratic	1913–1920
Carrington T. Marshall	Republican	1921–1932
Carl V. Weygandt	Democratic	1933–1962
Kingsley A. Taft	Republican	1963–1970
C. William O'Neill	Republican	1970–1978
Robert E. Leach	Republican	1978
Frank D. Celebrezze Sr.	Democratic	1978–1986
Thomas J. Moyer	Republican	1987–2010
Eric Brown	Democratic	2010
Maureen O'Connor	Republican	2011–2022
Sharon L. Kennedy	Republican	2023–

List of justices

Template:Color box denotes incumbent

Name	Began active service	Ended active service	Political affiliation	Appointed by
Template:Sortname	1803	1804	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1803	1806	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1803	1808	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1805	1808	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1806	1810	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Edward Tiffin
Template:Sortname	1809	1815	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1809	1810	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Ohio House
Template:Sortname	1810	1816	Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1810	1818	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1815	1821	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Thomas Worthington
Template:Sortname	1816	1822	Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1816	1830	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1819 1835 1845	1833 1842 1852	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1821	1828	Template:Party shading/National Republican | National Republican Party	Ethan Allen Brown
Template:Sortname	1823	1829	Template:Party shading/National Republican | National Republican Party	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1829	1836	Template:Party shading/National Republican | National Republican Party	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1830	1830	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1830	1830	Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian	Template:Sort
Template:Sortname	1830	1830	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Allen Trimble
Template:Sortname	1830	1830	Template:Party shading/National Republican | National Republican Party	Allen Trimble
Template:Sortname	1830	1845	Template:Party shading/National Republican | National Republican Party	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1831	1835	Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic- Republican	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1833	1847	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Template:Sort
Template:Sortname	1836	1842	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1842	1849	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1842	1849	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1847	1851	Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1849	1852	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1849	1854	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1851 1863	1857 1865	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ohio General Assembly
Template:Sortname	1852	1859	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1852	1854	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1852	1856	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1854	1855	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	William Medill
Template:Sortname	1854	1856	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	William Medill
Template:Sortname	1855	1859	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1856	1856	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1856	1871	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1856	1858	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Salmon P. Chase
Template:Sortname	1856	1872	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Salmon P. Chase
Template:Sortname	1858	1863	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1859	1864	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1859	1863	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1863	1865	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	David Tod
Template:Sortname	1864	1864	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1864	1883	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	John Brough
Template:Sortname	1865	1875	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1865	1878	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	John Brough
Template:Sortname	1871	1886	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1872	1873	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1873	1874	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Edward Follansbee Noyes
Template:Sortname	1874	1877	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	William Allen
Template:Sortname	1875	1880	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1877	1881	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1878	1885	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1880	1886	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1881	1883	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1883	1883	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Charles Foster
Template:Sortname	1883	1883	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Charles Foster
Template:Sortname	1883	1887	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1883	1889	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1885	1885	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	George Hoadly
Template:Sortname	1885	1912	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1886	1902	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1886	1895	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Joseph B. Foraker
Template:Sortname	1887	1902	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1889	1902	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1883	1904	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1895	1914	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1900	1912	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1902	1912	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1902	1911	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	George K. Nash
Template:Sortname	1904	1911	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1911	1922	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1911	1919	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1912	1912	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Judson Harmon
Template:Sortname	1912	1914	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1913	1924	Progressive Party	Elected
Template:Sortname	1913	1919	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1913	1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	James M. Cox
Template:Sortname	1915	1937	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1915	1953	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1919	1932	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1919	1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	James M. Cox
Template:Sortname	1920	1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	James M. Cox
Template:Sortname	1920	1922	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1921	1932	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1922	1922	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Harry L. Davis
Template:Sortname	1923	1933	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1923	1934	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1924	1924	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Vic Donahey
Template:Sortname	1925	1933	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1932	1936	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	George White
Template:Sortname	1933	1962	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1933	1934	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	George White
Template:Sortname	1933 1935	1934 1969	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	George White (first term)
Template:Sortname	1934	1934	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	George White
Template:Sortname	1934 1934	1934 1957	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Template:Sort
Template:Sortname	1934	1934	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1934	1946	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1935	1940	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1937	1940	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1937	1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Martin L. Davey
Template:Sortname	1938	1939	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1940	1950	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	John W. Bricker
Template:Sortname	1941	1942	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1942	1947	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1947	1948	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Frank Lausche
Template:Sortname	1947	1959	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Thomas J. Herbert
Template:Sortname	1949	1962	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1950	1950	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Frank Lausche
Template:Sortname	1950	1954	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1953	1954	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Frank Lausche
Template:Sortname	1954	1970	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1955	1962	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1957	1963	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1959	1960	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Michael DiSalle
Template:Sortname	1960	1978	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1962	1964	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Michael DiSalle
Template:Sortname	1963	1964	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Michael DiSalle
Template:Sortname	1963	1968	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1964	1972	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1964 1973	1968 1981	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Jim Rhodes (first term)
Template:Sortname	1969	1971	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Jim Rhodes
Template:Sortname	1969	1980	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1969	1976	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Jim Rhodes
Template:Sortname	1970	1977	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Jim Rhodes
Template:Sortname	1970	1978	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Jim Rhodes
Template:Sortname	1971	1973	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	John J. Gilligan
Template:Sortname	1972	1978	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1973	1984	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1977	1994	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1977	1989	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1978	1982	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Jim Rhodes
Template:Sortname	1980	1981	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Jim Rhodes
Template:Sortname	1981	1987	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1981	1983	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Jim Rhodes
Template:Sortname	1983	1985	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1985	2002	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1985	1996	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1987	2010	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1987	1993	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1989	2007	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1993	2004	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	1993	2017	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1995	2003	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	1996	2012	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	George Voinovich
Template:Sortname	2003	2022	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	2003	2018	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Bob Taft
Template:Sortname	2005	2016	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	2007	2013	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	2010	2010	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ted Strickland
Template:Sortname	2011	2012	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Ted Strickland
Template:Sortname	2012	present	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	2013	2021	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	John Kasich
Template:Sortname	2013	2018	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	2017	present	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	2017	present	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	2018	2019	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	John Kasich
Template:Sortname	2019	present	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	2019	present	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	2021	present	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	Elected
Template:Sortname	2023	present	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Mike DeWine/Elected
Template:Sortname	2025	present	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected
Template:Sortname	2025	present	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	Elected

Supreme Court Commission

In 1875, the Constitution of Ohio was amended to provide for the Supreme Court Commission.<ref>See Article IV, section 21 at Template:Cite web</ref> The amendment reads in part: "A commission, which shall consist of five members, shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the members of which shall hold office for the term of three years from and after the first day of February, 1876, to dispose of such part of the business then on the dockets of the Supreme Court, as shall, by arrangement between said commission and said court, be transferred to such commission; and said commission shall have like jurisdiction and power in respect to such business as are or may be vested in said court; and the members of said commission shall receive a like compensation for the time being, with the judges of said court."<ref>Amendment called for five members. In 1876, six members were named. In 1883, four were named. Also, amendment called for "...a like commission with like powers, jurisdiction and duties; provided, that the term of any such commission shall not exceed two years, nor shall it be created oftener than once in ten years", though 1883 was not ten years from 1876. Apparently, the amendment is still in force.</ref>

Commission of 1876

On February 2, 1876, Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes appointed the following six members:<ref name=husted>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Sfn

• Josiah Scott of Crawford County
• William Wartenbee Johnson of Lawrence County
• D. Thew Wright of Hamilton County
• Richard A. Harrison of Franklin County
• Henry C. Whitman of Hamilton County
• Luther Day of Portage County

Harrison refused the appointment, and Thomas Q. Ashburn of Clermont County was seated March 16, 1878. The commission sat until February 2, 1879, and "assisted in bringing up the docket which had fallen behind the reasonable time for trial."Template:Sfn

Commission of 1883

Governor Charles Foster appointed another commission of four men, which served from April 17, 1883 to April 16, 1885.<ref name=husted/>Template:Sfn

• George K. Nash of Franklin County
• Franklin J. Dickman of Cuyahoga County
• Charles D. Martin of Fairfield County
• John McCauley of Seneca County

Further reading

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