Former Justices
| Name | Hometown | Home County | Start of Term | End of Term | Reason for Leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles W. Goddard | Cumberland | February 28, 1871 | November 4, 1871 | Resigned | |
| Marquis DeLafayette Lane | Cumberland | November 4, 1871 | September 15, 1872 | Died in office | |
| Joseph W. Symonds | Portland, Maine | Cumberland | September 28, 1872 | October 16, 1878 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| William Penn Whitehouse | Augusta, Maine | Kennebec | February 13, 1878 | April 15, 1890 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Percival Bonney | Cumberland | October 16, 1878 | August 4, 1906 | Died in office | |
| William M. Robinson | Aroostook | March 25, 1885 | July 1, 1893 | Aroostook County Superior Court was abolished on July 1, 1893 | |
| Oliver G. Hall | Kennebec | April 24, 1890 | April 26, 1911 | Retired | |
| Levi Turner | Cumberland | September 21, 1906 | February 19, 1911 | Died in office | |
| Joseph E.F. Connolly | Cumberland | March 2, 1911 | March 2, 1918 | Term expired | |
| Lauren M. Sanborn | Cumberland | March 2, 1918 | March 2, 1925 | Term expired | |
| Fred Emery Beane | Kennebec | April 26, 1911 | May 14, 1924 | Retired (active retired) | |
| Henry W. Oakes | Androscoggin | July 16, 1917 | March 31, 1928 | Retired (active retired) | |
| Bertram L. Smith | Penobscot | July 16, 1919 | November 4, 1924 | Died in office | |
| William H. Fisher | Augusta, Maine | Kennebec | May 21, 1924 | August 31, 1940 | Retired (active retired) |
| George H. Worster | Bangor, Maine | Penobscot | November 25, 1924 | December 21, 1939 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Arthur Chapman | Portland, Maine | Cumberland | March 12, 1925 | November 4, 1942 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Harry Manser | Auburn, Maine | Androscoggin | April 1, 1928 | July 18, 1935 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
Statewide Superior Court established January 1, 1930; P.L. 1929, ch 141. The Superior Court, with a location in each county, became the general jurisdiction trial court, replacing the Maine Supreme Court justices who traveled from county to county to sit in trial terms (Nisi Prius) in those counties without their own Superior Court. The presiding justices from the Superior Courts in four counties (Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, and Penobscot) continued to serve on the statewide Superior Court. The Supreme Judicial Court was reduced from eight justices to six justices as a result of vacancies.
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| George L. Emery | Biddeford, Maine | York | January 1, 1930 | October 2, 1944 | Died in office |
| James H. Hudson | Guilford, Maine | Piscataquis | January 1, 1930 | November 20, 1933 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Sidney St. F. Thaxter | Portland, Maine | Cumberland | January 1, 1930 | October 1, 1930 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Herbert T. Powers | Fort Fairfield, Maine | Aroostook | October 1, 1930 | July 1, 1941 | Retired |
| Herbert E. Holmes | Lewiston, Maine | Androscoggin | November 20, 1933 | May 6, 1935 | Died in office |
| Edward P. Murray | Bangor, Maine | Penobscot | July 18, 1935 | September 18, 1947 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Albert Beliveau | Rumford, Maine | Oxford | July 18, 1935 | March 3, 1954 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Raymond B. Fellows | Bangor, Maine | Penobscot | December 10, 1939 | May 1, 1946 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Robert A. Cony | Augusta, Maine | Kennebec | October 31, 1940 | January 1, 1945 | Died in office |
| Nathaniel Tompkins | Houlton, Maine | Aroostook | October 9, 1941 | August 23, 1945 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Arthur E. Sewall | York, Maine | York | December 17, 1942 | March 3, 1953 | Retired (active retired) |
| Earle L. Russell | Cape Elizabeth, Maine | Cumberland | December 27, 1944 | August 5, 1947 | Died in office |
| Edward F. Merrill | Skowhegan, Maine | Somerset | February 1, 1945 | June 2, 1948 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Robert B. Williamson | Augusta, Maine | Kennebec | September 5, 1945 | May 5, 1949 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Frank A. Tirrell, Jr. | Rockland, Maine | Knox | May 15, 1946 | March 18, 1953 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| William B. Nulty | Portland, Maine | Cumberland | September 18, 1947 | March 16, 1949 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Percy T. Clarke | Ellsworth, Maine | Hancock | October 1, 1947 | June 29, 1955 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Donald W. Webber | Auburn, Maine | Androscoggin | September 1, 1948 | October 8, 1953 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Francis W. Sullivan | Cape Elizabeth, Maine | Cumberland | April 5, 1949 | October 4, 1956 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Granville C. Gray | Presque Isle, Maine | Aroostook | May 18, 1949 | September 2, 1956 | Died in office |
| Harold C. Marden | Waterville, Maine | Kennebec | March 3, 1953 | December 19, 1962 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Randolph A. Weatherbee | Hampden, Maine | Penobscot | March 25, 1953 | December 21, 1966 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Cecil J. Siddall | Sanford, Maine | York | August 19, 1953 | May 7, 1958 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Leonard F. Williams | Auburn, Maine | Androscoggin | November 4, 1953 | March 30, 1964 | Died in office |
| Walter M. Tapley, Jr. | Portland, Maine | Cumberland | March 3, 1954 | May 5, 1954 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Abraham M. Rudman | Bangor, Maine | Penobscot | June 9, 1954 | May 30, 1965 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| F. Harold Dubord | Waterville, Maine | Kennebec | June 29, 1955 | October 4, 1956 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Charles A. Pomeroy | Portland, Maine | Cumberland | October 4, 1956 | July 2, 1969 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| James P. Archibald | Houlton, Maine | Aroostook | October 4, 1956 | January 27, 1971 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Armand A. Dufresne, Jr. | Lewiston, Maine | Androscoggin | October 4, 1956 | August 24, 1965 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| John P. Carey | Bath, Maine | Sagadahoc | May 7, 1958 | December 10, 1958 | Resigned |
| Thomas E. Delahanty | Lewiston, Maine | Androscoggin | December 31, 1958 | September 5, 1973 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| William S. Silsby | Aurora, Maine | Hancock | December 20, 1961 | August 2, 1972 | Retired |
| James L. Reid | Augusta, Maine | Kennebec | December 28, 1962 | September 1, 1975 | Retired (active retired) |
| Harold J. Rubin | Bath, Maine | Sagadahoc | May 20, 1964 | January 15, 1979 | Retired |
| Alton A. Lessard | Lewiston, Maine | Androscoggin | August 24, 1965 | August 2, 1974 | Retired (medical disability) |
| Lincoln Spencer | Kennebunkport, Maine | York | August 24, 1965 | September 1, 1977 | Retired |
| Albert Knudsen | Portland, Maine | Cumberland | May 4, 1966 | December 31, 1973 | Retired |
| Robert W. Clifford | Lewiston, Maine | Androscoggin | June 8, 1979 | August 1, 1986 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Thomas E. Delahanty II | Lewiston, Maine | Androscoggin | November 4, 1983 | June 30, 2010 | Appointed as United States Attorney for the District of Maine |
| Andrew M. Mead | Bangor, Maine | Penobscot | May 28, 1992 | April, 2007 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Ellen A. Gorman | Durham, Maine | Androscoggin | March 30, 2000 | October 1, 2007 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| Joseph A. Jabar | Waterville, Maine | Kennebec | October 26, 2001 | September 1, 2009 | Appointed to Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
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“If the justices would only retire when they have become burdens to the court itself, or when they recognize themselves that their faculties have become impaired, I would grieve sincerely when they passed away, and you would not feel like such a hypocrite as you do when you are going through the formality of sending telegrams of condolence and giving out interviews for propriety’s sake.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)