List of Chief Justices
| # | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serranus Clinton Hastings | (1850–1852) |
| 2 | Henry A. Lyons | (1852) |
| 3 | Hugh C. Murray | (1852–1857) |
| 4 | David S. Terry | (1857–1859) |
| 5 | Stephen J. Field | (1859–1863) |
| 6 | W.W. Cope | (1863–1864) |
| 7 | Silas W. Sanderson | (1864–1866) |
| 8 | John Currey | (1866–1868) |
| 9 | Lorenzo Sawyer | (1868–1870) |
| 10 | Augustus L. Rhodes | (1870–1872) |
| 11 | Royal T. Sprague | (1872) |
| 12 | William T. Wallace | (1872–1879) |
| 13 | Robert F. Morrison | (1879–1887) |
| 14 | Niles Searls | (1887–1889) |
| 15 | William H. Beatty | (1889–1914) |
| 16 | Matt I. Sullivan | (1914–1915) |
| 17 | Frank M. Angellotti | (1915–1921) |
| 18 | Lucien Shaw | (1921–1923) |
| 19 | Curtis D. Wilbur | (1923–1924) |
| 20 | Louis W. Myers | (1924–1926) |
| 21 | William H. Waste | (1926–1940) |
| 22 | Phil S. Gibson | (1940–1964) |
| 23 | Roger J. Traynor | (1964–1970) |
| 24 | Donald R. Wright | (1970–1977) |
| 25 | Rose Elizabeth Bird | (1977–1987) |
| 26 | Malcolm M. Lucas | (1987–1996) |
| 27 | Ronald M. George | (1996–2011) |
| 28 | Tani Cantil-Sakauye | (2011–present) |
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