THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
FROM 1848 TO PRESENT
The Supreme Court has had Twenty-Five (25) Chief Justices since 1848 to present and they are as follow:
NAME | TERM OF TENURE |
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His Honor Samuel Benedict | 1848-1856 |
His Honor John Day | 1856-1861 |
His Honor Boston J. Drayton | 1861-1864 |
His Honor Edward J. Roye | 1865-1868 |
His Honor Cyrus Louis Parsons | 1869-1894 |
His Honor Zachariah B. Roberts | 1895-1910 |
His Honor James Archibald Toliver | 1911-1913 |
His Honor James Jenkins Dossen | 1913-1924 |
His Honor Frederick E. R. Johnson | 1924-1933 |
His Honor Louis Arthur Grimes | 1933-1949 |
His Honor Martin Nemle Russell | 1950-1958 |
His Honor Eugene Himie Shannon | 1958-1958 |
His Honor Dash Wilson | 1958-1971 |
His Honor James A. A. Pierre | 1971-1980 |
His Honor Emmanuel M. Gbalazeh | 1980-1986 |
His Honor James N. Nagbe | 1986-1987 |
His Honor Chea Cheapoo | 1987 |
His Honor Emmanuel M. Gbalazeh | 1987-1990 |
His Honor James Henrique Pearson | 1992 |
His Honor James Garretson Bull | 1993-1996 |
Her Honor Frances Johnson Morris | 1997 |
Her Honor Gloria Musu Scott | 1997-2003 |
His Honor Henry Reed Cooper | 2003-2005 |
His Honor Johnnie N. Lewis | 2006-2012 |
His Honor Francis S. Korkpor, Sr | 2013-Present |
- Only two (2) females have served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Liberia
- Total number of Chief Justices since 1848 – present twenty five (25):
- Males – 23
- Females – 2