THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
FROM 1848 TO PRESENT

The Supreme Court has had Twenty-Five (25)  former Chief Justices since 1848 to present and they are as follow:

 

1		2		3		4
His Honor Samuel Benedict		His Honor John Day		His Honor Boston J. Drayton		His Honor Edward J. Roye
Term of Tenure: 1848-1856		Term of Tenure: 1856-1861		Term of Tenure: 1861-1864		Term of Tenure: 1865-1868
Nominated by President Joseph Jenkins Roberts		Nominated by President Joseph Jenkins Roberts		Nominated by President Stephen Allen Benson		Nominated by President Daniel Bashiel Warner
5		6		7		8
His Honor Cyrus Louis Parsons		His Honor Zachariah B. Roberts		His Honor James Archibald Toliver		His Honor James Jenkins Dossen
Term of Tenure: 1869-1894		Term of Tenure: 1895-1910		Term of Tenure: 1911-1913		Term of Tenure: 1913-1924
Nominated by President James Spriggs Payne		Nominated by President Joseph James Cheeseman		Nominated by President Arthur Barclay		Nominated by President Daniel Edward Howard
9		10		11		12
His Honor Frederick E. R. Johnson		His Honor Louis Arthur Grimes		His Honor Martin Nemle Russell		His Honor Eugene Himie Shannon
Term of Tenure: 1924-1933		Term of Tenure: 1933-1949		Term of Tenure: 1950-1958		Term of Tenure: 1958-1958
Nominated by President Charles D. B. King		Nominated by President Edwin Barclay		Nominated by President Edwin Barclay		Nominated by President Edwin Barclay
13		14		15		16
His Honor Dash Wilson		His Honor James A. A. Pierre		His Honor Emmanuel M. Gbalazeh		His Honor James N. Nagbe
Term of Tenure: 1958-1971		Term of Tenure: 1971-1980		Term of Tenure: 1980-1986		Term of Tenure: 1986-1987
Nominated by President William Tubman		Nominated by President William Tubman		Nominated by the People’s Redemption Council		Nominated by President Samuel Doe
17		18		19		20
His Honor Chea Cheapoo		His Honor Emmanuel M. Gbalazeh		His Honor James Henrique Pearson		His Honor James Garretson Bull
Term of Tenure: 1987		Term of Tenure: 1987-1990		Term of Tenure: 1992		Term of Tenure: 1993-1996
Nominated by President Samuel Doe		Nominated by President Samuel Doe		Nominated by President _____		Nominated by President Amos Sawyer
21		22		23		24
Her Honor Frances Johnson Morris		Her Honor Gloria Musu Scott		His Honor Henry Reed Cooper		His Honor Johnnie N. Lewis
Term of Tenure: 1997		Term of Tenure: 1997-2003		Term of Tenure: 2003-2005		Term of Tenure: 2006-2012
Nominated by President Ruth Perry		Nominated by President Charles Taylor		Nominated by the National Transitional Government		Nominated by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
25
His Honor Francis S. Korpor, Sr.
Term of Tenure: 2012-2022
Nominated by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

 

• Only three (3) females including the present Chief Justice have served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Liberia
• Total number of Chief Justices since 1848 – present is twenty six (26):
• Males         –     23
• Females     –     3