JUDICIAL · MA · 2014-2020
Ralph Gants
Chief Justice · State Supreme Court · Massachusetts
On the record
Died in office Sept 2020
SEVERITY · DIED-IN-OFFICE
Background
Ralph Gants (—) was Massachusetts's Chief Justice · State Supreme Court 2014–2020 (6 years). Took office after Roderick Ireland; succeeded by Kimberly Budd. In-office record: Died in office Sept 2020. Same-year political environment (2014): Governor Deval Patrick; Attorney General Martha Coakley; Secretary of State William Galvin.
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Others who held this office in Massachusetts
- Kimberly Budd (2020-present)
- Roderick Ireland (2010-2014)
- Margaret Marshall (1999-2010)
- Herbert Wilkins (1996-1999)