JUDICIAL · MI · 1979-1983
Mary S. Coleman
Supreme Court Chief Justice · Republican · Michigan
On the record
First woman MI SC Chief
Background
Mary S. Coleman served as Supreme Court Chief Justice of Michigan from 1979–1983 (4 years). Took office after Thomas G. Kavanagh; succeeded by G. Mennen Williams. Note: First woman MI SC Chief. Same-year political environment (1979): Governor William Milliken; Attorney General Frank Kelley.
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Others who held this office in Michigan
- Michael F. Cavanagh (1991-1995)
- Dorothy Comstock Riley (1987-1991)
- G. Mennen Williams (1983-1987)
- Thomas G. Kavanagh (1975-1979)
- Thomas M. Kavanagh (1961-1973)
- Talbot Smith (1959-1961)
- John R. Dethmers (1955-1959)
- Henry M. Butzel (1949-1951)
- Walter H. North (1947-1949)