Judges, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1964-2016 (May be
incomplete!)
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1964 Sep 1:
John
D. Watts, nominated;
T.
John Lesinski, nominated;
John
H. Gillis, nominated;
Harry
J. Dingeman, Jr., nominated;
Thomas
J. Foley, nominated;
Tom
Downs, nominated;
Boaz
Siegel, defeated in primary;
Kenneth
N. Hylton, defeated in primary;
Lee
C. McManus, defeated in primary.
1964 Nov 3:
John
D. Watts, elected;
T.
John Lesinski, elected;
John
H. Gillis, elected;
Harry
J. Dingeman, Jr., defeated;
Tom
Downs, defeated;
Thomas
J. Foley, defeated.
1966 Jun 1:
John
D. Watts, died in office.
1966 Aug 2:
Charles
L. Levin, nominated;
James
H. Brickley, nominated;
Victor
Targonski, defeated in primary;
Arthur
W. Sempliner, defeated in primary;
Charles
P. Nugent, defeated in primary;
Samuel
J. Torina, defeated in primary.
1966 Nov 8:
Charles
L. Levin, elected;
James
H. Brickley, defeated.
1968 Nov 5:
Vincent
J. Brennan, elected;
Charles
Kaufman, defeated.
1964 Sep 1:
Thomas
G. Kavanagh, nominated;
Louis
D. McGregor, nominated;
Francis
L. O'Brien, nominated;
Donald
R. Freeman, nominated;
Timothy
C. Quinn, nominated;
Farrell
E. Roberts, nominated;
Charles
N. Murphy, defeated in primary;
Howard
R. Carroll, defeated in primary;
Earl
E. McDonald, defeated in primary;
William
L. Taft, defeated in primary;
William
Ross, defeated in primary;
Donald
William Sargent, defeated in primary;
Jack
Hanna, defeated in primary;
Frederick
J. Plotts, defeated in primary.
1964 Nov 3:
Thomas
G. Kavanagh, elected;
Timothy
C. Quinn, elected;
Louis
D. McGregor, elected;
Francis
L. O'Brien, defeated;
Farrell
E. Roberts, defeated;
Donald
R. Freeman, defeated.
1968 Aug 6:
S.
Jerome Bronson, nominated;
John
F. Foley, nominated;
Robert
J. Danhof, defeated in primary.
1968 Nov 5:
S.
Jerome Bronson, elected;
John
F. Foley, defeated.
1969 Jan 1:
Robert
J. Danhof, appointed.
1964 Sep 1:
John
W. Fitzgerald, nominated;
Donald
E. Holbrook, nominated;
Robert
B. Burns, nominated;
Maurice
Black, nominated;
Allan
C. Miller, nominated;
Austin
J. Doyle, nominated;
Philip
H. Mitchell, defeated in primary;
Robert
G. Howlett, defeated in primary;
Carlton
H. Morris, defeated in primary;
Andrew
W. Wisti, defeated in primary.
1964 Nov 3:
John
W. Fitzgerald, elected;
Donald
E. Holbrook, elected;
Robert
B. Burns, elected;
Allan
C. Miller, defeated;
Maurice
Black, defeated;
Austin
J. Doyle, defeated.
1968 Nov 5:
Thomas
M. Burns, elected;
R.
Stuart Hoffius, defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
John
H. Gillis, elected unopposed.
1972 Nov 7:
T.
John Lesinski, elected unopposed.
1973 Jan 2:
George
N. Bashara, Jr., appointed.
1974 Aug 6:
Richard
M. Maher, nominated;
Henry
Heading, nominated;
Nathan
J. Kaufman, nominated;
Joseph
A. Sullivan, nominated;
James
A. Hathaway, defeated in primary;
Victor
Targonski, defeated in primary;
Michael
L. Stacey, defeated in primary;
Walter
A. Paruk, defeated in primary.
1974 Nov 5:
Vincent
J. Brennan, elected;
George
N. Bashara, Jr., elected.
1974 Nov 5:
Richard
M. Maher, elected;
Nathan
J. Kaufman, elected;
Henry
Heading, defeated;
Joseph
A. Sullivan, defeated.
1976 Apr 5:
T.
John Lesinski, resigned;
Dorothy
Comstock Riley, appointed.
1976 Nov 2:
John
H. Gillis, elected unopposed.
1976 Nov 2:
Dorothy
Comstock Riley, elected;
Robert
L. Evans, defeated.
1978 Nov 7:
Dorothy
Comstock Riley, elected unopposed.
1970 Nov 3:
Louis
D. McGregor, elected unopposed.
1970 Nov 3:
Robert
J. Danhof, elected;
Donald
R. Freeman, defeated.
1972 Nov 7:
Timothy
C. Quinn, elected unopposed.
1974 Aug 6:
Michael
J. Kelly, nominated;
Michael
F. Cavanagh, nominated;
Bernard
L. Kaufman, nominated;
George
E. Montgomery, nominated;
Walter
P. Cynar, defeated in primary;
James
P. Churchill, defeated in primary;
Farrell
E. Roberts, defeated in primary;
Thomas
E. Woods, defeated in primary;
S.
James Clarkson, defeated in primary;
James
T. Kallman, defeated in primary;
Gordon
W. Britten, defeated in primary;
Yale
Leland Kerby, defeated in primary;
Eugene
E. Sordyl, defeated in primary;
Myron
F. Poe, defeated in primary;
E.
Boomie Mikrut, defeated in primary.
1974 Nov 5:
S.
Jerome Bronson, elected;
Robert
J. Danhof, elected;
Donald
R. Freeman, defeated.
1974 Nov 5:
Michael
F. Cavanagh, elected;
Michael
J. Kelly, elected;
Bernard
L. Kaufman, defeated;
George
E. Montgomery, defeated.
1976 Mar 31:
Louis
D. McGregor, retired.
1976 Apr 5:
William
R. Beasley, appointed.
1976 Nov 2:
William
R. Beasley, elected;
E.
Thomas Fitzgerald, defeated.
1977 Dec 23:
Timothy
C. Quinn, resigned.
1978 Feb 27:
Walter
P. Cynar, appointed.
1978 Aug 8:
E.
Thomas Fitzgerald, nominated;
Walter
P. Cynar, nominated;
Luke
Quinn, defeated in primary.
1978 Nov 7:
Walter
P. Cynar, elected;
E.
Thomas Fitzgerald, defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
Robert
B. Burns, elected;
James
E. Carr, defeated.
1972 Nov 7:
Donald
E. Holbrook, elected unopposed.
1974 Jan 1:
Glenn
S. Allen, Jr., appointed.
1974 Aug 6:
Donald
E. Holbrook, Jr., nominated;
Daniel
F. Walsh, nominated;
John
R. Letts, nominated;
Robert
L. Richardson, Jr., nominated;
Allan
C. Miller, defeated in primary;
H.
V. Hatch, defeated in primary;
Leo
E. Maki, defeated in primary;
V.
Robert Payant, defeated in primary;
Luther
I. Daines, defeated in primary;
Thea
Rossi Barron, defeated in primary;
Edward
G. Durance, defeated in primary;
Roger
Oeming, defeated in primary.
1974 Nov 5:
Thomas
M. Burns, elected;
Glenn
S. Allen, Jr., elected.
1974 Nov 5:
Donald
E. Holbrook, Jr., elected;
Daniel
F. Walsh, elected;
John
R. Letts, defeated;
Robert
L. Richardson, Jr., defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
Robert
B. Burns, elected unopposed.
1978 Aug 8:
Barbara
B. MacKenzie, nominated;
Kenneth
L. Block, nominated;
Joseph
P. Swallow, defeated in primary.
1978 Nov 7:
Barbara
B. MacKenzie, elected;
Kenneth
L. Block, defeated.
1980 Nov 4:
Vincent
J. Brennan, elected;
George
N. Bashara, Jr., elected.
1982 Apr 1:
Myron
H. Wahls, appointed.
1982 Aug 10:
Geraldine
B. Ford, nominated;
Roman
S. Gribbs, nominated;
Thomas
J. Brennan, defeated in primary;
M.
John Shamo, defeated in primary;
Charles
Kaufman, defeated in primary.
1982 Nov 2:
Roman
S. Gribbs, elected;
Geraldine
B. Ford, defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
John
H. Gillis, elected unopposed.
1982 Nov 2:
Myron
H. Wahls, elected unopposed.
1982 Dec 9:
Dorothy
Comstock Riley, resigned.
1982 Dec 27:
Harold
Hood, appointed.
1986 Jan 16:
Vincent
J. Brennan, resigned.
1986 Mar 17:
Joseph
B. Sullivan, appointed.
1980 Nov 4:
S.
Jerome Bronson, elected;
Robert
J. Danhof, elected;
John
J. Murray, defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
Michael
J. Kelly, elected;
William
R. Beasley, elected.
1983 May 31:
John
H. Shepherd, appointed.
1986 Nov 14:
S.
Jerome Bronson, died in office.
1987 Mar 23:
Martin
M. Doctoroff, appointed.
1988 Nov 8:
Mark
J. Cavanagh, elected.
1989:
Kathleen
Jansen, appointed.
1980 Nov 4:
Thomas
M. Burns, elected;
Glenn
S. Allen, Jr., elected;
Patrick
S. Hirzel, defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
Robert
B. Burns, elected;
Daniel
F. Walsh, elected.
1987 Feb 2:
Robert
B. Burns, resigned;
Gary
R. McDonald, appointed.
1988 Feb 4:
Daniel
F. Walsh, resigned.
1988 Mar 17:
William
B. Murphy, appointed.
1990 Nov 6:
Richard
M. Maher, elected;
Harold
Hood, elected.
1998 Nov 3:
Helene
N. White, elected;
Myron
H. Wahls, elected;
Helen
E. Brown, defeated;
Daniel
P. Ryan, defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Michael
J. Talbot, elected;
J.
Vincent Brennan, defeated.
1990 Nov 6:
John
H. Shepherd, elected unopposed.
1990 Nov 6:
E.
Thomas Fitzgerald, elected;
Linda
Hallmark, defeated.
1990 Nov 6:
Kathleen
Jansen, elected unopposed.
1994:
Henry
W. Saad, appointed.
1996 Nov 5:
Henry
W. Saad, elected.
1998 Nov 3:
Martin
M. Doctoroff, elected;
Pamela
Gilbert O'Sullivan, defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Hilda
R. Gage, elected unopposed.
1990 Nov 6:
Barbara
B. MacKenzie, elected;
Donald
E. Holbrook, Jr., elected.
1998 Nov 3:
David
H. Sawyer, elected unopposed.
Stephen
J. Markman, elected;
William
C. Whitbeck, elected.
2000 Nov 7:
Kurtis
T. Wilder, elected;
Kirsten
Frank Kelly, elected.
2002 Nov 5:
Karen
Fort Hood, elected.
2004 Nov 2:
Kurtis
T. Wilder, elected.
2006 Nov 7:
Kirsten
Frank Kelly, elected.
2008 Dec 30:
Cynthia
Diane Stephens, appointed.
2002:
Pat
M. Donofrio, appointed.
2002 Nov 5:
Henry
W. Saad, elected.
2006 Mar 23:
Deborah
A. Servitto, appointed.
2006 Nov 7:
Deborah
A. Servitto, elected.
2007 Aug 20:
Elizabeth
L. Gleicher, appointed.
2008 Nov 4:
Henry
W. Saad, elected.
2005 Jul 14:
Alton
T. Davis, appointed.
2010 Nov 2:
Kurtis
T. Wilder, elected.
2012 Mar 16:
Michael
J. Riordan, appointed.
2012 Nov 6:
Kirsten
Frank Kelly, elected unopposed;
Michael
J. Riordan, elected unopposed.
Kathleen
Jansen, elected unopposed;
Deborah
A. Servitto, elected unopposed;
Elizabeth
L. Gleicher, elected unopposed.
Jane
M. Beckering, elected unopposed;
Bill
Murphy, elected unopposed;
Douglas
B. Shapiro, elected unopposed.
2012 Nov 6:
Mark
T. Boonstra, elected unopposed.
2012 Nov 6:
Amy
Ronayne Krause, elected unopposed.
2012 Nov 6:
Peter
D. O'Connell, elected unopposed;
Stephen
L. Borrello, elected unopposed.
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