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T. Kenneth Griffis
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court · District 1 Position 1
Background: He served as an appellate judge from 2003 to 2019. He taught as an adjunct law professor at Mississippi College and the University of Mississippi.
At a glance
- Court
- Mississippi Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- District 1 Position 1
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Phil Bryant (R); later won election on November 3, 2020
- Appointed by
- Gov. Phil Bryant (R)
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- February 1, 2019
- Current term ends
- January 5, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 3, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Strong Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of Mississippi, 1983
- Law: University of Mississippi, 1987
- Prior offices
- Mississippi Court of Appeals District 3 Position 2 (2003 - 2019)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on T. Kenneth Griffis’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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