List of justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court

Following is a list of persons who have served on the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Territorial Supreme Court justices

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Justices of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court.[1]

Name Begin End
Aaron Goodrich* 1849 1851
David Cooper 1849 1853
Bradley B. Meeker 1849 1853
Jerome Fuller*‡ 1851 1852
Henry Z. Hayner*[note 1] 1851 1852
Andrew G. Chatfield 1853 1857
Moses Sherburne 1853 1857
William H. Welch* 1853 1858
Rensselaer Nelson 1857 1858
Charles Eugene Flandrau 1857 1858
  1. ^ Appointed by President Fillmore after U.S. Senate rejected Fuller's appointment, but arrived too late to preside over the court. The news of the rejection did not reach St. Paul until after Fuller had arrived and begun his duties as chief justice.

*-Chief Justice †-Elected ‡-Served as Chief Justice, but confirmation rejected by U.S. Senate

Chief justices

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Chief Justice Term
Aaron Goodrich 1849–1851
Jerome Fuller 1851–1852
Henry Z. Hayner 1851–1852
William H. Welch 1853–1858

All justices

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Following is a list of all justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court.[1] Chief Justice terms are in bold.

Name Method Began
service		 Ended
service
Charles Eugene Flandrau Appointed 1858 1864
Isaac Atwater Elected 1858 1864
LaFayette Emmett Elected 1858 1865
Thomas Wilson Appointed 1864
1865		 1865
1869
John M. Berry Elected 1865 1887
James Gilfillan Appointed 1869
1875		 1870
1894
Christopher G. Ripley Elected 1870 1874
Samuel J. R. McMillan Appointed 1864
1874		 1874
1875
George B. Young Appointed 1874 1875
Francis R. E. Cornell Elected 1875 1881
Greenleaf Clark Appointed 1881 1882
Daniel A. Dickinson Appointed 1881 1893
William B. Mitchell Appointed 1881 1900
Charles E. Vanderburgh Elected 1882 1894
Loren W. Collins Appointed 1887 1904
Daniel Buck Elected 1894 1899
Thomas Canty Elected 1894 1899
Charles M. Start Elected 1895 1913
Calvin L. Brown Appointed 1899
1913		 1912
1923
John A. Lovely Elected 1900 1905
Charles Lundy Lewis Elected 1900 1912
Wallace B. Douglas Elected 1904 1905
Charles B. Elliott Appointed 1905 1909
Edwin A. Jaggard Elected 1905 1911
Thomas D. O'Brien Appointed 1909 1911
David F. Simpson Elected 1911 1911
George Bunn Appointed 1911
1913		 1913
1918
Philip E. Brown Appointed 1912 1915
Andrew Holt Appointed 1912 1942
Oscar Hallam Elected 1913 1923
Albert Schaller Appointed 1915 1917
James H. Quinn Elected 1917 1928
Homer B. Dibell Appointed 1918 1934
Samuel B. Wilson Appointed 1922 1933
Royal A. Stone Appointed 1923 1942
Clifford L. Hilton Appointed 1928 1943
Charles Loring Appointed 1930
1944		 1944
1953
Ingerval M. Olsen Appointed 1930 1936
John P. Devaney Appointed 1933 1937
Julius J. Olson Appointed 1934 1948
Harry H. Peterson Appointed 1936 1950
Henry M. Gallagher Appointed 1937 1944
Maynard Pirsig Appointed 1942 1942
Thomas O. Streissguth Appointed 1942
1944		 1942
1944
Luther Youngdahl Elected 1943 1946
Clarence R. Magney Appointed 1943 1953
Thomas F. Gallagher Elected 1943 1967
Leroy E. Matson Elected 1945 1960
William C. Christianson Appointed 1946 1946
Frank T. Gallagher Elected 1947 1963
Oscar Knutson Appointed 1948
1962		 1962
1973
Theodore Christianson Appointed 1950 1955
Roger L. Dell Appointed 1953
1953		 1953
1962
Martin A. Nelson Appointed 1953 1972
William P. Murphy Appointed 1955 1972
Lee Loevinger Appointed 1960 1961
James C. Otis Appointed 1961 1982
Walter F. Rogosheske Appointed 1962 1980
Robert Sheran Appointed 1963
1973		 1970
1981
C. Donald Peterson Elected 1967 1986
Fallon Kelly Appointed 1970 1980
Harry H. MacLaughlin Appointed 1972 1977
John J. Todd Appointed 1972 1985
George M. Scott Appointed 1973 1987
Lawrence R. Yetka Appointed 1973 1993
Rosalie E. Wahl Appointed 1977 1994
John E. Simonett Appointed 1980 1994
Douglas K. Amdahl Appointed 1980
1981		 1981
1989
Glenn E. Kelley Appointed 1981 1990
Mary Jeanne Coyne Appointed 1982 1996
Peter Popovich Appointed 1987
1989		 1989
1990
Sandy Keith Appointed 1989
1990		 1990
1998
Esther Tomljanovich Appointed 1990 1998
Sandra Gardebring Ogren Appointed 1991 1998
Alan Page Elected 1993 2015
Edward C. Stringer Appointed 1994 2002
Paul Anderson Appointed 1994 2013
Kathleen A. Blatz Appointed 1996
1998		 1998
2006
Russell A. Anderson Appointed 1998
2006		 2006
2008
Joan N. Ericksen Appointed 1998 2002
James H. Gilbert Appointed 1998 2004
Sam Hanson Appointed 2002 2008
Helen Meyer Appointed 2002 2012
Barry Anderson Appointed 2004 2024
Lorie Skjerven Gildea Appointed 2006
2010		 2010
2023
Eric J. Magnuson Appointed 2008 2010
Christopher Dietzen Appointed 2008 2016
David Stras Appointed 2010 2018
Wilhelmina Wright Appointed 2012 2016
David Lillehaug Appointed 2013 2020
Natalie Hudson Appointed 2015
2023		 2023
Present
Margaret H. Chutich Appointed 2016 2024
Anne McKeig Appointed 2016 Present
Paul Thissen Appointed 2018 Present
Gordon Moore Appointed 2020 Present
Karl Procaccini Appointed 2023 Present
Sarah Hennesy Appointed 2024 Present
Theodora Gaïtas Appointed 2024 Present

Chief justices

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Chief Justice Term
LaFayette Emmett 1858–1865
Thomas Wilson 1865–1869
James Gilfillan 1869–1870
Christopher G. Ripley 1870–1874
Samuel James Renwick McMillan 1874–1875
James Gilfillan 1875–1894
Charles M. Start 1895–1913
Calvin L. Brown 1913–1923
Samuel B. Wilson 1923–1933
John P. Devaney 1933–1937
Henry M. Gallagher 1937–1944
Charles Loring 1944–1953
Roger L. Dell 1953–1962
Oscar Knutson 1962–1973
Robert J. Sheran 1973–1981
Douglas K. Amdahl 1981–1989
Peter S. Popovich 1989–1990
Alexander M. Keith 1990–1998
Kathleen A. Blatz 1998–2006
Russell A. Anderson 2006–2008
Eric J. Magnuson 2008–2010
Lorie Skjerven Gildea 2010–2023
Natalie Hudson 2023–present

References

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  1. ^ a b Chronological List of Justices and Judges of the Minnesota Appellate Courts Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
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