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

Justices of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court.[1]

NameBeginEnd
Aaron Goodrich*18491851
David Cooper18491853
Bradley B. Meeker18491853
Jerome Fuller*‡18511852
Henry Z. Hayner*[note 1]18511852
Andrew G. Chatfield18531857
Moses Sherburne18531857
William H. Welch*18531858
Rensselaer Nelson18571858
Charles Eugene Flandrau18571858

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

Chief justices

Chief JusticeTerm
Aaron Goodrich1849–1851
Jerome Fuller1851–1852
Henry Z. Hayner1851–1852
William H. Welch1853–1858

All justices

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

NameMethodBegan
service
Ended
service
Charles Eugene FlandrauAppointed18581864
Isaac AtwaterElected18581864
LaFayette EmmettElected18581865
Thomas WilsonAppointed1864
1865
1865
1869
John M. BerryElected18651887
James GilfillanAppointed1869
1875
1870
1894
Christopher G. RipleyElected18701874
Samuel J. R. McMillanAppointed1864
1874
1874
1875
George B. YoungAppointed18741875
Francis R. E. CornellElected18751881
Greenleaf ClarkAppointed18811882
Daniel A. DickinsonAppointed18811893
William B. MitchellAppointed18811900
Charles E. VanderburghElected18821894
Loren W. CollinsAppointed18871904
Daniel BuckElected18941899
Thomas CantyElected18941899
Charles M. StartElected18951913
Calvin L. BrownAppointed1899
1913
1912
1923
John A. LovelyElected19001905
Charles Lundy LewisElected19001912
Wallace B. DouglasElected19041905
Charles B. ElliottAppointed19051909
Edwin A. JaggardElected19051911
Thomas D. O'BrienAppointed19091911
David F. SimpsonElected19111911
George BunnAppointed1911
1913
1913
1918
Philip E. BrownAppointed19121915
Andrew HoltAppointed19121942
Oscar HallamElected19131923
Albert SchallerAppointed19151917
James H. QuinnElected19171928
Homer B. DibellAppointed19181934
Samuel B. WilsonAppointed19221933
Royal A. StoneAppointed19231942
Clifford L. HiltonAppointed19281943
Charles LoringAppointed1930
1944
1944
1953
Ingerval M. OlsenAppointed19301936
John P. DevaneyAppointed19331937
Julius J. OlsonAppointed19341948
Harry H. PetersonAppointed19361950
Henry M. GallagherAppointed19371944
Maynard PirsigAppointed19421942
Thomas O. StreissguthAppointed1942
1944
1942
1944
Luther YoungdahlElected19431946
Clarence R. MagneyAppointed19431953
Thomas F. GallagherElected19431967
Leroy E. MatsonElected19451960
William C. ChristiansonAppointed19461946
Frank T. GallagherElected19471963
Oscar KnutsonAppointed1948
1962
1962
1973
Theodore ChristiansonAppointed19501955
Roger L. DellAppointed1953
1953
1953
1962
Martin A. NelsonAppointed19531972
William P. MurphyAppointed19551972
Lee LoevingerAppointed19601961
James C. OtisAppointed19611982
Walter F. RogosheskeAppointed19621980
Robert SheranAppointed1963
1973
1970
1981
C. Donald PetersonElected19671986
Fallon KellyAppointed19701980
Harry H. MacLaughlinAppointed19721977
John J. ToddAppointed19721985
George M. ScottAppointed19731987
Lawrence R. YetkaAppointed19731993
Rosalie E. WahlAppointed19771994
John E. SimonettAppointed19801994
Douglas K. AmdahlAppointed1980
1981
1981
1989
Glenn E. KelleyAppointed19811990
Mary Jeanne CoyneAppointed19821996
Peter PopovichAppointed1987
1989
1989
1990
Sandy KeithAppointed1989
1990
1990
1998
Esther TomljanovichAppointed19901998
Sandra Gardebring OgrenAppointed19911998
Alan PageElected19932015
Edward C. StringerAppointed19942002
Paul AndersonAppointed19942013
Kathleen A. BlatzAppointed1996
1998
1998
2006
Russell A. AndersonAppointed1998
2006
2006
2008
Joan N. EricksenAppointed19982002
James H. GilbertAppointed19982004
Sam HansonAppointed20022008
Helen MeyerAppointed20022012
Barry AndersonAppointed20042024
Lorie Skjerven GildeaAppointed2006
2010
2010
2023
Eric J. MagnusonAppointed20082010
Christopher DietzenAppointed20082016
David StrasAppointed20102018
Wilhelmina WrightAppointed20122016
David LillehaugAppointed20132020
Natalie HudsonAppointed2015
2023
2023
Present
Margaret H. ChutichAppointed2016Present
Anne McKeigAppointed2016Present
Paul ThissenAppointed2018Present
Gordon MooreAppointed2020Present
Karl ProcacciniAppointed2023Present
Sarah HennesyAppointed2024Present

Chief justices

Chief JusticeTerm
LaFayette Emmett1858–1865
Thomas Wilson1865–1869
James Gilfillan1869–1870
Christopher G. Ripley1870–1874
Samuel James Renwick McMillan1874–1875
James Gilfillan1875–1894
Charles M. Start1895–1913
Calvin L. Brown1913–1923
Samuel B. Wilson1923–1933
John P. Devaney1933–1937
Henry M. Gallagher1937–1944
Charles Loring1944–1953
Roger L. Dell1953–1962
Oscar Knutson1962–1973
Robert J. Sheran1973–1981
Douglas K. Amdahl1981–1989
Peter S. Popovich1989–1990
Alexander M. Keith1990–1998
Kathleen A. Blatz1998–2006
Russell A. Anderson2006–2008
Eric J. Magnuson2008–2010
Lorie Skjerven Gildea2010–2023
Natalie Hudson2023–present

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