List of justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court explained

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]

Name BeginEnd
18491851
18491853
18491853
18511852
18511852
18531857
18531857
18531858
18571858
18571858
  1. http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/judges.html Chronological List of Justices and Judges of the Minnesota Appellate Courts
  2. 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 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. Chief Justice terms are in bold.

Name Method Began
service
Ended
service
Appointed18581864
Elected18581864
Elected18581865
Appointed1864
1865
1865
1869
Elected18651887
Appointed1869
1875
1870
1894
Elected18701874
Appointed1864
1874
1874
1875
Appointed18741875
Elected18751881
Appointed18811882
Appointed18811893
Appointed18811900
Elected18821894
Appointed18871904
Elected18941899
Elected18941899
Elected18951913
Appointed1899
1913
1912
1923
Elected19001905
Elected19001912
Elected19041905
Appointed19051909
Elected19051911
Appointed19091911
Elected19111911
Appointed1911
1913
1913
1918
Appointed19121915
Appointed19121942
Elected19131923
Appointed19151917
Elected19171928
Appointed19181934
Appointed19221933
Appointed19231942
Appointed19281943
Appointed1930
1944
1944
1953
Appointed19301936
Appointed19331937
Appointed19341948
Appointed19361950
Appointed19371944
Appointed19421942
Appointed1942
1944
1942
1944
Elected19431946
Appointed19431953
Elected19431967
Elected19451960
Appointed19461946
Elected19471963
Appointed1948
1962
1962
1973
Appointed19501955
Appointed1953
1953
1953
1962
Appointed19531972
Appointed19551972
Appointed19601961
Appointed19611982
Appointed19621980
Appointed1963
1973
1970
1981
Elected19671986
Appointed19701980
Appointed19721977
Appointed19721985
Appointed19731987
Appointed19731993
Appointed19771994
Appointed19801994
Appointed1980
1981
1981
1989
Appointed19811990
Appointed19821996
Appointed1987
1989
1989
1990
Appointed1989
1990
1990
1998
Appointed19901998
Appointed19911998
Elected19932015
Appointed19942002
Appointed19942013
Appointed1996
1998
1998
2006
Appointed1998
2006
2006
2008
Appointed19982002
Appointed19982004
Appointed20022008
Appointed20022012
Appointed20042024
Appointed2006
2010
2010
2023
Appointed20082010
Appointed20082016
Appointed20102018
Appointed20122016
Appointed20132020
Appointed2015
2023
2023
Present
Appointed20162024
Appointed2016Present
Appointed2018Present
Appointed2020Present
Appointed2023Present
Appointed2024Present
Appointed2024Present

Chief justices

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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