List of Chief Justices of Minnesota
State of Minnesota

List of Chief Justices of Minnesota

Section Title: State of Minnesota
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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-present

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Kathleen A. Blatz was appointed Chief Justice in 1998.

final_sentence: Kathleen A. Blatz was appointed Chief Justice in 1998.