List of people who have served in all three branches of a U.S. state government
List

List of people who have served in all three branches of a U.S. state government

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Individual	State	Legislative-branch service	Executive-branch service	Judicial-branch service	Notes

Chester Hardy Aldrich	Nebraska	Nebraska Senate (1907)	Governor of Nebraska (1911–1913)	Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (1918–1924)

Forrest H. Anderson	Montana	Montana House of Representatives (1943–1945)	Governor of Montana (1968–1972) Montana Attorney General (1957–1968)	Justice of the Montana Supreme Court (1953–1957)

Charles B. Andrews	Connecticut	Connecticut Senate (1868–1870) Connecticut House of Representatives (1878)	Governor of Connecticut (1879–1881)	Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court (1881–1889) Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1889–1901)

Samuel Ashe	North Carolina	North Carolina Senate (1776) (speaker)	Governor of North Carolina (1795–1798)	Presiding justice of the North Carolina Superior Court (1777–1795)

Thomas W. Bartley	Ohio	Speaker of the Ohio Senate (1843–1844)	Governor of Ohio (1844)	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1852–1859)

Richard Bassett	Delaware	Delaware Senate (1882) Delaware House of Representatives (1886)	Governor of Delaware (1799–1801)	Chief Justice of the Delaware Court of Common Pleas (1793–1799)

Elisha Baxter	Arkansas	Arkansas House of Representatives (1854–1855; 1859–1860)	Governor of Arkansas (1873–1874)	Judge of the Arkansas Circuit Court (1868–1873)

Clark Bissell	Connecticut	Connecticut House of Representatives (1829; 1841) Connecticut Senate (1842–1843)	Governor of Connecticut (1847–1849)	Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors (1829–1839)

Thomas E. Bramlette	Kentucky	Kentucky House of Representatives (1841)	Governor of Kentucky (1863–1867)	Judge of the Kentucky District Court (1856–1861)

John Burke	North Dakota	North Dakota House of Representatives (1891–1893) North Dakota Senate (1893–1897)	Governor of North Dakota (1907–1913)	Judge of the North Dakota District Court (1889–1891; 1897–1899) Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (1924–1937) Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (1929–1931; 1935–1937)

James Clark	Kentucky	Kentucky House of Representatives (1807–1808)	Governor of Kentucky (1836–1839)	Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (1810–1812) Judge of the Kentucky Circuit Court (1817–1824)

Clement Comer Clay	Alabama	Alabama House of Representatives (speaker of the House)	Governor of Alabama (1835–1837)	Judge of the Alabama Circuit Court (simultaneously a member of the Alabama Supreme Court and chief justice)

James P. Coleman	Mississippi	Mississippi House of Representatives (1960–1964)	Mississippi Attorney General (1950–1956) Governor of Mississippi (1956–1960)	Judge of the Mississippi Circuit Court (1947–1950) Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1950)

Fred Cowan	Kentucky	Kentucky House of Representatives (1982–1987)	Attorney General of Kentucky (1988–1992)	Judge of the Kentucky Circuit Court (2006–2014)

Lorenzo Crounse	Nebraska	Nebraska Senate (1901)	Governor of Nebraska (1893–1895)	Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (1867–1873)

Stephen A. Douglas	Illinois	Illinois House of Representatives (1836–1837)	Illinois Secretary of State (1840–1841)	Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois (1841–1843)

Mack Easley	New Mexico	New Mexico House of Representatives (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1959–1960) New Mexico Senate (1967–1970)	Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1963–1967)	Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1976–1981) Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1981–1982)

Alpheus Felch	Michigan	Michigan House of Representatives (1846–1847)	Governor of Michigan (1846–1847) Michigan Auditor General (1842)	Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1842–1845)

Daniel Gould Fowle	North Carolina	North Carolina House of Commons (1862; 1864–1865)	Governor of North Carolina (1889–1891)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1865–1867)

Junius Marion Futrell	Arkansas	Arkansas House of Representatives (1896–1904) Arkansas Senate (1913–1917)	Governor of Arkansas (1913; 1933–1937)	Judge of the Arkansas Circuit Court (1922–1933)

John Gayle	Alabama	Alabama House of Representatives (1822–1823) Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives (1829–1830)	Governor of Alabama (1831–1835)	Judge of the Alabama Circuit Court (1823–1825) Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (1828–1829)

Charles Harold Haden II	West Virginia	West Virginia House of Delegates (1963–1964)	West Virginia State Tax Commissioner (1969–1972)	Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1972–1975) Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1974–1975)

Warren E. Hearnes	Missouri	Missouri House of Representatives (1951–1961)	Governor of Missouri (1965–1973) Secretary of State of Missouri (1961–1965)	Judge of the Missouri Circuit Court (1980)

Paul M. Herbert	Ohio	Ohio House of Representatives (1922–1926) Ohio Senate (1926–1930)	Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1939–1945; 1947–1949; 1957–1959)	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1963–1968)

Richard Joseph Hopkins	Kansas	Kansas House of Representatives (1909–1911)	Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1911–1913) Kansas Attorney General (1919–1923)	Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1923–1929)

T. Clark Hull	Connecticut	Connecticut Senate (1963–1971)	Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1971–1973)	Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court (1973–1983) Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court (1983–1987) Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1987–1991)

J. Frank Huskins	North Carolina	North Carolina House of Representatives (1947–1949)	Chairman of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (1949–1955)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1955–1965) Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1968–1982)

John Ireland	Texas	Texas House of Representatives (1873–1874) Texas Senate (1874–1876)	Governor of Texas (1883–1887)	Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (1875–1879)

Fred Gustus Johnson	Nebraska	Nebraska House of Representatives (1907–1909; 1917–1919) Nebraska Senate (1919–1920)	Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska (1923–1925)	Judge of the Nebraska District Court (1945–1951)

Sandy Keith	Minnesota	Minnesota Senate (1959–1963)	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1963–1967)	Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1989–1990) Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1990–1998)

Wayne L. Kidwell	Idaho	Idaho Senate (1969–1973)	Idaho Attorney General (1975–1979)	Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court (1999–2005)

Ted Kulongoski	Oregon	Oregon House of Representatives (1975–1978) Oregon State Senate (1978–1983)	Governor of Oregon (2003–2011) Oregon Attorney General (1993–1997)	Associate justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon (1997–2001)

Frank Licht	Rhode Island	Rhode Island Senate (1949–1956)	Governor of Rhode Island (1969–1973)	Judge of the Rhode Island Superior Court (1963–1968)

William Paine Lord	Oregon	Oregon State Senate (1879–1880)	Governor of Oregon (1895–1899)	Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon (1878–1880; 1886–1888; 1892–1894)

Charles Lynch	Mississippi	Mississippi Senate (1827–1835)	Governor of Mississippi (1833; 1836–1838)	Judge of the Mississippi Probate Court (1821–1827)

Thomas J. Mabry	New Mexico	New Mexico Senate (1912–1917)	Governor of New Mexico (1947–1951)	Judge of the New Mexico District Court (1937–1939) Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1939–1946)

Isaac Marston	Michigan	Michigan House of Representatives (1872–1873)	Michigan Attorney General (1874–1875)	Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1875–1883) Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1880–1881)

William T. Minor	Connecticut	Connecticut Senate (1854–1855) Connecticut House of Representatives (1867)	Governor of Connecticut (1855–1857)	Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1868–1873)

Alfred Moore	North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly	North Carolina Attorney General (1782–1792)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1798–1799)

Andrew B. Moore	Alabama	Alabama House of Representatives (speaker of the house)	Governor of Alabama (1857–1861)	Judge of the Alabama Circuit Court (1851–1857)

Dan K. Moore	North Carolina	North Carolina House of Representatives (1941)	Governor of North Carolina (1965–1969)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1948–1958)

Samuel B. Moore	Alabama	Alabama House of Representatives (1823) Alabama Senate (1828–1835)	Governor of Alabama (1831)	Judge of the Alabama District Court (1835–1841)

Charles W. Mullan	Iowa	Iowa Senate (1898–1901)	Iowa Attorney General (1901–1907)	Judge of the Iowa District Court (1913–1919)

Gordon Mydland	South Dakota	South Dakota Senate (1963–1968)	Attorney General of South Dakota (1969–1973)	Judge of the South Dakota Circuit Court (1973–1987)

Nathaniel Niles	Vermont	Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives (1784–85)	Vermont Executive Council (1785; 1787)	Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1784–1788)

C. William O'Neill	Ohio	Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives (1947–1949)	Governor of Ohio (1957–1959) Ohio Attorney General (1951–1957)	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1960–1970) Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1970–1978)

Elisha R. Potter	Rhode Island	Rhode Island House of Representatives (1838–1840) Rhode Island Senate (1847–1852; 1861–1863)	Rhode Island Commissioner of Public Schools (1849–1854)	Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1868–1882)

William W. Potter	Michigan	Michigan Senate (1899–1900)	Member of the Michigan Public Utilities Commission (1919–1927) Michigan Attorney General (1927–1928)	Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1928–1940) Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1935)

John M. Rankin	Iowa	Iowa House of Representatives (1921–1927)	Iowa Attorney General (1940–1947)	Judge of the Iowa District Court (1925–1938)

Daniel Lindsay Russell	North Carolina	North Carolina House of Commons (1864–1866)	Governor of North Carolina (1897–1901)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1868–1874)

Romulus Mitchell Saunders	North Carolina	Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons (1815–1820); speaker of the House (1819)	North Carolina Attorney General (1828–1831)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1835–1940)

Bill Schuette	Michigan	Michigan Senate (1995–2003)	Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture (1991–1993) Michigan Attorney General (2011–present)	Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals (2003–2009)

William L. Sharkey	Mississippi	Mississippi House of Representatives (1828–1829)	Governor of Mississippi (1865)	Judge of the Mississippi Circuit Court (1832) Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1832–1851)

James Shields	Illinois	Illinois House of Representatives (1836)	Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts (1841–1843)	Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois (1843–1845)

Samuel E. Smith	Maine	Maine House of Representatives (1820–1821)	Governor of Maine (1831–1834)	Chief Justice of the Maine Circuit Court of Common Pleas (1821) Justice of the Maine Court of Common Pleas (1822–1830; 1835–1837)

Samuel L. Southard	New Jersey	New Jersey General Assembly (1815)	Governor of New Jersey (1832–1833)	Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1815–1820)

Chauncey Sparks	Alabama	Alabama House of Representatives (1919–1923; 1931–1939)	Governor of Alabama (1943–1947)	Judge of the Alabama Inferior Court (1911–1915)

David Stone	North Carolina	North Carolina House of Commons (1791–1794; 1811–1812)	Governor of North Carolina (1808–1810)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1974–1798)

David Lowry Swain	North Carolina	North Carolina House of Representatives (1824–1830)	Governor of North Carolina (1832–1835)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1830–1832)

John Swainson	Michigan	Michigan Senate (1954–1958)	Governor of Michigan (1961–1963) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (1959–1961)	Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1971–1975)

Lacy Thornburg	North Carolina	North Carolina House of Representatives (1961–1966)	North Carolina Attorney General (1985–1993)	Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1967–1983)

Charles Upson	Michigan	Michigan Senate (1855–1856; 1881–1882)	Michigan Attorney General (1861–1862)	Judge of the Michigan Circuit Court (1869–1872)

Samuel Wells	Maine	Maine House of Representatives (1836–1840)	Governor of Maine (1856–1857)	Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1847–1854)

Isaac Wilbour	Rhode Island	Rhode Island House of Representatives (1805–1806) (speaker)	Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island (1806–1807; 1810–1811) Acting Governor of Rhode Island (1806–1807)	Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1818–1819) Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1819–1827)

George A. Wilson	Iowa	Iowa Senate (1925–1935)	Governor of Iowa (1939–1943)	Judge of the Iowa District Court (1917–1921)

Sentence(s)

O'Neill served in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of Ohio.

final_sentence: O'Neill served in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of Ohio.