List of Justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court
Dakota Territorial Supreme Court
Members of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court were appointed by the President of the United States.

List of Justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court

Section Title: Dakota Territorial Supreme Court
Table Section Text: Members of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court were appointed by the President of the United States.

Title	Name	Term begin	Term end	Appointed by

Chief Justice	Philemon Bliss	1861	1864	Abraham Lincoln

Associate Justice	George P. Williston	1861	1865	Abraham Lincoln

Associate Justice	Joseph L. Williams	1861	1865	Abraham Lincoln

Chief Justice	Ara Bartlett	1864	1869	Abraham Lincoln

Associate Justice	William E. Gleason	1865	1867

Associate Justice	Jefferson P. Kidder	1865	1875

Associate Justice	John W. Boyle	1867	1869	Andrew Johnson

Associate Justice	Wilmot Brookings	1869	1873

Chief Justice	George W. French	1869	1873

Associate Justice	Alanson H. Barnes	1873	1881	Ulysses S. Grant

Chief Justice	Peter C. Shannon	1873	1882	Ulysses S. Grant

Associate Justice	Granville G. Bennett	1875	1878	Ulysses S. Grant

Associate Justice	Gideon C. Moody	1878	1883	Rutherford B. Hayes

Associate Justice	Jefferson P. Kidder	1879	1883	Rutherford B. Hayes

Associate Justice	Sanford A. Hudson	1881	1885

Chief Justice	Alonzo J. Edgerton	1882	1886	Chester A. Arthur

Associate Justice	William E. Church	1883	1886	Chester A. Arthur

Associate Justice	Cornelius S. Palmer	1883	1888	Chester A. Arthur

Associate Justice	William H. Francis	1884	1888	Chester A. Arthur

Associate Justice	Seward Smith	1884	1885	Chester A. Arthur

Associate Justice	Louis K. Church	1885	1887	Grover Cleveland

Associate Justice	William B. McConnell	1885	1889	Grover Cleveland

Chief Justice	Bartlett Tripp	1886	1889	Grover Cleveland

Associate Justice	Charles M. Thomas	1887	1889	Grover Cleveland

Associate Justice	James Spencer	1887	1889	Grover Cleveland

Associate Justice	John E. Carland	1888	1889	Grover Cleveland

Associate Justice	Roderick Rose	1888	1889	Grover Cleveland

Associate Justice	Charles F. Templeton	1888	1889	Grover Cleveland

Associate Justice	Louis W. Crofoot	1888	1889	Grover Cleveland

Associate Justice	Frank R. Aitkens	1889	1889	Benjamin Harrison

Sentence(s)

Bartlett Tripp served as Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court.

final_sentence: Bartlett Tripp served as Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court.