# 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.
| Name | Begin | End |
| Aaron Goodrich* | 1849 | 1851 |
| David Cooper | 1849 | 1853 |
| Bradley B. Meeker | 1849 | 1853 |
| Jerome Fuller*‡ | 1851 | 1852 |
| Henry Z. Hayner* | 1851 | 1852 |
| Andrew G. Chatfield | 1853 | 1857 |
| Moses Sherburne | 1853 | 1857 |
| William H. Welch* | 1853 | 1858 |
| Rensselaer Nelson | 1857 | 1858 |
| Charles Eugene Flandrau | 1857 | 1858 |
* ↑ 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 Justice †-Elected ‡-Served as Chief Justice, but confirmation rejected by U.S. Senate

### Chief justices

| Chief Justice | Term |
| Aaron Goodrich | 1849–1851 |
| Jerome Fuller | 1851–1852 |
| Henry Z. Hayner | 1851–1852 |
| William H. Welch | 1853–1858 |

## 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 |
| Charles Eugene Flandrau | Appointed | 1858 | 1864 |
| Isaac Atwater | Elected | 1858 | 1864 |
| LaFayette Emmett | Elected | 1858 | 1865 |
| Thomas Wilson | Appointed | 1864 1865 | 1865 1869 |
| John M. Berry | Elected | 1865 | 1887 |
| James Gilfillan | Appointed | 1869 1875 | 1870 1894 |
| Christopher G. Ripley | Elected | 1870 | 1874 |
| Samuel J. R. McMillan | Appointed | 1864 1874 | 1874 1875 |
| George B. Young | Appointed | 1874 | 1875 |
| Francis R. E. Cornell | Elected | 1875 | 1881 |
| Greenleaf Clark | Appointed | 1881 | 1882 |
| Daniel A. Dickinson | Appointed | 1881 | 1893 |
| William B. Mitchell | Appointed | 1881 | 1900 |
| Charles E. Vanderburgh | Elected | 1882 | 1894 |
| Loren W. Collins | Appointed | 1887 | 1904 |
| Daniel Buck | Elected | 1894 | 1899 |
| Thomas Canty | Elected | 1894 | 1899 |
| Charles M. Start | Elected | 1895 | 1913 |
| Calvin L. Brown | Appointed | 1899 1913 | 1912 1923 |
| John A. Lovely | Elected | 1900 | 1905 |
| Charles Lundy Lewis | Elected | 1900 | 1912 |
| Wallace B. Douglas | Elected | 1904 | 1905 |
| Charles B. Elliott | Appointed | 1905 | 1909 |
| Edwin A. Jaggard | Elected | 1905 | 1911 |
| Thomas D. O'Brien | Appointed | 1909 | 1911 |
| David F. Simpson | Elected | 1911 | 1911 |
| George Bunn | Appointed | 1911 1913 | 1913 1918 |
| Philip E. Brown | Appointed | 1912 | 1915 |
| Andrew Holt | Appointed | 1912 | 1942 |
| Oscar Hallam | Elected | 1913 | 1923 |
| Albert Schaller | Appointed | 1915 | 1917 |
| James H. Quinn | Elected | 1917 | 1928 |
| Homer B. Dibell | Appointed | 1918 | 1934 |
| Samuel B. Wilson | Appointed | 1922 | 1933 |
| Royal A. Stone | Appointed | 1923 | 1942 |
| Clifford L. Hilton | Appointed | 1928 | 1943 |
| Charles Loring | Appointed | 1930 1944 | 1944 1953 |
| Ingerval M. Olsen | Appointed | 1930 | 1936 |
| John P. Devaney | Appointed | 1933 | 1937 |
| Julius J. Olson | Appointed | 1934 | 1948 |
| Harry H. Peterson | Appointed | 1936 | 1950 |
| Henry M. Gallagher | Appointed | 1937 | 1944 |
| Maynard Pirsig | Appointed | 1942 | 1942 |
| Thomas O. Streissguth | Appointed | 1942 1944 | 1942 1944 |
| Luther Youngdahl | Elected | 1943 | 1946 |
| Clarence R. Magney | Appointed | 1943 | 1953 |
| Thomas F. Gallagher | Elected | 1943 | 1967 |
| Leroy E. Matson | Elected | 1945 | 1960 |
| William C. Christianson | Appointed | 1946 | 1946 |
| Frank T. Gallagher | Elected | 1947 | 1963 |
| Oscar Knutson | Appointed | 1948 1962 | 1962 1973 |
| Theodore Christianson | Appointed | 1950 | 1955 |
| Roger L. Dell | Appointed | 1953 1953 | 1953 1962 |
| Martin A. Nelson | Appointed | 1953 | 1972 |
| William P. Murphy | Appointed | 1955 | 1972 |
| Lee Loevinger | Appointed | 1960 | 1961 |
| James C. Otis | Appointed | 1961 | 1982 |
| Walter F. Rogosheske | Appointed | 1962 | 1980 |
| Robert Sheran | Appointed | 1963 1973 | 1970 1981 |
| C. Donald Peterson | Elected | 1967 | 1986 |
| Fallon Kelly | Appointed | 1970 | 1980 |
| Harry H. MacLaughlin | Appointed | 1972 | 1977 |
| John J. Todd | Appointed | 1972 | 1985 |
| George M. Scott | Appointed | 1973 | 1987 |
| Lawrence R. Yetka | Appointed | 1973 | 1993 |
| Rosalie E. Wahl | Appointed | 1977 | 1994 |
| John E. Simonett | Appointed | 1980 | 1994 |
| Douglas K. Amdahl | Appointed | 1980 1981 | 1981 1989 |
| Glenn E. Kelley | Appointed | 1981 | 1990 |
| Mary Jeanne Coyne | Appointed | 1982 | 1996 |
| Peter Popovich | Appointed | 1987 1989 | 1989 1990 |
| Sandy Keith | Appointed | 1989 1990 | 1990 1998 |
| Esther Tomljanovich | Appointed | 1990 | 1998 |
| Sandra Gardebring Ogren | Appointed | 1991 | 1998 |
| Alan Page | Elected | 1993 | 2015 |
| Edward C. Stringer | Appointed | 1994 | 2002 |
| Paul Anderson | Appointed | 1994 | 2013 |
| Kathleen A. Blatz | Appointed | 1996 1998 | 1998 2006 |
| Russell A. Anderson | Appointed | 1998 2006 | 2006 2008 |
| Joan N. Ericksen | Appointed | 1998 | 2002 |
| James H. Gilbert | Appointed | 1998 | 2004 |
| Sam Hanson | Appointed | 2002 | 2008 |
| Helen Meyer | Appointed | 2002 | 2012 |
| Barry Anderson | Appointed | 2004 | 2024 |
| Lorie Skjerven Gildea | Appointed | 2006 2010 | 2010 2023 |
| Eric J. Magnuson | Appointed | 2008 | 2010 |
| Christopher Dietzen | Appointed | 2008 | 2016 |
| David Stras | Appointed | 2010 | 2018 |
| Wilhelmina Wright | Appointed | 2012 | 2016 |
| David Lillehaug | Appointed | 2013 | 2020 |
| Natalie Hudson | Appointed | 2015 2023 | 2023 Present |
| Margaret H. Chutich | Appointed | 2016 | 2024 |
| Anne McKeig | Appointed | 2016 | Present |
| Paul Thissen | Appointed | 2018 | Present |
| Gordon Moore | Appointed | 2020 | Present |
| Karl Procaccini | Appointed | 2023 | Present |
| Sarah Hennesy | Appointed | 2024 | Present |
| Theodora Gaïtas | Appointed | 2024 | Present |

### Chief justices

| 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 | 2010–2023 |
| Natalie Hudson | 2023–present |