List of Justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
Following is a list of Justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The court was established when Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907, and was initially composed of five justices, with the state divided into a corresponding number of judicial districts.[1] In 1917, the court was expanded to nine justices, with the judicial districts being redrawn accordingly, and with the seats for the fourth and fives judicial districts being switched.[1]
Current membership
The Justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court are:
List of former justices
Judge | Began active service | Ended active service | District | Notes |
J.B. Turner | 1907 | 1918 | District 1 | |
Robert L. Williams | 1907 | 1914 | District 2 | first Chief Justice (1908 - 1913); Resigned 3-10-1914; Later third Governor of Oklahoma |
Matthew John Kane | 1907 | 1923 | District 3 | Chief Justice 1909-12; died January 2, 1924 |
Jesse J. Dunn | 1907 | 1913 | District 4 | Resigned September 1, 1913 |
Samuel W. Hayes | 1907 | 1914 | District 5 | Resigned April 7, 1914. |
Robert H. Loofbourrow | 1913 | 1915 | District 4 | Appointed September 1, 1913 |
Stillwell H. Russell | 1914 | 1914 | District 2 | died May 16, 1914 |
W.R. Bleakmore | 1914 | 1914 | District 2 | appointed May 26, 1914 |
Summers T. Hardy | 1914 | 1919 | District 2 | Elected to an unexpired term; resigned May 1, 1919 |
J. F. Sharp | 1914 | 1919 | District 4/5[2] | resigned October 1, 1919 |
F. E. Riddle | 1914 | 1914 | District 5 | Appointed April 7, 1914 |
G. A. Brown | 1914 | 1915 | District 5 | Died October 25, 1915 |
Charles M. Thacker | 1915 | 1918 | District 5/4[3] | Appointed November 2, 1915; died February 17, 1918 |
J. H. Miley | 1917 | 1918 | District 6 | Appointed March 31, 1917 |
Thomas H. Owen | 1917 | 1920 | District 7 | Appointed March 31, 1917, elected 1918, resigned May 1, 1920 |
Robert M. Rainey | 1917 | 1920 | District 8 | Appointed March 31, 1917; Chief Justice 1920-21 |
Rutherford Brett | 1917 | 1918 | District 9 | Appointed March 31, 1917. |
John H. Pitchford | 1918 | 1923 | District 1 | Died March 2, 1923 |
B. L. Tisinger | 1918 | 1918 | District 4 | appointed March 5, 1918 |
John B. Harrison | 1918 | 1928 | District 4 | |
Neil E. McNeil | 1918 | 1924 | District 6 | |
Frank M. Bailey | 1919 | 1920 | District 5 | Appointed October 1, 1919 |
John T. Johnson | 1919 | 1925 | District 9 | Chief Justice 1923 & 1925 |
R. W. Higgins | 1919 | 1920 | District 2 | Appointed May 7, 1919 |
Franklin Elmore Kennamer | 1920 | 1924 | District 8 | Resigned April 1, 1924 |
Charles W. Mason | 1923 | 1931 | District 1 | Appointed; Chief Justice 1929-31 |
Eugene Lester | 1924 | 1931 | District 2 | Elected to an unexpired term; Chief Justice, 1931 |
Albert C. Hunt | 1924 1955 | 1931 1956 | District 6 District 3 | Appointed October 14, 1955; died August 26, 1956 |
James B. Cullison | 1928 | 1934 | District 3 | |
Charles Swindall | 1928 | 1934 | District 4 | |
Wayne W. Bayless | 1932 | 1948 | District 1 | Elected to an unexpired term |
Ben Arnold | 1941 | 1953 | District 3 | Chief Justice 1951-1953; died September 30, 1955 |
Napoleon B. Johnson | 1948 | 1965 | District 1 | Impeached by a Special Court of Impeachment, May 13, 1965 |
Ben T. Williams | 1952 | 1982 | District 5 | Died January, 1982. |
Ralph B. Hodges | 1965 | 2004 | District 2 | Appointed April 20, 1965; Chief Justice 1977-1978 and 1993-1994 (2 terms) |
Robert D. Simms | 1972 | 1999 | District 6 | Appointed October 2, 1972; Chief Justice 1985 - 1986 |
Marian P. Opala | 1978 | 2010 | District 3 | Appointed November 21, 1978; Chief Justice 1991-1992 |
Alma Wilson | 1982 | 1999 | District 5 | Appointed February 9, 1982; Chief Justice 1995-1997 |
Hardy Summers | 1985 | 2003 | District 7 | Appointed February 1, 1985; Chief Justice 1999 -2000 |
Joseph M. Watt | 1992 | 2017 | District 9 | Appointed June 1, 1992; Chief Justice 2003-2007 |
Daniel J. Boudreau | 1999 | 2004 | District 6 | |
Steven W. Taylor | 2004 | 2016 | District 2 | Chief Justice 2011-2013 |
John F. Reif | 2007 | 2014 | District 1 | Chief Justice 2014-2015 |
Robert E. Lavender | 1966 | 2007 | District 1 | Chief Justice 1979 - 1981 |
Rudolph Hargrave | 1978 | 2010 | District 8 | Appointed October 10, 1978; Chief Justice 1979 - 1981 |
William A. Berry | 1958 | 1978 | District 3 | Resigned November 20, 1978 |
Edwin R. McNeill | 1931 | 1937 | District 6 | Chief Justice 1936-37 |
Fletcher S. Riley | 1924 | 1948 | District 9 | |
Fred P. Branson | 1922 | 1929 | District 7 | Chief Justice 1927-29 |
George M. Nicholson | 1920 | 1926 | District 5 | Chief Justice 1925-27 |
J. H. Langley | 1931 | 1931 | District 1 | Resigned February 2, 1931 |
James B. Cullison | 1929 | 1931 | District 3 | |
James I. Phelps | 1925-29 | 1935 | District 3 | Elected to an unexpired term |
James Waddey Clark | 1925 | 1933 | District 8 | |
Robert A. Hefner | 1926 | 1932 | District 5 | |
Thomas G. Andrews | 1929 | 1935 | District 7 | |
W. H. Kornegay | 1931 | 1932 | District 1 | Appointed February 2, 1931 |
C. H. Elting | 1920 | 1922 | District 2 | Died December 3, 1922 |
Charles B. Cochrane | 1922 | 1924 | District 2 | Appointed December 6, 1922; resigned May 1, 1924 |
James H. Gordon | 1924 | 1932 | District 2 | Appointed May 1, 1924. |
Earl Welch | 1932 | 1965 | District 2 | Resigned in 1965 |
J. D. Lydick | 1924 | 1924 | District 3 | Appointed January 7, 1924 |
N. S. Corn | 1934 | 1958 | District 4 | Impeached; convicted of bribery and sent to prison |
Harris L. Danner | 1938 | 1940 | District 3 | Appointed December 1, 1938, resigned October 10, 1940 |
Sam Neff | 1940 | 1956 | District 3 | Appointed October 10, 1940 |
W. A. Carlile | 1956 | 1958 | District 3 | Appointed September 17, 1956 |
Pat Irwin | 1958 | 1983 | District 4 | Retired December 1983 |
Monroe Osborn | 1932 | 1947 | District 5 | Died June 20, 1947 |
John E. Luttrell | 1947 | 1951 | District 5 | Appointed July 1, 1947; resigned August 13, 1951 |
George Bingaman | 1951 | 1952 | District 5 | Appointed August 13, 1951 |
Thurman S. Hurst | 1936 | 1948 | District 6 | |
Harry L. S. Halley | 1948 | 1966 | District 6 | |
Rooney McInerney | 1966 | 1972 | District 6 | Resigned September 1, 1972 |
George S. Ramsey | 1920 | 1920 | District 7 | Appointed May 1, 1920; resigned November 5, 1920 |
William A. Collier | 1920 | 1920 | District 7 | Appointed November 5, 1920 |
Frank L. Warren | 1924 | 1924 | District 8 | Appointed April 1, 1924 |
Cecil Talmage O'Neal | 1948 | 1954 | District 9 | elected 1948 |
John R. Miller | 1920 | 1922 | District 7 | Elected to an unexpired term |
Thomas L. Gibson | 1934 | 1952 | District 7 | |
W. H. Blackbird | 1952 | 1972 | District 7 | Retired December 1, 1971 |
Don Barnes | 1972 | 1985 | District 7 | Appointed January 4, 1972; retired January 1985 |
Orel Busby | 1932 | 1937 | District 8 | Resigned August 7, 1937 |
Denver N. Davison | 1937 | 1978 | District 8 | Appointed August 7, 1937; retired August 8, 1978 |
Floyd L. Jackson | 1954 | 1973 | District 9 | Retired January 8, 1973 |
John B. Doolin | 1973 | 1992 | District 9 | Appointed January 8, 1973; retired May 1, 1992 |
Justices of the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court
- Edward B. Green, Chief Justice (1890-)
- John G. Clark, Associate Justice
- Abraham Jefferson Seay 1890-92
- John H. Burford 1892-1906, Chief Justice 1898-1903
- James R. Keaton 1896-98
- John C. Tarsney 1896-99
- Bayard T. Hainer 1898
- Clinton F. Irwin 1899-1907
- Joseph A. Gill 1899 - 1907
- Milton C. Garber 1906-07
- James K. Beauchamp 1902-1906
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