Justices of the Missouri State Supreme Court, 1820-1995(May be incomplete!) MathiasMcGirk 1820-41JohnD. Cook 1820-23JohnRice Jones 1820-24RufusPettibone 1823-25GeorgeTompkins 1824-45RobertWash 1825-37JohnC. Edwards 1837-39WilliamB. Napton 1839-51WilliamScott 1841-49P.H. McBride 1845-49JamesHarvey Birch 1849-51JohnF. Ryland 1849-57HamiltonRowan Gamble 1851-55WilliamScott 1851-61AbielLeonard 1855-57WilliamB. Napton 1857-61JohnC. Richardson 1857-59EphraimB. Ewing 1859-61BartonBates 1862-65WilliamVan Ness Bay 1862-65JohnD. S. Dryden 1862-65DavidWagner 1865-77NathanielHolmes 1865-68WalterL. Lovelace 1865-66ThomasJ. C. Fagg 1866-68PhilemonBliss as of 1868-72WilliamB. Napton as of 1873-80JamesBritton Gantt 1890-1903W.W. Graves 1905-28ArchelausM. Woodson 1907-17JohnC. Brown 1911-15HenryW. Bond 1913-17CharlesB. Faris as of 1913-19RobertF. Walker 1913-30JamesT. Blair 1915-24FrankEly Atwood as of 1925-35RobertW. Otto as of 1926NorthT. Gentry 1929GeorgeR. Ellison 1931-47ClarenceA. Burney 1932-33ErnestM. Tipton 1933-55C.A. Leedy, Jr. 1933-55JamesM. Douglas 1937-47AlbertM. Clark 1939-47LauranceM. Hyde 1942-55RoscoeP. Conkling 1947S.P. Dalton 1950-65HenryIde Eager as of 1955-64RobertTrue Donnelly as of 1965-88ElwoodLauren Thomas as of 1991-95 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1820 Nov 14:MathiasMcGirk, appointed. 1820 Nov 16:JohnD. Cook, appointed. 1820 Nov 27:JohnRice Jones, appointed. 1823:RufusPettibone, appointed. 1824 Feb 1:JohnRice Jones, died in office. 1825 Jul 31:RufusPettibone, died in office. 1839 Jan 13:WilliamB. Napton, appointed. 1841:MathiasMcGirk, resigned. 1851:WilliamB. Napton, defeated. 1855:HamiltonRowan Gamble, resigned. 1857:WilliamB. Napton, elected. 1866 Aug 5:WalterL. Lovelace, died in office. 1872:GeorgeHowell Shields, defeated. 1880 Nov 2:RobertD. Ray (Dem), elected;JosephV. C. Karnes (Rep), defeated;PeterE. Bland (Greenback), defeated. 1905:W.W. Graves, appointed. 1906:W.W. Graves (Dem), elected. 1906 Nov 6:ArchelausM. Woodson (Dem), elected. 1908:W.W. Graves (Dem), elected. 1910 Nov 8:JohnC. Brown, elected. 1912 Nov 5:RobertF. Walker (Dem), elected;HenryW. Bond (Dem), elected. 1914 Nov 3:JamesT. Blair (Dem), elected. 1915 Sep 4:JohnC. Brown, died in office. 1916 Aug 1:ArchelausM. Woodson (Dem), nominated;CharlesB. Stark (Dem), defeated in primary. 1916 Aug 1:FredL. Williams (Dem), nominated;GlendyB. Arnold (Dem), defeated in primary. 1916 Aug 1:JamesM. Johnson (Rep), nominated;RobertS. Robertson (Rep), defeated in primary;FrancisM. Hayward (Rep), defeated in primary;RobertLincoln Shackelford (Rep), defeated in primary;SamuelD. Hodgdon (Rep), defeated in primary. 1916 Aug 1:EdwardHigbee (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1916 Aug 1:JosephPark (Progressive), nominated unopposed, but withdrew. 1916 Aug 1:TyrrellWilliams (Progressive), nominated unopposed. 1916 Aug 1:EugeneAyres (Prohibition), nominated unopposed. 1916 Aug 1:KennethB. Martin (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1916 Aug 1:ShermanHatten (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1916 Nov 7:ArchelausM. Woodson (Dem), elected;JamesM. Johnson (Rep), defeated;KennethB. Martin (Socialist), defeated;EugeneAyres (Prohibition), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:FredL. Williams (Dem), elected;EdwardHigbee (Rep), defeated;ShermanHatten (Socialist), defeated. 1918:W.W. Graves (Dem), elected. 1920 Nov 2:ConwayElder (Rep), elected;WilliamT. Ragland (Dem), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:EdwardHigbee (Rep), elected;JohnI. Williamson (Dem), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:DavidE. Blair (Rep), elected;FredL. Williams (Dem), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:RobertF. Walker (Dem), elected. 1924 Nov 4:FrankEly Atwood (Rep), elected;JamesT. Blair (Dem), defeated. 1928 Jun 17:W.W. Graves, died in office. 1930 Nov 4:GeorgeR. Ellison (Dem), elected;DavidE. Blair (Rep), defeated. 1930 Nov 19:RobertF. Walker, died in office. 1932 Nov 8:ErnestM. Tipton, elected. 1933 Feb 14:C.A. Leedy, Jr., appointed. 1934 Nov 6:C.A. Leedy, Jr., elected;WalterA. Higbee (Rep), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:ErnestS. Gantt (Dem), elected;CharlesC. Madison (Rep), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:JohnCaskie Collet (Dem), elected;ConwayElder (Rep), defeated. 1937 Apr 3:JamesM. Douglas, appointed. 1938 Nov 8:JamesM. Douglas, elected;AlbertM. Clark, elected. 1940 Nov 5:GeorgeR. Ellison (Dem), elected;FrankEly Atwood (Rep), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:ErnestM. Tipton, elected;C.A. Leedy, Jr., elected. 1950 Jan 3:S.P. Dalton, appointed. 1955 Feb 25:ErnestM. Tipton, died in office. | |