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."Oklahoma History", Oklahoma Almanac (July 23, 2012), p. 788. 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.

Current membership

The justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court are:

Justice District Appointed Governor Law school Birth city James R. Winchester 5th 2000 Frank Keating Oklahoma City University Clinton, Oklahoma James E. Edmondson 7th 2003 Brad Henry Georgetown University Kansas City, Missouri Doug Combs 8th 2010 Brad Henry Oklahoma City University Shawnee, Oklahoma Noma Gurich 3rd 2011 Brad Henry University of Oklahoma South Bend, Indiana Richard Darby 9th 2018 Mary FallinUniversity of Oklahoma Altus, Oklahoma Dustin Rowe 2nd 2019 Kevin StittUniversity of Oklahoma Ada, Oklahoma M. John Kane IV 1st 2019 Kevin StittUniversity of Oklahoma Pawhuska, Oklahoma Dana Kuehn 6th 2021 Kevin StittUniversity of Tulsa Owasso, Oklahoma Travis Jett 4th 2025 Kevin Stitt Georgetown University Slapout, Oklahoma

List of former justices JudgeBegan activeserviceEnded activeserviceDistrictNotes19071918District 119071914District 2first Chief Justice (1908–1913); Resigned 3-10-1914; Later third Governor of Oklahoma19081923 District 3Chief Justice 1909–12; died January 2, 192419071913District 4Resigned September 1, 191319071914District 5Resigned April 7, 1914. 19131915 District 4 Appointed September 1, 191319141914 District 2 died May 16, 191419141914 District 2 appointed May 26, 191419141919District 2Elected to an unexpired term; resigned May 1, 191919141919District 4/5District number changed from District No. 4 to District No. 5 in 1917.resigned October 1, 191919141914District 5Appointed April 7, 191419141915District 5Died October 25, 191519151918 District 5/4District number changed from District No. 5 to District No. 4 in 1917. Appointed November 2, 1915; died February 17, 191819171918District 6Appointed March 31, 191719171920District 7Appointed March 31, 1917, elected 1918, resigned May 1, 1920 19171920 District 8Appointed March 31, 1917; Chief Justice 1920–2119171918District 9Appointed March 31, 1917. 19181923District 1Died March 2, 192319181918District 4appointed March 5, 191819181928 District 4 19181924District 619191920District 5Appointed October 1, 191919191925 District 9 Chief Justice 1923 & 1925; presided over impeachment of Governor Walton in 192219191920District 2Appointed May 7, 191919201924 District 8 Appointed to Oklahoma Supreme Court in 1920. Resigned April 1, 1924 to become Federal Judge for Northern District of Oklahoma19201922District 2Died December 3, 192219201926 District 5 Chief Justice 1925–2719201920District 7Appointed May 1, 1920; resigned November 5, 192019201922District 7Elected to an unexpired term19201920District 7Appointed November 5, 192019221929 District 7 Chief Justice 1927–2919221924District 2Appointed December 6, 1922; resigned May 1, 1924 19231931District 1Appointed; Chief Justice 1929–3119241924District 3Appointed January 7, 192419241924District 8Appointed April 1, 192419241931 District 2 Elected to an unexpired term; Chief Justice, 19311924195519311956 District 6District 3 Elected to Supreme Court in 1924 Appointed October 14, 1955 to replace the late Justice Ben Arnold; died August 26, 195619241948 District 9 19241932District 2Appointed May 1, 1924. 1925–291935 District 3 Elected to an unexpired term19251933 District 8 19261932District 519281934 District 3 19281934 District 4 19291931 District 3 19291935 District 7 1930193319311934District 1 Resigned after serving 1 month in first term; won election in 193319311932 District 1 Appointed February 2, 19311931 1937 District 6 Chief Justice 1936–371931 1931 District 1Resigned February 2, 193119321965District 2Resigned in 196519321948District 1Elected to an unexpired term of J. H. Langley19321947District 5Died June 20, 194719321937District 8Resigned August 7, 193719341958District 4Impeached; convicted of bribery and sent to prison19341952District 719371978District 8Appointed August 7, 1937, replacing Justice Orel Busby; retired August 8, 1978, replaced by Justice Douglas Combs;19381940District 3Appointed December 1, 1938, resigned October 10, 194019401956District 3Appointed October 10, 194019411953 District 3 Chief Justice 1951–1953; died September 30, 195519471951District 5Appointed July 1, 1947; resigned August 13, 195119481965District 1Impeached by a Special Court of Impeachment, May 13, 1965; replaced by Judge Robert E. Lavender.19481966District 619511952District 5Appointed August 13, 195119521972District 7Retired December 1, 197119521982 District 5 Appointed in 1952; died in office January 11, 1982. Served 2 terms as 19541973District 9Retired January 8, 19731956 1958 District 3Appointed September 17, 195619581978 District 3 Resigned November 20, 197819581983District 4Chief Justice (1969–70) and (1981–82); Retired December 1983; appointed Magistrate of U.S. District Court for Western Oklahoma (1983–1991); died in Edmond, OK; 199319652004 District 2 Appointed April 20, 1965; Chief Justice 1977–1978 and 1993–1994 (2 terms)19652007District 1Chief Justice 1979 – 1981 Retired from Court in 2007; replaced by Justice John F. Reif;19661972District 6Resigned September 1, 1972; replaced by Judge Robert D. Simms.19721985District 7Appointed January 4, 1972; retired January 198519721999 District 6 Appointed October 2, 1972; Chief Justice 1985 – 198619731992District 9Appointed January 8, 1973, replacing Justice Floyd L. Jackson; served as chief justice 1987-8; retired May 1, 199219782010 District 3 Appointed November 21, 1978; Chief Justice 1991–1992; died in office October 10, 201019782010 District 8 Appointed October 10, 1978, replacing Justice Davison; Chief Justice 1979 – 1981; retired effective December 31, 2010; Replaced by Douglas L. Combs19821999 District 5 Appointed February 9, 1982; Chief Justice 1995–199719842024 District 4 Appointed March 11, 1984; Chief Justice 1997–199919852003 District 7 Appointed February 1, 1985, replacing Justice Don Barnes; Chief Justice 1999–200019922017 District 9 Appointed June 1, 1992; Chief Justice 2003–2007; replaced by Judge Richard Darby in April, 201819992004 District 6 Resigned after serving 5 years to teach law at University of Tulsa law school20042016 District 2 Chief Justice 2011–201320042021 District 6 Chief Justice 2013–201520072019 District 1 Chief Justice 2015–2016; retired in April 201920172019District 2Appointed February 9, 2017, Resigned to become federal judge on April 10, 2019

Table Year Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Seat 7 Seat 8 Seat 91907John B. TurnerRobert L. WilliamsMatthew John KaneJesse James DunnSamuel W. HayesNo SeatNo SeatNo SeatNo Seat1908190919101911191219131914J. F. Sharp1915Summers T. HardyG. A. Brown1916Charles M. Thacker1917Charles M. ThackerJ. F. SharpJ. H. MileyThomas H. OwenRobert M. RaineyRutherford Brett19181919John H. PitchfordJohn B. HarrisonNeil E. McNeilJohn T. Johnson1920R. W. HigginsFrank M. Bailey1921C. H. EltingJohn R. MillerFranklin Elmore Kennamer1922George M. Nicholson1923Charles B. CochraneFred P. Branson1924Charles W. MasonJames I. PhelpsFletcher S. Riley1925Eugene LesterAlbert C. HuntJames Waddey Clark19261927Robert A. Hefner192819291930James B. CullisonCharles SwindallThomas G. Andrews1931J. H. LangleyEdwin R. McNeill1932W. H. Kornegay Samuel Earl Welch 1933J. H. LangleyMonroe Osborn Orel Busby 19341935Wayne W. Bayless1936James I. PhelpsN. S. CornThomas L. Gibson1937Denver Davison 1938T. H. Hurst1939Harris L. Danner19401941Ben Arnold194219431944194519461947John E. Luttrell19481949Napoleon B. JohnsonHarry L. S. HalleyC. T. O'Neal19501951George Bingaman1952Ben T. WilliamsW. H. Blackbird19531954Floyd L. Jackson19551956Albert C. Hunt1957W. A. Carlile19581959William A. Berry1960Pat Irwin196119621963196419651966Robert E. LavenderRalph B. Hodges1967Rooney McInerney19681969197019711972Don Barnes1973Robert D. SimmsJohn B. Doolin19741975197619771978Rudolph Hargrave1979Marian P. Opala198019811982Alma Wilson19831984Yvonne Kauger19851986Hardy Summers198719881989199019911992Joseph M. Watt1993199419951996199719981999Daniel J. Boudreau2000James R. Winchester200120022003James E. Edmondson2004Tom Colbert2005Steven W. Taylor200620072008John F. Reif200920102011Noma GurichDoug Combs201220132014201520162017Patrick Wyrick2018Richard Darby2019M. John Kane IVDustin Rowe20202021Dana Kuehn

Justices of the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court Edward B. Green, Chief Justice (1890–1893) John G. Clark, Associate Justice (1890–1903), Chief Justice Abraham Jefferson Seay 1890–92 John H. Burford 1892–1906, Chief Justice 1898–1903 A.G.C. Bierer 1894–98 John L. McAtee 1898–1902 Henry W. Scott (judge) (1892–1896), Chief Justice 1895–1896 James R. Keaton 1896–98 John C. Tarsney 1896–99 Frank Dale 1893–1898 Bayard T. Hainer 1898–1907 Clinton F. Irwin 1899–1907 Joseph A. Gill 1899 – 1907 J. L. Pancoast 1902–1907 Milton C. Garber 1906–07 James K. Beauchamp 1902–1906 Frank E. Gillette 1902–1907

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