List of justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court

Following is a list of justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court, including the judges who served as chief justices.Wyoming State Archives directory of the Wyoming Supreme Court, available at 2301 Central Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001.

Justices of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court JudgeParty affiliationBegan activeserviceEnded activeserviceBegan service asChief JusticeEnded service asChief JusticeJohn H. Howe Republican April 6, 1869 October 14, 1871 April 6, 1869 October 14, 1871William Theopilus Jones Republican April 6, 1869 March 20, 1873 Joseph W. Fisher Republican February 8, 1871 December 18, 1879 October 14, 1871 December 18, 1879Joseph M. Carey Republican January 18, 1872 February 14, 1876 E.A. Thomas Republican March 20, 1873 December 14, 1877 Jacob B. Blair Republican February 14, 1876 April 23, 1888 William Ware Peck Republican December 14, 1877 January 11, 1882 James Beverley Sener Republican December 18, 1879 July 5, 1884 December 18, 1879 July 5, 1884Samuel C. Parks Republican January 11, 1882 April 14, 1886 John C. Perry Republican 1884 1884 1884 1884John C. Perry was appointed as Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Wyoming Territory on March 26, 1884, but died on April 14, the day before his planned departure from Brooklyn to Cheyenne, and never took office.John W. Lacey Republican July 5, 1884 November 8, 1886 July 5, 1884 November 8, 1886Samuel T. Corn Democrat April 14, 1886 June 21, 1890 William L. Maginnis Democrat November 8, 1886 October 1, 1889 November 8, 1886 October 1, 1889Micah C. Saufley Democrat April 23, 1888 October 11, 1890 Willis Van Devanter Republican October 1, 1889 October 11, 1890 October 1, 1889 October 11, 1890Term continued into the State Supreme Court, being elected September 11, 1890.Asbury B. Conaway Republican June 21, 1890 October 11, 1890

Justices of the Wyoming State Supreme Court

JudgeBegan activeserviceEnded activeserviceChief JusticeWillis Van Devanter October 11, 1890 October 15, 1890 Asbury B. Conaway October 11, 1890 December 8, 1897 Herman V.S. Groesbeck October 11, 1890 January 4, 1897 Homer Merrell November 24, 1890 January 2, 1893 Gibson Clark January 2, 1893 September 22, 1894 Samuel T. Corn September 22, 1894January 4, 1897 January 7, 1895January 2, 1905 Charles N. Potter January 7, 1895 December 20, 1927 Jesse Knight December 18, 1897 April 9, 1905 Cyrus Beard January 2, 1905 December 16, 1920 Josiah A. Van Orsdel April 15, 1905 January 31, 1906 Richard H. Scott February 24, 1906 September 26, 1917 Charles E. Blydenburgh November 1, 1907 April 17, 1921 Ralph Kimball January 3, 1921 January 7, 1952 Fred H. Blume April 23, 1921 January 1, 1963 William A. Riner January 10, 1928 November 20, 1955 Harry P. Ilsley January 7, 1952 February 18, 1953 Harry Harnsberger March 12, 1953 January 1, 1969 Glenn Parker December 5, 1955 January 6, 1975 John J. McIntyre January 2, 1961 November 30, 1974 Norman B. Gray January 7, 1963 December 31, 1971 Leonard McEwan January 6, 1969 January 21, 1975 Rodney M. Guthrie January 1, 1972 December 31, 1978 Archie G. McClintock July 1, 1973 March 26, 1981 John F. Raper December 18, 1974 June 14, 1983 Richard V. Thomas December 30, 1974 1998 Robert R. Rose Jr. March 15, 1975 November 1, 1985 John J. Rooney January 1, 1979 November 30, 1985 C. Stewart Brown March 26, 1981 June 30, 1988 G. Joseph Cardine June 14, 1983 July 1994 Walter C. Urbigkit Jr. November 1, 1985 January 1993 1991–1993Richard J. Macy December 2, 1985 June 2, 2000 1993–1995Michael Golden June 30, 1988 October 15, 2012 1995–1996William A. Taylor January 22, 1993 2001 1997–1998Larry Lehman July 8, 1994 2004Retired shortly before his death on December 10, 2004. 1999–2002William U. Hill November 3, 1998 February 16, 2018 2002–2005Marilyn S. Kite March 30, 2000 August 3, 2015 2010–2014Barton Voigt March 21, 2001 January 6, 2014 2006–2010E. James Burke January 1, 2005 October 8, 2018 2014–2018Michael K. Davis August 30, 2012 January 16, 2022 2018–2021Kate M. Fox January 1, 2014 May 27, 2025 2021–2025Keith G. Kautz August 1, 2015 March 26, 2024 Lynne J. Boomgaarden December 15, 2017 Present 2025–presentKari Jo Gray September 5, 2018 Present John G. Fenn January 17, 2022 Present Robert Jarosh March 27, 2024 Present Bridget Hill May 28, 2025 Present

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