List of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court

Following is a list of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court:

Territorial Supreme Court Justices

  Indicates Territorial Chief Justice

JudgeBegan active
service		Ended active
service
Fenner Ferguson18541857
Edward R. Harden18541860
James Bradley18541857
J. W. Underwood1857[1]1857
Samuel W. Black18571859
Eleazer Wakeley18571861
Augustus Hall18581861
Joseph Miller18591860
William Pitt Kellogg18611865[2]
William F. Lockwood18611867
Joseph E. Streeter18611863
Elmer S. Dundy18631867
William Kellogg18651867

State Supreme Court Chief Justices
Chief JusticeBegan ServiceEnded ServiceSeat/DistrictAppointed By
Oliver P. Mason1867[3]1873Seat IElected
George B. Lake1873[4]1878[5]Seat II
Daniel Gantt1878[4]1878[6]Seat I
Samuel Maxwell1878[4]1882[5]Seat III
George B. Lake1882[7]1884Seat II
Amasa Cobb1884[4]1886[5]Seat I
Samuel Maxwell1886[7]1888[5]Seat III
Manoah B. Reese1888[4]1890[8]Seat II
Amasa Cobb1890[7]1892Seat I
Samuel Maxwell1892[9]1894Seat III
T. L. Norval1894[4]1896[5]Seat II
Alfred M. Post1896[4]1898Seat I
T. O. C. Harrison1898[4]1900Seat III
T. L. Norval1900[7]1902Seat II
John Joseph Sullivan1902[4]1904Seat I
Silas A. Holcomb1904[4]1906Seat III
Samuel H. Sedgwick1906[4]1908[10]Seat II
John B. Barnes19081909[5]Seat I
Manoah B. Reese1909[7]1915At LargeAshton C. Shallenberger
Conrad Hollenbeck1915[6][11]1915At LargeJohn H. Morehead
Jacob Fawcett1915[12]1915At Large(pro tempore)
Andrew M. Morrissey1915[13]1927At LargeJohn H. Morehead
Charles A. Goss19271938[6]At LargeAdam McMullen
Robert G. Simmons1939[14]1963At LargeRobert Leroy Cochran
Paul W. White19631978[15]At LargeFrank Morrison
Harry A. Spencer19781978[16]At Large(pro tempore)
Norman Krivosha1978[17]1987[18]At LargeJim Exon
William C. Hastings1987[19]1995[15]At LargeKay Orr
C. Thomas White1995[20]1998[15]At LargeBen Nelson
John V. Hendry1998[21]2006[15]At Large
Michael G. Heavican2006[22]IncumbentAt LargeDave Heineman

All State Supreme Court Justices

  Indicates Service as Chief Justice for All or Part of Tenure

JudgeBegan ServiceEnded ServiceSeat/DistrictAppointed By
William A. Little[23]--Seat IElected[24]
Oliver P. Mason1867[25]1873Seat I
George B. Lake18671884Seat II
Lorenzo Crounse18671873Seat III
Daniel Gantt18731878Seat I
Samuel Maxwell18731894Seat III
Amasa Cobb1878[26]1892Seat I
Manoah B. Reese18841890Seat II
T. L. Norval18901902Seat II
Alfred M. Post18921898Seat I
T. O. C. Harrison18941900Seat III
John Joseph Sullivan18981904Seat I
Silas A. Holcomb19001906Seat III
Samuel H. Sedgwick19021908Seat II
John B. Barnes19041909Seat I
Charles B. Letton19061925Seat III / District 3Elected[24] /
Ashton C. Shallenberger
Manoah B. Reese1908[27]1915Seat II / CJ
James R. Dean1909[28]1910[29]District 2Ashton C. Shallenberger
Jesse L. Root1909[28]1911District 5
Jacob Fawcett[30]1909[28]1917District 6
William B. Rose1909[28]1943District 1
John B. Barnes1909[31]1917District 4
Samuel H. Sedgwick1910[32]1919[6]District 2
Francis G. Hamer19111918[6]District 5Chester H. Aldrich
Conrad Hollenbeck1915[6][33]1915CJJohn H. Morehead
Andrew M. Morrissey1915[34]1927CJ
Albert J. Cornish19171920[6]District 4Keith Neville
James R. Dean1917[35]1935District 6
Chester Hardy Aldrich1918[36]1924[6]District 5
Leonard A. Flansburg1920[37]1923District 4Samuel R. McKelvie
George A. Day1920[38]1927[6]District 2
Edward E. Good19231937[6]District 4Charles Bryan
William Henry Thompson1924[39]1931District 5
Robert E. Evans19251925[6]District 3Adam McMullen
George A. Eberly1925[40]1943District 3
Charles A. Goss19271938[6]CJ
Francis S. Howell1928[41]1929District 2
L. B. Day19291938[6]District 2Arthur J. Weaver
Bayard H. Paine19311949District 5Charles Bryan
Edward F. Carter19351971District 6Robert Leroy Cochran
Frederick Messmore1937[42]1965District 4
Harvey M. Johnsen1939[43]1940District 2
Robert G. Simmons1939[44]1963CJ
John W. Yeager1941[45]1965District 2
E. B. Chappell19431961District 1Dwight Griswold
Adolph E. Wenke19431961[6]District 3
P. E. Boslaugh19491961District 5Val Peterson
Harry A. Spencer[46]19611979[15]District 1Frank Morrison
Leslie Boslaugh19611994[15]District 5
Robert C. Brower1961[47]1967District 3
Paul W. White19631978[15]CJ
Hale McCown1965[17]1983[15]District 4
Robert L. Smith1965[17]1973[15]District 2
John E. Newton1967[17]1977[15]District 3Norbert Tiemann
Lawrence M. Clinton1971[17]1982[6]District 6Jim Exon
Donald Brodkey1974[17]1982[15]District 2
C. Thomas White1977[48]1998District 3 / CJJim Exon / Ben Nelson
Norman Krivosha1978[17]1987[49]CJJim Exon
William C. Hastings1979[50]1995District 1 / CJCharles Thone / Kay Orr
D. Nick Caporale1982[51]1998[15]District 2Charles Thone
Thomas M. Shanahan1983[52]1993[53]District 6Bob Kerrey
John T. Grant1983[54]1993[15]District 4
Dale E. Fahrnbruch1987[55]1996[15]District 1Kay Orr
David J. Lanphier1993[56]1997[57]District 4Ben Nelson
John F. Wright1994[58]2018[59][6]District 6
William M. Connolly1994[60]2016District 5
John M. Gerrard1995[61]2012District 3
Kenneth C. Stephan1997[62]2015District 1
Michael McCormack1997[63]2016District 4
John V. Hendry1998[64]2006[15]CJ
Lindsey Miller-Lerman1998[65]IncumbentDistrict 2
Michael G. Heavican2006[66]IncumbentCJDave Heineman
William B. Cassel2012[67]IncumbentDistrict 3
Stephanie F. Stacy2015IncumbentDistrict 1Pete Ricketts
Max J. Kelch20162018[68]District 4
Jeffrey J. Funke2016IncumbentDistrict 5
Jonathan Papik2018[69]IncumbentDistrict 4
John Freudenberg2018[70]IncumbentDistrict 6

Information Gathered from Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court, the Nebraska Blue Book, and http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/MWHNE/mwhne694.htm

References
  1. Listed as an associate judge of the Supreme Court in Complete Session Laws, 1855-87, Vol. 1, Page 370.
  2. Granted leave of absence by President Lincoln to join the 7th Illinois Cavalry. Served as colonel in the regiment from Sept. 8, 1861, to June 1, 1862. Resigned as territorial chief justice in 1865.
  3. Appointed in 1867; elected in 1868.
  4. Named Chief Justice
  5. Returned to being Associate Justice
  6. Died while in office.
  7. Named Chief Justice a second time
  8. Served Again 1908-1915
  9. Named Chief Justice a Third Time
  10. Served again 1910-1919
  11. Served from Jan. 7 to 21, 1915; died Jan. 21, 1915.
  12. Acting Chief Justice Jan. 21 to 25, 1915.
  13. Appointed Chief Justice Jan. 25, 1915, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Hollenbeck.
  14. Appointed Nov. 12, 1938, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Goss. Term began Jan. 5, 1939.
  15. Retired.
  16. Served as Chief Justice pro tempore from Sept. 18 to Dec. 22, 1978.
  17. Appointed to fill vacancy.
  18. Resigned July 31, 1987.
  19. Named Chief Justice Sept. 2, 1987, following resignation of Chief Justice Krivosha.
  20. Named Chief Justice Jan. 26, 1995, to replace retiring Chief Justice Hastings.
  21. Appointed Aug. 5, 1998, to replace retiring Chief Justice C. Thomas White.
  22. Appointed Oct. 1, 2006, to replace retiring Chief Justice Hendry.
  23. Elected in 1867 but died before he qualified.
  24. Under the Nebraska Constitutions of 1866 and 1875, Supreme Court Justices were elected by electors and not appointed by the Governor.
  25. Appointed in 1867; elected in 1868.
  26. Appointed in 1878 to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Gantt, then elected 1879.
  27. Served Previously 1884-1890
  28. Constitutional amendment approved in 1908 increased number of Supreme Court judges from three to seven. The governor appointed four judges, two to serve until successors were elected in the 1909 general election, and the other two to serve until successors were elected in the 1911 general election.
  29. Served again from 1917-1935
  30. Acting chief justice Jan. 21 to 25, 1915.
  31. Was previously Chief Justice
  32. Served Previously 1902-1908
  33. Served from Jan. 7 to 21, 1915; died Jan. 21, 1915.
  34. Appointed chief justice Jan. 25, 1915, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Hollenbeck.
  35. Served Previously 1909-1910
  36. Appointed Nov. 16, 1918, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Hamer. Aldrich died March 10, 1924.
  37. Appointed April 21, 1920, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Cornish.
  38. Appointed Jan. 8, 1920, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Sedgwick. Judge Day died Dec. 20, 1927.
  39. Appointed April 15, 1924, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Aldrich.
  40. Appointed July 24, 1925, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Evans.
  41. Appointed Dec. 29, 1927, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge George A. Day.
  42. Appointed Aug. 9, 1937, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Good.
  43. Appointed Nov. 28, 1938, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge L. B. Day. Term began Jan. 3, 1939. Resigned Nov. 8, 1940, upon appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
  44. Appointed Nov. 12, 1938, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Goss. Term began Jan. 5, 1939.
  45. Appointed Nov. 18, 1940, to fill vacancy created by resignation of Judge Johnsen.
  46. Served as Chief Justice pro tempore from Sept. 18 to Dec. 22, 1978.
  47. Appointed March 13, 1961, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Wenke.
  48. Appointed Jan. 6, 1977, to replace retiring Judge Newton.
  49. Resigned July 31, 1987.
  50. Appointed Jan. 31, 1979, to replace retiring Judge Spencer.
  51. Appointed Dec. 21, 1981, to replace retiring Judge Brodkey.
  52. Appointed March 24, 1983, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Clinton.
  53. Resigned to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
  54. Appointed Sept. 1, 1983, to replace retiring Judge McCown.
  55. Appointed Nov. 13, 1987, to fill vacancy created when Judge Hastings was named chief justice.
  56. Appointed Oct. 14, 1992, to replace retiring Judge Grant.
  57. Voters removed Judge Lanphier from the bench in 1996.
  58. Appointed Jan. 27, 1994, to replace Judge Shanahan, who resigned to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
  59. http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/nebraska-supreme-court-justice-john-wright-dies-following-lengthy-illness/article_06cbd0d5-4e3b-5f68-a31d-ebe75a784067.html
  60. Appointed Nov. 17, 1994, to replace retiring Judge Leslie Boslaugh.
  61. Appointed April 20, 1995, to fill vacancy created when Judge C. Thomas White was named chief justice.
  62. Appointed Jan. 27, 1997, to replace retiring Judge Farhnbruch.
  63. Appointed Jan. 28, 1997, to fill vacancy created when voters removed Judge Lanphier from the bench.
  64. Appointed chief justice Aug. 5, 1998, to replace retiring Chief Justice C. Thomas White.
  65. Appointed Aug. 5, 1998, to replace retiring Judge Caporale.
  66. Appointed Oct. 1, 2006, to replace retiring Chief Justice Hendry.
  67. Appointed April 26, 2012, to fill vacancy created by appointment of John M. Gerrard to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
  68. http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/nebraska-supreme-court-judge-resigned-after-ethics-complaint-sexual-comments/article_7131f80e-9fbd-5ecd-be6f-6cbd74c0a831.html
  69. http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/ricketts-pick-for-nebraska-supreme-court-operating-on-higher-level/article_976f9ddf-3804-56bf-922d-882d394c2118.html
  70. https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/newly-appointed-lancaster-county-judge-tapped-for-seat-on-nebraska/article_f609a331-d45c-5217-96f8-3264969c300f.html
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