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:

Justice District Appointed Governor Law School Birth City
Yvonne Kauger4th1984George NighOklahoma City UniversityColony, Oklahoma
James R. Winchester5th2000Frank KeatingOklahoma City UniversityClinton, Oklahoma
James E. Edmondson7th2003Brad HenryGeorgetown UniversityKansas City, Missouri
Tom Colbert6th2004Brad HenryUniversity of OklahomaOklahoma City, Oklahoma
Doug Combs8th2010Brad HenryOklahoma City UniversityShawnee, Oklahoma
Noma Gurich3rd2011Brad HenryUniversity of OklahomaSouth Bend, Indiana
Richard Darby9th2018Mary FallinUniversity of OklahomaAltus, Oklahoma
Dustin Rowe2nd2019Kevin StittUniversity of OklahomaAda, Oklahoma
M. John Kane IV1st2019Kevin StittUniversity of OklahomaPawhuska, Oklahoma

List of former justices
JudgeBegan active
service		Ended active
service		DistrictNotes
J.B. Turner19071918District 1
Robert L. Williams19071914District 2first Chief Justice (1908 - 1913); Resigned 3-10-1914; Later third Governor of Oklahoma
Matthew John Kane19081923District 3Chief Justice 1909-12; died January 2, 1924
Jesse James Dunn19071913District 4Resigned September 1, 1913
Samuel W. Hayes19071914District 5Resigned April 7, 1914.
Robert H. Loofbourrow19131915District 4Appointed September 1, 1913
Stillwell H. Russell19141914District 2died May 16, 1914
W.R. Bleakmore19141914District 2appointed May 26, 1914
Summers T. Hardy19141919District 2Elected to an unexpired term; resigned May 1, 1919
J. F. Sharp19141919District 4/5[2]resigned October 1, 1919
F. E. Riddle19141914District 5Appointed April 7, 1914
G. A. Brown19141915District 5Died October 25, 1915
Charles M. Thacker19151918District 5/4[3]Appointed November 2, 1915; died February 17, 1918
J. H. Miley19171918District 6Appointed March 31, 1917
Thomas H. Owen19171920District 7Appointed March 31, 1917, elected 1918, resigned May 1, 1920
Robert M. Rainey19171920District 8Appointed March 31, 1917; Chief Justice 1920-21
Rutherford Brett19171918District 9Appointed March 31, 1917.
John H. Pitchford19181923District 1Died March 2, 1923
B. L. Tisinger19181918District 4appointed March 5, 1918
John B. Harrison19181928District 4
Neil E. McNeil19181924District 6
Frank M. Bailey19191920District 5Appointed October 1, 1919
John T. Johnson19191925District 9Chief Justice 1923 & 1925; presided over impeachment of Governor Walton in 1922
R. W. Higgins19191920District 2Appointed May 7, 1919
Franklin Elmore Kennamer19201924District 8Appointed to Oklahoma Supreme Court in 1920. Resigned April 1, 1924 to become Federal Judge for Northern District of Oklahoma
C. H. Elting19201922District 2Died December 3, 1922
George M. Nicholson19201926District 5Chief Justice 1925-27
George S. Ramsey19201920District 7Appointed May 1, 1920; resigned November 5, 1920
John R. Miller19201922District 7Elected to an unexpired term
William A. Collier19201920District 7Appointed November 5, 1920
Fred P. Branson19221929District 7Chief Justice 1927-29
Charles B. Cochrane19221924District 2Appointed December 6, 1922; resigned May 1, 1924
Charles W. Mason19231931District 1Appointed; Chief Justice 1929-31
J. D. Lydick19241924District 3Appointed January 7, 1924
Frank L. Warren19241924District 8Appointed April 1, 1924
Eugene Lester19241931District 2Elected to an unexpired term; Chief Justice, 1931
Albert C. Hunt1924
1955		1931
1956		District 6
District 3		Elected to Supreme Court in 1924
Appointed October 14, 1955 to replace the late Justice Ben Arnold; died August 26, 1956
Fletcher S. Riley19241948District 9
James H. Gordon19241932District 2Appointed May 1, 1924.
James I. Phelps1925-291935District 3Elected to an unexpired term
James Waddey Clark19251933District 8
Robert A. Hefner19261932District 5
James B. Cullison19281934District 3
Charles Swindall19281934District 4
James B. Cullison19291931District 3
Thomas G. Andrews19291935District 7
J. H. Langley1930
1933		1931
1934		District 1Resigned after serving 1 month in first term; won election in 1933
W. H. Kornegay19311932District 1Appointed February 2, 1931
Edwin R. McNeill19311937District 6Chief Justice 1936-37
J. H. Langley19311931District 1Resigned February 2, 1931
Samuel Earl Welch19321965District 2Resigned in 1965
Wayne W. Bayless19321948District 1Elected to an unexpired term of J. H. Langley
Monroe Osborn19321947District 5Died June 20, 1947
Orel Busby19321937District 8Resigned August 7, 1937
N. S. Corn19341958District 4Impeached; convicted of bribery and sent to prison
Thomas L. Gibson19341952District 7
Denver Davison19371978District 8Appointed August 7, 1937, replacing Justice Orel Busby; retired August 8, 1978, replaced by Justice Douglas Combs;
Harris L. Danner19381940District 3Appointed December 1, 1938, resigned October 10, 1940
Sam Neff19401956District 3Appointed October 10, 1940
Ben Arnold19411953District 3Chief Justice 1951-1953; died September 30, 1955
John E. Luttrell19471951District 5Appointed July 1, 1947; resigned August 13, 1951
Napoleon B. Johnson19481965District 1Impeached by a Special Court of Impeachment, May 13, 1965; replaced by Judge Robert E. Lavender.
Harry L. S. Halley19481966District 6
George Bingaman19511952District 5Appointed August 13, 1951
W. H. Blackbird19521972District 7Retired December 1, 1971
Ben T. Williams19521982District 5Appointed in 1952; died in office January 11, 1982. Served 2 terms as
Floyd L. Jackson19541973District 9Retired January 8, 1973
W. A. Carlile19561958District 3Appointed September 17, 1956
William A. Berry19581978District 3Resigned November 20, 1978
Pat Irwin (Oklahoma judge)19581983District 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; 1993
Ralph B. Hodges19652004District 2Appointed April 20, 1965; Chief Justice 1977-1978 and 1993-1994 (2 terms)
Robert E. Lavender19652007District 1Chief Justice 1979 - 1981 Retired from Court in 2007; replaced by Justice John Reif;
Rooney McInerney19661972District 6Resigned September 1, 1972; replaced by Judge Robert D. Simms.
Don Barnes19721985District 7Appointed January 4, 1972; retired January 1985
Robert D. Simms19721999District 6Appointed October 2, 1972; Chief Justice 1985 - 1986
John B. Doolin19731992District 9Appointed January 8, 1973, replacing Justice Floyd L. Jackson; served as chief justice 1987-8; retired May 1, 1992
Marian P. Opala19782010District 3Appointed November 21, 1978; Chief Justice 1991-1992; died in office October 10, 2010
Rudolph Hargrave19782010District 8Appointed October 10, 1978, replacing Justice Davison; Chief Justice 1979 - 1981; retired effective December 31, 2010; Replaced by Douglas L. Combs
Alma Wilson19821999District 5Appointed February 9, 1982; Chief Justice 1995-1997
Hardy Summers19852003District 7Appointed February 1, 1985, replacing Justice Don Barnes; Chief Justice 1999-2000
Joseph M. Watt19922017District 9Appointed June 1, 1992; Chief Justice 2003-2007; replaced by Judge Richard Darby in April, 2018
Daniel J. Boudreau19992004District 6Resigned after serving 5 years to teach law at University of Tulsa law school[4]
Steven W. Taylor20042016District 2Chief Justice 2011-2013
John F. Reif20072019District 1Chief Justice 2014-2015; retired in April 2019
Patrick Wyrick20172019District 2Appointed February 9, 2017, Resigned to become federal judge on April 10, 2019

Justices of the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court

References
  1. "Oklahoma History", Oklahoma Almanac (July 23, 2012), p. 788.
  2. District number changed from District No. 4 to District No. 5 in 1917.
  3. District number changed from District No. 5 to District No. 4 in 1917.
  4. Snyder, Carmel Perez (July 12, 2004). "High court resignations trigger selection process: After a scandal in the '60s, nominations come from a nonpartisan commission". The Oklahoman. Retrieved April 29, 2004.
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