List of Oregon Judges - Oregon Supreme Court

Oregon Supreme Court

See also: List of Chief Justices of the Oregon Supreme Court

The Oregon Territory was created in 1848 by the United States Congress. Congress then created a three judge supreme court for the territory. In 1859, the territory became the state of Oregon, with the Oregon Supreme Court remaining, eventually expanded to seven justices.

Name Years on the Court Notes
1. William P. Bryant 1848-1850 Appointed by U.S. President, chief justice 1848-1850.
2. Orville C. Pratt 1848-1852 Appointed by U.S. President.
3. Thomas Nelson 1850-1853 Appointed by U.S. President, chief justice 1850-1853.
4. William Strong 1850-1853 Appointed by U.S. President.
5. George Henry Williams 1853-1858 Appointed by U.S. President, chief justice 1853-1858.
6. Cyrus Olney 1853-1858 Appointed by U.S. President.
7. Matthew Deady 1853-1859 Appointed by U.S. President.
8. Obadiah B. McFadden 1853-1854 Appointed by U.S. President.
9. Reuben P. Boise 1858-1870, 1876-1880 Appointed by U.S. President in 1858, elected in 1859, 1876. Appointed by Governor 1878. Chief justice 1862-1864, 1867-1870.
10. Aaron E. Wait 1859-1862 Elected in 1858, chief justice 1859-1862.
11. Riley E. Stratton 1859-1866 Elected in 1858, died in office December 26, 1866.
12. Paine Page Prim 1859-1880 Appointed by Governor in 1859 and 1878, elected 1860, 1866, 1872. Chief justice 1864-1866, 1870-1872, and 1876-1878.
13. William W. Page 1862 Appointed by Governor.
14. Erasmus D. Shattuck 1862-1867, 1874-1878 Elected in 1862, 1874. Chief justice 1866-1867.
15. Joseph G. Wilson 1862-1870 Appointed by Governor in 1862, elected 1864.
16. Alonzo A. Skinner 1866-1867 Appointed by Governor in 1866.
17. William W. Upton 1867-1874 Appointed by Governor 1867, elected in 1868. Chief justice 1872-1874.
18. John Kelsay 1868-1870 Elected in 1868.
19. Benoni Whitten 1870 Appointed by Governor in 1870.
20. Lewis Linn McArthur 1870-1878 Elected in 1870 and 1876.
21. Andrew J. Thayer 1870-1873 Elected in 1870, died in office April 26, 1873.
22. Benjamin F. Bonham 1870-1876 Elected in 1870. Chief justice 1874-1876.
23. Lafayette F. Moser 1873-1874 Appointed by Governor in May 1873.
24. John Burnett 1874-1876 Elected in 1874.
25. James F. Watson 1876-1878 Elected in 1876.
26. James Kerr Kelly 1878-1880 Appointed by Governor in 1878. Chief justice 1878-1880.
27. William Paine Lord 1880-1894 Elected in 1880, 1882, and 1888. Chief justice 1880-1882, 1886-1888, and 1892-1894.
28. Edward B. Watson 1880-1884 Elected in 1880. Chief justice 1882-1884.
29. John B. Waldo 1880-1886 Elected in 1880. Chief justice 1884-1886.
30. William Wallace Thayer 1884-1890 Elected in 1884. Chief justice 1888-1890.
31. Reuben S. Strahan 1886-1892 Elected in 1886. Chief justice 1890-1892.
32. Robert S. Bean 1890-1909 Elected in 1890, 1896, 1902, 1908. Chief justice 1894-1896, 1900-1902, and 1905-1909.
33. Frank A. Moore 1892-1918 Elected in 1892, 1898, 1904, 1910, 1916. Chief justice 1896-1898, 1902-1905, 1909-1911, and 1915-1917. Died in office September 25, 1918.
34. Charles E. Wolverton 1894-1905 Elected in 1894 and 1900. Chief justice 1898-1900, and 1905.
35. Thomas G. Hailey 1905-1907 Appointed by Governor in 1905.
36. Robert Eakin 1907-1917 Elected in 1906 and 1912. Chief justice 1911-1913.
37. William R. King 1909-1911 Appointed by Governor in 1909.
38. Woodson T. Slater 1909-1911 Appointed by Governor in 1909.
39. Thomas A. McBride 1909-1930 Appointed by Governor in 1909, elected in 1914, 1920, and 1926. Died in office September 9, 1930. Chief justice 1913-1915, 1917-1921, and 1923-1927.
40. Henry J. Bean 1911-1941 Elected in 1910, 1914, 1920, 1926, 1932, and 1938. Died in office May 8, 1941. Chief justice 1931-1933 and 1937-1939.
41. George H. Burnett 1911-1927 Elected in 1910, 1916, and 1922. Died in office September 10, 1927. Chief justice 1921-1923, and 1927.
42. Charles L. McNary 1913-1915 Appointed in 1913.
43. William Marion Ramsey 1913-1915 Appointed in 1913.
44. Henry L. Benson 1915-1921 Elected in 1914, 1920. Died in office October 16, 1921.
45. Lawrence T. Harris 1915-1924 Elected in 1914 and 1920.
46. Wallace McCamant 1917-1918 Appointed by Governor in 1917.
47. Charles A. Johns 1918-1921 Appointed by Governor in 1918. Elected in 1918.
48. Conrad P. Olson 1918-1919 Appointed by Governor in 1918.
49. Alfred S. Bennett 1919-1920 Elected in 1918.
50. George M. Brown 1920-1933 Appointed by Governor in 1920. Elected in 1920 and 1926.
51. John McCourt 1921-1924 Appointed by Governor in 1921. Elected in 1922. Died in office September 12, 1924.
52. John L. Rand 1921-1942 Appointed by Governor in 1921. Elected in 1922, 1928, 1934, and 1940. Died in office November 19, 1942. Chief justice 1927-1929, 1933-1935, and 1939-1941.
53. Oliver P. Coshow 1924-1931 Appointed by Governor in 1924. Elected in 1924. Chief justice 1929-1931.
54. Martin L. Pipes 1924 Appointed by Governor in 1924.
55. Harry H. Belt 1925-1950 Elected in 1924, 1930, 1936, 1942, 1948. Chief justice 1945-1947. Died in office August 6, 1950.
56. George Rossman 1927-1965 Appointed by Governor in 1927. Elected in 1928, 1934, 1940, 1946, 1952, and 1958. Chief justice 1947-1949.
57. Percy R. Kelly 1930-1949 Appointed by Governor in 1930. Elected in 1930, 1936, 1942, and 1948. Chief justice 1941-1943. Died in office June 14, 1949.
58. James U. Campbell 1931-1937 Elected in 1930 and 1936. Chief justice 1935-1937.

Died in office July 16, 1937.
59. John O. Bailey 1933-1950 Elected in 1932, 1938, and 1944. Chief justice 1943-1945
60. Hall S. Lusk 1937-1960, 1961-1968 Appointed by Governor in 1937. Elected in 1938, 1944, 1950, 1956. Temporary service from 1961-1968. Chief justice 1949-1951.
61. James T. Brand 1941-1958 Appointed by Governor in 1941. Elected in 1942, 1948 and 1952. Chief justice 1951-1953.
62. Arthur D. Hay 1942-1952 Appointed by Governor in 1942. Elected in 1944 and 1950. Died in office December 19, 1952.
Walter C. Winslow 1947-1948 Served as judge pro tempore while Brand served as war crimes judge following World War II.
63. E. M. Page 1949-1950 Appointed by Governor in 1949.
64. Earl C. Latourette 1950-1956 Appointed by Governor in 1950. Elected in 1950. Chief justice 1953-1955. Died in office August 18, 1956.
65. Harold J. Warner 1950-1963 Appointed by Governor in 1950. Elected in 1950 and 1956. Chief justice 1955-1957.
66. Walter L. Tooze 1950-1956 Appointed by Governor in 1950. Elected in 1950 and 1956. Died in office December 21, 1956.
67. William C. Perry 1952-1970 Appointed by Governor in 1952. Elected in 1954, 1960, and 1966. Chief justice 1957-1959 and 1967-1970.
68. William M. McAllister 1956-1976 Appointed by Governor in 1956. Elected in 1956, 1962, 1968, and 1974. Chief justice 1959-1967.
69. Randall B. Kester 1957-1958 Appointed by Governor in 1957.
70. Gordon Sloan 1958-1970 Appointed by Governor in 1958. Elected in 1958 and 1964.
71. Kenneth J. O'Connell 1958-1977 Appointed by Governor in 1958. Elected in 1958, 1964, and 1970. Chief justice 1970-1976.
72. Alfred T. Goodwin 1960-1969 Appointed by Governor in 1960. Elected in 1960 and 1966.
73. Arno H. Denecke 1963-1982 Elected in 1962, 1968, 1974, and 1980. Chief justice 1976-1982.
74. Ralph M. Holman 1965-1980 Elected in 1964, 1970, and 1976.
75. Thomas Tongue 1969-1982 Appointed by Governor in 1969. Elected in 1970 and 1976.
76. Edward H. Howell 1970-1980 Appointed by Governor in 1970. Elected in 1970 and 1976.
77. Dean F. Bryson 1970-1979 Elected in 1970 and 1976, also appointed by Governor in 1970.
78. Berkeley Lent 1977-1988 Elected in 1976 and 1982. Chief justice 1982-1983.
79. Hans A. Linde 1977-1990 Appointed by Governor in 1977. Elected in 1978 and 1984.
80. Edwin J. Peterson 1979-1993 Appointed by Governor in 1979. Elected in 1980, 1986, and 1992. Chief justice 1983-1991.
81. Jacob Tanzer 1980-1982 Appointed by Governor in 1980. Elected in 1980.
82. J. R. Campbell 1980-1988 Appointed by Governor in 1980. Elected in 1982.
83. Betty Roberts 1982-1986 Appointed by Governor in 1982. Elected in 1982. First woman on court.
84. Wallace P. Carson, Jr. 1982-2007 Appointed by Governor in 1982. Elected in 1982, 1988, 1994 and 2000. Chief justice 1991-2006.
85. Robert E. Jones 1983-1990 Appointed by Governor in 1982. Elected in 1984.
86. W. Michael Gillette 1986-2010 Appointed by Governor in 1986. Elected in 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004.
87. George Van Hoomissen 1988-2001 Elected in 1988 and 1994.
88. Edward N. Fadeley 1988-1998 Elected in 1988 and 1994.
89. Richard Unis 1990-1996 Appointed by Governor in 1990. Elected in 1990.
90. Susan P. Graber 1990-1998 Appointed by Governor in 1990 and 1991. Elected in 1992.
91. Robert D. Durham 1994-current Appointed by Governor in 1994. Elected in 1994, 2000, and 2006.
92. Ted Kulongoski 1997-2001 Elected in 1996.
93. Susan M. Leeson 1998-2003 Appointed by Governor in 1998. Elected in 1998.
94. R. William Riggs 1998-2006 Appointed by Governor in 1998. Elected in 1998 and 2004.
95. Paul J. De Muniz 2001-current Elected in 2000 and 2006. Chief justice 2006 to current.
96. Thomas A. Balmer 2001-current Appointed by Governor in 2001. Elected in 2002 and 2008.
97. Rives Kistler 2003-current Appointed by Governor in 2003. Elected in 2004 and 2010.
98. Martha Lee Walters 2006-current Appointed by Governor in 2006. Elected in 2008.
99. Virginia L. Linder 2007-current Elected in 2006.
100. Jack L. Landau 2011-current Elected in 2010.

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