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Historical Listing of Supreme Court Justices



Name

Hometown

Term Dates

Chief Justice

Marla J. Luckert

Goodland

01-13-2003 to Present

12-17-2019 to Present

Eric S. Rosen

Topeka

11-18-2005 to Present

 

Dan Biles

El Dorado

03-06-2009 to Present

 

Caleb Stegall

Lawrence

12-05-2014 to Present

 

Evelyn Z. Wilson

Smith Center

01-24-2020 to Present

 

Keynen "KJ" Wall Jr.

Scott City

08-03-2020 to Present

 

Melissa Taylor Standridge

Kansas City

12-14-2020 to Present

 

Nancy Moritz

Topeka

01-07-2011 to 07-29-2014

 

Lee A. Johnson 

Caldwell

01-08-2007 to 09-08-2019 

 

Carol A. Beier

Wichita

09-05-2003 to 09-18-2020

 

Robert L. Gernon

Lawrence

01-13-2003 to 03-30-2005

 

Lawton R. Nuss

Salina

10-17-2002 to 08-03-2010

08-03-2010 to 12-17-2019

Edward Larson

Hays

09-01-1995 to 09-04-2002

 

Robert E. Davis

Leavenworth

01-11-1993 to 01-12-2009

01-12-2009 to 08-03-2010

Bob Abbott

Junction City

09-01-1990 to 06-06-2003

 

Frederick N. Six

Lawrence

09-01-1988 to 01-13-2003

 

Donald L. Allegrucci

Pittsburg

01-12-1987 to 01-08-2007

 

Tyler C. Lockett

Wichita

02-11-1983 to 01-13-2003

 

Harold Herd

Coldwater

03-18-1979 to 01-11-1993

 

Kay McFarland

Topeka

09-19-1977 to 09-01-1995

09-01-1995 to 01-12-2009

Richard Winn Holmes

Wichita

09-17-1977 to 09-01-1990

09-01-1990 to 08-31-1995

Robert H. Miller

Overland Park

11-01-1975 to 09-01-1988

09-01-1988 to 08-31-1990

David Prager

Topeka

12-04-1971 to 01-12-1987

01-12-1987 to 09-01-1988

Perry L. Owsley

Pittsburg

09-24-1971 to 12-31-1978

 

Alex M. Fromme

Hoxie

05-02-1966 to 10-25-1982

 

Earl E. O'Connor

Overland Park

10-01-1965 to 11-10-1971

 

Robert H. Kaul

Wamego

09-27-1965 to 09-17-1977

 

John F. Fontron

Hutchinson

03-05-1964 to 10-01-1975

 

Schuyler W. Jackson

Topeka

04-07-1958 to 02-08-1964

 

Alfred G. Schroeder

Newton

01-14-1957 to 09-19-1977

09-19-1977 to 01-12-1987

Fred Hall

Dodge City

01-03-1957 to 04-07-1958

 

Harold R. Fatzer

Kinsley

03-01-1956 to 09-01-1971

09-01-1971 to 09-19-1977

Clair E. Robb

Wichita

01-10-1955 to 08-06-1965

 

Lloyd M. Kagey

Wichita

12-04-1950 to 01-08-1951

 

William J. Wertz

Wichita

03-01-1950 to 12-04-1950
01-08-1951 tp 10-01-1965

 

Edward F. Arn

Wichita

02-21-1949 to 03-01-1950

 

Robert T. Price

Topeka

11-30-1948 to 05-01-1966

05-01-1966 to 09-01-1971

Austin M. Cowan

Wichita

06-09-1948 to 11-30-1948

 

Allen Banks Burch

Wichita

01-08-1945 to 05-31-1948

 

Jay S. Parker

Hill City

01-11-1943 to 01-14-1957

01-14-1957 to 05-01-1966

Homer Hoch

Marion

01-09-1939 to 01-30-1949

 

Harry K. Allen

Topeka

01-11-1937 to 01-11-1943

 

Hugo T. Wedell

Chanute

07-03-1935 to 01-10-1955

 

Walter G. Thiele

Lawrence

01-09-1933 to 01-03-1957

01-03-1957 to 01-14-1957

Edward Ray Sloan

Holton

04-06-1931 to 01-09-1933

 

William A. Smith

Valley Falls

12-01-1930 to 03-01-1956

03-01-1956 to 01-03-1957

William D. Jochems

Wichita

01-04-1930 to 12-01-1930

 

William Easton Hutchinson

Garden City

05-12-1927 to 01-09-1939

 

William West Harvey

Ashland

01-08-1923 to 01-08-1945

01-08-1945 to 03-01-1956

Richard Joseph Hopkins

Garden City

01-08-1923 to 12-27-1929

 

John Marshall

Topeka

01-11-1915 to 03-25-1931

 

John Shaw Dawson

Hill City

01-11-1915 to 01-11-1937

01-11-1937 to 01-08-1945

Judson S. West

Kansas City

01-09-1911 to 01-08-1923

 

Alfred Washburn Benson

Ottawa

08-01-1907 to 01-11-1915

 

Charles Burleigh Graves

Emporia

08-21-1905 to 01-09-1911

 

Silas Wright Porter

Kansas City

07-01-1905 to 01-08-1923

 

Clark Allen Smith

Cawker City

12-01-1904 to 01-11-1915

 

Henry Freeman Mason

Garden City

01-12-1903 to 05-04-1927

 

Rousseau Angelus Burch

Salina

09-29-1902 to 07-01-1935

07-01-1935 to 01-11-1937

William D. Atkinson

Parsons

01-01-1904 to 12-01-1904

 

John Calvin Pollock

Winfield

01-15-1901 to 12-02-1903

 

Abram Halsted Ellis

Beloit

01-15-1901 to 09-25-1902

 

Adrian Lawrence Greene

Newton

01-15-1901 to 07-28-1907

 

Edwin Wilber Cunningham

Emporia

01-15-1901 to 08-16-1905

 

David Martin

Atchison

 

04-30-1895 to 01-11-1897

William Redwood Smith

Kansas City

01-09-1899 to 07-01-1905

 

Frank Doster

Marion

 

01-11-1897 to 01-12-1903

Stephen Haley Allen

Pleasanton

01-09-1893 to 01-09-1899

 

Daniel Mulford Valentine

Ottawa

01-11-1869 to 01-09-1893

 

William Agnew Johnston

Minneapolis

12-01-1884 to 01-12-1903

01-12-1903 to 06-30-1935

Theodore A. Hurd

Leavenworth

04-23-1884 to 12-01-1884

 

David Josiah Brewer

Leavenworth

01-09-1871 to 04-08-1884

 

Albert Howell Horton

Atchison

 

12-31-1876 to 04-30-1895

Jacob Safford

Topeka

01-09-1865 to 01-09-1871

 

Lawrence Dudley Bailey

Emporia

02-09-1861 to 1-11-1869

 

Samuel Austin Kingman

Hiawatha

02-09-1861 to 01-09-1865

01-14-1867 to 12-30-1876

Robert Crozier

Leavenworth

 

01-05-1864 to 01-14-1867

Nelson Cobb

Lawrence

 

12-28-1862 to 01-05-1864

John Hampton Watson

Emporia

 

Elected 11-04-1862
Election ruled void

Thomas Ewing, Jr.

Leavenworth

 

02-09-1861 to 11-28-1862



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