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.[1]
Justices of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court
| Judge | Party affiliation | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Began service as Chief Justice |
Ended service as Chief Justice |
| John H. Howe | Republican | April 6, 1869 | October 14, 1871 | April 6, 1869 | October 14, 1871 |
| William Theopilus Jones | Republican | April 6, 1869 | March 20, 1873 | ||
| Joseph W. Fisher | Republican | February 8, 1871 | December 18, 1879 | October 14, 1871 | December 18, 1879 |
| Joseph 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, 1884 |
| Samuel C. Parks | Republican | January 11, 1882 | April 14, 1886 | ||
| John C. Perry | Republican | 1884 | 1884 | 1884 | 1884[2] |
| John W. Lacey | Republican | July 5, 1884 | November 8, 1886 | July 5, 1884 | November 8, 1886 |
| Samuel T. Corn | Democrat | April 14, 1886 | June 21, 1890 | ||
| William L. Maginnis | Democrat | November 8, 1886 | October 1, 1889 | November 8, 1886 | October 1, 1889 |
| Micah C. Saufley | Democrat | April 23, 1888 | October 11, 1890 | ||
| Willis Van Devanter | Republican | October 1, 1889 | October 11, 1890 | October 1, 1889 | October 11, 1890[3] |
| Asbury B. Conaway | Republican | June 21, 1890 | October 11, 1890[3] |
Justices of the Wyoming State Supreme Court
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Chief Justice |
| Willis 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, 1894 January 4, 1897 |
January 7, 1895 January 2, 1905 |
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| 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 | 1991–1993 |
| Richard J. Macy | December 2, 1985 | June 2, 2000 | 1993–1995 |
| Michael Golden | June 30, 1988 | October 15, 2012 | 1995–1996 |
| William A. Taylor | January 22, 1993 | 2001 | 1997–1998 |
| Larry Lehman | July 8, 1994 | 2004[4] | 1999–2002 |
| William U. Hill | November 3, 1998 | February 16, 2018 | 2002–2005 |
| Marilyn S. Kite | March 30, 2000 | August 3, 2015 | 2010–2014 |
| Barton Voigt | March 21, 2001 | January 6, 2014 | 2006–2010 |
| E. James Burke | January 1, 2005 | October 8, 2018 | 2014–2018 |
| Michael K. Davis | August 30, 2012 | January 16, 2022 | 2018–2021 |
| Kate M. Fox | January 1, 2014 | Present | 2021–present |
| Keith G. Kautz | August 1, 2015 | March 26, 2024 | |
| Lynne J. Boomgaarden | December 15, 2017 | Present | |
| Kari Jo Gray | September 5, 2018 | Present | |
| John G. Fenn | January 17, 2022 | Present | |
| Robert Jarosh | March 27, 2024 | Present |
References
- ^ Wyoming State Archives directory of the Wyoming Supreme Court, available at 2301 Central Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001.
- ^ John 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.
- ^ a b Term continued into the State Supreme Court, being elected September 11, 1890.
- ^ Retired shortly before his death on December 10, 2004.