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Aaron Goodrich, Chief Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1849-1851

Alan C. Page, Associate Justice, 1993-2015

Alexander M. (Sandy) Keith, Associate Justice, 1989-1990; Chief Justice 1990-1998

Andrew G. Chatfield, Associate Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1853-1857

Anne V. Simonett, Chief Judge, 1994-1995

Anti-racist Books

Before They Were Justices Exhibit

Bradley B. Meeker, Associate Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1849-1853

Bruce D. Willis, Judge, 1995-2008

C. Donald Peterson, Associate Justice 1967-1986

Carol Hooten, Judge, 2012-2021

Charles A. Gilman, State Librarian 1894-1899

Charles Cavaleer, Territorial Librarian, 1849-1850

Charles E. Flandrau, Associate Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1857-1858, Supreme Court, 1858-1864

Charles F. Ebel, State Librarian 1921-1925

Christopher G. Ripley, Chief Justice 1870-1874

Daniel Dickinson, Associate Justice, 1881-1893

Daniel Donald (D. D.) Wozniak, Judge, 1983-1987, Chief Judge, 1987-1992

Daniel F. Foley, Judge, 1983-1991

David Cooper, Associate Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1849-1853

David L. Lillehaug, Associate Justice 2013-2020

David Minge, Judge, 2002-2012

David R. Leslie, Judge, 1984-1987

David R. Stras, Associate Justice 2010-2018

Denise D. Reilly, Judge, 2014-2023

DeWitt C. Smith, State Librarian January 14-April 30, 1864

Diane B. Bratvold, Judge, 2016-

Doris Ohlsen Huspeni, Judge, 1984-1998

Douglas K. Amdahl, Associate Justice 1980-1981, Chief Justice 1981-1989

Dr. Thomas Foster, State Librarian January 24-Nov. 7, 1861

Edward C. Stringer, Associate Justice, 1994-2002

Edward J. Cleary, Judge, 2011-2013, Chief Judge, 2013-2020

Edward J. Parker, Judge, 1983-1997

Edward Toussaint, Jr., Chief Judge, 1995-2010, Judge, 2010-2011

Elias Johnson Lien, State Librarian 1911-1921

Elise Larson, Judge, 2022-

Elizabeth G. Bentley, Judge, 2024-

Emil Alfred Nelson, State Librarian 1901-1905

Esther M. Tomljanovich, Associate Justice, 1990-1998

Fallon Kelly, Associate Justice 1970-1980

Francis J. Connolly, Judge, 2008-

Francis R. E. Cornell, Associate Justice, 1875-1881

Fred C. Norton, Judge, 1987-1997

Fred W. Johnson, State Librarian 1899 - 1901

G. Barry Anderson, Associate Justice 2004-2024

Gary L. Crippen, Judge, 1984-2002

George B. Young, Associate Justice, 1874-1875

George H. Oakes, State Librarian 1864-1865

George M. Scott, Associate Justice 1973-1987

Glenn E. Kelley, Associate Justice 1981-1990

Gordon Moore, Associate Justice 2020-

Gordon W. Shumaker, Judge, 1998-2011

Grace Kaercher Davis, Clerk of Supreme Court 1923-1935, 1939-1955

Greenleaf Clark, Associate Justice, 1881-1882

Harriet Lansing, Judge, 1983-2011

Harry H. MacLaughlin, Associate Justice 1972-1977

Heidi S. Schellhas, Judge, 2008-2019

Henry Z. Hayner, Chief Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1852-1853

Isaac Atwater, Associate Justice, 1858-1864

Jack Davies, Judge, 1990-2000

James B. Florey, Judge, 2017-2022

James C. Harten, Judge, 1992-2005

James C. Otis, Associate Justice 1961-1982

James Gilfillan, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, 1869-1870, 1875-1894

James H. Gilbert, Associate Justice, 1998-2004

JaPaul Harris, Judge, 2024-

Jeanne M. Cochran, Judge, 2018-

Jeffrey Bryan, Judge 2019-2023

Jennifer Frisch, Judge 2020-

Jerome Fuller, Chief Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1851-1852

Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks, Judge, 1998-2019

John C. Shaw, State Librarian 1873-1877

John E. King, State Librarian 1905-1911

John E. Simonett, Associate Justice 1980-1994

John J. Todd, Associate Justice 1972-1985

John M. Berry, Associate Justice, 1865-1887

John P. Smith, Judge, 2012-2016

John R. Rodenberg, Judge, 2012-2020

Jon Schmidt, Judge, 2023-

Josephine Wernicke Smith, State Librarian 1945 - 1953

Karl C. Procaccini, Associate Justice 2023-

Kathleen A. Blatz, Associate Justice, 1996-1998; Chief Justice 1998-2006

Keala C. Ede, Judge, 2023-

Kevin G. Ross, Judge, 2006-

Lafayette Emmett, Chief Justice, 1858-1865

Larry B. Stauber, Jr., Judge, 2008-2017

Lawrence R. Yetka, Associate Justice 1973-1993

Legal Treatise Finder

Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Associate Justice 2006-2010; Chief Justice 2010-2023

Louisa F. Goodwin, State Librarian 1865-1867

Louise Dovre Bjorkman, Judge, 2008-

Lucinda E. Jesson, Judge, 2016-2023

M. Jeanne Coyne, Associate Justice, 1982-1996

Margaret S. Andrews, State Law Librarian 1953-1975

Marianne D. Short, Judge, 1988-2000

Martin A. Nelson, Associate Justice 1953-1972

Matthew E. Johnson, Judge, 2008-2010, 2013-, Chief Judge, 2010-2013

Melissa R. Smith, State Librarian 1867-1873

Michael L. Kirk, Judge, 2012-2018

Michelle A. Larkin, Judge, 2008-

Minnesota Court of Appeals 40th Anniversary

Minnesota Legal History

Minnesota Territory 1849-1858

Moses Sherburne, Associate Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1853-1857

Natalie E. Hudson, Associate Justice 2015-2023, Chief Justice 2023-

Oral History Collection

Paul C. Thissen, Associate Justice 2018-

Paul H. Anderson, Associate Justice, 1994-2013

Peter M. Reyes, Jr., Judge, 2014-

Peter S. Popovich, Associate Justice, 1987-1989; Chief Justice 1989-1990

R.A. (Jim) Randall, Judge, 1984-2008

Rachel Bond, Judge, 2025-

Randall J. Slieter, Judge, 2018-

Randolph W. Peterson, Judge, 1990-2018

Renee L. Worke, Judge, 2005-

Rensselaer R. Nelson, Associate Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1857-1858

Researching Minnesota Lawyers and Judges

Robert A. Smith, Territorial Librarian 1853-1858

Robert F. Fisk, State Librarian 1861-1863

Robert H. Schumacher, Judge, 1987-2005

Robert J. Sheran, Associate Justice 1963-1970, Chief Justice 1973-1981

Roger J. Nierengarten, Judge, 1984-1989

Roger L. Dell, Associate Justice 1953; Chief Justice 1953-1962

Roger M. Klaphake, Judge, 1989-2012

Roland C. Amundson, Judge, 1991-2002

Rosalie E. Wahl, Associate Justice 1977-1994

Samuel J. R. McMillan, Associate Justice, 1864-1874; Chief Justice, 1874-1875

Samuel Pearce Jennison, Librarian, 1860-1861

Sandra S. Gardebring, Associate Justice, 1991-1998

Sarah E. Hennesy, Associate Justice 2024-

Sarah Wheelock, Judge, 2021-

Special Collections Room Virtual Tour

Susan Segal, Judge 2019-2020, Chief Judge 2020-2024

Susanne C. Sedgwick, Judge, 1983-1988

Terri J. Stoneburner, Judge, 2000-2014

Theodora Gaïtas, Associate Justice 2024-

Thomas G. Forsberg, Judge, 1984-1995

Thomas J. Kalitowski, Judge, 1987-2014

Thomas Wilson, Associate Justice, 1864-1865; Chief Justice, 1865-1869

Tracy M. Smith, Judge, 2016-

W.H.H. Taylor, State Librarian 1877-1894

Wallace B. White, Territorial Librarian, February 1851-1853

Walter F. Rogosheske, Associate Justice 1962-1980

Wilhelmina M. Wright, Associate Justice 2012-2016

William F. Wheeler, State Librarian 1858-1860

William H. Welch, Chief Justice, Territorial Supreme Court, 1853-1858

William Mitchell, Associate Justice, 1881-1900

William P. Murphy, Associate Justice 1955-1972

Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary Exhibit

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