List of justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court

Following is a list of past and present Justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court, including Justices of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court.

Current Justices

The current justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court are as follow:

Title	Name	Appointment	Current term ends	Law school	Appointed by	Bar admission
Chief Justice	Seat vacant	–	–	–	–	–
Associate Justice	Janine M. Kern	2014	2027	University of Minnesota Law School	Dennis Daugaard	South Dakota bar exam, 1985
Associate Justice	Mark Salter	2018	2023	University of South Dakota School of Law	Dennis Daugaard	South Dakota bar exam, 1993
Associate Justice	Patricia DeVaney	2019	2023	University of Virginia School of Law	Kristi Noem	South Dakota bar exam, 1993
Associate Justice	Scott P. Myren	2021	2028	Rutgers Law	Kristi Noem	South Dakota bar exam, 1990

Past Justices

Dakota Territorial Supreme Court

Further information: List of justices of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court

South Dakota Supreme Court

• Dighton Corson, 1889–1913
• Alphonso G. Kellam, 1889–1896
• John E. Bennett, 1889–1893 (died in office)
• Howard G. Fuller, 1894–1908
• Charles S. Whiting, 1908–1922 (died in office)
• James H. McCoy, 1909–1921
• Ellison G. Smith, 1909–1923
• Samuel C. Polley, 1913–1947
• John Howard Gates, 1913–1927
• Frank Anderson, 1921–1925
• Carl G. Sherwood, 1922–1931
• Charles Hall Dillon, 1923–1927
• Dwight Campbell, 1925–1937
• Newton D. Burch, 1926–1931
• James Brown, 1927
• Frederick A. Warren, 1931–1944
• Herbert B. Rudolph, 1931–1957
• St. Clair Smith, 1937–1962
• Charles R. Hayes, 1947–1951
• Boyd Leedom, 1951–1955
• Charles S. Hanson, 1956–1973
• Alex Rentto, 1955–1971
• Chief justice Frank Biegelmeier, 1959–1974
• Fred J. Homeyer, 1962–1971
• Chief justice Roger L. Wollman, 1971
• James M. Doyle, 1971–1976 (died in office)
• Fred R. Winans, 1971–1976
• Chief justice Francis G. Dunn, 1973–1985
• Oren P. Coler, 1974–1977
• Robert E. Morgan, 1976–1991
• Laurence J. Zastrow, 1976–1978
• Donald James Porter, 1977–1979
• Chief justice Jon Fosheim, 1978–1986
• Frank Henderson, 1979–1994
• Chief justice George W. Wuest, 1984–1995
• Richard W. Sabers, 1986–2008
• Chief justice Robert A. Miller, 1986–2001
• John K. Konenkamp, 1994–20??
• Steven L. Zinter, 2002–2018
• Judith Meierhenry, 2002–2011
• David Gilbertson, 1995–2021, Chief 2001–2021