List of justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
Following is a list of Justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Current membership
The Justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court are:
Justice | District | Appointed | Governor | Law School | Birth City |
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Chief Justice Tom Colbert | 6th | 2004 | Brad Henry | University of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK |
Vice-Chief Justice John Reif | 1st | 2007 | Brad Henry | University of Tulsa | Skiatook, OK |
Yvonne Kauger | 4th | 1984 | George Nigh | Oklahoma City University | Colony, OK |
Joseph Watt | 9th | 1992 | David Walters | University of Texas | Austin, TX |
James Winchester | 5th | 2000 | Frank Keating | Oklahoma City University | Clinton, OK |
James Edmondson | 7th | 2003 | Brad Henry | Georgetown University | Kansas City, MO |
Steven Taylor | 2nd | 2004 | Brad Henry | University of Oklahoma | Henyretta, OK |
Doug Combs | 8th | 2010 | Brad Henry | Oklahoma City University | Shawnee, OK |
Noma Gurich | 3rd | 2011 | Brad Henry | University of Oklahoma | South Bend, IN |
List of former justices
Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Notes |
Alma Wilson | 1982 | 1999 | |
Ben T. Williams | 1953 | 1982 | |
Charles M. Thacker | 1915 | 1918 | |
Charles Swindall | 1929 | 1934 | |
Daniel Boudreau | 1999 | 2004 | |
Franklin Elmore Kennamer | 1920 | 1924 | |
Hardy Summers | 1985 | 2003 | |
James B. Cullison | 1928 | 1934 | |
John F. Reif | 2007 | 2014 | |
Lee Roy West | 1965 | 1973 | |
Marian P. Opala | 1978 | 2010 | |
Ralph B. Hodges | 1965 | 2004 | |
Robert D. Simms | 1972 | 1999 | |
Robert E. Lavender | 1966 | 2007 | |
Robert H. Loofbourrow | 1913 | 1915 | |
Robert L. Williams | 1907 | 1914 | first Chief Justice and third Governor of Oklahoma |
Rudolph Hargrave | 1978 | 2010 | |
William A. Berry | 1958 | 1978 | |
E. F. Lester | 1924 | 1931 | Chief Justice, 1931 |
Albert C. Hunt | 1927 | 1931 | |
Charles W. Mason | 1923 | 1931 | Chief Justice 1929-31 |
Clinton F. Irwin | 1899 | 1907 | |
Edwin R. McNeill | 1931 | ||
Fletcher Riley | 1927 | 1931 | |
Fred P. Branson | 1926 | 1929 | Chief Justice 1927-29 |
George M. Nicholson | 1921 | 1927 | Chief Justice 1925-27 |
J. H. Langley | 1931 | ||
James B. Cullison | 1929 | 1931 | |
James I. Phelps | 1925-29 | 1935 | |
James Waddey Clark | 1925 | 1933 | |
John B. Harrison | 1927 | 1929 | |
John T. Johnson | 1919 | 1925 | Chief Justice 1923 & 1925 |
Matthew John Kane | 1907 | 1923 | Chief Justice 1909-12 |
Robert A. Hefner | 1927 | 1936 | |
Robert L. Williams | 1907 | 1914 | |
Robert M. Rainey | 1917 | 1920 | Chief Justice 1920-21 |
Samuel Benton Callahan | 1891 | ?? | |
Thomas G. Andrews | 1929 | 1935 | |
W. H. Kornegay | 1931 |
Justices of the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court
- John H. Burford 1892-1906, Chief Justice 1898-1903
- Abraham Jefferson Seay 1890-92
- James R. Keaton 1896-98
- John C. Tarsney 1896-99
- Bayard T. Hainer 1898
- Joseph A. Gill 1899-
- Milton C. Garber 1906-07