The Political Graveyard: Michigan: State Supreme Court, 1940s

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Michigan: State Supreme Court, 1940s

Justices of the Michigan State Supreme Court, 1940-49 (may be incomplete!)
Howard Wiest 1921-45 Walter H. North 1927-52 William W. Potter 1928-40 Henry M. Butzel 1929-55 George E. Bushnell 1934-55 Edward M. Sharpe 1934-57 Bert D. Chandler 1937-43 Thomas F. McAllister 1938-41 Emerson R. Boyles 1940-56 Raymond Wesley Starr 1941-46 Neil E. Reid 1944-56 Leland W. Carr 1945-63 John R. Dethmers 1946-70

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

Justices of the Michigan State Supreme Court: Events and Candidates of the 1940's (may be incomplete!)

1940 Jul 21: William W. Potter, died in office.
1940 Aug 8: Emerson R. Boyles, appointed.
1940 Nov 5: Emerson R. Boyles (Rep), elected; Philip Elliott (Dem), defeated.
1941 Apr 7: Edward M. Sharpe (Dem), elected; George E. Bushnell (Dem), elected; John M. Dunham (Rep), defeated; George A. Cram (Rep), defeated.
1941 Jun 2: Thomas F. McAllister, resigned; Raymond Wesley Starr, appointed.
1942 Nov 3: Raymond Wesley Starr (Dem), elected; Earl C. Pugsley (Rep), defeated.
1943 Apr 5: Neil E. Reid (Rep), elected; Emerson R. Boyles (Rep), elected; Bert D. Chandler (Dem), defeated; Frank L. McAvinchey (Dem), defeated.
1945 Apr 2: Raymond Wesley Starr (Dem), elected; Walter H. North (Rep), elected; W. Leo Cahalan (Dem), defeated; Herman Dehnke (Rep), defeated.
1945 Sep 16: Howard Wiest, died in office.
1945 Sep 24: Leland W. Carr, appointed.
1946 Aug 15: Raymond Wesley Starr, resigned; John R. Dethmers, appointed.
1946 Nov 5: Leland W. Carr (Rep), elected; Victor E. Bucknell (Dem), defeated.
1947 Apr 7: Leland W. Carr (Rep), elected; Henry M. Butzel (Rep), elected; Edward T. Kane (Dem), defeated; Patrick S. Nertney (Dem), defeated.
1947 Apr 7: John R. Dethmers (Rep), elected; Maurice E. Tripp (Dem), defeated.
1949 Apr 4: George E. Bushnell (Dem), elected; Edward M. Sharpe (Dem), elected; Arthur E. Moore (Rep), defeated; Charles W. Rigney (Rep), defeated; Morton A. Eden (Progressive), defeated.

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