The Political Graveyard: Michigan: State Supreme Court, 1950s

Michigan: State Supreme Court, 1950s

Justices of the Michigan State Supreme Court, 1950-59 (may be incomplete!)
Walter H. North 1927-52 Henry M. Butzel 1929-55 George E. Bushnell 1934-55 Edward M. Sharpe 1934-57 Emerson R. Boyles 1940-56 Neil E. Reid 1944-56 Leland W. Carr 1945-63 John R. Dethmers 1946-70 Clark J. Adams 1952-53 Harry F. Kelly 1954-70 Talbot Smith 1955-61 Eugene F. Black 1956-72 George Edwards 1956-62 John D. Voelker 1956-60 Thomas M. Kavanagh 1958-75

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

Justices of the Michigan State Supreme Court: Events and Candidates of the 1950's (may be incomplete!)

1951 Apr 2: Neil E. Reid (Rep), elected; Emerson R. Boyles (Rep), elected; James H. Lee (Dem), defeated; Theodore P. Ryan (Dem), defeated; C. LeBron Simmons (Progressive), defeated; Morton A. Eden (Progressive), defeated.
1952 Jul 23: Walter H. North, died in office.
1952 Aug 14: Clark J. Adams, appointed.
1952 Nov 4: Clark J. Adams (Dem), elected; Charles H. King (Rep), defeated; Morton A. Eden (Progressive), defeated.
1953 Apr 6: Harry F. Kelly (Rep), elected; John R. Dethmers (Rep), elected; Clark J. Adams (Dem), defeated; Talbot Smith (Dem), defeated.
1955 Jan 10: George E. Bushnell, resigned.
1955 Jan 11: Talbot Smith, appointed.
1955 Apr 4: Leland W. Carr (Rep), elected; Eugene F. Black (Dem), elected; D. Hale Brake (Rep), defeated; Stephen J. Roth (Dem), defeated.
1956 May 4: Neil E. Reid, died in office.
1956 May 15: George Edwards, appointed.
1956 Nov 6: Talbot Smith (Dem), elected; Michael D. O'Hara (Rep), defeated.
1956 Nov 6: George Edwards (Dem), elected; John Simpson (Rep), defeated.
1956 Dec 30: Emerson R. Boyles, resigned.
1956 Dec 31: John D. Voelker, appointed.
1957 Apr 1: Talbot Smith (Dem), elected; Thomas M. Kavanagh (Dem), elected; Michael D. O'Hara (Rep), defeated; Robert E. Childs (Rep), defeated.
1957 Apr 1: John D. Voelker (Dem), elected; Joseph A. Moynihan, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
1959 Apr 6: George Edwards (Dem), elected; John D. Voelker (Dem), elected; William H. Baldwin (Rep), defeated; Maurice F. Cole (Rep), defeated; Kenneth W. Cole (Prohibition), defeated.

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