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Ohio: State Supreme Court


Justices of the Ohio State Supreme Court, 1803-2001 (May be incomplete!)
Samuel H. Huntington 1803-08 Return J. Meigs, Jr. 1803-04 William Spriggs 1803-06 Daniel Symmes 1805-08 George Tod 1806-10 Return J. Meigs, Jr. 1808-09 William Spriggs 1808-10 Thomas Scott 1809-16 Thomas Morris 1809 Ethan A. Brown 1810-18 William W. Irwin 1810-16 Jessup N. Couch 1816-21 John McLean 1816-22 Calvin Pease 1816-30 Peter Hitchcock 1819-33 Jacob Burnet 1821-28 Charles Robert Sherman 1823-29 Joshua Collett 1829-36 John Milton Goodenow 1830 Elijah Hayward 1830 Henry Brush 1830-31 Gustave Swan 1830 Ebenezer Lane 1830-44 John C. Wright 1831-35 Reuben Wood 1833-47 Peter Hitchcock 1835-42 Frederick Grimke 1836-42 Matthew Birchard 1842-49 Nathaniel C. Reed 1842-49 Peter Hitchcock 1844-52 Edward Avery 1847-51 William B. Caldwell 1849-54 Rufus P. Spalding 1849-52 Rufus P. Ranney 1851-57 Thomas W. Bartley 1852-59 John A. Corwin 1852-54 Allen G. Thurman 1852-56 William Kennon, Sr. 1854-56 Robert B. Warden 1854-55 Joseph R. Swan 1855-59 Jacob Brinkerhoff 1856-71 Charles C. Convers 1856 Ozias Bowen 1856-58 Josiah Scott 1857-72 Milton Sutliff 1858-61 William V. Peck 1859-64 William Y. Gholson 1859-63 Rufus P. Ranney 1863-65 Horace Wilder 1863-65 Hocking Hunter 1864 William White 1864-79 Luther T. Day 1865-75 John Welch 1865-78 George W. McIlvaine 1871-81 William H. West 1872-73 Walter F. Stone 1873-74 George Rex 1874-77 William J. Gilmore 1875-80 Gibson Atherton 1882 George K. Nash 1883-85 William H. Upson 1883 Thaddeus A. Minshall 1885-1901 William T. Spear 1885-1901 Marshall J. Williams 1887-1901 Jacob F. Burket 1893-1901 John A. Shauck 1895-1913 William Z. Davis 1900-01 James L. Price 1901-09 Thomas A. Jones 1915-36 Florence E. Allen 1922-34 Arthur H. Day 1935-36 William C. Dixon 1939 Charles S. Bell 1942- Kingsley A. Taft 1948-62 James G. Stewart 1957 C. William O'Neill 1960 Paul M. Herbert 196? Kingsley A. Taft 1962-70 Paul W. Brown 1964-68 Paul W. Brown 1973-81 Ralph S. Locher 1977- Andrew Douglas 1985- Thomas J. Moyer 1986- Alice Robie Resnick 1988- Francis E. Sweeney 1992- Paul E. Pfeifer 1993- Deborah L. Cook 1995- Evelyn Lundburg Stratton 1996-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1804 Dec 15: Return J. Meigs, Jr., resigned.
  • 1806 Apr 15: William Spriggs, resigned.
  • 1808 Jan 9: Daniel Symmes, resigned.
  • 1821: Jessup N. Couch, died in office.
  • 1829 Jun 24: Charles Robert Sherman, died in office.
  • 1882: Gibson Atherton, defeated.
  • 1885: Thaddeus A. Minshall, elected.
  • 1886: Marshall J. Williams (Rep), elected.
  • 1890: Thaddeus A. Minshall, elected.
  • 1891: Marshall J. Williams, elected.
  • 1894 Nov 6: John A. Shauck (Rep), elected.
  • 1896: Thaddeus A. Minshall, elected.
  • 1897: Marshall J. Williams, elected; Jacob F. Burket, elected.
  • 1899: William Z. Davis, elected.
  • 1900: John A. Shauck, elected.
  • 1900 Jan 10: William Z. Davis, appointed.
  • 1938 Aug 9: R. M. Winegardner (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1938 Aug 9: Robert N. Gorman (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1938 Aug 9: William C. Dixon (Dem), nominated; Joseph E. Bowman (Dem), defeated in primary; Forrest F. Smith (Dem), defeated in primary; Theodor Ira Kowan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1938 Aug 9: Edward S. Matthias (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1938 Aug 9: William L. Hart (Rep), nominated; Edward C. Turner (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1938 Aug 9: G. K. Allen (Rep), nominated; Frank H. Ward (Rep), defeated in primary; Roy L. Struble (Rep), defeated in primary; Lawrence M. Rich (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Edward S. Matthias (Rep), elected; R. M. Winegardner (Dem), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: William L. Hart (Rep), elected; Robert N. Gorman (Dem), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: William C. Dixon (Dem), elected; G. K. Allen (Rep), defeated.
  • 1950: James Metzenbaum, defeated.
  • 1970 Mar 28: Kingsley A. Taft, died in office.
  • 1972: Paul W. Brown, elected.

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