The Political Graveyard: South Dakota: Judges of the State Supreme Court

South Dakota: Judges of the State Supreme Court

Judges of the South Dakota State Supreme Court, 1889-1973 (May be incomplete!)

1st District: Dighton Corson 1889-1913 Samuel C. Polley 1913-47 Charles R. Hayes 1947-51 Boyd Leedom 1951-55 Alex Rentto 1955-71 James M. Doyle 1971-73
2nd District: Alphonso G. Kellam 1889-96 Dick Haney 1896-1913 John Howard Gates 1913-27 James Brown 1927-31 Frederick A. Warren 1931-44 Vernon R. Sickel 1944-56 Charles S. Hanson 1956-73
3rd District: John E. Bennett 1889-93 Howard G. Fuller 1894-1908 Charles S. Whiting 1908-22 Carl G. Sherwood 1922-31 Everett D. Roberts 1931-70 Fred R. Winans 1971-73
4th District: Ellison G. Smith 1909-23 Charles H. Dillon 1923-26 N. D. Burch 1926-31 Herbert B. Rudolph 1931-57 Harold Bogue 1957-59 Frank Biegelmeier 1959-73
5th District: James H. McCoy 1909-21 Frank Anderson 1921-25 Dwight Ezra Campbell 1925-37 St. Clair Smith 1937-62 Frederick J. Homeyer 1962-71 Roger L. Wollman 1971-73

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1893 Dec 31: John E. Bennett, died in office.

1927 Nov 8: John Howard Gates, died in office.

1922 Mar 25: Charles S. Whiting, died in office.

1931 Mar 18: N. D. Burch, died in office.

1944 Jun 18: Frederick A. Warren, died in office.

1957 Sep 2: Herbert B. Rudolph, died in office.

1959 Apr 18: Harold Bogue, died in office.

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