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Idaho: State Supreme Court

Justices of the Idaho State Supreme Court, 1890-2009 (May be incomplete!)
Joseph W. Huston 1890-1900 John T. Morgan 1890-96 Isaac N. Sullivan 1890-1916 Ralph P. Quarles 1897-1902 Charles O. Stockslager 1901-06 James F. Ailshie 1903-14 George H. Stewart 1907-14 Warren Truitt 1914-15 Alfred Budge 1914-48 William M. Morgan 1915-20 John C. Rice 1916-22 Charles P. McCarthy 1920-25 Robert N. Dunn 1920-25 William A. Lee 1921-26 William E. Lee 1922-30 Raymond L. Givens 1925-55 Herman H. Taylor 1925-29 T. Bailey Lee 1926-33 Bertram S. Varian 1929-33 William F. McNaughton 1930-31 Robert D. Leeper 1932 Edwin M. Holden 1933-50 William M. Morgan 1933-42 N. D. Wernette 1933-34 James F. Ailshie 1935-47 S. Ben Dunlap 1942-45 Bert H. Miller 1945-48 Paul W. Hyatt 1947-49 James W. Porter 1948-59 William D. Keeton 1949-59 C. J. Taylor 1949-68 Darwin W. Thomas 1950-54 E. B. Smith 1954-68 Donald B. Anderson 1955-56 Henry F. McQuade 1956-76 E. T. Knudson 1959-65 Joseph J. McFadden 1959-82 Clay V. Spear 1965-71 Charles R. Donaldson 1968-87 Allan G. Shepherd 1968-89 Robert E. Bakes 1971-93 Stephen Bistline 1976-94 Robert C. Huntley, Jr. 1982-89 Byron Johnson 1988-99 Larry Boyle 1989-92 Charles F. McDevitt 1989-97 Linda Copple Trout 1992-2007 Cathy Silak 1993-2000 Gerald F. Schroeder 1995-2007 Jesse R. Walters 1997-2003 Wayne Kidwell 1999-2004 Daniel T. Eismann 2001- Roger S. Burdick 2003- Jim Jones 2005- Warren Jones 2007- Joel Horton 2007-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1896: Drew W. Standrod (Rep), defeated; Edgar Wilson, defeated.
  • 1898: Drew W. Standrod (Rep), defeated.
  • 1914 Jul 20: James F. Ailshie, resigned.
  • 1914 Sep 14: Warren Truitt, appointed.
  • 1914 Sep 25: George H. Stewart, died in office.
  • 1914 Nov 28: Alfred Budge, appointed.
  • 1925 Jan 17: Robert N. Dunn, died in office.
  • 1925 Jan 21: Herman H. Taylor, appointed.
  • 1926 Sep 7: William A. Lee, died in office.
  • 1926 Oct 4: T. Bailey Lee, appointed.
  • 1929 Feb 22: Herman H. Taylor, died in office.
  • 1929 Mar 4: Bertram S. Varian, appointed.
  • 1930 Jan 17: William E. Lee, resigned.
  • 1930 Jan 20: William F. McNaughton, appointed.
  • 1931 Dec 31: William F. McNaughton, resigned.
  • 1932 Jan 2: Robert D. Leeper, appointed.
  • 1932 Dec 19: Robert D. Leeper, died in office.
  • 1933 Feb 10: N. D. Wernette, appointed.
  • 1934: James F. Ailshie, elected.
  • 1940: James F. Ailshie, elected.
  • 1942 Oct 16: William M. Morgan, died in office.
  • 1942 Dec 31: S. Ben Dunlap, appointed.
  • 1946: James F. Ailshie, elected.
  • 1947 May 27: James F. Ailshie, died in office.
  • 1947 Aug 30: Paul W. Hyatt, appointed.
  • 1948 Dec 21: Bert H. Miller, resigned.
  • 1949 Mar 1: Paul W. Hyatt, resigned.
  • 1949 Mar 30: C. J. Taylor, appointed; William D. Keeton, appointed.
  • 1950 Jul 17: Edwin M. Holden, resigned.
  • 1950 Dec 1: Darwin W. Thomas, appointed.
  • 1954 Nov 22: Darwin W. Thomas, died in office.
  • 1954 Dec 10: E. B. Smith, appointed.
  • 1956 Dec 16: Donald B. Anderson, died in office.
  • 1956 Dec 22: Henry F. McQuade, appointed.
  • 1959 Jan 4: William D. Keeton, retired.
  • 1959 Dec 9: James W. Porter, died in office.
  • 1959 Dec 18: Joseph J. McFadden, appointed.
  • 1965 Dec 3: Clay V. Spear, appointed.
  • 1965 Dec 31: E. T. Knudson, resigned.
  • 1971 Oct 21: Clay V. Spear, resigned.
  • 1971 Dec 22: Robert E. Bakes, appointed.
  • 1976 Mar 17: Henry F. McQuade, retired.
  • 1976 May 20: Stephen Bistline, appointed.
  • 1982 Aug 24: Robert C. Huntley, Jr., appointed.
  • 1982 Aug 31: Joseph J. McFadden, resigned.
  • 1987 Oct 9: Charles R. Donaldson, died in office.
  • 1989 May 27: Allan G. Shepherd, died in office.
  • 1989 Aug 7: Robert C. Huntley, Jr., resigned.
  • 1989 Aug 22: Larry Boyle, appointed.
  • 1989 Aug 31: Charles F. McDevitt, appointed.
  • 1992 Feb 28: Larry Boyle, resigned.
  • 1992 Sep 1: Linda Copple Trout, appointed.
  • 1993 Jan 31: Robert E. Bakes, retired.
  • 1993 Feb 25: Cathy Silak, appointed.
  • 1994 Dec 1: Stephen Bistline, resigned.
  • 1995 Jan 20: Gerald F. Schroeder, appointed.
  • 1997 Aug 31: Charles F. McDevitt, resigned.
  • 1997 Sep 2: Jesse R. Walters, appointed.
  • 2003 Jul 31: Jesse R. Walters, resigned.
  • 2003 Aug 1: Roger S. Burdick, appointed.
  • 2004: Jim Jones, elected.
  • 2007 Jun 26: Warren Jones, appointed.
  • 2007 Sep 18: Joel Horton, appointed.
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