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Missouri: Circuit Judge


Circuit Judges in Missouri, 1815-1980 (May be incomplete!)

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1881 Jun 23: Samuel H. Woodson, died in office.
  • 1891 Sep 18: Elbridge J. Broaddus, appointed.
  • 1892: Elbridge J. Broaddus, elected.
  • 1898: Elbridge J. Broaddus, elected.
  • 1907 Feb 1: Francis H. Trimble, appointed.
  • 1908 Nov 3: Francis H. Trimble (Dem), elected.
  • 1909: Cornelius H. Skinker, appointed.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Vernon L. Drain (Dem), elected.
  • 1917: Lawrence A. Vories, appointed.
  • 1910 Nov 8: Francis H. Trimble (Dem), elected.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Moses Hartmann, elected.
  • 1910: Cornelius H. Skinker (Rep), elected.
  • 1916: Cornelius H. Skinker (Rep), elected.
  • 1910 Nov 8: Elbridge M. Dearing (Dem), elected.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Elbridge M. Dearing (Dem), elected.
  • 1910: Ransom A. Breuer (Rep), elected.
  • 1916: Ransom A. Breuer (Rep), elected.
  • 1929 Mar 1: Paul D. Higbee, appointed.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Vernon L. Drain (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Vernon L. Drain (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1920: Lawrence A. Vories (Dem), elected.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Sam Wilcox (Dem), elected.
  • 1926: Lawrence A. Vories (Dem), elected.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Sam Wilcox (Dem), elected.
  • 1921: Henry A. Hamilton, appointed; Charles W. Rutledge, appointed.
  • 1922 Nov 7: George E. Mix (Rep), elected; Anthony F. Ittner (Rep), elected; Henry A. Hamilton (Rep), elected; William S. Connor (Dem), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Moses Hartmann, elected; William S. Connor (Dem), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Charles W. Rutledge (Rep), elected.
  • 1928 Nov 6: William S. Connor (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922: Cornelius H. Skinker (Rep), elected.
  • 1928: Cornelius H. Skinker (Rep), elected.
  • 1928 Nov 6: William E. Barton (Dem), defeated. Will D. H. Green (Rep), elected.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Elbridge M. Dearing (Dem), elected.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Elbridge M. Dearing (Dem), elected.
  • 1922: Ransom A. Breuer (Rep), elected.
  • 1928: Ransom A. Breuer (Rep), elected.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Ira D. Beals (Rep), elected.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Ira D. Beals (Rep), elected.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Walter A. Higbee (Rep), elected.
  • 1934 Nov 6: James Marsh Douglas, elected. Emert C. Hilbert (Dem), elected. Harry J. Libby (Dem), elected.
  • 1937 Mar 10: Rex H. Moore, appointed.
  • 1938 Nov 8: V. C. Rose (Rep), elected.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Thomas A. Cummins (Dem), elected.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Richard B. Bridgeman (Dem), elected.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Richard B. Bridgeman (Dem), elected.
  • 1932: Lawrence A. Vories (Dem), elected.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Ferd J. Frankenhoff (Dem), elected; Sam Wilcox (Dem), elected.
  • 1936 Nov 3: James S. Rooney (Dem), elected.
  • 1931: Victor H. Falkenhainer, died in office.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Charles B. Williams (Dem), elected; Robert J. Kirkwood, elected.
  • 1934: John W. Joynt, elected.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Robert J. Kirkwood, elected; William S. Connor (Dem), elected; Harry F. Russell (Dem), elected.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Joseph J. Ward, elected.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Robert L. Aronson, elected; Charles B. Williams (Dem), elected.
  • 1939 Aug 2: William Kinney Koerner, appointed.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Aubrey R. Hammett (Dem), elected.
  • 1939 Oct 11: Frank Hollingsworth, appointed.
  • 1934: Cornelius H. Skinker (Rep), elected.
  • 1934 Nov 6: William E. Barton (Dem), elected. Will D. H. Green (Rep), elected. Elbridge M. Dearing (Dem), elected. Charles A. Calvird (Dem), elected.
  • 1934: Ransom A. Breuer (Rep), elected.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Walter Morris Dinwiddie (Dem), elected.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Walter Morris Dinwiddie (Dem), elected. Ira D. Beals (Rep), elected.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Walter A. Higbee (Rep), elected.
  • 1938: Walter A. Higbee (Rep), elected.
  • 1937 Feb 20: Louis H. Schult, appointed.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Louis H. Schult (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Tom B. Brown (Rep), elected; Edward M. Jayne (Dem), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Harry J. Libby (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Harry J. Libby (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1940 Nov 5: V. C. Rose (Rep), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: V. C. Rose (Rep), elected unopposed. Ray Weightman (Rep), elected; Ellis Beavers (Dem), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Richard B. Bridgeman (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Fred H. Maughmer (Rep), elected; Richard B. Bridgeman (Dem), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Sam Wilcox (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Oct 7: DuVal Smith, appointed.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Sam Wilcox (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1946 Nov 5: DuVal Smith (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1940 Nov 5: James S. Rooney (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: James S. Rooney (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1940 Nov 5: William Kinney Koerner, elected; Francis Emmett Williams, elected; Robert J. Kirkwood, elected; William S. Connor (Dem), elected; Harry F. Russell (Dem), elected.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Joseph J. Ward, elected; Francis Emmett Williams, elected.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Aubrey R. Hammett (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Aubrey R. Hammett (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Lawrence Holman (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Roy B. Meriwether (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Roy B. Meriwether (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Frank Hollingsworth (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Frank Hollingsworth (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1940 Nov 5: G. Derk Green (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: G. Derk Green (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Raymond E. LaDriere (Rep), elected; Kern L. Cocrum (Dem), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: John A. Witthaus (Rep), elected; James W. Faris (Dem), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Amandus Brackman (Rep), elected; Kern L. Cocrum (Dem), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Fred E. Mueller (Rep), elected; David F. Crossen (Dem), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Sam C. Blair (Dem), elected; Richard Arens (Rep), defeated. Phil H. Cook (Rep), elected; Robert D. Johnson (Dem), defeated. James R. Garrison (Dem), elected; Gayles R. Pine (Rep), defeated. Charles H. Jackson (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1948 Nov 2: James P. Hawkins (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Claude E. Curtis (Rep), elected; William E. Barton (Dem), defeated. Gordon Dorris (Dem), elected unopposed. Edward T. Eversole (Dem), elected; William C. Bernhardt (Rep), defeated. James V. Billings (Dem), elected unopposed. Hiram McLaughlin (Rep), elected; Guy D. Kirby (Dem), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Warren L. White (Dem), elected; Louren G. Davidson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Emory E. Smith (Rep), elected unopposed. Walter E. Bailey (Rep), elected unopposed. Ora Oden Brown (Rep), elected unopposed. Norwin D. Houser (Rep), elected unopposed. James C. McDowell (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Robert Burett Oliver III (Dem), elected; Barton (Rep), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Dewey P. Thatch (Rep), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Dewey P. Thatch (Rep), elected; Vance Julian (Dem), defeated. Dimmitt Hoffman (Rep), elected unopposed. Tom R. Moore (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Ransom A. Breuer (Rep), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Ransom A. Breuer (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Randolph H. Weber (Rep), elected.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Randolph H. Weber (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Walter Morris Dinwiddie (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Walter Morris Dinwiddie (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1948 Nov 2: B. Richards Creech (Dem), elected; Theodore Bruere (Rep), defeated.
  • 1946: Ira D. Beals, died in office.
  • 1946 Nov 5: James W. Davis (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 1944: Walter A. Higbee (Rep), elected.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Louis H. Schult (Dem), elected.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Louis H. Schult (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1954 Nov 2: Waldo Edwards (Rep), elected.
  • 1952 Nov 4: V. C. Rose (Rep), elected. Ray Weightman (Rep), elected. Fred H. Maughmer (Rep), elected.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Emmett J. Crouse (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1955 Mar 15: Samuel E. Semple, appointed.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Samuel E. Semple (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Michael J. Carroll (Dem), elected; Herbert C. Funke (Rep), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Douglas L. C. Jones (Dem), elected; Harold D. Carey (Rep), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Franklin E. Ferriss (Rep), elected; John B. Busch (Dem), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Charles E. Ginn (Rep), elected; Robert Stemmons (Dem), defeated. Woodson Oldham (Rep), elected unopposed. Marshall Craig (Dem), elected unopposed. F. M. Brady (Rep), elected; W. O. Jackson (Dem), defeated. Joseph L. Gutting (Dem), elected; Walter A. Higbee (Rep), defeated. Fred L. Henley (Dem), elected unopposed. Arthur W. Rogers (Dem), elected; Joe H. Miller (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964 Nov 3: John J. Kelly, Jr. (Dem), elected; Forrest Boecker (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Robert G. J. Hoester (Dem), elected; Ralph H. Schnebelen (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Herbert K. Moss (Dem), elected; William C. Bernhardt (Rep), defeated. J. O. Swink (Dem), elected; Leo J. Rozier (Rep), defeated. Emery W. Allison (Dem), elected unopposed.
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