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Montana: State Supreme Court

Justices of the Montana State Supreme Court, 1889-1980 (May be incomplete!)
William H. DeWitt 1889-96 Edgar N. Harwood 1889-94 William H. Hunt 1895-1900 Horace R. Buck 1897 William Trigg Pigott 1897-1902 Robert L. Word 1900 George R. Milburn 1901-06 William L. Holloway 1903-26 Henry C. Smith 1907-12 Sidney Sanner 1913-18 William Trigg Pigott 1918 Charles H. Cooper 1919-24 George Y. Patten 1919 John Hurley 1919-20 John A. Matthews 1919-20 Albert J. Galen 1921-33 Roy E. Ayers 1922 John A. Matthews 1925-37 Albert P. Stark 1926-29 Warren Toole 1926-27 Henry L. Myers 1927-29 Albert H. Angstman 1929-34 Sam C. Ford 1929-33 Sam V. Stewart 1933-39 Ralph J. Anderson 1933-38 Claude F. Morris 1935-46 Albert H. Angstman 1937-42 Leif Erickson as of 1938-46 Albert Anderson 1941-44 Hugh R. Adair 1943-69 Albert H. Angstman 1945-61 Lee Metcalf as of 1946-52 E. K. Cheadle, Jr. as of 1948 Harrison J. Freebourn 1949-51 Forrest Anderson as of 1953-57 Stanley Morton Doyle as of 1960

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1896: James M. Clements (People's), defeated.
  • 1897 Dec 6: Horace R. Buck, died in office.
  • 1897 Dec 21: William Trigg Pigott, appointed.
  • 1898 Nov 8: William Trigg Pigott (Dem), elected; George H. Grubb (Rep), defeated; James M. Clements (People's), defeated.
  • 1900 Jun 4: William H. Hunt, resigned.
  • 1906 Nov 6: Henry C. Smith (Rep), elected; John B. McClernan (Dem), defeated; Henry L. Maury (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1918 Oct 25: Sidney Sanner, resigned.
  • 1918 Nov 14: William Trigg Pigott, appointed.
  • 1919 Aug 11: George Y. Patten, appointed.
  • 1919 Nov 8: George Y. Patten, resigned.
  • 1919 Nov 24: John A. Matthews, appointed.
  • 1924 Aug 30: Charles H. Cooper, resigned.
  • 1924 Nov 4: John A. Matthews (Dem), elected; Miles J. Cavanaugh (Rep), defeated; Harlow Pease (Farmer-Labor), defeated; John F. Duffy (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1926 Dec 11: William L. Holloway, died in office.
  • 1926 Dec 20: Warren Toole, appointed.
  • 1927 Jan 3: Henry L. Myers, appointed.
  • 1928: Albert H. Angstman, elected.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Sam V. Stewart, elected; Ralph J. Anderson, elected.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Claude F. Morris (Dem), elected; Albert H. Angstman (Rep), defeated.
  • 1936: Albert H. Angstman, elected.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Sam V. Stewart, elected.
  • 1939 Sep 15: Sam V. Stewart, died in office.
  • 1940: Albert Anderson, elected.
  • 1942: Albert H. Angstman, defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Albert H. Angstman, elected; Albert Anderson, defeated.
  • 1960 Nov 8: John C. Harrison, elected; James D. Freebourn, defeated.
  • 1961 Apr 10: Albert H. Angstman, retired.
  • 1962: Hollis Connors, defeated.
  • 1980: Marc Racicot, defeated.
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