List of justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court

Following is a list of justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court, including the judges who served as chief justices.[1]

Justices of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court

Judge Party affiliation Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Began service as
Chief Justice		 Ended service as
Chief Justice
John H. Howe Republican April 6, 1869 October 14, 1871 April 6, 1869 October 14, 1871
William Theopilus Jones Republican April 6, 1869 March 20, 1873
Joseph W. Fisher Republican February 8, 1871 December 18, 1879 October 14, 1871 December 18, 1879
Joseph M. Carey Republican January 18, 1872 February 14, 1876
E.A. Thomas Republican March 20, 1873 December 14, 1877
Jacob B. Blair Republican February 14, 1876 April 23, 1888
William Ware Peck Republican December 14, 1877 January 11, 1882
James Beverley Sener Republican December 18, 1879 July 5, 1884 December 18, 1879 July 5, 1884
Samuel C. Parks Republican January 11, 1882 April 14, 1886
John C. Perry Republican 1884 1884 1884 1884[2]
John W. Lacey Republican July 5, 1884 November 8, 1886 July 5, 1884 November 8, 1886
Samuel T. Corn Democrat April 14, 1886 June 21, 1890
William L. Maginnis Democrat November 8, 1886 October 1, 1889 November 8, 1886 October 1, 1889
Micah C. Saufley Democrat April 23, 1888 October 11, 1890
Willis Van Devanter Republican October 1, 1889 October 11, 1890 October 1, 1889 October 11, 1890[3]
Asbury B. Conaway Republican June 21, 1890 October 11, 1890[3]

Justices of the Wyoming State Supreme Court

Judge Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Chief Justice
Willis Van Devanter October 11, 1890 October 15, 1890
Asbury B. Conaway October 11, 1890 December 8, 1897
Herman V.S. Groesbeck October 11, 1890 January 4, 1897
Homer Merrell November 24, 1890 January 2, 1893
Gibson Clark January 2, 1893 September 22, 1894
Samuel T. Corn September 22, 1894
January 4, 1897		 January 7, 1895
January 2, 1905
Charles N. Potter January 7, 1895 December 20, 1927
Jesse Knight December 18, 1897 April 9, 1905
Cyrus Beard January 2, 1905 December 16, 1920
Josiah A. Van Orsdel April 15, 1905 January 31, 1906
Richard H. Scott February 24, 1906 September 26, 1917
Charles E. Blydenburgh November 1, 1907 April 17, 1921
Ralph Kimball January 3, 1921 January 7, 1952
Fred H. Blume April 23, 1921 January 1, 1963
William A. Riner January 10, 1928 November 20, 1955
Harry P. Ilsley January 7, 1952 February 18, 1953
Harry Harnsberger March 12, 1953 January 1, 1969
Glenn Parker December 5, 1955 January 6, 1975
John J. McIntyre January 2, 1961 November 30, 1974
Norman B. Gray January 7, 1963 December 31, 1971
Leonard McEwan January 6, 1969 January 21, 1975
Rodney M. Guthrie January 1, 1972 December 31, 1978
Archie G. McClintock July 1, 1973 March 26, 1981
John F. Raper December 18, 1974 June 14, 1983
Richard V. Thomas December 30, 1974 1998
Robert R. Rose Jr. March 15, 1975 November 1, 1985
John J. Rooney January 1, 1979 November 30, 1985
C. Stewart Brown March 26, 1981 June 30, 1988
G. Joseph Cardine June 14, 1983 July 1994
Walter C. Urbigkit Jr. November 1, 1985 January 1993 1991–1993
Richard J. Macy December 2, 1985 June 2, 2000 1993–1995
Michael Golden June 30, 1988 October 15, 2012 1995–1996
William A. Taylor January 22, 1993 2001 1997–1998
Larry Lehman July 8, 1994 2004[4] 1999–2002
William U. Hill November 3, 1998 February 16, 2018 2002–2005
Marilyn S. Kite March 30, 2000 August 3, 2015 2010–2014
Barton Voigt March 21, 2001 January 6, 2014 2006–2010
E. James Burke January 1, 2005 October 8, 2018 2014–2018
Michael K. Davis August 30, 2012 January 16, 2022 2018–2021
Kate M. Fox January 1, 2014 Present 2021–present
Keith G. Kautz August 1, 2015 March 26, 2024
Lynne J. Boomgaarden December 15, 2017 Present
Kari Jo Gray September 5, 2018 Present
John G. Fenn January 17, 2022 Present
Robert Jarosh March 27, 2024 Present

References

  1. ^ Wyoming State Archives directory of the Wyoming Supreme Court, available at 2301 Central Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001.
  2. ^ John C. Perry was appointed as Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Wyoming Territory on March 26, 1884, but died on April 14, the day before his planned departure from Brooklyn to Cheyenne, and never took office.
  3. ^ a b Term continued into the State Supreme Court, being elected September 11, 1890.
  4. ^ Retired shortly before his death on December 10, 2004.