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Following is a list of persons who have served on the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]].
==Territorial Supreme Court justices==
Justices of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court.<ref name="Chronological List">[http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/judges.html Chronological List of Justices and Judges of the Minnesota Appellate Courts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603054806/http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/judges.html |date=2011-06-03 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name !!Begin!!End
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|{{sortname|Aaron|Goodrich}}*||1849||1851
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|{{sortname|David|Cooper|dab=Minnesota}}||1849||1853
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|{{sortname|Bradley B.|Meeker}}||1849||1853
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|{{sortname|Jerome|Fuller}}*‡||1851||1852
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|{{sortname|Henry Z.|Hayner}}*<ref group="note">Appointed by President Fillmore after U.S. Senate rejected Fuller's appointment, but arrived too late to preside over the court. The news of the rejection did not reach St. Paul until after Fuller had arrived and begun his duties as chief justice.</ref>||1851||1852
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|{{sortname|Andrew G.|Chatfield}}||1853||1857
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|{{sortname|Moses|Sherburne}}||1853||1857
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|{{sortname|William H.|Welch|dab=judge}}*||1853||1858
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|{{sortname|Rensselaer|Nelson}}||1857||1858
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|{{sortname|Charles Eugene|Flandrau}}||1857||1858
|}
<references group="note" />
''*-Chief Justice †-Elected ‡-Served as Chief Justice, but confirmation rejected by U.S. Senate''
=== Chief justices ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chief Justice
!Term
|-
|[[Aaron Goodrich]]
|1849–1851
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|[[Jerome Fuller]]
|1851–1852
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|[[Henry Z. Hayner]]
|1851–1852
|-
|[[William H. Welch (judge)|William H. Welch]]
|1853–1858
|}
==All justices==
Following is a list of all justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court.<ref name="Chronological List" /> Chief Justice terms are in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name !! Method !! Began<br />service !! Ended<br />service
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|{{sortname|Charles Eugene|Flandrau}}||Appointed||1858||1864
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|{{sortname|Isaac|Atwater}}||Elected||1858||1864
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|{{sortname|LaFayette|Emmett}}||Elected||'''1858'''||'''1865'''
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|{{sortname|Thomas|Wilson|dab=Minnesota}}||Appointed||1864<br />'''1865'''||1865<br />'''1869'''
|-
|{{sortname|John M.|Berry|John M. Berry (Minnesota politician)}}||Elected||1865||1887
|-
|{{sortname|James|Gilfillan|dab=judge}}||Appointed||'''1869<br />1875'''||'''1870<br />1894'''
|-
|{{sortname|Christopher G.|Ripley}}||Elected||'''1870'''||'''1874'''
|-
|{{sortname|Samuel J. R.|McMillan}}||Appointed||1864<br />'''1874'''||1874<br />'''1875'''
|-
|{{sortname|George B.|Young}}||Appointed||1874||1875
|-
|{{sortname|Francis R. E.|Cornell}}||Elected||1875||1881
|-
|{{sortname|Greenleaf|Clark}}||Appointed||1881||1882
|-
|{{sortname|Daniel A.|Dickinson}}||Appointed||1881||1893
|-
|{{sortname|William B.|Mitchell}}||Appointed||1881||1900
|-
|{{sortname|Charles E.|Vanderburgh}}||Elected||1882||1894
|-
|{{sortname|Loren W.|Collins}}||Appointed||1887||1904
|-
|{{sortname|Daniel|Buck|dab=judge}}||Elected||1894||1899
|-
|{{sortname|Thomas|Canty|Thomas Canty (judge)}}||Elected||1894||1899
|-
|{{sortname|Charles M.|Start}}||Elected||'''1895'''||'''1913'''
|-
|{{sortname|Calvin L.|Brown}}||Appointed||1899<br />'''1913'''||1912<br />'''1923'''
|-
|{{sortname|John A.|Lovely}}||Elected||1900||1905
|-
|{{sortname|Charles Lundy|Lewis}}||Elected||1900||1912
|-
|{{sortname|Wallace B.|Douglas}}||Elected||1904||1905
|-
|{{sortname|Charles B.|Elliott}}||Appointed||1905||1909
|-
|{{sortname|Edwin A.|Jaggard}}||Elected||1905||1911
|-
|{{sortname|Thomas D.|O'Brien}}||Appointed||1909||1911
|-
|{{sortname|David F.|Simpson}}||Elected||1911||1911
|-
|{{sortname|George |Bunn|dab=lawyer}}||Appointed||1911<br />1913||1913<br />1918
|-
|{{sortname|Philip E.|Brown}}||Appointed||1912||1915
|-
|{{sortname|Andrew|Holt|dab=judge}}||Appointed||1912||1942
|-
|{{sortname|Oscar|Hallam}}||Elected||1913||1923
|-
|{{sortname|Albert|Schaller}}||Appointed||1915||1917
|-
|{{sortname|James H.|Quinn}}||Elected||1917||1928
|-
|{{sortname|Homer B.|Dibell}}||Appointed||1918||1934
|-
|{{sortname|Samuel B.|Wilson}}||Appointed||1922||1933
|-
|{{sortname|Royal A.|Stone}}||Appointed||1923||1942
|-
|{{sortname|Clifford L.|Hilton}}||Appointed||1928||1943
|-
|{{sortname|Charles|Loring|dab=judge}}||Appointed||1930<br />'''1944'''||1944<br />'''1953'''
|-
|{{sortname|Ingerval M.|Olsen}}||Appointed||1930||1936
|-
|{{sortname|John P.|Devaney}}||Appointed||'''1933'''||'''1937'''
|-
|{{sortname|Julius J.|Olson}}||Appointed||1934||1948
|-
|{{sortname|Harry H.|Peterson}}||Appointed||1936||1950
|-
|{{sortname|Henry M.|Gallagher}}||Appointed||'''1937'''||'''1944'''
|-
|{{sortname|Maynard|Pirsig}}||Appointed||1942||1942
|-
|{{sortname|Thomas O.|Streissguth}}||Appointed||1942<br />1944||1942<br />1944
|-
|{{sortname|Luther|Youngdahl}}||Elected||1943||1946
|-
|{{sortname|Clarence R.|Magney}}||Appointed||1943||1953
|-
|{{sortname|Thomas F.|Gallagher}}||Elected||1943||1967
|-
|{{sortname|Leroy E.|Matson}}||Elected||1945||1960
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|{{sortname|William C.|Christianson}}||Appointed||1946||1946
|-
|{{sortname|Frank T.|Gallagher}}||Elected||1947||1963
|-
|{{sortname|Oscar|Knutson}}||Appointed||1948<br />'''1962'''||1962<br />'''1973'''
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|{{sortname|Theodore|Christianson|dab=judge}}||Appointed||1950||1955
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|{{sortname|Roger L.|Dell}}||Appointed||1953<br />'''1953'''||1953<br />'''1962'''
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|{{sortname|Martin A.|Nelson}}||Appointed||1953||1972
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|{{sortname|William P.|Murphy|dab=judge}}||Appointed||1955||1972
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|{{sortname|Lee|Loevinger}}||Appointed||1960||1961
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|{{sortname|James C.|Otis}}||Appointed||1961||1982
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|{{sortname|Walter F.|Rogosheske}}||Appointed||1962||1980
|-
|{{sortname|Robert|Sheran}}||Appointed||1963<br />'''1973'''||1970<br />'''1981'''
|-
|{{sortname|C. Donald|Peterson}}||Elected||1967||1986
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|{{sortname|Fallon|Kelly}}||Appointed||1970||1980
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|{{sortname|Harry H.|MacLaughlin}}||Appointed||1972||1977
|-
|{{sortname|John J.|Todd}}||Appointed||1972||1985
|-
|{{sortname|George M.|Scott|dab=Minnesota}}||Appointed||1973||1987
|-
|{{sortname|Lawrence R.|Yetka}}||Appointed||1973||1993
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|{{sortname|Rosalie E.|Wahl}}||Appointed||1977||1994
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|{{sortname|John E.|Simonett}}||Appointed||1980||1994
|-
|{{sortname|Douglas K.|Amdahl}}||Appointed||1980<br />'''1981'''||1981<br />'''1989'''
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|{{sortname|Glenn E.|Kelley}}||Appointed||1981||1990
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|{{sortname|Mary Jeanne|Coyne}}||Appointed||1982||1996
|-
|{{sortname|Peter|Popovich}}||Appointed||1987<br />'''1989'''||1989<br />'''1990'''
|-
|{{sortname|Sandy|Keith}}||Appointed||1989<br />'''1990'''||1990<br />'''1998'''
|-
|{{sortname|Esther |Tomljanovich}}||Appointed||1990||1998
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|{{sortname|Sandra |Gardebring Ogren}}||Appointed||1991||1998
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|{{sortname|Alan|Page}}||Elected||1993||2015
|-
|{{sortname|Edward C.|Stringer}}||Appointed||1994||2002
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|{{sortname|Paul|Anderson|dab=judge}}||Appointed||1994||2013
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|{{sortname|Kathleen A.|Blatz}}||Appointed||1996<br />'''1998'''||1998<br />'''2006'''
|-
|{{sortname|Russell A.|Anderson}}||Appointed||1998<br />'''2006'''||2006<br />'''2008'''
|-
|{{sortname|Joan N.| Ericksen}}||Appointed||1998||2002
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|{{sortname|James H.|Gilbert}}||Appointed||1998||2004
|-
|{{sortname|Sam|Hanson}}||Appointed||2002||2008
|-
|{{sortname|Helen|Meyer}}||Appointed||2002||2012
|-
|{{sortname|Barry|Anderson}}||Appointed||2004||2024
|-
|{{sortname|Lorie Skjerven|Gildea}}||Appointed||2006<br />'''2010'''||2010<br />'''2023'''
|-
|{{sortname|Eric J.|Magnuson}}||Appointed||'''2008'''||'''2010'''
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|{{sortname|Christopher|Dietzen}}||Appointed||2008||2016
|-
|{{sortname|David|Stras}}||Appointed||2010||2018
|-
|{{sortname|Wilhelmina|Wright}}||Appointed||2012||2016
|-
|{{sortname|David|Lillehaug}}||Appointed||2013||2020
|-
|{{sortname|Natalie|Hudson}}||Appointed||2015<br />'''2023'''||2023<br />'''Present'''
|-
|{{sortname|Margaret H.|Chutich}}||Appointed||2016||2024
|-
|{{sortname|Anne|McKeig}}||Appointed||2016||Present
|-
|{{sortname|Paul|Thissen}}||Appointed||2018||Present
|-
|{{sortname|Gordon|Moore|_Gordon Moore (judge)}}||Appointed||2020||Present
|-
|{{sortname|Karl|Procaccini}}||Appointed||2023||Present
|-
|{{sortname|Sarah|Hennesy}}||Appointed||2024||Present
|-
|{{sortname|Theodora|Gaïtas}}||Appointed||2024||Present
|}
=== Chief justices ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chief Justice
!Term
|-
|[[LaFayette Emmett]]
|1858–1865
|-
|[[Thomas Wilson (Minnesota)|Thomas Wilson]]
|1865–1869
|-
|[[James Gilfillan (judge)|James Gilfillan]]
|1869–1870
|-
|[[Christopher G. Ripley]]
|1870–1874
|-
|[[Samuel James Renwick McMillan]]
|1874–1875
|-
|[[James Gilfillan (judge)|James Gilfillan]]
|1875–1894
|-
|[[Charles M. Start]]
|1895–1913
|-
|[[Calvin L. Brown]]
|1913–1923
|-
|[[Samuel B. Wilson]]
|1923–1933
|-
|[[John P. Devaney]]
|1933–1937
|-
|[[Henry M. Gallagher]]
|1937–1944
|-
|[[Charles Loring (judge)|Charles Loring]]
|1944–1953
|-
|[[Roger L. Dell]]
|1953–1962
|-
|[[Oscar Knutson]]
|1962–1973
|-
|[[Robert J. Sheran]]
|1973–1981
|-
|[[Douglas K. Amdahl]]
|1981–1989
|-
|[[Peter S. Popovich]]
|1989–1990
|-
|[[Alexander M. Keith]]
|1990–1998
|-
|[[Kathleen A. Blatz]]
|1998–2006
|-
|[[Russell A. Anderson]]
|2006–2008
|-
|[[Eric J. Magnuson]]
|2008–2010
|-
|[[Lorie Skjerven Gildea]]
|2010–2023
|-
|[[Natalie Hudson]]
|2023–present
|}
==References==
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