List of Utah Supreme Court Chief Justices
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Chief Justices of the Utah TerritoryUtah TerritoryThe Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah....
Supreme Court, 1850-96
- Lemuel G. Brandeberg,1851
- Lazarus H. Reed, 1852
- John F. KinneyJohn F. KinneyJohn Fitch Kinney was a prominent American attorney, judge, and Democratic politician. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa, twice as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah and one term as the Territory of Utah's Delegate in the House of Representatives of the...
1853 - 1857 - Delana R. Eckels, 1857–1860
- John F. Kinney, 1860–1863
- John Titus, 1863–1868
- Charles C. Wilson, 1868–1870
- James B. McKeanJames B. McKeanJames Bedell McKean was an American politician from New York and Utah.-Early life:He was one of the professors in Jonesville Academy for some time...
, 1870–1875 - David P. Lowe, 1875
- Alexander White, 1875
- Michael Schaeffer, 1876–1879
- John A. Hunter, 1879–1884
- Charles S. ZaneCharles S. ZaneCharles S. Zane was a legal associate of Abraham Lincoln, an anti-polygamy judge in the Territorial Supreme Court in Utah, and the first Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court after statehood.- Early life and education :...
, 1884–1888 - Elliott Sandford, 1888
- Charles S. Zane, 1889–1894
- Samuel A. Merritt, 1894–1896
Utah Supreme CourtUtah Supreme CourtThe Utah Supreme Court is the supreme court of the state of Utah, USA. It has final authority of interpretation of the Utah Constitution. The Utah Supreme Court is composed of five members: a chief justice, an associate chief justice, and three justices. All justices are appointed by the governor...
Chief Justices since Statehood
- Charles S. ZaneCharles S. ZaneCharles S. Zane was a legal associate of Abraham Lincoln, an anti-polygamy judge in the Territorial Supreme Court in Utah, and the first Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court after statehood.- Early life and education :...
, 1896-1899 - George W. Bartch, 1899-1901
- James A. Miner, 1901-1903
- Robert N. Baskin, 1903-1905
- George W. Bartch, 1905-1906
- William M. McCarty, 1906-1908
- Daniel N. Straup, 1908-1910
- Joseph E. Frick, 1910-1912
- William M. McCarty, 1912-1915
- Daniel N. Straup, 1915-1917
- Joseph E. Frick, 1917-1919
- Elmer E. Corfman, 1919-1923
- Albert J. Weber, 1923-1925
- Valentine Gideon, 1925-1927
- Samuel R. Thurman, 1927-1929
- James W. Cherry, 1929-1933
- Daniel N. Straup, 1933-1935
- Elias Hansen, 1935-1937
- William H. Folland, 1937-1939
- David W. Moffat, 1939-1943
- James H. Wolfe, 1943-1944
- Martin M. Larson, 1945-1946
- Roger I. McDonough, 1947-1948
- Eugene C. Pratt, 1949-1951
- James H. Wolfe, 1951-1954
- Roger I. McDonoughRoger I. McDonoughRoger I. McDonough was an American judge. He served on the Utah Supreme Court from 1938 to 1966. He was the Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1947 to 1948 and from 1954 to 1959, and was called upon by President Harry S...
, 1954-1959 - J. Allen Crockett, 1959-1961
- Lester M. Wade, 1961-1963
- F. Henri Henriod, 1963-1967
- J. Allen Crockett, 1967-1970
- E. R. Callister, 1971-1975
- F. Henri Henriod, 1975-1976
- A. H. Ellett, 1977-1979
- J. Allen Crockett, 1979-1981
- Richard J. Maughan, 1981
- Gordon R. Hall, 1981-1994
- Michael D. ZimmermanMichael Zimmerman (sensei)Michael Zimmerman is a prominent attorney, a former justice of the Utah Supreme Court, and a Zen teacher at Kanzeon Zen Center located in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received shiho from his teacher Dennis Genpo Merzel in December 2006. Zimmerman, the former Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court,...
, 1994-1998 - Richard C. Howe, 1998-2002
- Christine M. DurhamChristine M. DurhamChristine Meaders Durham is the Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court. She was born on 3 August 1945. Her husband, George Durham, is a pediatrician and they have five children.-Early Life and Education:...
, 2002-