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List of Chief Justices of Minnesota

This is a list of Chief Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Minnesota Territory

Chief Justice Term
Aaron Goodrich 1849–1851
Jerome Fuller 1851–1852
Henry Z. Hayner 1851–1852
William H. Welch 1853–1858

State of Minnesota

Chief Justice Term
LaFayette Emmett 1858–1865
Thomas Wilson 1865–1869
James Gilfillan 1869–1870
Christopher G. Ripley 1870–1874
Samuel James Renwick McMillan 1874–1875
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 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–present
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