List of justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court

Following is a list of past and present justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court, including justices of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court.

Current justices

The current justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court are as follow:

Past justices

Dakota Territorial Supreme Court

South Dakota Supreme Court

• Dighton Corson, 1889–1913
• Alphonso G. Kellam, 1889–1896
• John E. Bennett, 1889–1893 (died in office)
• Howard G. Fuller, 1894–1908
• Charles S. Whiting, 1908–1922 (died in office)
• James H. McCoy, 1909–1921
• Ellison G. Smith, 1909–1923
• Samuel C. Polley, 1913–1947
• John Howard Gates, 1913–1927
• Frank Anderson, 1921–1925
• Carl G. Sherwood, 1922–1931
• Charles Hall Dillon, 1923–1927
• Dwight Campbell, 1925–1937
• Newton D. Burch, 1926–1931
• James Brown, 1927
• Frederick A. Warren, 1931–1944
• Herbert B. Rudolph, 1931–1957
• St. Clair Smith, 1937–1962
• Charles R. Hayes, 1947–1951
• Boyd Leedom, 1951–1955
• Charles S. Hanson, 1956–1973
• Alex Rentto, 1955–1971
• Chief justice Frank Biegelmeier, 1959–1974
• Fred J. Homeyer, 1962–1971
• Chief justice Roger L. Wollman, 1971
• James M. Doyle, 1971–1976 (died in office)
• Fred R. Winans, 1971–1976
• Chief justice Francis G. Dunn, 1973–1985
• Oren P. Coler, 1974–1977
• Robert E. Morgan, 1976–1991
• Laurence J. Zastrow, 1976–1978
• Donald J. Porter, 1977–1979
• Chief justice Jon Fosheim, 1978–1986
• Frank Henderson, 1979–1994
• Chief justice George W. Wuest, 1984–1995
• Richard W. Sabers, 1986–2008
• Chief justice Robert A. Miller, 1986–2001
• John K. Konenkamp, 1994–20??
• Steven L. Zinter, 2002–2018
• Judith Meierhenry, 2002–2011
• David Gilbertson, 1995–2021, Chief 2001–2021
• Janine M. Kern, 2015–2025

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