Following is a list of Justices of the Idaho Supreme Court. Idaho was made a territory on March 4, 1863 and the first justices of the Territorial Supreme Court were appointed by President Abraham Lincoln. Following statehood in 1890, the state constitution provided for three justices. By an amendment in 1919, the number was increased and fixed at five, composed of a chief justice and four associate justices, which commenced in January 1921 and remains the present size of the court.
The first female justice on the court was Linda Copple Trout in 1992, who later served as chief justice. Cathy Silak was appointed the following year and served through 2000, suffering the only election defeat for an incumbent on the court since 1944. Following the retirement of Trout in 2007, the court was all-male until the election of Robyn Brody in November 2016.
Idaho Territorial Court
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Chief Justices of the Idaho Territorial Court
- Sidney Edgerton (March 10, 1863 â€" July 25, 1864)
- Silas Woodson (July 25, 1864 â€" February 28, 1865)
- John R. McBride (February 28, 1865 â€" July 18, 1868)
- Thomas J. Bowers (July 18, 1868 â€" April 9, 1869)
- David Noggle (April 9, 1869 â€" January 14, 1875)
- M. E. Hollister (January 14, 1875 â€" January 13, 1879)
- Williams G. Thompson (January 13, 1879 â€" June 10, 1879)
- J. T. Morgan (June 10, 1879 â€" August 14, 1885)
- James B. Hays (August 14, 1885 â€" September 29, 1888)
- H. W. Weir (September 29, 1888 â€" May, 1889)
- James H. Beatty (May, 1889 â€" July 3, 1890)
State supreme court
- Beginning in 1983, the Chief Justice was determined by an election among the five justices of the court.
Previously the position rotated to the justice with the least amount of time remaining in his term.
^ defeated in statewide election: Dunlap (1944), Silak (2000)
References
External links
- Idaho State Historical Society listing of justices from 1890-1993
- Idaho Blue Book â€" 2013â€"14 â€" Judicial branch
