All About Missouri History:: Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri
Missouri History
Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri
1820-2011
Photos of Select Missouri Supreme Court Judges
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Elijah Hise Norton
1876-88
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North Todd Gentry
1928-29
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Roscoe P. Conkling
1947-54
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Historical Listing of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri
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Name
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County
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Term
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Mathias McGirk
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St. Louis
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1820-1841
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John Dillard Cook
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Ste. Genevieve
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1820-1823
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John Rice Jones
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Washington
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1820-1824
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Rufus Pettibone
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St. Louis
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1823-1825
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George Tompkins
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Howard
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1824-1845
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Robert Wash
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St. Louis
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1825-1837
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John Cummins Edwards
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Cole
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1837--1839
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William Barclay Napton
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Saline
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1839-1849
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William Scott
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Howard
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1841-1849
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Priestly Haggin McBride
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Monroe
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1845-1849
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John Ferguson Ryland
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Lafayette
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1849-1857
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James Harvey Birch
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Clinton
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1849-1851
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William Scott
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Cole
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1851-1862
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Hamilton Rowan Gamble
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St. Louis
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1851-1855
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Abiel Leonard
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Howard
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1855
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William Barclay Napton
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Saline
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1857-1861
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John Crowley Richardson
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St. Louis
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1857-1859
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Ephraim Brevard Ewing
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St. Louis
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1859-1861
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Barton Bates
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St. Charles
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1862-1865
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William Van Ness Bay
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St. Louis
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1862-1865
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John Debos Sharp Dryden
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Marion
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1862-1865
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David Wagner
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Lewis
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1865-1877
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Walter L. Lovelace
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Montgomery
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1865-1866
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Nathaniel Holmes
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St. Louis
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1865-1868
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Thomas James Clark Fagg
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Pike
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1866-1868
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James Baker
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Greene
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1868
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Philemon Bliss
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Buchanan
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1868-1872
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Warren Currier
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St. Louis
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1868-1872
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Washington Adams
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Cooper
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1871-1874
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Henry M. Vories
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Buchanan
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1873-1876
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Ephraim Brevard Ewing
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St. Louis
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1873
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Thomas Adiel Sherwood
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Greene
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1873-1902
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William Barclay Napton
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Saline
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1873-1880
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Edward Augustus Lewis
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St. Louis
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1874
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Warwick Hough
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Jackson
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1875-1884
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Elijah Hise Norton
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Platte
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1877-1888
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John Ward Henry
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Macon
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1876-1888
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Robert D. Ray
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Carroll
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1881-1890
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Francis Marion Black
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Jackson
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1885-1894
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Theodore Brace
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Monroe
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1887-1907
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Shephard Barclay
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St. Louis City
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1889-1898
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James Britton Gantt
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Henry
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1891-1910
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John Lilburn Thomas
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Jefferson
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1890-1892
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George Bennett MacFarlane
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Audrain
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1890-1898
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Gavon Drummond Burgess
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Linn
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1893-1910
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Waltour Moss Robinson
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Jasper
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1895-1904
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William Muir Williams
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Cooper
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1898
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William Champe Marshall
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St. Louis City
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1899-1906
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Leroy B. Valliant
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St. Louis City
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1899-1912
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James David Fox
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Madison
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1903-1910
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Henry Lamm
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Pettis
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1905-1914
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Waller Washington Graves
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Bates
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1906-1928
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Archelaus Marius Woodson
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Buchanan
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1907-1925
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John Kennish
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Jackson
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1910-1913
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John Chilton Brown
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Madison
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1911-1915
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Franklin Ferris
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St. Louis City
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1910-1912
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Henry Whitelaw Bond
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St. Louis City
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1913-1919
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Charles Breckenridge Faris
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Pemiscot
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1913-1919
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Robert Franklin Walker
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St. Louis
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1913-1930
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James Thomas Blair
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DeKalb
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1915-1924
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Charles G. Revelle
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St. Francois
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1915-1916
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Fred Lincoln Williams
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Jasper
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1917-1920
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Richard Livingston Goode
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St. Louis
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1919-1922
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John Isaac Williamson
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Jackson
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1919-1920
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Conway Elder
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St. Louis
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1921-1922
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Edward Higbee
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Adair
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1921-1922
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David Elmore Blair
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Jasper
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1921-1930
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William Talliaferro Ragland
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Monroe
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1923-1932
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John Turner White
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Greene
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1923-1932
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Frank Ely Atwood
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Carroll
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1925-1934
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Robert William Otto
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Franklin
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1925-1926
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Ernest S. Gantt
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Audrain
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1927-1946
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North Todd Gentry
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Boone
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1928
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William Francis Frank
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Adair
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1929-1938
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Berryman Henwood
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Marion
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1930-1932
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George Robb Ellison
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Nodaway
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1931-1955
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Charles Thomas Hays
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Marion
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1933-1942
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Ernest Moss Tipton
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Jackson
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1933-1955
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Clarence Alexander Burney
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Jackson
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1933
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Charles A. Leedy Jr.
|
Jackson
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1933-1964
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Walter D. Coles
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St. Louis
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1935
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John Caskie Collet
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Chariton
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1935-1937
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James Marsh Douglas
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St. Louis City
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1937-1949
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Ray B. Lucas
|
Scott
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1938
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Albert M. Clark
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Ray
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1939-1950
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Laurence Mastick Hyde 1
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Mercer
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1943-1966
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Roscoe P. Conkling
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Buchanan
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1947-1954
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Sidna Poage Dalton
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Cape Girardeau
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1950-1965
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Frank Hollingsworth
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Audrain
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1950-1964
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Henry J. Westhues
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Howard
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1954-1963
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Henry I. Eager
|
Jackson
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1955-1968
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Clem F. Storckman
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St. Louis City
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1955-1970
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Lawrence Holman
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Randolph
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1963-1977
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Fred L. Henley
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Pemiscot
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1964-1978
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James A. Finch Jr.
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Cape Girardeau
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1965-1978
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Robert True Donnelly
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Laclede
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1965-1988
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Robert Eldridge Seiler
|
Jasper
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1967-1982
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June P. (J.P.) Morgan
|
Lincoln
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1969-1982
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John E. Bardgett
|
St. Louis County
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1970-1982
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Albert L. Rendlen
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Marion
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1977-1992
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Joseph J. Simeone
|
St. Louis
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1978-1979
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Warren Dee Welliver
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Boone
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1979-1989
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Andrew Jackson Higgins
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Platte
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1979-1991
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George F. Gunn Jr.
|
St. Louis
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1982-1985
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William Howard Billings
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Dunklin
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1982-1991
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Charles Blakey Blackmar
|
St. Louis
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1982-1992
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Edward D. Robertson Jr.
|
Cole
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1985-1998
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Ann K. Covington
|
Boone
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1989-2001
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John C. Holstein
|
Howell
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1989-2002
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Duane Benton
|
Cole
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1991-2004
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Elwood L. Thomas
|
Clay
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1991-1995
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Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr.
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Cape Girardeau
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1992-2008
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Ronnie L. White
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St. Louis
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1995-2007
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William Ray Price Jr.
|
Jackson
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1992-2012
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Michael A. Wolff
|
St. Louis
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1998-2011
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Laura Denver Stith
|
Jackson
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2001-2021
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Richard B. Teitelman
|
St. Louis
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2002-2016
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Mary Rhodes Russell
|
Marion
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2004-present
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Patricia A. Breckenridge
|
Vernon
|
2007-present
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Zel M. Fisher
|
Atchison
|
2008-present
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George W. Draper, III
|
St. Louis
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2011-present
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Paul C. Wilson
|
Cole
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2013-present
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W. Brent Powell
|
Jackson
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2017-present
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Robin Ransom
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St. Louis City
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2021-present
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- Laurence Mastick Hyde served as a Senior Judge from 1966 to 1976. Senior Judges were judges that had retired but were still asked to hear cases on occasion.