Following is a list of justices of the

Oklahoma Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is a court of appeal for non-criminal cases, one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and leads the judiciary of Oklahoma, the judicial branch of the government of Oklahoma.

. The court was established when Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907, and was initially composed of five justices, with the state divided into a corresponding number of judicial districts."Oklahoma History", ''Oklahoma Almanac'' (July 23, 2012), p. 788. In 1917, the court was expanded to nine justices, with the judicial districts being redrawn accordingly, and with the seats for the fourth and fives judicial districts being switched.

Current membership

The justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court are:

List of former justices

Table

Justices of the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court

* Edward B. Green, Chief Justice (1890–1893) * John G. Clark, Associate Justice (1890–1903), Chief Justice *

Abraham Jefferson Seay Abraham Jefferson Seay (November 28, 1832 – December 12, 1915) was an American lawyer, soldier, judge, and politician. Seay attained the rank of colonel in the Union army during the American Civil War. Later, Seay would serve as an associate j ...

1890–92 *

John H. Burford John H. Burford (1852–1922) was a justice of the Territorial Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1892 to 1906, serving as the final Chief Justice of that court from 1898 to 1903. After the territorial supreme court was dissolved at statehood, Burford se ...

1892–1906, Chief Justice 1898–1903 * A.G.C. Bierer 1894–98 * John L. McAtee 1898–1902 * Henry W. Scott (judge) (1892–1896), Chief Justice 1895–1896 *

James R. Keaton James R. Keaton (1861 – 1946) was a justice of the Territorial Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1896 to 1898. Early life Keaton was born in Carter County, Kentucky on December 10, 1861, to Nelson F.(Fredrick) and Mary A. (Huff) Keaton. He started h ...

1896–98 *

John C. Tarsney John Charles Tarsney (November 7, 1845 – September 4, 1920) was an American politician from Missouri and an associate justice of the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court (1896-1899). He then returned to Kansas City, Missouri, where he had a private ...

1896–99 * Frank Dale 1893–1898 * Bayard T. Hainer 1898–1907 * Clinton F. Irwin 1899–1907 * Joseph A. Gill 1899 – 1907 * J. L. Pancoast 1902–1907 *

Milton C. Garber Milton Cline Garber (November 30, 1867 – September 12, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. He also served as an associate justice of the Oklahoma Territory before Oklahoma became a state. In 1942, he was inducted into the Oklahom ...

1906–07 * James K. Beauchamp 1902–1906 * Frank E. Gillette 1902–1907

References

{{Lists of US Justices

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...