List Of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices
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Territorial judges


Circuit justices serving as Supreme Court justices

Initially, Wisconsin's Supreme Court was just composed of the five judges of the five state judicial circuits. A sixth circuit was added in 1850.


Justices since 1853

In 1853, a separate Wisconsin Supreme Court was created with all members elected state-wide. Initially the court was three members. It grew to five justices in 1878, and to its current size of seven seats in 1907.


Sources

*Trina E. Gray, Karen Leone de Nie, Jennifer Miller, and Amanda K. Todd,
Portraits of Justice: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's First 150 Years
', Second Edition (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2003). {{Lists of US Justices
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