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JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO UNDER
THE CONSTITUTION OF 1851.

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HE constitution of 1851 contains the following provision for the continuance of the authority of the Supreme Court:

SEC. 11. Schedule. Suits pending in the Supreme Court in bank shall be transferred to the Supreme Court provided for in this Constitution, and be proceeded in according to law.

Under this constitution the personel of the Supreme Court of Ohio has been, consecutively, as given, for the years named hereunder.

1852. On the 9th day of February, 1852, the then Supreme Court, which had been elected by the General Assembly under the old constitution, and consisting of Judges Peter Hitchcock, Rufus P. Spalding, William B. Caldwell, and Rufus P. Ranney, passed out of existence, and a new court, elected by the people of Ohio at the previous election in October, came on the bench in the persons of Judges William B. Caldwell, of Hamilton County (re-elected); Rufus P. Ranney, of Trumbull County (re-elected); Thomas W. Bartley, of Richland County; John A. Corwin, of Champaign County; and Allen G. Thurman, of Ross County.

On the organization of the court, the judges drew lots for the length of their terms, the lot resulting: For one year, Judge Caldwell; for two years, Judge Bartley; for three years, Judge Corwin; for four years, Judge Thurman; and for five years (the length of the regular term under the new constitution), Judge Ranney. Judge Caldwell was reelected in 1852, and Judge Bartley was re-elected in 1853, so the court remained as installed in February, 1852, until December, 1854, with the following membership: Judges Caldwell, Ranney, Bartley, Corwin, and Thurman.

1854-1855. Judge Corwin resigned in December, 1854, and was succeeded by Robert B. Warden, of Franklin County, who was appointed to the vacancy and served until February 9, 1855, when he was succeeded by Joseph R. Swan, of Franklin County, who was elected to the seat. Judge Caldwell also resigned in the December term of 1854, and was succeeded by William Kennon, of Belmont County, who was appointed to fill the vacancy and then elected at the October election, 1854, to succeed himself.

The court for the year 1854 consisted of Judges Caldwell, Ranney, Corwin, Bartley, and Thurman, until the second division of the December term; and of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Thurman, Warden, and Kennon, from that time until February 9, 1855.

1855-1856. Judge Swan took his seat on the bench as the successor of Judge Warden and Judge Corwin (as explained above) on the 9th day

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of February, 1855, the court consisting of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Thurman, Kennon, and Swan.

1856. Judge Kennon served to the adjourned session in March, 1856, as did Judge Thurman; the terms of each expiring at that time. They were succeeded by Judges Jacob Brinkerhoff, of Richland County, and Charles C. Convers, of Muskingum County, who had been elected the previous October. Judge Convers resigned in May on account of ill health, never having taken his seat on the bench; he was succeeded by Ozias Bowen, of Marion County, who was appointed to fill the vacancy and elected to succeed himself in October following.

The court from February 9 to May 15, consisted of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, and Convers; and from May 15 to February 9, 1857, of Judges Ranney, Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, and Bowen.

1857. Josiah Scott, of Butler County, was elected to succeed Judge R. Ranney, in October, 1856, and took his seat February 15, 1857, the court being composed of Judges Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, Bowen, and Scott.

1858. Milton Sutliff, of Trumbull County, was elected in October, 1857, to succeed Judge Bowen, and took his seat February 9, 1858, the court consisting of Judges Bartley, Swan, Brinkerhoff, Scott, and Sutliff.

1859. William V. Peck, of Scioto County, was elected in October, 1858, to succeed Judge Bartley, and took his seat February 9, 1859, the court consisting of Judges Swan, Brinkerhoff, Scott, Sutliff, and Peck.

Judge Swan, then Chief Justice, resigned in November, and William Y. Gholson, of Hamilton County, who had been elected in October to a seat in the court, was appointed to succeed him. He took his seat November 8, and entered on his regular term the 9th of February, 1860.

The members of the court from November, 1859, to February, 1863, were Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Sutliff, Peck, and Gholson.

Judge Brinkerhoff was re-elected in 1860, and Judge Scott was reelected in 1861.

1863. Ex-Judge Rufus P. Ranney was elected in October, 1862, to succeed Judge Sutliff, and took his seat on the 9th day of February, 1863; the court from this date to December 12th consisting of Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Peck, Gholson, and Ranney.

On the 11th of December, 1853, Judge Gholson resigned, and Horace Wilder, of Ashtabula County, was appointed for his unexpired term. Judge Wilder was elected to succeed himself in October, 1864. Hocking Hunter, of Fairfield County, was elected to succeed Judge Peck in October, 1863, and took his seat on February 9, 1864, only to resign the same day.

William White, of Clark County, was appointed to the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Hunter, and was elected in October, 1864, for the unexpired term.

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Luther Day, of Portage County, was elected in October, 1864, to succeed Judge Wilder, and took his seat February 9, 1865.

The membership of the court during the years 1863-1865 was therefore:

December 12, 1863, to February 9, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott,. Peck, Ranney, and Wilder.

February 9, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, Wilder, and

Hunter.

February 10, 1864: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, Wilder, and

White.

Day.

February 9, 1865: Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, Ranney, White and

Judge Ranney resigned on the 23rd of February, 1865, and his successor was appointed in the person of John Welch, of Athens County, who was elected in October following for the unexpired term.

February 23, 1865, to February 9, 1871, the court was composed of Judges Brinkerhoff, Scott, White, Day, and Welch.

February 9, 1871. George W. McIlvaine, of Tuscarawas County, who had been elected in October to succeed Judge Brinkerhoff, came upon the bench and the court was thus composed of Judges Scott, Welch, White, Day, and McIlvaine.

February 9, 1872. William H. West, of Logan County, elected to succeed Judge Scott, came upon the bench, the court then consisting of Judges Welch, White, Day, McIlvaine, and West.

Judge West resigned in 1873 and was succeeded by Walter F. Stone, of Erie County, who was appointed by the Governor, and elected in October to fill the unexpired term. He in turn resigned in September, 1874, and was succeeded by George Rex, of Wayne County, who was appointed by the Governor, and then elected by the people to fill the unexpired term of Judge West.

The re-election of Judge Welch in October, 1872, of Judge White in October, 1873, and the election of William J. Gillmore, of Preble County, to succeed Judge Day in October, 1874, led to the following changes in the personnel of the court in the years named:

In 1873 the court was composed of Judges White, Day, McIlvaine, West, Stone, and Welch.

In 1874 of Judges Day, McIlvaine, Stone, Rex, Welch, and White. In 1875 of Judges McIlvaine, Rex, Welch, White, and Gillmore. In 1876 of Judges Rex, Welch, White, Gillmore, and McIlvaine. Judge McIlvaine was re-elected in October, 1875.

In October, 1876, W. W. Boynton, of Lorain County, was elected to succeed Judge Rex, and took his seat February 9, 1877, and in October, 1877, John W. Okey, of Franklin County, was elected to succeed Judge

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Judge White was re-elected in October, 1878, and in the following year William W. Johnson, of Lawrence County, was elected to succeed Judge Gillmore. Judge McIlvaine was re-elected in October, 1880, and in November, 1881, Judge Boynton resigned, the Governor appointing as his successor for the unexpired term until the next February, Nicholas Longworth, of Hamilton County, who had been elected for the full term of five years, a month before the resignation of Judge Boynton.

The personnel of the court from February 9, 1877, to February 9, 1882, was as follows:

February 9, 1877-1878: Judges Welch, White, Gillmore, McIlvaine, and Boynton.

February 9, 1878-1879: Judges, White, Gillmore, McIlvaine, Boynton, and Okey.

February 9, 1879-1880: Judges Gillmore, McIlvaine, Boynton, Okey, and White.

February 9, 1880-1881: Judges McIlvaine, Boynton, Okey, White, and Johnson.

February 9, 1881-1882: Judges Boynton, (Longworth), Okey, White, Johnson, and McIlvaine.

February 9, 1882-1883: Judges Okey, White, Johnson, McIlvaine, and Longworth.

Judge Okey was re-elected in October, 1882, but the resignation of Judge Longworth and the death of Judge White, both occurring in March, 1883, created a number of changes in the court in that year. John H. Doyle, of Lucas County, was appointed by the Governor to succeed Judge Longworth and took his seat in the court on the 10th day. of March. Martin D. Follett, of Washington County, was however, elected to fill the vacancy in October, and qualified on the 8th day of December, Judge Doyle retiring. Judge White, who had served in the court for over 19 years, died on the 12th day of March in the same year, and William H. Upson, of Summit County, was appointed by the Governor as his successor. He took his seat on the 14th of March, but Selwyn N. Owen, of Williams County, having been elected in October for the unexpired term, qualified on the 8th of December, Judge Upson retiring. The court during this year (1883) was composed of the following membership:

February 9, to March 9: Judges White, Johnson, McIlvaine, Longworth and Okey.

March 10 to March 12: Judges White, Johnson, McIlvaine, Doyle,. and Okey.

March 14 to December 7: Judges Upson, Johnson, McIlvaine,. Doyle, and Okey.

December 8 to February 9, 1884: Judges Owen, Johnson, Mc-Ilvaine, Follett, and Okey.

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February 9, 1884, to February 9, 1885: Judges Johnson, McIlvaine, Okey, Follett, and Owen.

February 9, to July 25, 1885: Judges McIlvaine, Okey, Follett, Owen, and Johnson (re-elected).

August 20 to December 15, 1885: Judges McIlvaine, Atherton, Follett, Owen, and Johnson.

December 16, 1885, to February 9, 1886: Judges McIlvaine, Follett, Spear, Owen, and Johnson.

The death of Judge Okey on the 25th day of July, 1885, created a vacancy in the court which was filled by the appointment of Gibson Atherton, of Licking County, who took his seat on the 20th day of August. The October elections resulted in the election of William T. Spear, of Trumbull County, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Okey, and he qualified and took his seat on the 16th day of December, Judge Atherton retiring. At the same election Thaddeus A. Minshall, of Ross County, was elected for the full term of five years to succeed Judge McIlvaine, and these two members of the court have, by repeated re-elections by the people, been continued on the bench of the Supreme Court to the present time. Judge Johnson resigned November 9, 1886, and Franklin J. Dickman, of Cuyahoga County, was appointed to fill the vacancy until the next general election. He took his seat November 16. In October previous, Marshall J. Williams, of Fayette County, was elected to succeed Judge Follett. In 1887 Judge Spear was re-elected for a full term and in 1888 Joseph P. Bradbury, of Gallia County, was elected to succeed Judge Owen. Judge Dickman was re-elected in 1889, Judge Minshall was reelected in 1890 and Judge Williams in 1891. In the elections of 1892, under a new law, by which the membership of the court was increased from five members to six, and the terms of office from five years to six, two members of the court were elected in the persons of Judge Spear for the long term of six years and Jacob F. Burnett, of Hancock County, for five years. Judge Bradbury was re-elected in 1893: John A. Shauck, of Montgomery County, was elected in October, 1894, to succeed Judge Dickman. From 1894 to 1899 the sitting judges were re-elected to succeed themselves without exception, and consequently no changes occurred in the personnel of the court. In November, 1899, William Z. Davis, of Marion County, was elected to succeed Judge Bradbury, who resigned January 10, 1900, a month before the expiration of his term. Judgeelect Davis was appointed to succeed him and thus went on the bench a month earlier than the time for which he had been elected. In November, 1900, Judge Shauck was re-elected and entered on his present term February 9, 1901. The personnel of the Supreme Court of Ohio for the period between February 9, 1886, and February 9, 1901, was therefore: February 9, to November 9, 1886: Judges Owen, C. J., Follett,

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