List of North Dakota Supreme Court chief justices

The following is a list of chief justices of the North Dakota Supreme Court.

#	Name	Term	Life
1	Guy C. H. Corliss	1889–1892	1858–1937
2	Joseph Bartholomew	1892–1894	1843–1901
3	Alfred Wallin	1894–1896	1836–1923
4	Guy C. H. Corliss	1896–1899	1858–1937
5	Joseph Bartholomew	1899–1901	1843–1901
6	Alfred Wallin	1901–1903	1836–1923
7	Newton C. Young	1903–1906	1862–1923
8	David Morgan	1906–1911	1849–1912
9	Burleigh F. Spalding	1911–1915	1853–1934
10	Charles Joseph Fisk	1915–1917	1862–1932
11	Andrew A. Bruce	1917–1918	1866–1934
12	Adolph M. Christianson	1918–1921	1877–1954
13	James Robinson	1921	1843–1933
14	Richard Grace	1921–1922	1868–1929
15	Luther E. Birdzell	1922–1923	1880–1973
16	Harrison A. Bronson	1923–1925	1873–1947
17	Adolph M. Christianson	1925–1927	1877–1954
18	Luther E. Birdzell	1927–1928	1880–1973
19	William Nuessle	1928–1929	1878–1959
20	John Burke	1929–1931	1859–1937
21	Adolph M. Christianson	1931–1933	1877–1954
22	William Nuessle	1933	1878–1959
23	Luther E. Birdzell	1933	1880–1973
24	Alexander Burr	1933–1935	1871–1951
25	John Burke	1935–1937	1859–1937
26	Adolph M. Christianson	1937–1939	1877–1954
27	William Nuessle	1939–1941	1878–1959
28	Alexander Burr	1941–1943	1871–1951
29	James Morris	1943–1945	1893–1980
30	Adolph M. Christianson	1945–1949	1877–1954
31	William Nuessle	1949–1951	1878–1959
32	James Morris	1951–1955	1893–1980
33	Thomas J. Burke	1955–1957	1896–1966
34	Gudmunder Grimson	1957–1959	1878–1965
35	Peter O. (P.O.) Sathre	1959–1963	1876–1968
36	James Morris	1963–1965	1893–1980
37	Thomas J. Burke	1965–1966	1896–1966
38	Obert C. Teigen	1965–1966	1908–1978
39	Alvin C. Strutz	1967	1903–1973
40	Obert C. Teigen	1967–1971	1908–1978
41	Alvin C. Strutz	1971–1973	1903–1973
42	Ralph J. Erickstad	1973–1992	1922–2001
43	Gerald W. VandeWalle	1993–2019	1933–
44	Jon J. Jensen	2020–present	1965–

External links

North Dakota Supreme Court website