Indicates Service as Chief Justice for All or Part of Tenure
Information Gathered from Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court, the Nebraska Blue Book, and History of Nebraska By Morton & Watkins
References
^Listed as an associate judge of the Supreme Court in Complete Session Laws, 1855-87, Vol. 1, Page 370.
^Granted leave of absence by President Lincoln to join the 7th Illinois Cavalry. Served as colonel in the regiment from Sept. 8, 1861, to June 1, 1862. Resigned as territorial chief justice in 1865.
^ a bAppointed in 1867; elected in 1868.
^ a b c d e f g h i j kNamed Chief Justice
^ a b c d e fReturned to being Associate Justice
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o pDied while in office.
^ a b c d eNamed Chief Justice a second time
^Served Again 1908-1915
^Named Chief Justice a Third Time
^Served again 1910-1919
^ a bServed from Jan. 7 to 21, 1915; died Jan. 21, 1915.
^Acting Chief Justice Jan. 21 to 25, 1915.
^Appointed Chief Justice Jan. 25, 1915, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Hollenbeck.
^ a bAppointed Nov. 12, 1938, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Goss. Term began Jan. 5, 1939.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n oRetired.
^ a bServed as Chief Justice pro tempore from Sept. 18 to Dec. 22, 1978.
^ a b c d e f gAppointed to fill vacancy.
^ a bResigned July 31, 1987.
^Named Chief Justice Sept. 2, 1987, following resignation of Chief Justice Krivosha.
^Appointed Aug. 5, 1998, to replace retiring Chief Justice C. Thomas White.
^ a bAppointed Oct. 1, 2006, to replace retiring Chief Justice Hendry.
^Elected in 1867 but died before he qualified.
^ a bUnder the Nebraska Constitutions of 1866 and 1875, Supreme Court justices were elected by electors and not appointed by the Governor.
^Appointed in 1878 to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Gantt, then elected 1879.
^Served Previously 1884-1890
^ a b c dConstitutional amendment approved in 1908 increased number of Supreme Court judges from three to seven. The governor appointed four judges, two to serve until successors were elected in the 1909 general election, and the other two to serve until successors were elected in the 1911 general election.
^Served again from 1917-1935
^Acting chief justice Jan. 21 to 25, 1915.
^Was previously Chief Justice
^Served Previously 1902-1908
^Appointed chief justice Jan. 25, 1915, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Hollenbeck.
^Served Previously 1909-1910
^Appointed Nov. 16, 1918, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Hamer. Aldrich died March 10, 1924.
^Appointed April 21, 1920, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Cornish.
^Appointed Jan. 8, 1920, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Sedgwick. Judge Day died Dec. 20, 1927.
^Appointed April 15, 1924, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Aldrich.
^Appointed July 24, 1925, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Evans.
^Appointed Dec. 29, 1927, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge George A. Day.
^Appointed Aug. 9, 1937, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Good.