Following is a list of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court :
Indicates Territorial Chief Justice
Judge | Began active service | Ended active service |
Fenner Ferguson | 1854 | 1857 |
Edward R. Harden | 1854 | 1860 |
James Bradley | 1854 | 1857 |
John Curtiss Underwood | 1857 [1] | 1857 |
Samuel W. Black | 1857 | 1859 |
Eleazer Wakeley | 1857 | 1861 |
Augustus Hall | 1858 | 1861 |
Joseph Miller | 1859 | 1860 |
William Pitt Kellogg | 1861 | 1865 [2] |
William F. Lockwood | 1861 | 1867 |
Joseph E. Streeter | 1861 | 1863 |
Elmer S. Dundy | 1863 | 1867 |
William Kellogg | 1865 | 1867 |
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
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