Image Individual State Legislative-branch service Executive-branch service Judicial-branch service Notes Chester Hardy Aldrich Nebraska Nebraska Senate (1907) Governor of Nebraska (1911–1913) Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (1918–1924) [1] Forrest H. Anderson Montana Montana House of Representatives (1943–1945) Governor of Montana (1968–1972) Montana Attorney General (1957–1968) Justice of the Montana Supreme Court (1953–1957) [2] Charles B. Andrews Connecticut Connecticut Senate (1868–1870) Connecticut House of Representatives (1878) Governor of Connecticut (1879–1881) Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court (1881–1889) Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1889–1901) [3] Samuel Ashe North Carolina North Carolina Senate (1776) (speaker) Governor of North Carolina (1795–1798) Presiding justice of the North Carolina Superior Court (1777–1795) [4] Thomas W. Bartley Ohio Speaker of the Ohio Senate (1843–1844) Governor of Ohio (1844) Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1852–1859) [5] Richard Bassett Delaware Delaware Senate (1882) Delaware House of Representatives (1886) Governor of Delaware (1799–1801) Chief Justice of the Delaware Court of Common Pleas (1793–1799) [6] Elisha Baxter Arkansas Arkansas House of Representatives (1854–1855; 1859–1860) Governor of Arkansas (1873–1874) Judge of the Arkansas Circuit Court (1868–1873) [7] Clark Bissell Connecticut Connecticut House of Representatives (1829; 1841) Connecticut Senate (1842–1843) Governor of Connecticut (1847–1849) Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors (1829–1839) [8] Thomas E. Bramlette Kentucky Kentucky House of Representatives (1841) Governor of Kentucky (1863–1867) Judge of the Kentucky District Court (1856–1861) [9] Thaddeus M. Buczko Massachusetts Massachusetts House of Representatives (1959–1964) [10] Massachusetts Auditor (1964–1981) [10] Justice of the Essex County Probate and Family Court (1981–1996) [11] John Burke North Dakota North Dakota House of Representatives (1891–1893) North Dakota Senate (1893–1897) Governor of North Dakota (1907–1913) Judge of the North Dakota District Court (1889–1891; 1897–1899) Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (1924–1937) Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (1929–1931; 1935–1937) [12] James Clark Kentucky Kentucky House of Representatives (1807–1808) Governor of Kentucky (1836–1839) Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (1810–1812) Judge of the Kentucky Circuit Court (1817–1824) [13] Clement Comer Clay Alabama Alabama House of Representatives (speaker of the House) Governor of Alabama (1835–1837) Judge of the Alabama Circuit Court (simultaneously a member of the Alabama Supreme Court and chief justice) [14] James P. Coleman Mississippi Mississippi House of Representatives (1960–1964) Mississippi Attorney General (1950–1956) Governor of Mississippi (1956–1960) Judge of the Mississippi Circuit Court (1947–1950) Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1950) [15] Fred Cowan Kentucky Kentucky House of Representatives (1982–1987) Attorney General of Kentucky (1988–1992) Judge of the Kentucky Circuit Court (2006–2014) [16] Lorenzo Crounse Nebraska Nebraska Senate (1901) Governor of Nebraska (1893–1895) Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (1867–1873) [17] Stephen A. Douglas Illinois Illinois House of Representatives (1836–1837) Illinois Secretary of State (1840–1841) Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois (1841–1843) [18] Mack Easley New Mexico New Mexico House of Representatives (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1959–1960) New Mexico Senate (1967–1970) Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1963–1967) Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1976–1981) Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1981–1982) [19] Alpheus Felch Michigan Michigan House of Representatives (1835–1837) Governor of Michigan (1846–1847) Michigan Auditor General (1842) Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1842–1845) [20] Daniel Gould Fowle North Carolina North Carolina House of Commons (1862; 1864–1865) [lower-alpha 2] Governor of North Carolina (1889–1891) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1865–1867) [21] Junius Marion Futrell Arkansas Arkansas House of Representatives (1896–1904) Arkansas Senate (1913–1917) Governor of Arkansas (1913; 1933–1937) Judge of the Arkansas Circuit Court (1922–1933) [22] John Gayle Alabama Alabama House of Representatives (1822–1823) Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives (1829–1830) Governor of Alabama (1831–1835) Judge of the Alabama Circuit Court (1823–1825) Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (1828–1829) [23] Charles Harold Haden II West Virginia West Virginia House of Delegates (1963–1964) West Virginia State Tax Commissioner (1969–1972) Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1972–1975) Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1974–1975) [24] Warren E. Hearnes Missouri Missouri House of Representatives (1951–1961) Governor of Missouri (1965–1973) Secretary of State of Missouri (1961–1965) Judge of the Missouri Circuit Court (1980) [25] Paul M. Herbert Ohio Ohio House of Representatives (1922–1926) Ohio Senate (1926–1930) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1939–1945; 1947–1949; 1957–1959) Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1963–1968) [26] Richard Joseph Hopkins Kansas Kansas House of Representatives (1909–1911) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1911–1913) Kansas Attorney General (1919–1923) Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1923–1929) [27] T. Clark Hull Connecticut Connecticut Senate (1963–1971) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1971–1973) Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court (1973–1983) Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court (1983–1987) Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1987–1991) [28] J. Frank Huskins North Carolina North Carolina House of Representatives (1947–1949) Chairman of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (1949–1955) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1955–1965) Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1968–1982) [29] John Ireland Texas Texas House of Representatives (1873–1874) Texas Senate (1874–1876) Governor of Texas (1883–1887) Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (1875–1879) [30] Fred Gustus Johnson Nebraska Nebraska House of Representatives (1907–1909; 1917–1919) Nebraska Senate (1919–1920) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska (1923–1925) Judge of the Nebraska District Court (1945–1951) [31] Sandy Keith Minnesota Minnesota Senate (1959–1963) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1963–1967) Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1989–1990) Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1990–1998) [32] Wayne L. Kidwell Idaho Idaho Senate (1969–1973) Idaho Attorney General (1975–1979) Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court (1999–2005) [33] Ted Kulongoski Oregon Oregon House of Representatives (1975–1978) Oregon State Senate (1978–1983) Governor of Oregon (2003–2011) Oregon Attorney General (1993–1997) Associate justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon (1997–2001) [34] Frank Licht Rhode Island Rhode Island Senate (1949–1956) Governor of Rhode Island (1969–1973) Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court (1963–1968) [35] Richard A. Licht Rhode Island Rhode Island Senate (1973–1984) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island (1985-1989) Rhode Island Director of Administration (2010-2014) Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court (2014–present) [36] Levi Lincoln Jr. Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate (1812–1814, 1844–1845) Massachusetts House of Representatives (1814–1823) Governor of Massachusetts (1825–1834) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1823–1824) Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1824–1825) William Paine Lord Oregon Oregon State Senate (1879–1880) Governor of Oregon (1895–1899) Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon (1878–1880; 1886–1888; 1892–1894) [37] Charles Lynch Mississippi Mississippi Senate (1827–1835) Governor of Mississippi (1833; 1836–1838) Judge of the Mississippi Probate Court (1821–1827) [38] Thomas J. Mabry New Mexico New Mexico Senate (1912–1917) Governor of New Mexico (1947–1951) Judge of the New Mexico District Court (1937–1939) Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1939–1946) [39] Isaac Marston Michigan Michigan House of Representatives (1872–1873) Michigan Attorney General (1874–1875) Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1875–1883) Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1880–1881) [40] William T. Minor Connecticut Connecticut Senate (1854–1855) Connecticut House of Representatives (1867) Governor of Connecticut (1855–1857) Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1868–1873) [41] Alfred Moore North Carolina North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina Attorney General (1782–1792) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1798–1799) [42] Andrew B. Moore Alabama Alabama House of Representatives (speaker of the house) Governor of Alabama (1857–1861) Judge of the Alabama Circuit Court (1851–1857) [43] Dan K. Moore North Carolina North Carolina House of Representatives (1941) Governor of North Carolina (1965–1969) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1948–1958) [44] Samuel B. Moore Alabama Alabama House of Representatives (1823) Alabama Senate (1828–1835) Governor of Alabama (1831) Judge of the Alabama District Court (1835–1841) [45] Marcus Morton Massachusetts Massachusetts House of Representatives (1858) [46] Governor of Massachusetts (1825, 1840–1841, 1843–1844) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1824–1825) Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1825–1840) Charles W. Mullan Iowa Iowa Senate (1898–1901) Iowa Attorney General (1901–1907) Judge of the Iowa District Court (1913–1919) [47] Gordon Mydland South Dakota South Dakota Senate (1963–1968) Attorney General of South Dakota (1969–1973) Judge of the South Dakota Circuit Court (1973–1987) Nathaniel Niles Vermont Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives (1784–85) Vermont Executive Council (1785; 1787) Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1784–1788) [48] C. William O'Neill Ohio Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives (1947–1949) Governor of Ohio (1957–1959) Ohio Attorney General (1951–1957) Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1960–1970) Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1970–1978) [49] Steven Pierce Massachusetts Massachusetts House of Representatives (1979–1991) [50] Secretary of Communities and Development (1991) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Housing Court (2002–2015) [51] [52] Elisha R. Potter Rhode Island Rhode Island House of Representatives (1838–1840) Rhode Island Senate (1847–1852; 1861–1863) Rhode Island Commissioner of Public Schools (1849–1854) Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1868–1882) [53] William W. Potter Michigan Michigan Senate (1899–1900) Member of the Michigan Public Utilities Commission (1919–1927) Michigan Attorney General (1927–1928) Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1928–1940) Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1935) [54] John M. Rankin Iowa Iowa House of Representatives (1921–1927) Iowa Attorney General (1940–1947) Judge of the Iowa District Court (1925–1938) [55] Daniel Lindsay Russell North Carolina North Carolina House of Commons (1864–1866) Governor of North Carolina (1897–1901) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1868–1874) [56] Romulus Mitchell Saunders North Carolina Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons (1815–1820); speaker of the House (1819) North Carolina Attorney General (1828–1831) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1835–1940) [57] Bill Schuette Michigan Michigan Senate (1995–2003) Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture (1991–1993) Michigan Attorney General (2011–2019) Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals (2003–2009) [58] William L. Sharkey Mississippi Mississippi House of Representatives (1828–1829) Governor of Mississippi (1865) Judge of the Mississippi Circuit Court (1832) Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1832–1851) [59] James Shields Illinois Illinois House of Representatives (1836) Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts (1841–1843) Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois (1843–1845) [60] Samuel E. Smith Maine Maine House of Representatives (1820–1821) Governor of Maine (1831–1834) Chief Justice of the Maine Circuit Court of Common Pleas (1821) Justice of the Maine Court of Common Pleas (1822–1830; 1835–1837) [61] Samuel L. Southard New Jersey New Jersey General Assembly (1815) Governor of New Jersey (1832–1833) Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1815–1820) [62] Chauncey Sparks Alabama Alabama House of Representatives (1919–1923; 1931–1939) Governor of Alabama (1943–1947) Judge of the Alabama Inferior Court (1911–1915) [63] David Stone North Carolina North Carolina House of Commons (1791–1794; 1811–1812) Governor of North Carolina (1808–1810) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1974–1798) [64] David Lowry Swain North Carolina North Carolina House of Representatives (1824–1830) Governor of North Carolina (1832–1835) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1830–1832) [65] John Swainson Michigan Michigan Senate (1954–1958) Governor of Michigan (1961–1963) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (1959–1961) Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1971–1975) [66] Lacy Thornburg North Carolina North Carolina House of Representatives (1961–1966) North Carolina Attorney General (1985–1993) Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1967–1983) [67] Charles Upson Michigan Michigan Senate (1855–1856; 1881–1882) Michigan Attorney General (1861–1862) Judge of the Michigan Circuit Court (1869–1872) [68] Samuel Wells Maine Maine House of Representatives (1836–1840) Governor of Maine (1856–1857) Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1847–1854) [69] Otis M. Whitney Massachusetts Massachusetts House of Representatives (1937–1943) Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Safety (1953–1959) Presiding justice of the Concord District Court (1962–1968) [70] Isaac Wilbour Rhode Island Rhode Island House of Representatives (1805–1806) (speaker) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island (1806–1807; 1810–1811) Acting Governor of Rhode Island (1806–1807) Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1818–1819) Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1819–1827) [71] George A. Wilson Iowa Iowa Senate (1925–1935) Governor of Iowa (1939–1943) Judge of the Iowa District Court (1917–1921) [72]