A state court of last resort / Established 1891

Idaho Supreme Court

Boise · A court of last resort in Idaho.

The Idaho Supreme Court is the highest court in Idaho. Its justices are chosen by nonpartisan election. This page lists every justice to serve on the court, current and former, with when they joined the bench and whom they succeeded.

Justices in history

Currently serving

Nonpartisan

Selection

6-yr

Term

Current justices

Justice	Since
Daniel T. Eismann	2001
Roger R. Burdick	2003
Jim Jones	2004
Joel Horton	2007
Warren Jones	2007

Former justices

Justice	Years
Wayne L. Kidwell	1999–2004
Jesse R. Walters	1997–2003
Gerald F. Schroeder	1995–2007
Cathy Silak	1993–2000
Linda Copple Trout	1992–2007
Larry Monroe Boyle	1989–1992
Charles F. McDevitt	1989–1997
Byron J. Johnson	1988–1999
Robert C. Huntley Jr.	1982–1989
Stephen Bistline	1976–1994
Robert E. Bakes	1971–1993
Charles R. Donaldson	1968–1987
Allan G. Shepard	1968–1989
Clay V. Spear	1965–1971
E. T. Knudson	1959–1965
Joseph J. McFadden	1959–1982
Henry F. McQuade	1956–1976
Donald B. Anderson	1955–1956
E. B. Smith	1954–1968
Darwin W. Thomas	1950–1954
William D. Keeton	1949–1959
C. J. Taylor	1949–1968
James W. Porter	1948–1959
Paul W. Hyatt	1947–1949
Bert H. Miller	1945–1948
Ben Samuel Dunlap	1942–1945
James F. Ailshie	1935–1947
Edwin Holden	1933–1950
N.D. Wernette	1933–1935
Robert D. Leeper	1932–1932
Bertram S. Varian	1929–1933
Bailey T. Lee	1926–1933
Raymond Givens	1925–1954
Herman H. Taylor	1925–1929
Robert N. Dunn	1921–1925
William A. Lee	1921–1930
Charles P. McCarthy	1921–1925
John C. Rice	1917–1923
William McKendree Morgan	1915–1942
Alfred Budge	1914–1949
Warren Truitt	1914–1915
Goerge H. Stewart	1907–1914
Charles Stockslager	1901–1907
Ralph P. Quarles	1897–1903
Joseph W. Huston	1891–1901
John T. Morgan	1891–1897
Isaac N. Sullivan	1891–1917

How a justice reaches this court. Justices of the Idaho Supreme Court are chosen in nonpartisan elections to 6-year terms. Midterm vacancies are filled by gubernatorial appointment from a Judicial Council list, after which the appointee stands for election. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any justice to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project; selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-06-30. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).