District Courts 1919-1979
The 1919 Legislature reorganized the district court system, reducing the number of districts to six, but for the first time establishing multi-judge districts. Additional judges were added in 1919, 1955, and 1967.
DISTRICT ONE: Created in 1919 to include Nelson, Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele, Barnes, Traill, and Cass counties. Three judges assigned. Two additional judges were added in 1967.
Charles M. Cooley 1919-1927
Albert T. Cole 1919-1932
M. J. Englert 1919-1951
P. G. Swenson 1927-1950
Daniel B. Holt 1932-1946
John C. Pollock 1946-1958
Olger B. Burtness 1950-1960
John Sad 1951-1963
Roy K. Redetzke 1958-1978
Philip R. Bangs 1960-1964
Harold M. Hager 1965-1976
Hamilton E. Englert 1963-1979
Albert C. Bakken 1967-1979
Ralph B. Maxwell 1967-1978
John O. Garaas 1978-1979
Norman J. Backes 1978-1979
Kirk Smith 1977-1979
DISTRICT TWO: Created in 1919 to include Pembina, Walsh, Towner, Cavalier, Rolette, Pierce, Benson, Ramsey, Bottineau, Renville, and McHenry counties. Three judges assigned.
Alexander G. Burr 1919-1926
Charles W. Buttz 1919-1948
William J. Kneeshaw 1919-1943
Gudmundur Grimson 1926-1949
Herbert C. DePuy 1943-1946
Harold P. Thomson 1947-1951
John J. Kehoe 1948-1954
Harold B. Nelson 1949-1954
Albert Lundberg 1951-1963
Asmundur Benson 1954-1960
Obert C. Teigen 1954-1959
Roland A. Heringer (Elected 1960, died before taking office)
Douglas B. Heen 1959-1979
Ray R. Friederich 1960-1979
Francis E. Foughty 1963-1963
Glenn K. Swanson 1963-1970
James H. O'Keefe 1970-1979
DISTRICT THREE: Created in 1919 to include Richland, Ransom, Sargent, Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Logan, and Emmons counties. Two judges assigned.
Frank P. Allen 1919-1923
Frederick J. Graham 1919-1920
George M. McKenna 1921-1942
Charles E. Wolfe 1923-1929
William H. Hutchinson 1929-1956
Eugene F. Coyne 1942-1948
Albert G. Porter 1948-1962
Clifford Schneller 1956-1972
Adam Gefreh 1963-1972
Wallace E. Warner 1972-1975
Larry Hatch 1972-1979
Robert L. Eckert 1975-1979
DISTRICT FOUR: Created in 1919 to include Stutsman, Wells, Foster, Eddy, McLean, Sheridan, Burleigh, and Kidder counties. Two judges assigned. A third judge was added in 1955.
James A. Coffey 1919-1928
William L. Nuessle 1919-1922
Fred Jansonius 1923-1947
Ray G. McFarland 1929-1953
George Thom, Jr. 1947-1962
Harry E. Rittgers 1953-1960
Charles L. Foster 1955-1960
W. C. (Pat) Lynch 1960-1973
Martin C. Fredricks 1961-1979
Clifford Jansonius 1963-1974
Alfred A. Thompson 1973-1976
Benny A. Graff 1974-1979
Gerald G. Glaser 1977-1979
DISTRICT FIVE: Created in 1919 to include Divide, Burke, Ward, Mountrail, Williams, and McKenzie counties. Two judges assigned. A third judge was added in 1967.
Kalita E. Leighton 1919-1920
Frank E. Fisk 1919-1920
John C. Lowe 1921-1942
George H. Moellring 1921-1933
Arthur J. Gronna 1933-1962
William A. Jacobsen 1943-1948
Roy A. Ilvedson 1948-1952
George A. McGee 1952-1953
Eugene A. Burdick 1953-1978
Roy A. Ilvedson 1963-1979
Eugene Coyne 1967-1971
William Beede 1971-1979
E. Nels Olson 1978-1979
DISTRICT SIX: Created in 1919 to include Bowman, Adams, Hettinger, Golden Valley, Mercer, Oliver, Morton, Stark, Sioux, Grant, Dunn, Billings, and Slope counties. Three judges assigned.
William C. Crawford 1919-1920
James M. Hanley 1919-1920
Frank T. Lembke 1919-1946
Thomas H. Pugh 1921-1933
Harry L. Berry 1921-1944
Winfield R. Schell 1933-1934
Harvey J. Miller 1935-1964
Leo C. Broderick 1944-1953
Joris O. Wigen 1946-1958
Mark H. Amundson 1953-1962
Emil A. Giese 1958-1976
Clemens F. Kelsch 1963-1974
Norbert J. Muggli 1964-1979
William F. Hodny 1975-1979
Lyle G. Stuart 1976-1979