JUDICIAL · MO · 1953-1959
Laurance M. Hyde
Supreme Court Chief Justice · Democrat · Missouri
Background
Laurance M. Hyde served as Supreme Court Chief Justice of Missouri from 1953–1959 (6 years). Took office after Walter E. Bohling; succeeded by Henry I. Eager. Same-year political environment (1953): Governor Phil M. Donnelly.
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Others who held this office in Missouri
- John C. Holstein (1993-1997)
- Edward D. Robertson Jr. (1991-1993)
- Charles B. Blackmar (1989-1991)
- Andrew Jackson Higgins (1987-1989)
- Robert E. Seiler (1985-1987)
- Albert L. Rendlen (1983-1985)
- Warren D. Welliver (1982-1983)
- James A. Finch Jr. (1981-1982)
- John E. Bardgett (1980-1981)
- Robert T. Donnelly (1973-1980)
- Robert E. Hogan (1965-1967)
- Henry I. Eager (1961-1963)
- Walter E. Bohling (1951-1953)
- James M. Douglas (1949-1951)
- Albert M. Clark (1947-1949)