JUDICIAL · OR · 1985-1991
Edwin J. Peterson
Supreme Court Chief Justice · Republican · Oregon
Background
Edwin J. Peterson occupied the Supreme Court Chief Justice office in Oregon for 6 years (1985–1991). Took office after Berkeley Lent; succeeded by Wallace P. Carson Jr.. Same-year political environment (1985): Governor Vic Atiyeh.
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Others who held this office in Oregon
- Wallace P. Carson Jr. (1991-2005)
- Berkeley Lent (1983-1985)
- Arno H. Denecke (1976-1982)
- Kenneth J. O'Connell (1969-1976)
- William M. McAllister (1965-1969)
- William C. Perry (1963-1965)
- James W. Crawford (1961-1962)
- Walter L. Tooze (1959-1961)
- E. M. Page (1957-1959)
- Harold J. Warner (1955-1957)
- Earl C. Latourette (1953-1955)
- Hall S. Lusk (1951-1953)
- James T. Brand (1949-1951)