The Minnesota Supreme Court has long had a tradition of commissioning formal portraits of its Chief Justices. However, for some reason, there were four chief justices whose portraits could not be found in the collection.

In order to rectify these omissions, the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society engaged St. Paul based artist Merry DeCourcy to paint the portraits of Lafayette Emmett, Charles Loring, John P. Davaney, and Henry M. Gallagher.  Ms. DeCourcy has a national reputation as an artist and is particularly well known for her exquisite portraits.

MSCHS formally presented the portraits to the Minnesota Supreme Court in a special ceremony on April 22, 2010.

To learn more about the four chief justices, read these memorials from Testimony: