Oregon Women Judges Table 2: Appointment v. Election Appointment / Election # of Appoint. Judges Term 1923-27 Gov. Walter M. Pierce 1 Spurlin 1959-67 Gov. Mark Hatfield 1 Lewis 1967-75 Gov. Tom McCall 4 Deiz, Frye, Schlegel, Field 1975-79 Gov. Robert W. Straub 3 Betty Roberts (Appeals), Frankel, Welch 1979-87 Gov. Victor G. Atiyeh 6 Bergman, Smith, Betty Roberts (Supreme), LaMar, Seitz, Deits Campbell, Graber, Aiken (District Ct.), Bergman, Welch, Rosenblum 1987-91 Gov. Neil Goldschmidt 11 (District Ct.), Haslinger, Graber (Appeals), Rhodes, Osborne, Johnson Wilson, Gayle Nachtigal, Anna Brown (District Ct.), Welch, Leeson, Abernethy, Aiken (Circuit Ct.), Rosenblum (Circuit Ct.), Wilson, Carlson, 1991-95 Gov. Barbara Roberts 20 Rhoades, Frantz, Souther Wyatt, Leggert, Brady, Anna Brown (Circuit Ct.), Kurshner, Brownhill, Orf, Bechtold 1995-2003: Frantz, Darling, Henry, Miller, Crain, Holcomb, Linder, Knieps, Leeson, Bearden, Bispham, Svetkey, Patricia A. Sullivan, 1995-2003; Waller, McKnight, Thompson, Tennyson, Fuchs, Maurer // Gov. John Kitzhaber 36 2011-15 2011-15: Hadlock, Wipper, Novotny, Mooney, Love, Holmes-Hein, Allen, Karabeika, Rigmaiden, Ravassipour, Martwick, Lagesen, Simmons, Pellegrini, Beth Roberts, Ostrye, Flynn Lindi Baker, Ortega, James, Burton, Jones, Dailey, Rosenblum (Appeals), Nelson, Cobb, You, Walters, Stuart, You, Trevino, Grant, 2003-2011 Gov. Ted Kulongoski 32 Beaman, Steele, Bachart, Prall, Easterday, Burge, Immergut, Skye, Duncan, Weber, Chanti, Rooke-Ley, Villa-Smith, Hillman, Hampton, Nakamoto (Appeals), Temple 2015- Gov. Kate Brown 5 McIntyre, Nakamoto (Supreme), Janney, Flint, Bottomly 119 Total Appointed by Governors Judges who Moved from Dorothy Baker, Campbell, Haslinger, Osborne, Holland, Carlson, District Court to Circuit Court 14 Wyatt, Leggert, Kurshner, Orf, Bechtold, Darling, Henry, Maurer with 1998 Consolidation Judges who were Elected to Deiz (Circuit Ct.), Kathleen Nachtigal, Dorothy Baker (Dist. Ct.), the position in the first Johnson (Dist. Ct.), Frankel (Circuit Ct.), Holland, Abernethy (Circuit instance. (Others have had Ct.), Upton, Litzenberer, Tripp, Adkisson, Albrecht, Matarazzo, Linder contested elections after (Supreme Ct.), Leslie Roberts, Vogt, Matyas, Norby, Greif, Stauffer, appointment; those are not Avera, Sanders, Bagley, Callahan, Jacquot (effective 1/1/2017), included here.) 27 McIntosh (effective 1/1/2017); Kathleen Johnson (effective 1/1/2017) Magistrates Appointed by Oregon Tax Court Judge 4 Tanner, Weidner, Kimsey, Boomer 164 Total Number of Women who have served in state courts. President Carter 1 Frye President Bill Clinton 3 Aiken, Anna Brown, Graber Magistrates Appointed by 5 Stewart, Sullivan, Beckerman, You, Russo U.S. District Court Bankruptcy Court Judges 3 Higdon, Perris, Trish Brown Appointed by Ninth Circuit 12 Total Number of Women who have served in federal courts..