Associate Justice Peterson was reelected to a third term. Peterson resigned on May 11, 1950 to run for the DFL nomination for Governor. Governor Luther Youngdahl appointed Theodore Christianson, Jr. to fill the vacancy on May 15, 1950. Christianson was an attorney from St. Paul and son of former state Representative, Governor, and U.S. Representative, Theodore Christianson, Sr.
Matson was an attorney from Minneapolis.
Associate Justice Magney was reelected to a second term. Magney was appointed to the Court by Governor Edward Thye on June 24, 1943 following the resignation of Associate Justice Clifford Hilton on May 1, 1943. Magney was a resident of Duluth, former Mayor of Duluth, and Eleventh Judicial District Judge (1921-1943).
Peterson was an attorney from Long Prairie, former Todd County Attorney, Minnesota Liquor Control Commissioner, nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1942, DFL candidate for Attorney General in 1950, and DFL candidate for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1952.
Johnson was an attorney from Wayzata, former state Representative (HD 36, 1933-1935), and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1954.
Enger was a resident of Austin, municipal judge, and candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1942.