Preceded by Linda Copple Trout | Spouse(s) Carolyn Minder Name Joel Horton | |
Alma mater University of Washington (1982)
University of Idaho (J.D. 1985) Education University of Washington, University of Idaho College of Law | ||
Appointed by Governor Butch Otter | ||
Joel David Horton (born October 30, 1959) is a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, a member since 2007.
Born in Nampa, Idaho, Horton lived in Lewiston as a youth and later in Boise; he graduated from Borah High School in Boise in 1977. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle and received a B.A. in political science in 1982. Horton then attended the University of Idaho in Moscow and received his J.D. from its College of Law in 1985.
Horton was appointed by Governor Butch Otter in September 2007 to fill the vacancy of the retiring Linda Copple Trout. He narrowly retained his seat in the statewide election (50.1%) in May 2008, but was re-elected by a wide margin (65.8%) six years later in 2014.
References
Joel D. Horton Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA