List of justices of the Delaware Supreme Court
The following is a list of justices of the Delaware Supreme Court. From 1772 to 1950, Delaware did not have appointed Supreme Court justices. Instead, appeals from intermediate appellate determinations were taken to "The High Court of Errors and Appeals" – a panel made up of the state Chancellor, and all judges of the "Supreme Court" and of the Courts of Common Pleas who had not previously been involved with the case; under that system, the sole "Supreme Court" justice was the Chief Justice of Delaware.
In 1950, Delaware created a new state Supreme Court, with three judges appointed by the governor.
Pre-1950 judicial officers[]
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Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Notes |
Richard Birmingham | 1713 | 1717 | Chief Justice from 1714–1717 |
Berkeley Codd | 1710 | after 1723 | – |
1690 | 1699 | – | |
Jehu Curtis | 1743 | 1753 | – |
1746 | 1755 | – |
Post-1950 judicial officers[]
Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Notes |
Carolyn Berger | 1994 | 2014 | – |
Howard W. Bramhall | 1954 | 1962 | – |
James B. Carey | 1963 | 1974 | – |
Andrew D. Christie | 1983 | 1992 | Chief Justice from 1985–1992. |
1973 | 1982 | – | |
1994 | 2000 | - | |
Daniel L. Herrmann | 1965 | 1985 | Chief Justice from 1973–1985. |
Randy J. Holland | 1986 | 2017 | – |
Henry R. Horsey | 1978 | 1994 | – |
Jack B. Jacobs | 2003 | 2014 | – |
1974 | 1986 | – | |
Tamika Montgomery–Reeves | 2019 | present | - |
Andrew G. T. Moore II | 1982 | 1994 | – |
William T. Quillen | 1978 | 1983 | – |
Henry du Pont Ridgely | 2004 | 2015 | – |
Collins J. Seitz Jr. | 2015 | present | Chief Justice from 2019–present. |
Clarence A. Southerland | 1951 | 1963 | Chief Justice from 1951–1963. |
Myron T. Steele | 2000 | 2014 | Chief Justice from 2004–2014. |
Leo Strine[1] | 2014 | 2019 | Chief Justice from 2014–2019 |
Charles L. Terry Jr. | 1962 | 1964 | Chief Justice from 1963–1964. |
Gary Traynor | 2017 | present | – |
James M. Tunnell Jr. | 1951 | 1954 | – |
Karen L. Valihura[2] | 2014 | present | – |
James T. Vaughn Jr.[3] | 2014 | present | – |
E. Norman Veasey | 1992 | 2004 | Chief Justice from 1992–2004. |
Joseph T. Walsh | 1985 | 2003 | – |
1951 | 1973 | Chief Justice from 1964–1973. |
Chief justices of the High Court of Errors and Appeals[]
Colonial chief justices of the Supreme Court of the Lower Counties[]
Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Notes |
William Clarke | 1684 | 1707 | Also a Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. |
1707 | 1710 | – | |
1710 | 1714 | – | |
Richard Birmingham | 1714 | 1717 | – |
1717 | 1720 | – | |
John French | 1726 | 1727 | – |
1727 | 1741 | – | |
Samuel Chew | 1741 | 1743 | – |
William Till | 1743 | 1745 | – |
Ryves Holt | 1745 | 1764 | – |
1764 | 1770 | – | |
1773 | 1777 | – |
Chief justices of the state of Delaware[]
Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Notes |
1777 | 1793 | – | |
Richard Bassett | 1793 | 1793 | – |
George Read | 1793 | 1798 | – |
Kensey Johns | 1799 | 1799 | – |
James Booth Sr. | 1799 | 1828 | – |
Thomas Clayton | 1828 | 1830 | – |
1830 | 1837 | – | |
John M. Clayton | 1837 | 1839 | – |
Richard H. Bayard | 1839 | 1841 | – |
James Booth Jr. | 1841 | 1855 | – |
1855 | 1857 | - | |
1857 | 1876 | – | |
Joseph P. Comegys | 1876 | 1893 | – |
Charles B. Lore | 1893 | 1909 | – |
1909 | 1933 | – | |
Daniel J. Layton | 1933 | 1945 | – |
1945 | 1951 | – |
References[]
- ^ Leo Strine
- ^ Karen Valihura
- ^ "James Vaughn Jr". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
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