List of justices of the Delaware Supreme Court

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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[]

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[]

  1. ^ Leo Strine
  2. ^ Karen Valihura
  3. ^ "James Vaughn Jr". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
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