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.

Colonial Supreme Court of the Lower Counties Chief justices JudgeBegan activeserviceEnded activeserviceNotes 1684 1707 Also a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. 1707 1710 – 1710 1714 – 1714 1717 – 1717 1720 – 1726 1727 – 1727 1741 – 1741 1743 – 1743 1745 – 1745 1764 – 1764 1770 – 1773 1777 –

Associate justices

JudgeBegan activeserviceEnded activeserviceNotes 1690 1699 – 1710 after 1723 – 1713 1717 Chief Justice from 1714 to 1717 1743 1753 – 1746 1755 –

Chief justices of the High Court of Errors and Appeals (1777–1951) JudgeBegan activeserviceEnded activeservice 1777 1793 1793 1793 1793 1798 1799 1799 1799 1828 1828 1830 1830 1837 1837 1839 1839 1841 1841 1855 1855 1857 1857 1876 1876 1893 1893 1909 1909 1933 1933 1945 1945 1951

Justices of the Delaware Supreme Court (1951–present) JudgeBegan activeserviceEnded activeserviceTerm as chief justice 1951 1963 1951–1963 1951 1954 1951 1973 1964–1973 1954 1962 1962 1964 1963–1964 1963 1974 1965 1985 1973–1985 1973 1982 1974 1986 1978 1994 1978 1983 1982 1994 1983 1992 1985–1992 1986 2017 1985 2003 1992 2004 1992–2004 1994 2014 1994 2000 2000 2014 2004–2014 2003 2014 2004 2015 2014 2019 2014–2019 2014 2026 2014 2023 2015 present 2019–present 2017 present 2019 2023 2023 present 2023 present 2026 present

References

History of the Delaware Supreme Court Henry R. Horsey and William Duffy, The Supreme Court of Delaware After 1951: The Separate Supreme Court Delaware Chief Justices – Leaders of the Judicial Branch Delaware State Courts – Judges who have served on the Superior Court bench