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.

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.
William Duffy	1973	1982	–
Maurice A. Hartnett III	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	–
John J. McNeilly Jr.	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	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	2014	present	–
James T. Vaughn Jr.	2014	present	–
E. Norman Veasey	1992	2004	Chief Justice from 1992–2004.
Joseph T. Walsh	1985	2003	–
Daniel F. Wolcott	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.
Jasper Yeats	1707	1710	–
John Healey	1710	1714	–
Richard Birmingham	1714	1717	–
Jasper Yeats	1717	1720	–
John French	1726	1727	–
David Evans	1727	1741	–
Samuel Chew	1741	1743	–
William Till	1743	1745	–
Ryves Holt	1745	1764	–
John Vining	1764	1770	–
Richard McWilliam Jr.	1773	1777	–

Chief justices of the state of Delaware

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service	Notes
William Killen	1777	1793	–
Richard Bassett	1793	1793	–
George Read	1793	1798	–
Kensey Johns	1799	1799	–
James Booth Sr.	1799	1828	–
Thomas Clayton	1828	1830	–
Samuel M. Harrington	1830	1837	–
John M. Clayton	1837	1839	–
Richard H. Bayard	1839	1841	–
James Booth Jr.	1841	1855	–
Samuel M. Harrington	1855	1857	-
Edward Gilpin	1857	1876	–
Joseph P. Comegys	1876	1893	–
Charles B. Lore	1893	1909	–
James Pennewell	1909	1933	–
Daniel J. Layton	1933	1945	–
Charles S. Richards	1945	1951	–

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