The Political Graveyard: Pennsylvania: State Supreme Court

The Political
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Pennsylvania: State Supreme Court

Justices of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, 1767-2002 (May be incomplete!)
Thomas Willing 1767- George Bryan 1780-91 William Bradford 1791-94 Edward Shippen 1791- Thomas Smith 1794-1809 John B. Gibson 1816-27 John Tod 1827- Thomas Burnside 1845- George Chambers 1851 John B. Gibson 1851-53 Walter H. Lowrie 1851-57 George Washington Woodward 1852-67 William Strong 1857- James Thompson 1857- John Meredith Read 1858-72 Daniel Agnew 1863-79 George Sharswood 1868-82 Silas M. Clark 1889-91 Henry Green 1889-99 J. Brewster McCollum 1889-1900 James T. Mitchell 1889-1903 James P. Sterrett 1889-93 Henry W. Williams 1889-96 Christopher Heydrick 1891-92 John Dean 1893-96 Samuel G. Thompson 1893-94 D. Newlin Fell 1894-1910 Robert S. Frazer 1915-36 Emory A. Walling 1917-32 John W. Kephart 1919-40 Alexander Simpson, Jr. 1919-35 William I. Schaffer 1921-43 Robert von Moschzisker 1921-30 Sylvester Baker Sadler 1921-31 George W. Maxey 1930-50 James B. Drew 1931-52 William B. Linn 1932-43 H. Edgar Barnes 1935-40 Horace Stern 1936-56 Marion D. Patterson 1940-43 William M. Parker 1940-43 Allen M. Stearne 1943 Charles Alvin Jones 1945-61 John Cromwell Bell, Jr. 1950-72 Thomas McKeen Chidsey 1950-58 Michael A. Musmanno 1951 Benjamin R. Jones 1957- Michael J. Eagen 1960- William D. Hutchinson 1982-87 John A. Maher 1996- Ron Castille 2002

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1791 Jan 27: George Bryan, died in office.

1891 Nov 21: Silas M. Clark, died in office.

1893 Mar 3: Samuel G. Thompson, appointed.

1916 Nov 7: Emory A. Walling, elected; Charles Palmer, defeated.

1918 Nov 5: John W. Kephart, elected; Alexander Simpson, Jr., elected; Charles B. Lenahan, defeated; Edward J. Fox, defeated; Edwin M. Abbott, defeated; Joseph W. Bouton, defeated; Joseph J. Kintner, defeated; Henry Budd, defeated; Augustus V. Dively, defeated.

1921: Eugene C. Bonniwell (Dem), defeated.

1930 Nov 24: Robert von Moschzisker, resigned; George W. Maxey, appointed.

1931 Mar 1: Sylvester Baker Sadler, died in office.

1931 Sep 28: James B. Drew, appointed.

1935 Jul 24: Alexander Simpson, Jr., died in office.

1935 Aug 12: H. Edgar Barnes, appointed.

1940 Oct 6: H. Edgar Barnes, died in office.

1940 Dec 11: William M. Parker, appointed.

1956 Apr 24: Herbert B. Cohen (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1956 Apr 24: Benjamin R. Jones (Rep), nominated; Henry X. O'Brien (Rep), defeated in primary.

1956 Nov 6: Benjamin R. Jones (Rep), elected; Herbert B. Cohen (Dem), defeated.

1958 Apr 19: Thomas McKeen Chidsey, died in office.

1958 Nov 4: Curtis Bok (Dem), elected; Robert E. Woodside (Rep), defeated.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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