Justices of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, 1767-2002
(May be incomplete!)
Thomas
Willing as of 1767
George
Bryan 1780-91
William
Bradford as of 1791-94
Edward
Shippen 1791
Thomas
Smith 1794-1809
John
B. Gibson as of 1816-27
John
Tod 1827
John
Ross 1830-34
Thomas
Burnside 1845-51
George
Chambers as of 1851
John
B. Gibson as of 1851-53
Walter
H. Lowrie as of 1851-57
George
Washington Woodward as of 1852-67
James
Armstrong as of 1857
William
Strong 1857-68
James
Thompson 1857
Gaylord
Church as of 1858
John
M. Read as of 1858-72
Daniel
Agnew as of 1863-79
George
Sharswood 1868-82
Silas
M. Clark 1889-91
Henry
Green as of 1889-99
J.
Brewster McCollum 1889-1900
James
T. Mitchell as of 1889-1903
James
P. Sterrett 1889-93
Henry
W. Williams as of 1889-96
Christopher
Heydrick 1891-92
John
Dean 1893-96
Samuel
G. Thompson 1893-94
D.
Newlin Fell 1894-1910
J.
Hay Brown as of 1899-1921
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
A. Jones as of 1945-61
John
C. Bell, Jr. as of 1950-72
Thomas
McKeen Chidsey 1950-58
Michael
A. Musmanno as of 1951
Herbert
B. Cohen 1957-70
Benjamin
R. Jones 1957-
Michael
J. Eagen 1960-
Robert
N. C. Nix, Jr. 1971-96
William
D. Hutchinson as of 1982-87
John
A. Maher 1996
Ron
Castille as of 2002
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1791 Jan 27:
George
Bryan, died in office.
1809 Mar 31:
Thomas
Smith, died in office.
1851 Mar 25:
Thomas
Burnside, died in office.
1857:
Joseph
J. Lewis (Rep), defeated.
1868:
William
Strong, resigned.
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 4:
George
W. Maxey (Rep), elected;
Henry
C. Niles (Dem), defeated;
John
W. Slayton (Socialist), defeated;
Charlotte
F. Jones (Communist), defeated;
Charles
Palmer (Prohibition), 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.
1932 Apr 26:
Edward
C. Higbee (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1932 Apr 26:
William
B. Linn (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1932 Apr 26:
Charles
Palmer (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1932 Apr 26:
John
W. Slayton (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1932 Nov 8:
William
B. Linn (Rep & Liberal), elected;
Edward
C. Higbee (Dem), defeated;
John
W. Slayton (Socialist), defeated;
Charles
Palmer (Prohibition), defeated;
Charlotte
F. Jones (Communist), defeated.
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), elected.
1958 Apr 19:
Thomas
McKeen Chidsey, died in office.
1958 Nov 4:
Curtis
Bok (Dem), elected;
Robert
E. Woodside (Rep), defeated.
1962 Nov 6:
Samuel
J. Roberts (Rep), elected;
Earl
S. Keim (Dem), defeated.
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