Historical List

1806 Tobias E. Stansbury ........ Baltimore
1808 Levin Winder ............ Somerset
1809 Tobias E. Stansbury ........ Baltimore
1812 John C. Herbert ...... Prince George's
1814 Henry H. Chapman ......... Charles
1816 Nicholas Stonestreet ........ Charles
1818 James Brown ......... Queen Anne's
1819 Tobias E. Stansbury ........ Baltimore
1822 William H. Marriott . . . . Anne Arundel
1823 Tobias E. Stansbury ........ Baltimore
1824 William Marriott ....... Anne Arundel
1825 Benedict J. Semmes . . . .Prince George's
1826 James W. McCulloh ....... Baltimore
1828 John G. Chapman .......... Charles
1829 Francis Thomas .......... Frederick
1830 Richard Thomas ......... St. Mary's
1833 Thomas Wright ........ Queen Anne's
1834 William J. Blackistone ..... St. Mary's
1835 Benjamin L. Gantt . . . .Prince George's
1837 William H. Tuck ...... Prince George's
1838 Charles Sterret Ridgely .. Anne Arundel
1839 James W. Williams ......... Harford
1839 Charles Sterret Ridgely . . Anne Arundel
1841 John Carroll LeGrand . . .Baltimore City
1842 Daniel S. Biser ........... Frederick
1843 William H. Watson Baltimore City
1844 John G. Chapman ..... .Baltimore City
1845 William S. Waters ......... Somerset
1846 John P. Kennedy .......... Baltimore
1847 William J. Blackistone ..... St. Mary's
1850 John R. Franklin ......... .Worcester
1852 Elias Ware .......... .Baltimore City
1854 John F. Dent ........... St. Mary's
1856 William H. Travers .... .Baltimore City
1858 John S. Berry ............ Baltimore
1860 E. G. Kilbourn ....... .Anne Arundel
1861 John S. Berry ............ Baltimore
1864 Thomas H. Kemp .......... Caroline
1865 John M. Frazier ...... .Baltimore City
1867 Oliver Miller .......... Anne Arundel
1868 William A. Stewart .... .Baltimore City
1870 Ferdinand C. Latrobe . . .Baltimore City
1872 Arthur Pue German ........ Howard
1874 Jesse K. Hines .............. Kent
1876 Lewis C. Smith ......... Washington
1878 Fetter S. Hoblitzell .... .Baltimore City
1880 Hiram McCullough ........... Cecil
1882 Otis Keilholtz ........ .Baltimore City
1884 J. Pembroke Thorn .... .Baltimore City
1886 Joseph B. Seth ............. Talbot
1888 George M. Upshur ....... .Worcester
1890 John Hubner ............ Baltimore
1892 Murray Vandiver ........... Harford
1894 James H. Preston ..... .Baltimore City
1896 Sydney E. Mudd ........... Charles
1898 Louis Schaefer ....... .Baltimore City
1900 Lloyd Wilkinson ......... .Worcester
1902 Noble L. Mitchell .......... Harford
1904 Dr. George Y. Everhart ..... Baltimore

Principal Judicial Officers/ /4^>

1906 Carville D. Benson ........ .Baltimore
1908 J. Enos Ray, Jr. ...... Prince George's
1910 Adam Peoples .............. .Cecil
1912 James McC. Trippe .... Baltimore City
1916 Philip D. Laird ........ Montgomery
1917 David G. Mclntosh, Jr. ..... .Baltimore
1918 Herbert R. Wooden ......... Carroll
1920 Millard E. Tydings ......... .Harford
1922 John L. G. Lee ........... .Harford
1924 Francis P. Curtis ...... Baltimore City
1927 E. Brooke Lee ......... Montgomery
1931 Francis A. Michel ..... Baltimore City
1933 T. Barton Harrington . . . Baltimore City
1935 Emanuel Gorfine ...... Baltimore City
1939 Thomas E. Conlon ..... Baltimore City
1944 John S. White ....... Prince George's
1947 C. Ferdinand Sybert ........ .Howard
1951 John C. Luber ........ Baltimore City
1959 Perry 0. Wilkinson .... Prince George's
1963 A. Gordon Boone ........ .Baltimore
1964 Marvin Mandel ....... Baltimore City
1969 Thomas Hunter Lowe ........ .Talbot
1973 John Hanson Briscoe ...... St. Mary's
1979—Benjamin L. Cardin .... Baltimore City

PRINCIPAL JUDICIAL OFFICERS

JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS²⁵

The Court of Appeals originated in the seven-
teenth century. From the early settlement of
Maryland, the General Assembly had sat as a
court of law as well as a legislature. When the
Assembly divided into two houses in 1650, the
Upper House, or Governor and Council, became
the Court of Appeals.
During the Revolution, the Court of Appeals
was reformed by the Constitution of 1776 (sec.
56). Judges were appointed by the Governor with
the advice and consent of the Council (sec. 48).
The Court sat in Annapolison the Western Shore.
By 1805 chief justices of the six judicial districts
of the State constituted the Court of Appeals
(Chapter 55, Acts of 1804). From 1805 to 1851,
the Court sat at Easton on the Eastern Shore as
well as at Annapolis. Judges held their commis-
sions upon good behavior, but couldbe removed
by the Governor with the concurrence of two
thirds of the members of each house.
The Constitution of 1851 provided for a single
Court of Appeals, which sat at Annapolis. Judges
were to be chosen by the electorate. The Court
consisted of four justices, each of whom was
elected from one of four judicial districts. From
the elected justices, the Chief Justice was desig-