Historical List

1941-1952 Ogle Marbury .... Prince George's
1942-1945 Ridgely P. Melvin . . .Anne Arundel
1942-1951 C. Gus Grason ........ Baltimore
1943-1944 Levin C. Bailey ....... . Wicomico
1943-1944 Rowland K. Adams .Baltimore City
1944 Walter C. Capper ...... .Allegany
1944.1964 William L.
Henderson ....... .Baltimore City
1945-1952 Charles Markell . . . .Baltimore City
1952-1972 Hall Hammond ....... Baltimore
1952-1954 Simon E. Sobeloff . . .Baltimore City
1954-1964 Frederick W. Brune . .Baltimore City
1956-1966 Stedman Prescott . . . .Montgomery
1957-1968 William R. Homey . . Queen Anne's
1960-1969 Charles C. Marbury Prince George's
1961-1965 C. Ferdinand Sybert Howard
1964-1967 Reuben
Oppenheimer ..... .Baltimore City
1964-1974 Wilson K. Barnes . . .Baltimore City
1965-1974 William J.
McWilliams ....... Anne Arundel
1966-1972 Thomas B. Finan ...... .Allegany
1967-1977 Frederick J.
Singley, Jr. ....... .Baltimore City
1968- Marvin H. Smith ....... Caroline
1969-1982 J. Dudley Digges ....... Charles
1972— Robert C. Murphy ..... Baltimore
1972-1978 Irving A. Levine .... .Montgomery
1974- John C. Eldridge . . . .Anne Arundel
1974-1976 William J.
O'Donnell ....... .Baltimore City
1976-1980 Charles E. Orth, Jr. . .Baltimore City
1977- Harry A. Cole .... .Baltimore City
1979- Rita C. Davidson . . . .Montgomery
1980- Lawrence F.
Rodowsky ....... .Baltimore City
1982- James F. Couch, Jr. . Prince George's

CHIEF JUDGES OF THE COURT OF
APPEALS

1778-1806 ............ Benjamin Rumsey
1806-1824 ....... .Jeremiah Townley Chase
1824-1844 .............. John Buchanan
1844-1848 ............ .Stevenson Archer
1848-1851 ......... .Thomas Beale Dorsey
1851-1861 ......... John Carroll LeGrand
1861-1867 .......... Richard Johns Bowie
1867-1883 ........ .James Lawrence Bartol
1883-1893 ......... .Richard Henry Alvey
1893-1896 ........ John Mitchell Robinson
1896-1907 ............. James McSherry
1907-1924 ......... .Andrew Hunter Boyd
1924-1943 ............. .Carroll T. Bond
1943-1944 ............. D. Lindley Sloan
1944-1952 ............... Ogle Marbury
1952 ............. .Charles Markell
1952-1954 ............ Simon E. Sobeloff
1954-1964 ........... Frederick W. Brune

Judges of the Court of Special Appeals/747

1964 .......... William L. Henderson
1964-1966 ............. Stedman Prescott
1966-1972 .............. Hall Hammond
1972— ............ Robert C. Murphy

CLERKS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

The position of Clerk of the Court of Appeals
was authorized in 1780 (Chapter 23, Acts of
March Session 1780). The Clerk was appointed
by the judges of the Court. Under the several
acts reorganizing the judiciary of Maryland in
1806, the Court of Appeals held separate terms
for the Western Shore and the Eastern Shore, and
a clerk was appointed for each shore (Chapter 55,
Acts of 1804; Chapters 16, 65, Acts of 1805).
Since the adoption of the Constitution of 1851,
the Court of Appeals has held its sessions at An-
napolis only and has had only one Clerk of
Court. From 1851, the clerk held office for six
years and could be reappointed (Const. 1851,
Art. 4, sec. 3). In 1867 the Clerk's office became
elective (Const. 1867, Art. 4, sec. 17). Clerks were
chosen by the qualified voters of the State. In
1939 the office again became appointive and with-
out limited term (Chapter 40, Acts of 1939).

1781-1784 .............. David Bradford
1784-1794 ........... Thomas D. Merrick
1795-1805 ............. Burton Whetcroft
1806-1814 .... James Earle, Jr., Eastern Shore
1806-1829 . Thomas Harris, Jr., Western Shore
1814-1835 ..... James Parrott, Eastern Shore
1829-1836 .... .John Johnson, Western Shore
1836-1842 . . Thomas C. Nicols, Eastern Shore
1836-1851 . . . Richard W. Gill, Western Shore
1842-1851 .... H. E. Bateman, Eastern Shore
1851-1852 .............. Richard W. Gill
1852-1863 ............ William A. Spencer
1863-1867 ................ George Earle
1867-1879 ............. James S. Franklin
1879-1891 ............. .Spencer C. Jones
1891-1897 ............. John Frank Ford
1897-1900 ........... Allan D. Rutherford
1900-1904 ............. John Frank Ford
1901 .............. J. Frank Turner
1901-1907 .............. .Thomas Parran
1907-1923 ............ Caleb C. Magruder
1923 .............. Luther H. Gadd
1923-1942 ............. .James A. Young
1942-1957 ................ Maurice Og]e
1957-1971 .............. J. Lloyd Young
1971— ........... James H. Norris, Jr.

JUDGES OF THE COURT OF SPECIAL
APPEALS

The Court of Special Appeals was created in
1966 by constitutional amendment (Chapters 11,