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12, Acts of 1966). Originally, there were five
judges, each elected from a special appellate cir-
cuit. In 1970 special appellate circuits were
abolished and one judge was then elected from
each of the first five Appellate Judicial Circuits,
two from the sixth Appellate Judicial Circuit rep-
resenting Baltimore City, and two from the State
at large (Chapter 99, Acts of 1970). The number
of judges has increased several times: from five to
nine in 1970, from nine to ten in 1972 (Chapter
361, Acts of 1972), from ten to twelve in 1974
(Chapter 706, Acts of 1974), and from twelve to
thirteen in 1977 (Chapter 252, Acts of 1977).
Currently, six of the thirteen judges are elected
from the State at large.
1967-1982 Charles Awdry
Thompson .......... Dorchester
1967-1972 Robert C. Murphy ..... Baltimore
1967-1972 Thomas M. Anderson .Montgomery
1967-1983 James C.
Morton, Jr. ....... Anne Arundel
1967-1976 Charles E. Orth, Jr. . .Baltimore City
1970- Charles E.
Moylan, Jr. ...... .Baltimore City
1970-1977 Jerrold V. Powers . . Prince George's
1971-1973 J. DeWeese Carter ...... Caroline
1971- Richard P. Gilbert . .Baltimore City
1972-1977 W. Albert Menchine .... Baltimore
1972-1973 Alfred L. Scanlan . . . .Montgomery
1972-1979 Rita C. Davidson . . . .Montgomery
1973-1982 John P. Moore ..... .Montgomery
1973- Thomas Hunter Lowe ..... Talbot
1974- David T. Mason . . . -Baltimore City
1974-1981 RidgelyP.
Melvin, Jr. ........ Anne Arundel
1976- Solomon Liss ..... .Baltimore City
1977-1982 James F.
Couch, Jr. ....... Prince George's
1977- Alan Wilner ...... .Baltimore City
1978-1982 H. Kemp MacDaniel .... Baltimore
1979- Edward 0. Weant, Jr. Carroll
1981- John J. Bishop, Jr. ..... Baltimore
1982- John J. Garrity .... Prince George's
1982- William H. Adkins II Talbot
1982- Paul E. Alpert ........ Baltimore
CHIEF JUDGES OF THE COURT OF
SPECIAL APPEALS
The Chief Judge of the Court of Special Ap-
peals is chosen by the Governor from among
those judges elected to the Court (Chapters 11,
12, Acts of 1966).
1967-1972 ........... -Robert C. Murphy
1972-1976 ........... Charles E. Orth, Jr.
1976- ............ Richard P. Gilbert
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Principal Officers of Maryland
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
The office of Attorney General was established
by the Constitution of 1776, sec. 48. The Attor-
ney General was appointed by the Governor with
the advice and consent of the Governor's Coun-
cil. In 1817 the office was abolished by constitu-
tional amendment (Chapter 247, Acts of 1816,
ratified Oct. 1817). In 1818 the General Assem-
bly recreated the office by statute (Chapter 146,
Acts of 1817). By 1851 the Attorney General's
duties were fulfilled by the State's Attorney
(Const. 1851, Art. 5, sec. 3). The office was
reestablished by the Constitution of 1864 (Art. 5,
sec. 1). The Attorney General was elected by the
eligible voters of the State for a four-year term.
To be eligible for office, he was required to have
resided and practiced law in the State for seven
years. By the 1867 Constitution the residency and
law practice requirements were raised to ten years
(Art. 5, sec. 4).
1778 ................... Luther Martin
1805 .................. William Pinkney
1806 .............. John Thomson Mason
1806 .................... John Johnson
1811 ................ .John Montgomery
1818 .................. Luther Martin26
1822 .............. Thomas Beale Dorsey
1824 .................... Thomas Kell
1827 ............... Roger Brooke Taney
1831 .................... Josiah Bayly
1846 ............. .George R. Richardson
1851 ................. Robert J. Brent27
1865 ................ Alexander Randall
1867 ................... Isaac D. Jones
1871 ................ Andrew K. Syester
1875 .............. .Charles J. M. Gwinn
1883 ............. .Charles Boyle Roberts
1887 ............. William Pinkney Whyte
1891 .....................John P. Poe
1895 ............... .Harry M. Clabaugh
1899 ............. .George R. Gaither, Jr.
1899 ................... .Isidor Rayner
1903 ............... William S. Bryan, Jr.
1907 ................ Isaac Lobe Strauss
1911 ................. -Edgar Allan Poe
1915 ................. Albert C. Ritchie
1918 ................... Ogle Marbury
1919 .............. Alexander Armstrong
1923 .............. Thomas H. Robinson
1930 ............. .Wm. Preston Lane, Jr.
1934 ............... Herbert R. O'Conor
1938 ................. William C. Walsh
26 During the physical incapacity of Luther Martin, 1820-22, the
governor appointed Nathaniel Williams, Assistant Attorney
General, to act as Attorney General.
27 The office of Attorney General was abolished by the Consti-
tution of 1851 but was reestablished by the Constitution of
1864 (Art. V, Sec. 1).
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