640/Maryland Manual

1902 Noble L. Mitchell .............. Harford
1904 Dr. George Y. Everhart .... Baltimore
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

JUDICIAL OFFICERS

JUDGES OF THE COURT OF
APPEALS"

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 Annapolis on 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 commissions upon
good behavior, but could be 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 designat-
ed by the Governor with the advice and consent of
the Senate. Justices served a ten-year term, which
was renewable, and were eligible to serve until age
seventy (Const. 1851, Art. 4, sec. 4).

The 1864 Constitution increased both the num-
ber of judicial districts and the number of justices
from four to five (Const. 1864, Art. 4, sec. 17).
Justices served fifteen-year terms. By the Constitu-
tion of 1867 the number of judicial districts and
justices each were increased from five to eight
(Const. 1867, Art. 4, sec. 14).

In 1944 a reorganization of the Court reduced
the number of justices to five (Chapter 772, Acts of
1943). One judge was elected from each of three
appellate circuits, and two were elected from the
fourth appellate circuit (Baltimore City).

Chapter 11, Acts of 1960, increased Court
membership to seven justices.

1778-1806 Benjamin Rumsey ........ Baltimore
1778-1806 Benjamin Mackall IV Calvert
1778-1806 Thomas Jones ............. Baltimore
1778-1792 Solomon Wright ..... Queen Anne's
1778-1784 James Murray ............ Dorchester
1801-1806 Richard Potts .............. Frederick
1801-1806 Littleton Dennis ........... Somerset
1806-1824 Jeremiah Townley
Chase ................. Anne Arundel
1806-1809 James Tilghman ...... Queen Anne's
1806-1812 William Polk ............... Somerset
1806 Richard Sprigg ..... Prince George's
1806-1817 Joseph Hopper
Nicholson .................. Baltimore
1806-1811 John Mackall
Gantt ................ Prince George's
1806-1844 John Buchanan .......... Washington
1809-1834 Richard Tilghman
Earle ................... Queen Anne's
1811-1821 John Johnson ....... Prince George's
1812-1814 John Done ................. Worcester
1814-1835 William Bond Martin ... Dorchester
1817-1823 Walter Dorsey ............ Baltimore
1822-1844 John Stephen Prince George's
1823-1848 Stevenson Archer ........... Harford
1824-1851 Thomas Beale
Dorsey ................ Anne Arundel
1834-1851 Ezekial Forman Chambers .... Kent
1835-1851 Ara Spence ................ Worcester
1844-1845 William B. Stone ............ Charles
1844—1845 Samuel M. Semmes ....... Allegany