642/Maryland Manual

1806-1824 ............. Jeremiah Townley Chase
1824-1844 ........................ JohnBuchanan
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 Alvcy
1893-1896 .............. John Mitchell Robinson
1896-1907 ...................... James MeSherry
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
1964 ....................... William L. Henderson
1964-1966 ..................... Stedman Prescott
1966-1972 ....................... HallHammond
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 Annapolis 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 without 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 .......................... GeorgeEarle

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 .......................... MauriceOgle
1957-1971 ........................ J. LloydYoung
1971-1983 .................. James H. Norris, Jr.
1983- ................... Alexander L. Cummings

JUDGES OF THE COURT OF
SPECIAL APPEALS

The Court of Special Appeals was created in
1966 by constitutional amendment (Chapters 11,
12, Acts of 1966). Originally, there were five
judges, each elected from a special appellate cir-
cuit. In 1970 special appellate circuits were abol-
ished and one judge was then elected from each of
the first five Appellate Judicial Circuits, two from
the sixth Appellate Judicial Circuit representing
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
1971- 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
1973-1984 Thomas Hunter Lowe ..... Talbot
1974-1983 David T. Mason .. Baltimore City
1974-1981 Ridgely P.
Melvin, Jr. ......... Anne Arundel