List of justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EstablishedMay 22, 1722 (1722-05-22)
(1684 as Provincial Court)
LocationHarrisburg
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Composition methodpartisan election with "Yes/No" retention vote at end-of-term
Authorized byConstitution of Pennsylvania
Judge term length10 years
Number of positions7
WebsitePennsylvania Supreme Court website
Chief Justice
CurrentlyDebra Todd
SinceOctober 1, 2022 (2022-10-01)
List of justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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Harrisburg
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Court locations

Current Bench edit

Name Born Joined Party when first elected Retention Year of next retention election Reaches age 75 Immediate prior position

Debra Todd
Chief Justice

(1957-10-15) October 15, 1957 (age 66) in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania January 7, 2008 Democratic 2017 2027 October 15, 2032 Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2000–2007)
Christine Donohue (1952-12-24) December 24, 1952 (age 71) in Coaldale, Pennsylvania January 4, 2016 Democratic First term 2025 December 24, 2027 Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2008–2015)
Kevin Dougherty (1962-05-19) May 19, 1962 (age 61) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 4, 2016 Democratic First term 2025 May 19, 2037 Judge, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (2001–2015)
David Wecht (1962-05-20) May 20, 1962 (age 61) in Baltimore, Maryland January 4, 2016 Democratic First term 2025 May 20, 2037 Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2012–2015)
Sallie Updyke Mundy (1962-06-29) June 29, 1962 (age 61) in Elmira, New York July 21, 2016[note 1] Republican First term 2027 June 29, 2037 Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2010–2016)
P. Kevin Brobson (1970-11-26) November 26, 1970 (age 53) in Mountoursville, Pennsylvania January 3, 2022 Republican First term 2031 November 26, 2045 Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (2010-2021)
Daniel McCaffery (1964-07-20) July 20, 1964 (age 59) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 2, 2024 Democratic First term 2030 July 20, 2039 Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2020–2024)

Complete list of justices edit

Following is a complete list of justices:[1]

 
C.J Logan
 
C.J. Allen
 
C.J. Chew
 
J. Willing
 
C.J. McKean
 
C.J. Shippen
 
C.J. Tilghman
 
C.J. Gibson
 
C.J. Lewis
 
C.J. Lowrie
 
J. Strong
 
C.J. Woodward
 
C.J. Agnew
 
C.J. Sharswood
 
C.J. Mercur
 
C.J. Paxon
 
C.J. Sterrett
 
C.J. McCollum
 
C.J. Fell
 
C.J. Brown
 
C.J. Schaffer
 
C.J. Eagen
Justice Joined court Chief Justice
William Welsh 1684
William Crispin 1681
William Wood 1684
Robert Turner 1684
John Eckley 1684
Nicholas More 1684 1684
William Clarke 1684 1703–04
James Clapoole 1685
Arthur Cooke 1685 1686–90
John Simcock 1686 1690–1701
James Harrison 1686
John Cann 1686
Joseph Growden 1690 1707–18
Thomas Wynne 1690
Griffith Jones 1690
Edward Blake 1690
William Salway 1693
Anthony Morris 1694
Cornelius Empston 1697
Edward Shippen 1698
William Biles 1699
Robert French 1701
Caleb Pusey 1701
Thomas Masters 1701
Samuel Finney 1701
John Guest 1701 1701–03, 1704, 1705–06
Jasper Yeates 1704
William Trent 1704
Roger Mompesson 1706 1706–07
Richard Hill 1711
Jonathan Dickinson 1711
George Roche 1715
Robert Assheton 1716
David Lloyd 1717 1718–31
Jeremiah Langhorne 1726 1739–42
Thomas Graeme 1731
James Logan 1731 1731–39
Thomas Griffitts 1739
William Till 1743
Lawrence Growden 1750
Caleb Cowpland 1750
William Allen 1750 1750–74
William Coleman 1758
Alexander Steadman 1764
John Lawrence 1767
Thomas Willing 1767
John Morton 1774
Benjamin Chew 1774 1774–77
William Augustus Atlee 1777
John Evans 1777
Thomas McKean 1777 1777–99
George Bryan 1780
Jacob Rush 1784
Edward Shippen IV 1791 1799–1806
Jasper Yeates 1791
William Bradford 1791
Thomas Smith 1794
Hugh Henry Brackenridge 1800
William Tilghman 1806 1806–27
John Bannister Gibson 1816 1827–51
Thomas Duncan 1817
Morton Cropper Rogers 1826
Charles Huston 1826
John Tod 1827
Frederick Smith 1828
John Ross 1830
John Kennedy 1830
Thomas Sergeant 1834
Thomas Burnside 1845
Richard Coulter 1846
Thomas S. Bell 1846
George Chambers 1851
Ellis Lewis 1851 1854–57
Walter H. Lowrie 1851 1857–63
George Washington Woodward 1852 1863–67
John C. Knox 1853
Jeremiah S. Black 1851 1851–54
James Armstrong 1857
James Thompson 1857 1867–72
William Strong 1857
William A. Porter 1858
Gaylord Church 1858
John M. Read 1858 1872–73
Daniel Agnew 1863 1873–79
George Sharswood 1867 1879–83
Henry W. Williams 1868
1887
Ulysses Mercur 1872 1883–87
Isaac G. Gordon 1873 1887–89
Edward M. Paxson 1875 1889–93
Warren I. Woodward 1875
James P. Sterrett 1877 1893–1900
John Trunkey 1877
Henry Green 1879 1900
Silas M. Clark 1882
Alfred Hand 1888
J. Brewster McCollum 1888 1900–03
James T. Mitchell 1888 1903–10
Christopher Heydrick 1891
John Dean 1892
Samuel Gustine Thompson 1893
D. Newlin Fell 1894 1910–15
J. Hay Brown 1899 1915–21
S. L. Mestrezat 1899
William P. Potter 1899
John P. Elkin 1905
John Stewart 1905
Robert von Moschzisker 1910 1921–30
Robert S. Frazer 1915 1930–36
Emory A. Walling 1916
Alexander Simpson Jr. 1918
Edward J. Fox 1918
John W. Kephart 1919 1936–40
Sylvester B. Sadler 1921
William I. Schaffer 1920 1940–43
George W. Maxey 1930 1943–50
James B. Drew 1931 1950–52
William B. Linn 1932
Horace Stern 1936 1952–56
H. Edgar Barnes 1935
Marion D. Patterson 1940
William M. Parker 1941
Allen M. Stearne 1942
Howard W. Hughes 1943
Charles Alvin Jones 1945 1956–61
John C. Bell Jr. 1950 1961–72
Grover C. Ladner 1950
T. McKeen Chidsey 1950
Michael Musmanno 1952
John C. Arnold 1953
Benjamin R. Jones 1957 1972–77
Herbert B. Cohen 1957
Thomas D. McBride 1958
Curtis Bok 1958
Michael J. Eagen 1960 1977–80
Anne X. Alpern 1961
Henry X. O'Brien 1961 1980–83
Earl S. Keim 1962
Samuel J. Roberts 1963 1983–84
Thomas W. Pomeroy Jr. 1968
Alexander F. Barbieri 1971
Robert N. C. Nix Jr. 1972 1984–96
Louis L. Manderino 1972
Israel Packel 1977
Rolf Larsen 1978
John P. Flaherty Jr. 1979 1996–2001
Bruce William Kauffman 1980
Roy Wilkinson Jr. 1981
William D. Hutchinson 1982
James T. McDermott 1982
Stephen Zappala Sr. 1983 2002–03
Nicholas P. Papadakos 1984
Juanita Kidd Stout 1988
Ralph Cappy 1989 2003–08
Frank J. Montemuro Jr. 1992
Ronald D. Castille 1994 2008–14
Russell M. Nigro 1995
Sandra Schultz Newman 1995
Thomas G. Saylor 1998 2015–21
Michael Eakin 2002
William H. Lamb 2003
Max Baer 2004 2021–22
Cynthia Baldwin 2006
James J. Fitzgerald III 2007
Debra Todd 2008 2022–
Seamus McCaffery 2008
Jane Cutler Greenspan 2008
Joan Orie Melvin 2010
Correale Stevens 2013
Christine Donohue 2016
Kevin Dougherty 2016
David Wecht 2016
Sallie Updyke Mundy 2016
Kevin Brobson 2021
Daniel McCaffery 2024

Notes edit

  1. ^ Sallie Updyke Mundy was nominated to fill a vacancy by Governor Tom Wolf and confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2016. She was elected to a full term in 2017.

References edit

  1. ^ "Historical List of Supreme Court Justices". Retrieved August 3, 2021.