List of justices of the Delaware Supreme Court explained

The following is a list of justices of the Delaware Supreme Court. From 1772 to 1950, Delaware did not have appointed Supreme Court justices. Instead, appeals from intermediate appellate determinations were taken to "The High Court of Errors and Appeals" – a panel made up of the state Chancellor, and all judges of the "Supreme Court" and of the Courts of Common Pleas who had not previously been involved with the case; under that system, the sole "Supreme Court" justice was the chief justice of Delaware.

In 1950, Delaware created a new state Supreme Court, with three judges appointed by the governor.

Colonial Supreme Court of the Lower Counties

Chief justices

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service	Notes
	1684	1707	Also a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
	1707	1710	–
	1710	1714	–
	1714	1717	–
	1717	1720	–
	1726	1727	–
	1727	1741	–
	1741	1743	–
	1743	1745	–
	1745	1764	–
	1764	1770	–
	1773	1777	–

Associate justices

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service	Notes
	1690	1699	–
	1710	after 1723	–
	1713	1717	Chief Justice from 1714 to 1717
	1743	1753	–
	1746	1755	–

Chief justices of the High Court of Errors and Appeals (1777–1951)

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
	1777	1793
	1793	1793
	1793	1798
	1799	1799
	1799	1828
	1828	1830
	1830	1837
	1837	1839
	1839	1841
	1841	1855
	1855	1857
	1857	1876
	1876	1893
	1893	1909
	1909	1933
	1933	1945
	1945	1951

Justices of the Delaware Supreme Court (1951–present)

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service	Term as chief justice
	1951	1963	1951–1963
	1951	1954
	1951	1973	1964–1973
	1954	1962
	1962	1964	1963–1964
	1963	1974
	1965	1985	1973–1985
	1973	1982
	1974	1986
	1978	1994
	1978	1983
	1982	1994
	1983	1992	1985–1992
	1986	2017
	1985	2003
	1992	2004	1992–2004
	1994	2014
	1994	2000
	2000	2014	2004–2014
	2003	2014
	2004	2015
	2014	2019	2014–2019
	2014	present
	2014	2023
	2015	present	2019–present
	2017	present
	2019	2023
	2023	present
	2023	present

References

• History of the Delaware Supreme Court
• Henry R. Horsey and William Duffy, The Supreme Court of Delaware After 1951: The Separate Supreme Court
• Delaware Chief Justices – Leaders of the Judicial Branch
• Delaware State Courts – Judges who have served on the Superior Court bench