List of justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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EstablishedMay 22, 1722 (1722-05-22)
(1684 as Provincial Court)
Location Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Composition methodpartisan election with "Yes/No" retention vote at end-of-term
Authorized by Constitution of Pennsylvania
Judge term length10 years
Number of positions7
Website Pennsylvania Supreme Court website
Chief Justice
Currently Debra Todd
SinceOctober 1, 2022 (2022-10-01)
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Philadelphia
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Harrisburg
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Pittsburgh
Court locations

Current Bench

NameBornJoinedParty when first electedRetentionYear of next retention electionReaches age 75Immediate prior position

Debra Todd
Chief Justice

October 15, 1957 (age 66) in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania January 7, 2008 Democratic 20172027October 15, 2032Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2000–2007)
Christine Donohue December 24, 1952 (age 71) in Coaldale, Pennsylvania January 4, 2016 Democratic First term2025December 24, 2027Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2008–2015)
Kevin Dougherty May 19, 1962 (age 62) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 4, 2016 Democratic First term2025May 19, 2037Judge, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (2001–2015)
David Wecht May 20, 1962 (age 61) in Baltimore, Maryland January 4, 2016 Democratic First term2025May 20, 2037Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2012–2015)
Sallie Updyke Mundy June 29, 1962 (age 61) in Elmira, New York July 21, 2016 [note 1] Republican First term2027June 29, 2037Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2010–2016)
P. Kevin Brobson November 26, 1970 (age 53) in Mountoursville, Pennsylvania January 3, 2022 Republican First term2031November 26, 2045Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (2010-2021)
Daniel McCaffery July 20, 1964 (age 59) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 2, 2024 Democratic First term2030July 20, 2039Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2020–2024)

Complete list of justices

Following is a complete list of justices: [1]

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C.J Logan
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C.J. Allen
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C.J. Chew
J. Willing Charles Willson Peale - Portrait of Thomas Willing.jpg
J. Willing
C.J. McKean Thomas McKean by Charles Willson Peale.jpg
C.J. McKean
C.J. Shippen Gilbert Stuart, Edward Shippen, 1796, NGA 195775.jpg
C.J. Shippen
C.J. Tilghman Chief Justice William Tilghman Rembrandt Peale.jpg
C.J. Tilghman
C.J. Gibson History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration, (1904) (14804443253).jpg
C.J. Gibson
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C.J. Lewis
C.J. Lowrie Walter H. Lowrie, 1807-1876.jpg
C.J. Lowrie
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J. Strong
C.J. Woodward George Washington Woodward - Brady-Handy.jpg
C.J. Woodward
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C.J. Agnew
C.J. Sharswood John Neagle (1796-1865), Portrait of George Sharswood (1810-1883) (cropped).jpg
C.J. Sharswood
C.J. Mercur Ulysses Mercur - Brady-Handy.jpg
C.J. Mercur
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C.J. Paxon
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C.J. Sterrett
C.J. McCollum J. Brewster McCollum, 1832-1903.jpg
C.J. McCollum
C.J. Fell David Newlin Fell.jpg
C.J. Fell
C.J. Brown Jacob Hay Brown.jpg
C.J. Brown
C.J. Schaffer William Irwin Schaffer, 1867-1953.jpg
C.J. Schaffer
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C.J. Eagen
JusticeJoined court Chief Justice
William Welsh 1684
William Crispin 1681
William Wood 1684
Robert Turner 1684
John Eckley 1684
Nicholas More 16841684
William Clarke 16841703–04
James Clapoole 1685
Arthur Cooke 16851686–90
John Simcock 16861690–1701
James Harrison 1686
John Cann 1686
Joseph Growden 16901707–18
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 17011701–03, 1704, 1705–06
Jasper Yeates 1704
William Trent 1704
Roger Mompesson 17061706–07
Richard Hill 1711
Jonathan Dickinson 1711
George Roche 1715
Robert Assheton 1716
David Lloyd 17171718–31
Jeremiah Langhorne 17261739–42
Thomas Graeme 1731
James Logan 17311731–39
Thomas Griffitts 1739
William Till 1743
Lawrence Growden 1750
Caleb Cowpland 1750
William Allen 17501750–74
William Coleman 1758
Alexander Steadman 1764
John Lawrence 1767
Thomas Willing 1767
John Morton 1774
Benjamin Chew 17741774–77
William Augustus Atlee 1777
John Evans 1777
Thomas McKean 17771777–99
George Bryan 1780
Jacob Rush 1784
Edward Shippen IV 17911799–1806
Jasper Yeates 1791
William Bradford 1791
Thomas Smith 1794
Hugh Henry Brackenridge 1800
William Tilghman 18061806–27
John Bannister Gibson 18161827–51
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 18511854–57
Walter H. Lowrie 18511857–63
George Washington Woodward 18521863–67
John C. Knox 1853
Jeremiah S. Black 18511851–54
James Armstrong 1857
James Thompson 18571867–72
William Strong 1857
William A. Porter 1858
Gaylord Church 1858
John M. Read 18581872–73
Daniel Agnew 18631873–79
George Sharswood 18671879–83
Henry W. Williams 1868
1887
Ulysses Mercur 18721883–87
Isaac G. Gordon 18731887–89
Edward M. Paxson 18751889–93
Warren I. Woodward 1875
James P. Sterrett 18771893–1900
John Trunkey 1877
Henry Green 18791900
Silas M. Clark 1882
Alfred Hand 1888
J. Brewster McCollum 18881900–03
James T. Mitchell 18881903–10
Christopher Heydrick 1891
John Dean 1892
Samuel Gustine Thompson 1893
D. Newlin Fell 18941910–15
J. Hay Brown 18991915–21
S. L. Mestrezat 1899
William P. Potter 1899
John P. Elkin 1905
John Stewart 1905
Robert von Moschzisker 19101921–30
Robert S. Frazer 19151930–36
Emory A. Walling 1916
Alexander Simpson Jr. 1918
Edward J. Fox 1918
John W. Kephart 19191936–40
Sylvester B. Sadler 1921
William I. Schaffer 19201940–43
George W. Maxey 19301943–50
James B. Drew 19311950–52
William B. Linn 1932
Horace Stern 19361952–56
H. Edgar Barnes 1935
Marion D. Patterson 1940
William M. Parker 1941
Allen M. Stearne 1942
Howard W. Hughes 1943
Charles Alvin Jones 19451956–61
John C. Bell Jr. 19501961–72
Grover C. Ladner 1950
T. McKeen Chidsey 1950
Michael Musmanno 1952
John C. Arnold 1953
Benjamin R. Jones 19571972–77
Herbert B. Cohen 1957
Thomas D. McBride 1958
Curtis Bok 1958
Michael J. Eagen 19601977–80
Anne X. Alpern 1961
Henry X. O'Brien 19611980–83
Earl S. Keim 1962
Samuel J. Roberts 19631983–84
Thomas W. Pomeroy Jr. 1968
Alexander F. Barbieri 1971
Robert N. C. Nix Jr. 19721984–96
Louis L. Manderino 1972
Israel Packel 1977
Rolf Larsen 1978
John P. Flaherty Jr. 19791996–2001
Bruce William Kauffman 1980
Roy Wilkinson Jr. 1981
William D. Hutchinson 1982
James T. McDermott 1982
Stephen Zappala Sr. 19832002–03
Nicholas P. Papadakos 1984
Juanita Kidd Stout 1988
Ralph Cappy 19892003–08
Frank J. Montemuro Jr. 1992
Ronald D. Castille 19942008–14
Russell M. Nigro 1995
Sandra Schultz Newman 1995
Thomas G. Saylor 19982015–21
Michael Eakin 2002
William H. Lamb 2003
Max Baer 20042021–22
Cynthia Baldwin 2006
James J. Fitzgerald III 2007
Debra Todd 20082022–
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

  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.

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