HISTORICAL LIST
JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY |
No. |
Dates of Service |
Judge |
Title(s) |
1 |
January 17, 1791 - April 19, 1807 |
James Tilghman |
Chief Judge, County Courts of the Second District
(1/17/1791 - 6/8/1806)
Chief Judge, Second Judicial District
of the County Courts
(6/9/1806 - 4/19/1809)
Associate Judge, Court of Appeals
(6/9/1806 - 4/19/1809) |
2 |
May 20, 1809 - June 6, 1834 |
Richard Tilghman Earle |
Chief Judge, Second Judicial Circuit
(5/20/1809 - 6/6/1834)
Associate Judge, Court
of Appeals
(5/20/1809 - 6/6/1834) |
3 |
October 25, 1826 - March 28, 1858 |
Philemon B. Hopper |
Resident Judge, Queen Anne's County Court
(10/25/1826 - 12/17/1851)
Resident Judge,
Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(12/18/1851 - 3/28/1858) |
4 |
1858 - 1864 |
Richard Bennett Carmichael |
Associate Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit (Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot
and Caroline Counties)
(1858 - 1864) (1) |
5 |
December 3, 1864 - January 14, 1896 |
John Mitchell Robinson |
Associate Judge, Tenth Judicial Circuit
(12/3/1864 - 11/29/1867)
Chief Judge, Second
Judicial Circuit
(11/30/1867 - 1/14/1896)
Chief Judge, Court of Appeals
(5/1/1893 - 1/14/1896) |
6 |
October 7, 1901 - March 25, 1906 |
Edwin H. Brown |
Resident Judge, Circuit for Queen Anne's County
(10/7/1901 - 3/25/1906) |
7 |
July 31, 1907 - September 14, 1922 |
Philemon B. Hopper |
Resident Judge, Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(7/31/1907 - 9/14/1922) |
8 |
September 30, 1922 - January 22, 1942 |
Thomas J. Keating |
Resident Judge, Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(9/30/1922 - 1/22/1942) |
9 |
January 24, 1942 - May 11, 1968 |
William R. Horney |
Resident Judge, Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(1/24/1942 - 11/4/1957)
Chief Judge, Second Judicial Circuit
(1/27/1949 - 11/4/1957)
Associate Judge, Court of Appeals
(11/5/1957 - 5/11/1968) |
10 |
November 20, 1957 - September 7, 1968 |
Thomas J. Keating, Jr. |
Resident Judge, Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(11/20/1957 - 9/7/1968) |
11 |
October 5, 1968 - November 19, 1978 |
B. Hackett Turner |
Resident Judge, Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(10/5/1968 - 11/19/1978) |
12 |
November 24, 1978 - October 15, 1988 |
Clayton C. Carterv(2) |
Resident Judge, Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(11/24/1978 - 10/15/1988)
Chief Judge, Second Judicial Circuit
(5/29/1987 - 10/15/1988) |
13 |
December 15, 1988 - October 13, 2003 |
John William Sause, Jr. |
Resident Judge, Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(12/15/1988 - 10/13/2003)
Chief Judge, Second Judicial Circuit
(3/28/2002 - 10/13/2003) |
|
14 |
January 9, 2004 - |
Thomas G. Ross |
Resident Judge, Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
(1/9/2004 - |
