JUDICIAL · DE · 1945-1951
Daniel J. Layton
Supreme Court Chief Justice · Republican · Delaware
Background
Delaware's Supreme Court Chief Justice 1945–1951: Daniel J. Layton — 6-year tenure. Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Clarence A. Southerland. Same-year political environment (1945): Governor Walter W. Bacon.
Auto-synthesized summary from Officium's indexed fields (tenure, predecessor / successor chain, career arc, FEC matches). Treat as derived metadata, not primary source.
Others who held this office in Delaware
- E. Norman Veasey (1992-2004)
- Andrew G. T. Moore II (1985-1992)
- Daniel L. Herrmann (1973-1985)
- Daniel F. Wolcott (1964-1973)
- Charles L. Terry Jr. (1963-1964)
- Clarence A. Southerland (1951-1963)