Law in Delaware County, Indiana
ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES IN DELAWARE COUNTY, INDIANA
Listed by Dates Served

Prosecuting Attorneys
  • Cyrus Fitch (1827-28)
  • Martin M. Ray (1829)
  • James Perry (1830-31)
  • William J. Brown (1832-36)
  • Samuel W. Parker (1837-38)
  • Jehu T. Elliott (1839)
  • John Brownlee (1839)
  • Jeremiah Smith (1840-41)
  • John M. Wallace (1842-43)
  • John Davis (1844-45)
  • Joseph S. Buckles (1846-47)
  • James H. Swaar (1848-49)
  • William Garver (1850-52)
  • Silas Colgrove (1853-54)
  • Andrew J. Neff (1855)
  • William Brotherton (1856-57)
  • David Nation (1858-59)
  • David Moss (1860-61)
  • John H. Harrison (1862-65)
  • L. W. Gooding (1866-67)
  • D. W. Chambers (1868-72)
  • John W. Ryan (1873-74)
  • Alexander Gullett (1875-76)
  • Albert O. Marsh (1877-78)
  • Josiah E. Mellett (1879-82)
  • T. A. Spence (1883-84)
  • C. L. Medsker (1885-86)
  • Unknown (1887-88)
  • George W. Cromer (1889-90)
  • Joseph G. Leffler (1891-94)
  • Henry L. Hopping (1895-98)
  • Edward M. White (1899-1900)
  • C. W. Dearth (1901-04)
  • Albert E. Needham (1905-06)
  • Albert W. Monroe (1907-08)
  • Harry Long (1909-12)
  • J. Frank Mann (1913-16)
  • Horace G. Murphy (1917-20)
  • Clarence E. Benadum (1921-22)
  • Van L. Ogle (1923-26)
  • Joseph H. Davis (1927-30)
  • Paul E. Leffler (1931-34)
  • Clarence G. Higi (1935-38)
  • Fred Davis (1939-40)
  • Thos. A. Cannon (1941-42)
  • Ralph E. Rector (1943-44)
  • Guy M. Ogle (1945-46)
  • Ray Rector (1947-48)
  • Guy M. Ogle (1949-50)
  • Bernell Mitchell (1951-58)
  • Gene Williams (1959-62)
  • Hugh T. Schuloff (1963-66)
  • Robert E. Robinson (1967-70)
  • David Casterline (1971-74)
  • James B. Jordan (1975-78)
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District Attorneys
  • William Brotherton (1852-53)
  • Henry S. Kelly (1854-55)
  • R. T. St. John (1856-57)
  • J. C. Chipman (1858-59)
  • Thomas J. Hosford (1860-61)
  • Enos L. Watson (1862-63)
  • John J. Hawkins (1864-65)
  • Arthur C. Mellett (1866-67)
  • P. A. B. Kennedy (1868-71)
  • W. H. Lewis (1872)

Superior Court Judges
  • Patrick H. Elliot (1909-10)
  • Robert A. Van Atta (1910-18)
  • Robert F. Murray (1918-34)
  • Claude C. Ball (1935-43)
  • Paul A. Lennington (1943-58)
  • Corbett McClellan, Ct. #1 (1959-66)
  • George S. Koons (1967-70)
  • Mario Pieroni (1971-78)
  • Ralph E. Rector, Ct. #2, (1961-76)

Circuit Court Judges
  • Miles C. Eggleston (1827-29)
  • Charles H. Test (1803-35)
  • Samuel Bigger (1836-38)
  • David Kilgore (1839-45)
  • Jeremiah Smith (1846-52)
  • Joseph Anthony (1853-58)
  • Joseph S. Buckles (1859-69)
  • Joshua H. Mellett (1870-72)
  • John L. Cheney (1873)
  • Silas Colgrove (1873-78)
  • L. J. Monks (1879-85)
  • O. L. Lotz (1885-92)
  • George H. Koons (1893-98)
  • Joseph G. Leffler (1899-1910)
  • Frank Ellis (1910-16)
  • William A. Thompson (1916-22)
  • Clarence W. Dearth (1922-28)
  • L. A. Guthrie (1929-41)
  • Clarence G. Higi (1941-46)
  • Joseph H. Davis (1947-53)
  • Paul E. Leffler (1954-58)
  • Alva Cox (1959-82)

Common Pleas Judges
  • Walter March (1852-55)
  • Henry S. Kelly (1856-59)
  • Jacob M. Haynes (1860-71)
  • John L. Cheney (1872)

Associate Judges
  • John Rees (1827-30)
  • Lewis Rees (1827-30)
  • Samuel McCulloch (1831-34)
  • John Tomlinson (1831-34)
  • William VanMatre (1835-36)
  • William McCormick (1835-36)
  • Eleazer Coffeen (1837-38)
  • William McCormick (1837-38)
  • William McCormick (1837-38)
  • John Richey (1839-40)
  • William McCormick (1839-40)
  • John Richey (1841-48)
  • John Brady (1841-1848)
  • John A. Gilbert (1849-52)
  • John Brady (1849-1852)
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Probate Judges
  • John Reese (1830-31)
  • Lewis Rees (1830-31)
  • S. McCulloch (1831-33)
  • John Tomlinson (1831-33)
  • John Tomlinson (1834-43)
  • Enoch Nation (1844-1851)
  • Samuel Harlan (1852)
Source: Delaware County Records
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