Historical List of Judges

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	January 1864–December 3, 1864	James Barroll Ricaud	Resident Judge Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County (1861-1864)
6	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)
7	October 7, 1901– March 25, 1906	Edwin H. Brown	Resident Judge Circuit for Queen Anne's County (10/7/1901 - 3/25/1906)
8	July 31, 1907– September 14, 1922	Philemon B. Hopper	Resident Judge Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County (7/31/1907 - 9/14/1922)
9	September 30, 1922– January 22, 1942	Thomas J. Keating	Resident Judge Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County (9/30/1922 - 1/22/1942)
10	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)
11	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)
12	October 5, 1968– November 19, 1978	B. Hackett Turner	Resident Judge Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County (10/5/1968 - 11/19/1978)
13	November 24, 1978– October 15, 1988	Clayton C. Carter²	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)
14	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)
15	January 9, 2004– October 31, 2019	Thomas G. Ross	Resident Judge Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County (1/9/2004 -10/31/2019 ) Chief Judge Second Judicial Circuit (3/1/2016 - 10/31/2019) Administrative Judge Second Judicial Circuit (3/7/2009 - 10/17/2017)
16	January 15, 2020–	C. Lynn Knight	County Administrative Judge Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County (01/15/2020 - )

¹ Presiding Officer of the Constitutional Convention of 1867.

² Administrative Judge, Third District, District Court of Maryland for Queen Anne's County (7/6/1971 – 11/24/1978).