List of justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania explained

Court Name:	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Established:	(1684 as Provincial Court)
Location:	Harrisburg Pittsburgh Philadelphia
Type:	partisan election with "Yes/No" retention vote at end-of-term
Authority:	Constitution of Pennsylvania
Terms:	10 years
Positions:	7
Chiefjudgetitle:	Chief Justice
Chiefjudgename:	Debra Todd

See main article: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Current Bench

Name	Born	Joined	Party when first elected	Retention	Year of next retention election	Reaches age 75	Immediate prior position
Debra Todd Chief Justice	15 October 1957 in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania	January 7, 2008		Democratic	2017	2027	October 15, 2032	Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2000–2007)
Christine Donohue	24 December 1952 in Coaldale, Pennsylvania	January 4, 2016		Democratic	First term	2025	December 24, 2027	Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2008–2015)
Kevin Dougherty	19 May 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	January 4, 2016		Democratic	First term	2025	May 19, 2037	Judge, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (2001–2015)
David Wecht	20 May 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland	January 4, 2016		Democratic	First term	2025	May 20, 2037	Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2012–2015)
Sallie Updyke Mundy	29 June 1962 in Elmira, New York	July 21, 2016^[1]		Republican	First term	2027	June 29, 2037	Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2010–2016)
	26 November 1970 in Mountoursville, Pennsylvania	January 3, 2022		Republican	First term	2031	November 26, 2045	Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (2010-2021)
	20 July 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	January 2, 2024		Democratic	First term	2030	July 20, 2039	Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2020–2024)

Complete list of justices

Following is a complete list of justices:^[2]

Justice	Joined court
	1684
	1681
	1684
	1684
	1684
	1684	1684
	1684	1703–04
	1685
	1685	1686–90
	1686	1690–1701
	1686
	1686
	1690	1707–18
	1690
	1690
	1690
	1693
	1694
	1697
	1698
	1699
	1701
	1701
	1701
	1701
	1701	1701–03, 1704, 1705–06
	1704
	1704
	1706	1706–07
	1711
	1711
	1715
	1716
	1717	1718–31
	1726	1739–42
	1731
	1731	1731–39
	1739
	1743
	1750
	1750
	1750	1750–74
	1758
	1764
	1767
	1767
	1774
	1774	1774–77
	1777
	1777
	1777	1777–99
	1780
	1784
	1791	1799–1806
	1791
	1791
	1794
	1800
	1806	1806–27
	1816	1827–51
	1817
	1826
	1826
	1827
	1828
	1830
	1830
	1834
	1845
	1846
	1846
	1851
	1851	1854–57
	1851	1857–63
	1852	1863–67
	1853
	1851	1851–54
	1857
	1857	1867–72
	1857
	1858
	1858
	1858	1872–73
	1863	1873–79
	1867	1879–83
	1868 1887
	1872	1883–87
	1873	1887–89
	1875	1889–93
	1875
	1877	1893–1900
	1877
	1879	1900
	1882
	1888
	1888	1900–03
	1888	1903–10
	1891
	1892
	1893
	1894	1910–15
	1899	1915–21
	1899
	1899
	1905
	1905
	1910	1921–30
	1915	1930–36
	1916
	1918
	1918
	1919	1936–40
	1921
	1920	1940–43
	1930	1943–50
	1931	1950–52
	1932
	1936	1952–56
	1935
	1940
	1941
	1942
	1943
	1945	1956–61
	1950	1961–72
	1950
	1950
	1952
	1953
	1957	1972–77
	1957
	1958
	1958
	1960	1977–80
	1961
	1961	1980–83
	1962
	1963	1983–84
	1968
	1971
	1972	1984–96
	1972
	1977
	1978
	1979	1996–2001
	1980
	1981
	1982
	1982
	1983	2002–03
	1984
	1988
	1989	2003–08
	1992
	1994	2008–14
	1995
	1995
	1998	2015–21
	2002
	2003
	2004	2021–22
	2006
	2007
	2008	2022–
	2008
	2008
	2010
	2013
	2016
	2016
	2016
	2016
	2021
	2024

Notes and References

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.
2. Web site: Historical List of Supreme Court Justices. 3 August 2021.