Presiding Judges of the Court of Claims, 1855-1863

Gilchrist, John James (1855-1858)
Blackford, Isaac Newton (1858-1859)
Loring, Edward G. (1859-1863)


Chief Judges of the Court of Claims, 1863-1982*

Casey, Joseph (1863-1870)
Drake, Charles Daniel (1870-1885)
Richardson, William Adams (1885-1896)
Nott, Charles Cooper (1897-1905)
Peelle, Stanton Judkins (1905-1913)
Campbell, Edward Kernan (1913-1928)
Booth, Fenton Whitlock (1928-1939)
Whaley, Richard Smith (1939-1947)
Jones, John Marvin (1947-1964)
Cowen, Arnold Wilson (1964-1977)
Friedman, Daniel Mortimer (1978-1982)



*The chief judge was known as the chief justice prior to the Act of June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 869, 898.