James M. Tunnell Jr.

James Miller Tunnell Jr. (June 17, 1910 – January 10, 1986) was the Democratic Party nominee for United States Senator from Delaware in the 1966 United States Senate election in Delaware.[1] He was the son of Senator James M. Tunnell. He served as a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1951 to 1954.[2] In 1951, when Delaware opted to establish a Supreme Court, Governor Elbert N. Carvel offered appointments to both Tunnell and Daniel F. Wolcott. According to Carvel, each "declared their unwillingness to serve if the other was chief justice",[2] leading Carvel to appoint both as associate justices, and Clarence A. Southerland as chief justice.[2]

References

  1. ^ "James Miller Tunnell, Jr. (1910-1986)". Princeton Seminary Bulletin. 1986. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Henry R. Horsey and William Duffy, The Supreme Court of Delaware After 1951: The Separate Supreme Court.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.