James Miller Tunnell Jr. (June 17, 1910 – January 10, 1986) was the
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nominee for
United States Senator from
Delaware in the
1966 United States Senate election in Delaware
The 1966 United States Senate election in Delaware took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator J. Caleb Boggs was re-elected to a second term in office. , this is the last time a Republican has won Delaware’s Class 2 Senate ...
. He was the son of Senator
James M. Tunnell
James Miller Tunnell (August 2, 1879 – November 14, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life and ...
. He served as a justice of the
Delaware Supreme Court from 1951 to 1954.
[Henry R. Horsey and William Duffy, ]
The Supreme Court of Delaware After 1951: The Separate Supreme Court
'. In 1951, when Delaware opted to establish a Supreme Court, Governor
Elbert N. Carvel
Elbert Nostrand "Bert" Carvel (February 9, 1910 – February 6, 2005) was an American businessman and politician from Laurel, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Del ...
offered appointments to both Tunnell and
Daniel F. Wolcott. According to Carvel, each "declared their unwillingness to serve if the other was chief justice",
leading Carvel to appoint both as associate justices, and
Clarence A. Southerland as chief justice.
References
James M. Tunnell Jr.'s obituary
Delaware Democrats
1910 births
1986 deaths
Justices of the Delaware Supreme Court
20th-century American judges
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