Richard Seymour Rodney

Richard Seymour Rodney (October 10, 1882 – December 22, 1963) was a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, and later a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Education and career Born in New Castle, Delaware, Rodney read law in 1906. He was a Delaware National Guard First Lieutenant from 1899 to 1913. He was in private practice of law in Wilmington, Delaware from 1906 to 1922. He was a Mayor of New Castle from 1911 to 1917. He was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware from 1922 to 1946. Federal judicial service