Judges of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-2020(May beincomplete!) GreeneC. Bronson 1847-51AddisonGardiner 1847-55FreebornG. Jewett 1847-53CharlesH. Ruggles 1847-55SamuelA. Foote 1851AlexanderS. Johnson 1851-59HiramDenio 1853-65GeorgeF. Comstock 1855SamuelL. Selden 1855TheronR. Strong as of 1859HenryE. Davies 1859WilliamB. Wright 1861-68HenryR. Selden 1862JohnK. Porter 1865WardHunt 1865-70MartinGrover 1868-75LewisB. Woodruff 1868-69CharlesMason 1868RobertEarl 1869JohnA. Lott 1869-70WilliamF. Allen 1870-78CharlesAndrews 1870-81CharlesJ. Folger 1870-80RufusW. Peckham 1870-73CharlesA. Rapallo 1870-88AlexanderS. Johnson 1873-74TheodoreMiller 1875RobertEarl 1875-92SamuelHand 1878GeorgeF. Danforth 1878FrancisM. Finch 1880BenjaminF. Tracy 1881-83RufusW. Peckham 1886-95JohnClinton Gray 1888-1913CharlesFrancis Brown as of 1889-92DenisO'Brien 1890-1907IsaacH. Maynard 1892EdwardT. Bartlett 1894-1910CeloraE. Martin as of 1895-1906AlbertHaight 1895-1912IrvingG. Vann as of 1896-1912JudsonS. Lendon 1900WilliamE. Werner 1901-07WillardBartlett 1906-16EmoryA. Chase 1906-21FrankH. Hiscock 1906FrederickCollin 1910-20WilliamH. Cuddeback 1913-19JohnW. Hogan 1913-23NathanL. Miller 1913-15BenjaminN. Cardozo 1914-26WilliamB. Hornblower 1914SamuelSeabury 1914-16CuthbertW. Pound 1915-32FrederickE. Crane 1917-34ChesterB. McLaughlin 1917-26WilliamS. Andrews 1917-28AbramI. Elkus 1919-20IrvingLehman 1924-39HenryT. Kellogg 1927-34JohnF. O'Brien 1927-39IrvingG. Hubbs 1929-39LeonardC. Crouch 1932-36JohnT. Loughran 1934-45EdwardR. Finch 1935-40HarlanW. Rippey as of 1937-40AlbertConway 1940EdmundH. Lewis 1940CharlesB. Sears 1940CharlesS. Desmond as of 1941-59ThomasD. Thacher 1943-48GeorgeZ. Medalie 1945-46StanleyH. Fuld 1946-66CharlesW. Froessel 1950JohnVan Voorhis 1953AdrianP. Burke 1955-73SydneyF. Foster 1960JohnF. Scileppi 1962-FrancisBergan 1963-72KennethB. Keating as of 1966-68CharlesD. Breitel 1966MatthewJ. Jasen as of 1968JamesGibson 1969DomenickGabrielli 1972-82HughR. Jones 1972SolWachtler 1972SamuelRabin 1974HaroldA. Stevens 1974LawrenceH. Cooke 1974JacobD. Fuchsberg 1974BernardS. Meyer 1979RichardD. Simons 1983-JudithS. Kaye 1983FritzW. Alexander II 1985-92VitoJ. Titone 1985-StewartF. Hancock, Jr. 1986-93JosephW. Bellacosa 1987-GeorgeBundy Smith 1992-RichardC. Wesley 1997-2003SheilaAbdus-Salaam 2013-17MichaelJ. Garcia 2016- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1851 Apr 11:GreeneC. Bronson, resigned. 1853 Jun 23:FreebornG. Jewett, resigned. 1857:TimothyJenkins (Rep), defeated. 1863:WilliamF. Allen (Dem), defeated. 1868 Jan 12:WilliamB. Wright, died in office. 1870 May 17:WilliamF. Allen (Dem), elected;MartinGrover (Dem), elected;RufusW. Peckham (Dem), elected;CharlesA. Rapallo (Dem), elected;CharlesJ. Folger (Rep), elected;CharlesAndrews (Rep), elected;CharlesMason (Rep), defeated;RobertS. Hale (Rep), defeated. 1873 Nov 22:RufusW. Peckham, died in office. 1873 Dec 29:AlexanderS. Johnson, appointed. 1874 Nov 3:TheodoreMiller (Dem), elected;AlexanderS. Johnson (Rep), defeated. 1875 Aug 23:MartinGrover, died in office. 1875 Nov 5:RobertEarl, appointed. 1878 Jun 3:WilliamF. Allen, died in office. 1884:WalterJ. Farrington (Prohibition), defeated. 1888:CharlesA. Rapallo, died in office. 1888 Jan 25:JohnClinton Gray, appointed. 1888 Nov 6:JohnClinton Gray (Dem), elected. 1889:WalterJ. Farrington (Prohibition), defeated. 1889 Nov 5:DenisO'Brien (Dem), elected. 1893 Nov 7:EdwardT. Bartlett, elected. 1895 Nov 6:CeloraE. Martin, elected. 1896 Nov 3:IrvingG. Vann (Rep), elected;RobertC. Titus (Dem), defeated;SpencerClinton (Gold Democratic), defeated;TheodoreF. Cuno (Socialist Labor), defeated;EliasRoot (Prohibition), defeated;LawrenceJ. McParlin, defeated. 1902 Nov 4:JohnClinton Gray (Dem), elected. 1903:DenisO'Brien, elected. 1904 Nov 8:WilliamE. Werner (Rep & Dem), elected;WilliamNugent (Social Democratic), defeated;DexterD. Dorn (Prohibition), defeated;OrcusA. Curtis (Socialist Labor), defeated;AugustusBabcock (People's), defeated. 1907 Nov 5:EdwardT. Bartlett, elected. 1908 Nov 3:AlbertHaight (Rep & Dem), elected;ReubenRobie Lyon (Independence League), defeated;S.John Block (Socialist), defeated;ColeridgeA. Hart (Prohibition), defeated;EdmundSeidel (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1910 May 3:EdwardT. Bartlett, died in office. 1910 Oct 5:FrederickCollin, appointed. 1910 Nov 8:IrvingG. Vann (Rep & Dem), elected;FrederickCollin (Rep & Dem), elected;MorrisHillquit (Socialist), defeated;ReubenRobie Lyon (Independence League), defeated;LouisB. Boudin (Socialist), defeated;JamesA. Allen (Independence League), defeated;AlfredL. Manierre (Prohibition), defeated;GilbertElliott (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesH. Chase (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:WilliamH. Cuddeback (Dem & Independence League), elected;JohnW. Hogan (Dem), elected;FrankH. Hiscock (Rep), defeated;EmoryA. Chase (Rep), defeated;GeorgeW. Kirchwey (Progressive & Independence League), defeated;CarlosC. Alden (Progressive), defeated;JessieAshley (Socialist), defeated;LeonA. Malkiel (Socialist), defeated;ErwinJ. Baldwin (Prohibition), defeated;GilbertElliott (Prohibition), defeated;EdmundSeidel (Socialist Labor), defeated;CarlA. Ludecke (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1913 Nov 4:FrankH. Hiscock (Rep & Independence League), elected;AbramI. Elkus (Dem), defeated;SamuelSeabury (Progressive), defeated;HezekiahD. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated;ColeridgeA. Hart (Prohibition), defeated. 1914 Feb 2:WilliamB. Hornblower, appointed. 1914 Jun 16:WilliamB. Hornblower, died in office. 1914 Nov 3:EdmundSeidel (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1916 Sep 19:JohnT. Norton (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1916 Sep 19:CuthbertW. Pound (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1916 Sep 19:CuthbertW. Pound (Progressive), nominated unopposed. 1916 Nov 7:CuthbertW. Pound (Rep & Progressive), elected;JohnT. Norton (Dem), defeated;HezekiahD. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated;ColeridgeA. Hart (Prohibition), defeated;LeanderA. Armstrong (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1917 Nov 6:ChesterB. McLaughlin (Rep & Dem), elected;BenjaminN. Cardozo (Dem & Rep), elected;HezekiahD. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated;LouisB. Boudin (Socialist), defeated;WalterT. Bliss (Prohibition), defeated;ColeridgeA. Hart (Prohibition), defeated. 1919 Aug 16:WilliamH. Cuddeback, died in office. 1920 Nov 2:FrederickE. Crane (Rep & Dem), elected;EmoryA. Chase (Rep), elected;AbramI. Elkus (Dem), defeated;LeonA. Malkiel (Socialist), defeated;JacobAxelrad (Socialist), defeated;ThomasF. Dwyer (Farmer-Labor), defeated;ColeridgeA. Hart (Prohibition), defeated;FrancisE. Baldwin (Prohibition), defeated;SwinburneHale (Farmer-Labor), defeated. 1921:TownsendScudder (Dem), defeated. 1921 Jun 25:EmoryA. Chase, died in office. 1923 Nov 6:IrvingLehman, elected;JacobPanken (Socialist), defeated. 1926:CharlesCarlson (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:HenryT. Kellogg (Rep & Dem), elected. 1927 Jan 24:JohnF. O'Brien, appointed. 1927 Nov 8:JohnF. O'Brien (Dem & Rep), elected;HezekiahD. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:IrvingG. Hubbs (Rep), elected;LeonardC. Crouch (Dem), defeated;HezekiahD. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:CuthbertW. Pound (Rep & Dem), elected;DarwinJ. Meserole (Socialist), defeated;BelleJ. Rosen (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1932 Mar 17:LeonardC. Crouch, appointed. 1934:HenryT. Kellogg, resigned. 1934 May 21:JohnT. Loughran, appointed. 1934 Nov 6:JohnT. Loughran (Dem & Rep), elected;EdwardR. Finch (Dem), elected;CharlesB. Sears (Rep), defeated;JulianH. Weiss (Socialist), defeated;DarwinJ. Meserole (Socialist), defeated;GertrudeWelsh (Communist), defeated;DavidE. Hartshorn (Law Preservation), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:HarlanW. Rippey, elected;DarwinJ. Meserole (Socialist), defeated. 1937 Nov 2:IrvingLehman (Dem & Rep & American Labor & City Fusion), elected;MarionL. Severn (Socialist), defeated. 1939 Dec 25:JohnF. O'Brien, died in office. 1939 Dec 31:IrvingG. Hubbs, resigned. 1940 Jan 3:AlbertConway, appointed;EdmundH. Lewis, appointed. 1940 Nov 5:EdmundH. Lewis (Rep & Dem & American Labor), elected;AlbertConway (Dem & Rep & American Labor), elected;CharlesS. Desmond (Dem & American Labor), elected;BenjaminB. Cunningham (Rep), defeated. 1943 May 5:ThomasD. Thacher, appointed. 1943 Nov 2:ThomasD. Thacher (Rep & Dem & American Labor), elected unopposed. 1944 Nov 7:MarvinR. Dye (Dem & American Labor), elected;JohnVan Voorhis (Rep), defeated;WalterSteinhilber (Industrial Government), defeated. 1946 Mar 5:GeorgeZ. Medalie, died in office. 1946 Apr 25:StanleyH. Fuld, appointed. 1946 Nov 5:StanleyH. Fuld (Rep), elected;HenryEpstein (Dem & American Labor), defeated. 1949 Nov 8:CharlesW. Froessel (Dem & Liberal), elected;BruceBromley (Rep), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:CharlesS. Desmond (Dem & Rep), elected;JohnVan Voorhis (Rep & Dem), elected;AdrianP. Burke (Dem & Liberal), elected;SydneyF. Foster (Rep), defeated;GeorgeRifkin (Liberal), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:MarvinR. Dye (Dem & Rep), elected unopposed. 1962 Nov 6:JohnF. Scileppi (Dem & Liberal), elected;MarcusG. Christ (Rep), defeated. 1963 Nov 5:FrancisBergan (Dem & Rep), elected unopposed. 1965:OwenMcGivern, defeated;HenryS. Middendorf (Conservative), defeated. 1965 Nov 2:KennethB. Keating, elected. 1966 Dec 23:CharlesD. Breitel, appointed. 1967 Nov 7:MatthewJ. Jasen, elected. 2017 Apr 12:SheilaAbdus-Salaam, died in office. | |