List of associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals

This is a list of associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals, with their tenure on the court.[1][2]

Associate judges serving before 1870

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Judge Years served Party Comment
William F. Allen 1854, 1862, 1870–1878 Democrat
William J. Bacon 1860, 1868
Greene Carrier Bronson 1847–1851 Democrat
John W. Brown 1857, 1865
Daniel Cady 1849
William W. Campbell 1865
George F. Comstock 1855–1861 American Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Charles Daniels 1869
Noah Davis 1865
Gilbert Dean 1855
Robert Earl 1868–1870, 1870–1894 Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Samuel A. Foote 1851
Addison Gardiner 1847–1855 Democrat/Anti–Rent Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Hiram Gray 1851, 1859
Martin Grover 1859, 1867–1870, 1870–1875 Democrat
Augustus C. Hand 1855
Ira Harris 1850, 1858
Ward Hunt 1865–1870 Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Amaziah B. James 1861, 1869
Freeborn G. Jewett 1846–1853 Democrat
Alexander S. Johnson 1852–1859, 1873–1874 Democrat
Samuel Jones 1847–1848
John A. Lott 1861, 1869–1870 Democrat
Richard P. Marvin 1855, 1863
Charles Mason 1853, 1861, 1868–1869
John Maynard 1850 Whig
Theodore Miller 1868, 1875–1886 Democrat
Joseph Mullin 1864
Amasa J. Parker 1854
Rufus W. Peckham Sr. 1866, 1870–1873 Democrat
John K. Porter 1865–1867 Republican
Daniel Pratt 1850, 1858
Charles Herman Ruggles 1847–1855 Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Henry R. Selden 1862–1865
Samuel Lee Selden 1856–1862 Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Selah B. Strong 1849, 1859
Theron R. Strong 1858
Josiah Sutherland 1862, 1870
John Willard 1853 Democrat
Lewis B. Woodruff 1868–1869 Republican Also served on the Second U.S. Circuit Court

Associate judges serving between 1870 and 1974

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Judge Years served Appointing Governor/Party Comment
William F. Allen 1870–1878 Democrat
Charles Andrews 1870–1897 Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
William Shankland Andrews 1917–1928
Edward T. Bartlett 1894–1910 Republican
Willard Bartlett 1906–1916 Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Francis Bergan 1964–1972 Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department
Charles D. Breitel 1967–1978 Republican/Liberal Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Bruce Bromley 1949 Thomas E. Dewey, Republican
Adrian P. Burke 1955–1973 Democrat/Liberal
Benjamin N. Cardozo 1914–1932 Democrat/Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Emory A. Chase 1906–1921 Frank W. Higgins, Republican
Frederick Collin 1910–1920 Charles Evans Hughes, Republican
Albert Conway 1940–1959 Democrat/Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Lawrence H. Cooke 1974–1984 Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Leonard C. Crouch 1932–1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat
William H. Cuddeback 1913–1919 Democrat/Independence League
Edgar M. Cullen 1900–1913 Democrat/Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
George F. Danforth 1879–1889 Republican
Charles S. Desmond 1940–1966 Democrat/Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Marvin R. Dye 1945–1965 Democrat/American Labor/Liberal
Robert Earl 1868–1870, 1870–1894 Democrat
Abram I. Elkus 1919–1920 Al Smith, Democrat
Edward R. Finch 1935–1943 Democrat
Charles J. Folger 1870–1881 Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Francis M. Finch 1880–1895
Henry A. Foster 1870
Sydney F. Foster 1960–1963 Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department
Charles W. Froessel 1950–1962 Democrat/Liberal
Jacob D. Fuchsberg 1975–1983 Democrat
Stanley H. Fuld 1946–1973 Republican/Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Domenick L. Gabrielli 1973–1982 Republican/Conservative
James Gibson 1969–1972 Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department
John Clinton Gray 1888–1913
Martin Grover 1859, 1867–1870, 1870–1875 Democrat
Albert Haight 1895–1912 Republican
Samuel Hand 1878–1879
Frank H. Hiscock 1906–1926 Republican/Progressive Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
John W. Hogan 1913–1923 Democrat
William B. Hornblower 1914 Democrat
Irving G. Hubbs 1929–1939 Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department
Matthew J. Jasen 1968–1985
Alexander S. Johnson 1852–1859, 1873–1874 Democrat
Hugh R. Jones 1973–1984 Republican/Conservative
Kenneth B. Keating 1965–1969 Republican Also served as U.S. Senator from New York
Henry T. Kellogg 1927–1934
Irving Lehman 1923–1945 Democrat/Republican/American Labor Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Edmund H. Lewis 1940–1954 Republican/Democrat/Liberal Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
John T. Loughran 1934–1953 Democrat/Republican/American Labor/Liberal Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Celora E. Martin 1896–1904 Republican
Isaac H. Maynard 1892–1893
Chester B. McLaughlin 1918–1926 Charles S. Whitman, Republican
George Z. Medalie 1945–1946 Thomas E. Dewey, Republican Also served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Nathan Lewis Miller 1913–1915 Republican Also served as Governor of New York
Theodore Miller 1868, 1875–1886 Democrat
Denis O'Brien 1889–1907 Democrat Also served as New York Attorney General
John F. O'Brien 1927–1934 Al Smith, Democrat
Rufus W. Peckham Jr. 1886–1895 Democrat Also served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Rufus W. Peckham Sr. 1866, 1870–1873 Democrat
Cuthbert W. Pound 1915–1934 Republican/Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Samuel Rabin 1974 Malcolm Wilson, Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department
Charles A. Rapallo 1870–1887 Democrat
Harlan W. Rippey 1937–1944 Democrat
John F. Scileppi 1963–1972 Democrat/Liberal
Samuel Seabury 1914–1916 Democrat/Progressive/Independence League/American
Charles B. Sears 1940 Herbert H. Lehman, Democrat Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department
Harold A. Stevens 1974 Malcolm Wilson, Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
Thomas D. Thacher 1943–1948 Thomas E. Dewey, Republican Also served as Solicitor General of the United States and as a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Benjamin F. Tracy 1881–1882 Alonzo B. Cornell, Republican Also served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the United States Secretary of the Navy
Irving G. Vann 1895–1912 Levi P. Morton, Republican
John Van Voorhis 1953–1967 Thomas E. Dewey, Republican
Sol Wachtler 1973–1992 Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
William E. Werner 1900–1916 Republican/Democrat

Associate judges serving since 1974

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Judge Years served Appointing Governor/Party Comment
Sheila Abdus-Salaam 2013–2017 Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Fritz W. Alexander II 1985–1992 Mario Cuomo, Democrat
Joseph W. Bellacosa 1987–2000 Mario Cuomo, Democrat
Charles D. Breitel 1967–1978 Republican/Liberal Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Anthony Cannataro 2021– Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick 1994–2012 Mario Cuomo, Democrat
Lawrence H. Cooke 1974–1984 Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Eugene M. Fahey 2015–2021 Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Paul G. Feinman 2017–2021 Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Jacob D. Fuchsberg 1975–1983 Democrat
Domenick L. Gabrielli 1973–1982 Republican/Conservative
Michael J. Garcia 2016– Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Victoria A. Graffeo 2000–2014 George Pataki, Republican Also served as Solicitor General for the State of New York
Caitlin Halligan 2023– Kathy Hochul, Democrat
Stewart F. Hancock Jr. 1986–1993 Mario Cuomo, Democrat
Matthew J. Jasen 1968–1985
Hugh R. Jones 1973–1984 Republican/Conservative
Theodore T. Jones 2007–2012 Eliot Spitzer, Democrat
Judith S. Kaye 1983–2008 Mario Cuomo, Democrat Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Howard A. Levine 1993–2002 Mario Cuomo, Democrat
Bernard S. Meyer 1979–1986 Hugh L. Carey, Democrat
Eugene F. Pigott Jr. 2006–2016 George Pataki, Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Susan Phillips Read 2003–2015 George Pataki, Republican
Jenny Rivera 2013– Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Albert Rosenblatt 1998–2007 George Pataki, Republican
Richard D. Simons 1983–1997 Mario Cuomo, Democrat
Madeline Singas 2021– Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
George Bundy Smith 1992–2006 Mario Cuomo, Democrat
Robert S. Smith 2004–2014 George Pataki, Republican
Leslie E. Stein 2015–2021 Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Vito J. Titone 1985–1998 Mario Cuomo, Democrat
Shirley Troutman 2022– Kathy Hochul, Democrat
Sol Wachtler 1973–1992 Republican Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Richard C. Wesley 1997–2003 George Pataki, Republican Subsequently appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Rowan D. Wilson 2017–2023 Andrew Cuomo, Democrat Subsequently appointed as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York
  2. ^ A complete listing of judges from 1847 to 1998
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