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.The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New YorkA complete listing of judges from 1847 to 1998

Associate judges serving before 1870 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 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 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 AppealsAnthony Cannataro2021– 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 AppealsEugene M. Fahey2015–2021 Andrew Cuomo, DemocratPaul G. Feinman2017–2021 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 YorkCaitlin Halligan2023– 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, DemocratMadeline Singas2021– Andrew Cuomo, Democrat George Bundy Smith 1992–2006 Mario Cuomo, Democrat Robert S. Smith 2004–2014 George Pataki, RepublicanLeslie E. Stein2015–2021 Andrew Cuomo, Democrat Vito J. Titone 1985–1998 Mario Cuomo, DemocratShirley Troutman2022– 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 CircuitRowan D. Wilson2017–2023 Andrew Cuomo, DemocratSubsequently appointed as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

See also List of chief judges of the New York Court of Appeals Judiciary of New York New York Constitution Government of New York state Court of Appeals of New York

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