List of associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals

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

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Associate judges serving before 1870

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

Associate judges serving between 1870 and 1974

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

Associate judges serving since 1974

JudgeYears servedAppointing Governor/PartyComment
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 1967–1978Republican/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 1974–1984DemocratAlso 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 1975–1983Democrat
Domenick L. Gabrielli 1973–1982Republican/Conservative
Michael J. Garcia 2016– Andrew Cuomo, Democrat
Victoria A. Graffeo 2000–2014 George Pataki, RepublicanAlso 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 1973–1984Republican/Conservative
Theodore T. Jones 2007–2012 Eliot Spitzer, Democrat
Judith S. Kaye 1983–2008 Mario Cuomo, DemocratAlso 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, RepublicanAlso 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 1973–1992RepublicanAlso served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Richard C. Wesley 1997–2003 George Pataki, RepublicanSubsequently appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Rowan D. Wilson 2017–2023 Andrew Cuomo, DemocratSubsequently appointed as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

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