Westchester County Clerk | |
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since 2006 | |
Seat | White Plains, New York |
Formation | 1683 |
Website | www |
The Westchester County Clerk is the oldest elected office in Westchester County, New York, having been established in 1683. The County Clerk is charged with maintaining and preserving the official documents and records of the county thereof. The current Westchester County Clerk is Timothy C. Idoni. [1]
The Westchester County Clerk is the Registrar of county land transactions and liens as well as the Court clerk of the Supreme Court and County Court. The position is both a County Official and a New York State Constitutional Officer. [2]
No. | In Office | Name | Home Town |
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1 | 1684 | John Ryder | Cortlandt |
2 | 1684-1688 | Joseph Lee | Yorktown |
3 | 1688-1691 | Edward Collier | Ossining |
4 | 1691-1698 | Joseph Lee | Yorktown |
5 | 1698-1707 | Benjamin Collier | Sing Sing |
6 | 1707-1711 | John Clapp | White Plains |
7 | 1711-1722 | Daniel Clark | Peekskill |
8 | 1722-1746 | William Forster | Westchester |
9 | 1746-1760 | Benjamin Nicoll | Scarsdale |
10 | 1760-1777 | John Bartow | Pelham |
11 | 1777-1802 | Richard Hatfield | White Plains |
12 | 1802-1808 | Thomas Ferris | Westchester |
13 | 1808-1810 | Elijah Crawford | White Plains |
14 | 1810-1811 | Thomas Ferris | Westchester |
15 | 1811-1813 | Elijah Crawford | White Plains |
16 | 1813-1815 | Thomas Ferris | Westchester |
17 | 1815-1820 | Elijah Crawford | White Plains |
18 | 1820-1821 | William Requa | Yonkers |
19 | 1821-1828 | Nehemiah S. Bates | Bedford |
20 | 1828-1834 | Nathaniel Bayles | Tarrytown |
21 | 1834-1839 | John H. Smith | Bedford |
22 | 1839-1840 | Chauncey Smith | Bedford |
23 | 1840-1843 | Charles Purdy | White Plains |
24 | 1843-1849 | Munson I. Lockwood | Pound Ridge |
25 | 1849-1856 | Robert R. Oakley | White Plains |
26 | 1856-1859 | John P. Jenkins | White Plains |
27 | 1859-1867 | Hiram P. Rowel | White Plains |
28 | 1867 | William W. Pierson | Sing Sing |
29 | 1868-1877 | J. Malcolm Smith | Sing Sing |
30 | 1877-1883 | John M. Rowel | White Plains |
31 | 1883-1886 | James F.D. Crane | Yonkers |
32 | 1886-1896 | John M. Digney | Yonkers |
33 | 1896-1902 | Leverett F. Crumb | Peekskill |
34 | 1902-1908 | Leslie Sutherland | Yonkers |
35 | 1908-1914 | Frank Buck | Mt. Vernon |
36 | 1914-1920 | Daniel Cashin | Yonkers |
37 | 1920-1925 | Louis Ellrodt | Mt. Vernon |
38 | 1925-1932 | Charles J.F. Decker | Croton Falls |
39 | 1932-1938 | Bernard Koch | Yonkers |
40 | 1938-1943 | Harold Mercer | White Plains |
41 | 1943-1952 | Robert J. Field | Peekskill |
42 | 1952-1968 | Edward L. Warren | Mt. Vernon |
43 | 1968-1973 | Edward N. Vetrano | Tarrytown |
44 | 1974-1983 | George R. Morrow, Jr. | Mt. Pleasant |
45 | 1983-1993 | Andrew J. Spano | Yorktown |
46 | 1994-2005 | Leonard N. Spano | Yonkers |
47 | 2006- | Timothy C. Idoni | New Rochelle |
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