Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
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Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals refers to the position of chief judge on the New York Court of Appeals
New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six associate judges who are appointed by the Governor to 14-year terms...

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The chief judge supervises the seven-judge Court of Appeals. In addition, the chief judge oversees the work of the state's Unified Court system, which as of 2009, had a $2.5 billion annual budget and more than 16,000 employees.

The chief judge is also a member of the Judicial Conference of the State of New York
Judicial Conference of the State of New York
The Judicial Conference of the State of New York was created in 1955. Members include the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and judges from the Appellate Divisions.-History:...


Chief Judges before 1870

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Freeborn G. Jewett
Freeborn G. Jewett
Freeborn Garrettson Jewett was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York and was the first Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.-Life:He moved to Skaneateles in 1815, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1817...

July 5, 1847 December 31, 1849 Democratic
Greene C. Bronson
Greene C. Bronson
Greene Carrier Bronson was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

January 1, 1850 April 1851 Democratic/Anti-Rent
Anti-Rent War
The Anti-Rent War was a tenants' revolt in upstate New York during the early 19th century, beginning with the death of Stephen Van Rensselaer III in 1839....

Resigned
Charles H. Ruggles
Charles H. Ruggles
Charles Herman Ruggles was an American lawyer and politician who was a U.S...

April 1851 December 31, 1853 Democratic
Addison Gardiner
Addison Gardiner
Addison Gardiner was an American lawyer and politician who was the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1854 to 1855.-Early life and career:...

January 1, 1854 December 31, 1855 Democratic/Anti-Rent
Hiram Denio
Hiram Denio
Hiram Denio was an American lawyer and politician from New York...

January 1, 1856 December 31, 1857 Democratic
Alexander S. Johnson
Alexander S. Johnson
Alexander Smith Johnson was an American lawyer and politician from New York...

January 1, 1858 December 31, 1859 Democratic
George F. Comstock
George F. Comstock
George Franklin Comstock was an American lawyer and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1860 to 1861.-Life:He graduated from Union College in 1834...

January 1, 1860 December 31, 1861 American
Know Nothing
The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by...

Elected an associate judge on the American Party ticket, by the time his term as Chief Judge began this party had disbanded, and Comstock had become a Democrat.
Samuel L. Selden
Samuel L. Selden
Samuel Lee Selden was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1862.-Life:...

January 1, 1862 July 1, 1862 Democratic Resigned
Hiram Denio
Hiram Denio
Hiram Denio was an American lawyer and politician from New York...

July 1, 1862 December 31, 1865 Democratic
Henry E. Davies
Henry E. Davies (judge)
Henry Ebenezer Davies was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1866 to 1867....

January 1, 1866 December 31, 1867 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

/American
Know Nothing
The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by...

William B. Wright
William B. Wright
William B. Wright was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1868.-Life:He was the son of Samuel Wright....

January 1, 1868 January 12, 1868 Union
National Union Party (United States)
The National Union Party was the name used by the Republican Party for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election, held during the Civil War. State Republican parties did not usually change their name....

Elected in 1861 on the Union ticket nominated by War Democrats
War Democrats
War Democrats in American politics of the 1860s were adherents of the Democratic Party who rejected the Copperheads/Peace Democrats who controlled the party...

 and Republicans; died in office
Ward Hunt
Ward Hunt
Ward Hunt , was an American jurist and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1868 to 1869, and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1873 to 1882.-Life:...

January 12, 1868 December 31, 1869 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Subsequently served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Robert Earl January 1, 1870 July 4, 1870 Democratic Legislated out of office by constitutional amendment of 1869

Chief Judges between 1870 and 1974

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Sanford E. Church
Sanford E. Church
Sanford Elias Church was an American lawyer and Democratic politician...

July 4, 1870 May 13, 1880 Democratic Died in office
Charles J. Folger
Charles J. Folger
Charles James Folger was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1881 until his death.-Early life:...

May 20, 1880 November 14, 1881 Republican Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Charles Andrews
Charles Andrews (judge)
Charles Andrews was an American Lawyer and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1881 to 1882 and from 1892 to 1897....

December 19, 1881 December 31, 1882 Republican Appointed to fill vacancy
William C. Ruger
William C. Ruger
William Crawford Ruger was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1883 until his death.-Life:He was the son of Sophia Ruger and John Ruger William Crawford Ruger (January 30, 1824 Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York - January 14,...

January 1, 1883 January 14, 1892 Democratic Died in office
Robert Earl January 19, 1892 December 31, 1892 Dem./Rep. Appointed to fill vacancy
Charles Andrews
Charles Andrews (judge)
Charles Andrews was an American Lawyer and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1881 to 1882 and from 1892 to 1897....

January 1, 1893 December 31, 1897 Rep./Dem. Age-limited
Alton B. Parker
Alton B. Parker
Alton Brooks Parker was an American lawyer, judge and the Democratic nominee for U.S. president in the 1904 elections.-Life:...

January 1, 1898 August 5, 1904 Democratic Resigned to run on the Democratic ticket for U.S. President
Edgar M. Cullen
Edgar M. Cullen
Edgar Montgomery Cullen was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1904 to 1913.-Biography:...

September 2, 1904 December 31, 1913 Dem./Rep. Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited
Willard Bartlett
Willard Bartlett
Willard Bartlett was an American jurist. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.-Biography:...

January 1, 1914 December 31, 1916 Democratic Age-limited
Frank H. Hiscock
Frank H. Hiscock
Frank Harris Hiscock was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1917 to 1926.- Biography :...

January 1, 1917 December 31, 1926 Rep./Progr.
Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party. It was formed after a split in the Republican Party between President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt....

Age-limited
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was a well-known American lawyer and associate Supreme Court Justice. Cardozo is remembered for his significant influence on the development of American common law in the 20th century, in addition to his modesty, philosophy, and vivid prose style...

January 1, 1927 March 7, 1932 Dem./Rep. Resigned to become an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Cuthbert W. Pound
Cuthbert W. Pound
Cuthbert Winfred Pound was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1932 to 1934.-Life:...

March 8, 1932 December 31, 1934 Rep./Dem. Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited
Frederick E. Crane
Frederick E. Crane
Frederick Evan Crane was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1935 to 1939.-Life:...

January 1, 1935 December 31, 1939 Rep./Dem. Age-limited
Irving Lehman
Irving Lehman
Irving Lehman was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1940 until his death in 1945.- Biography:...

January 1, 1940 September 22, 1945 Dem./Rep./Am. Labor
American Labor Party
The American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic...

Died in office
John T. Loughran
John T. Loughran
John Thomas Loughran was an American lawyer and politician...

September 28, 1945 March 31, 1953 Dem./Rep./Am. Labor/Lib.
Liberal Party of New York
The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party that has been active only in the state of New York. Its platform supports a standard set of social liberal policies: it supports right to abortion, increased spending on education, and universal health care.As of 2007, the Liberal...

Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then died in office
Edmund H. Lewis
Edmund H. Lewis
Edmund Harris Lewis was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1953 to 1954.-Life:...

April 22, 1953 December 31, 1954 Rep./Dem./Lib. Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited
Albert Conway
Albert Conway
Albert Conway was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1955 to 1959.-Life:...

January 1, 1955 December 31, 1959 Dem./Rep. Age-limited
Charles S. Desmond
Charles S. Desmond
Charles Stewart Desmond , was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1960 to 1966.-Life:...

January 1, 1960 December 31, 1966 Dem./Rep. Age-limited
Stanley H. Fuld January 1, 1967 December 31, 1973 Rep./Dem. Age-limited
Charles D. Breitel
Charles D. Breitel
Charles David Breitel was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1974 to 1978.-Life:...

January 1, 1974 December 31, 1978 Rep./Lib. Last elected Chief Judge; age-limited

Chief Judges since 1974

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Lawrence H. Cooke
Lawrence H. Cooke
Lawrence Henry Cooke was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1979 to 1984.-Life:...

January 23, 1979 December 31, 1984 Democratic First Chief Judge appointed by the Governor under constitutional amendment of 1977; age-limited
Sol Wachtler
Sol Wachtler
Solomon Wachtler, born , is a lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1993. Known for the remark, "A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity" , Wachtler was a key figure in...

January 2, 1985 November 11, 1993 Republican Resigned
Richard D. Simons
Richard D. Simons
Richard Duncan Simons is an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Acting Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1993-Life:...

November 17, 1993 March 22, 1994 Acted until the appointment of a successor
Judith S. Kaye March 23, 1994 December 31, 2008 Democratic Age-limited; Chief Judge with the longest tenure (more than 15 years), only Chief Judge to complete a 14-year term
Jonathan Lippman
Jonathan Lippman
Jonathan Lippman is an American jurist and currently Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.-Early life and education:Lippman is a Manhattan native...

February 11, 2009 (incumbent) Democratic
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