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- Chief Judges before 1870
- Chief Judges between 1870 and 1974
- Chief Judges since 1974
- See also
- References and footnotes
- External links
{{New York State Judiciary}}Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals refers to the position of chief judge on the New York Court of Appeals.[1] They are also known as the Chief Judge of New York. The chief judge supervises the seven-judge Court of Appeals.[1] 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.[1] The chief judge is also a member of the Judicial Conference of the State of New York. Chief Judges before 1870{{Clear}}Name | Took office | Left office | Party[2] | Notes | Freeborn G. Jewett | July 5, 1847 | December 31, 1849 | Democratic | Greene C. Bronson | January 1, 1850 | April 1851 | Democratic/Anti-Rent | Resigned | Charles H. Ruggles | April 1851 | December 31, 1853 | Democratic | Addison Gardiner | January 1, 1854 | December 31, 1855 | Democratic/Anti-Rent | Hiram Denio | January 1, 1856 | December 31, 1857 | Democratic | Alexander S. Johnson | January 1, 1858 | December 31, 1859 | Democratic | George F. Comstock | January 1, 1860 | December 31, 1861 | American | 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 | January 1, 1862 | July 1, 1862 | Democratic | Resigned | Hiram Denio | July 1, 1862 | December 31, 1865 | Democratic | Henry E. Davies | January 1, 1866 | December 31, 1867 | Republican/American | William B. Wright | January 1, 1868 | January 12, 1868 | Union | Elected in 1861 on the Union ticket nominated by War Democrats and Republicans; died in office | Ward Hunt | January 12, 1868 | December 31, 1869 | Republican | 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{{Clear}}Name | Took office | Left office | Party[2] | Notes | Sanford E. Church | July 4, 1870 | May 13, 1880 | Democratic | Died in office | Charles J. Folger | 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 | December 19, 1881 | December 31, 1882 | Republican | Appointed to fill vacancy | William C. Ruger | 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 | January 1, 1893 | December 31, 1897 | Rep./Dem. | Age-limited[3] | Alton B. Parker | January 1, 1898 | August 5, 1904 | Democratic | Resigned to run on the Democratic ticket for U.S. President | Edgar M. Cullen | September 2, 1904 | December 31, 1913 | Dem./Rep. | Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited | Willard Bartlett | January 1, 1914 | December 31, 1916 | Democratic | Age-limited | Frank H. Hiscock | January 1, 1917 | December 31, 1926 | Rep./Progr. | Age-limited | Benjamin N. Cardozo | January 1, 1927 | March 7, 1932 | Dem./Rep. | Resigned to become an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | Cuthbert W. Pound | March 8, 1932 | December 31, 1934 | Rep./Dem. | Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited | Frederick E. Crane | January 1, 1935 | December 31, 1939 | Rep./Dem. | Age-limited | Irving Lehman | January 1, 1940 | September 22, 1945 | Dem./Rep./Am. Labor | Died in office | John T. Loughran | September 28, 1945 | March 31, 1953 | Dem./Rep./Am. Labor/Lib. | Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then died in office | Edmund H. Lewis | April 22, 1953 | December 31, 1954 | Rep./Dem./Lib. | Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited | Albert Conway | January 1, 1955 | December 31, 1959 | Dem./Rep. | Age-limited | Charles S. Desmond | 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 | January 1, 1974 | December 31, 1978 | Rep./Lib. | Last elected Chief Judge; age-limited |
Chief Judges since 1974After 1974, judges of the New York Court of Appeals were no longer elected, following reforms to the New York Constitution. Instead, an appointment process was created.[4] {{Clear}}Name | Took office | Left office | Notes | Lawrence H. Cooke | January 23, 1979[5] | December 31, 1984 | First Chief Judge appointed by the Governor under constitutional amendment of 1977; age-limited | Sol Wachtler | January 2, 1985 | November 11, 1992 | Resigned[6] | Richard D. Simons (acting) | November 17, 1992 | March 22, 1993 | Acted until the appointment of a successor | Judith S. Kaye | March 23, 1993 | December 31, 2008 | Reached mandatory retirement age; Chief Judge with the longest tenure (more than 15 years), only Chief Judge to complete a 14-year term | Jonathan Lippman | February 11, 2009[7] | December 31, 2015[8] | Eugene F. Pigott, Jr. (acting) | January 1, 2016 | January 21, 2016[9] | Janet DiFiore | January 21, 2016 | incumbent |
See also- List of Associate Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
References and footnotes1. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?hubtype=TopStories&id=1202427418209|title=Lippman Is Pick for Chief Judge|last=Stashenko|first=Joel|date=2009-01-14|publisher=New York Law Journal|accessdate=2009-01-14}} 2. ^1 This is the party on which ticket the Chief Judge had been elected. Where multiple parties are mentioned, the first one is the party of which the judge was a member. 3. ^The Chief Judge was elected to a 14-year term, but reached the constitutional age limit on December 31 of the calendar year in which he completed 70 years. A successor was then elected at the State election in November of that year. None of the elected Chief Judges (1870 to 1978) completed the 14-year term as such, but some Chief Judges served previously a full 14-year term as associate judge, or served more than 14 years counting the tenures as associate and chief judge together. 4. ^Peter J. Galie, Ordered Liberty: A Constitutional History of New York (Princeton University Press, 1996, p. 336-37. 5. ^Nominated on January 2, confirmed by State Senate on January 23 6. ^{{cite news|title=N.Y.'s Chief Judge, Charged With Blackmail, Resigns|first=John J.|last=Goldman|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 11, 1992|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-11/news/mn-275_1_chief-judge}} 7. ^Nominated on January 13, confirmed on February 11 8. ^James C. McKinley Jr., [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/nyregion/westchester-district-attorney-nominated-for-chief-judge.html New York's Chief Judge Leaving a Legacy of Reforms Inspired by Social Justice], New York Times (December 29, 2015). 9. ^[https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/news/PressRel/01-07-16-CJ-Kaye.pdf STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF FORMER CHIEF JUDGE JUDITH S. KAYE FROM ACTING CHIEF JUDGE EUGENE F. PIGOTT, JR.], New York State Courts (January 7, 2016) (press release).
External links- [https://govt.westlaw.com/nycrr/Browse/Home/NewYork/NewYorkCodesRulesandRegulations?guid=Ib987bea0bbec11dd8529f5ff2182bffa&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default) Rules of the Chief Judge] in the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
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