A timeline of NYS Court of Appeals Chief Judges and their Associate Judges. Associate Judges are listed in order of seniority.
![jewett-freeborn Freeborn Garrettson Jewett](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jewett-freeborn-205x300.jpg)
Hon. Freeborn G. Jewett
1847-1849
![bronson-greene Greene Carrier Bronson](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bronson-greene-207x300.jpg)
Hon. Greene C. Bronson
1850-1851
![ruggles-charles Charles Herman Ruggles](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ruggles-charles-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Charles H. Ruggles
1851-1853
![gardiner-addison Addison Gardiner](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/gardiner-addison-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Addison Gardiner
1854-1855
![denio-hiram Hiram Denio](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/denio-hiram-207x300.jpg)
Hon. Hiram Denio
1856-1857
![johnson-alexander Alexander Smith Johnson](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/johnson-alexander-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Alexander S. Johnson
1858-1859
![comstock-george George Franklin Comstock](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/comstock-george-206x300.jpg)
Hon. George F. Comstock
1860-1861
![denio-hiram Hiram Denio](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/denio-hiram-207x300.jpg)
Hon. Hiram Denio
1862-1865
![davies-henry Henry Ebenezer Davies](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/davies-henry-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Henry E. Davies
1866-1867
![hunt-ward Ward Hunt](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hunt-ward-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Ward Hunt
1868-1869
![earl-robert Robert Earl](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/earl-robert-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Robert Earl
1870
![church-sanford Sanford Elias Church](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/church-sanford-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Sanford E. Church
1870-1880
![folger-charles Charles James Folger](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/folger-charles-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Charles J. Folger
1880-1881
![andrews-charles Charles Andrews](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/andrews-charles-205x300.jpg)
Hon. Charles Andrews
1881-1882
![ruger-william William Crawford Ruger](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ruger-william-206x300.jpg)
Hon. William C. Ruger
1883-1892
![earl-robert Robert Earl](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/earl-robert-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Robert Earl
1892
![andrews-charles Charles Andrews](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/andrews-charles-205x300.jpg)
Hon. Charles Andrews
1893-1897
![parker-alton Alton Brooks Parker](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/parker-alton-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Alton B. Parker
1898-1904
![cullen-edgar Edgar M. Cullen](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cullen-edgar-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Edgar M. Cullen
1904-1913
![bartlett-willard Willard Bartlett](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bartlett-willard-207x300.jpg)
Hon. Willard Bartlett
1914-1916
![hiscock-frank Frank Harris Hiscock](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hiscock-frank-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Frank H. Hiscock
1917-1926
![cardozo-benjamin Benjamin Nathan Cardozo](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cardozo-benjamin-207x300.jpg)
Hon. Benjamin N. Cardozo
1927-1932
![pound-cuthbert Cuthbert Winfred Pound](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pound-cuthbert-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Cuthbert W. Pound
1932-1934
![crane-frederick Frederick Evan Crane](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/crane-frederick-207x300.jpg)
Hon. Frederick E. Crane
1934-1939
![lehman-irving Irving Lehman](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lehman-irving-205x300.jpg)
Hon. Irving Lehman
1940-1945
![loughran-john John Thomas Loughran](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/loughran-john-206x300.jpg)
Hon. John T. Loughran
1945-1953
![lewis-edmund Edmund Harris Lewis](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lewis-edmund-205x300.jpg)
Hon. Edmund H. Lewis
1953-1954
![conway-albert Albert Conway](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/conway-albert-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Albert Conway
1954-1959
![desmond-charles Charles Stewart Desmond](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/desmond-charles-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Charles S. Desmond
1960-1966
![fuld-stanley Stanley Howells Fuld](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fuld-stanley-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Stanley H. Fuld
1967-1973
![breital-charles Charles David Breitel](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/breital-charles-207x300.jpg)
Hon. Charles D. Breitel
1974-1978
![cooke-lawrence Lawrence Henry Cooke](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cooke-lawrence-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Lawrence H. Cooke
1979-1984
![wachtler-sol Sol Wachtler](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wachtler-sol-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Sol Wachtler
1985-1992
![Simons-2019 Hon. Richard D. Simons (Acting)](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Simons-2019-229x300.jpg)
Hon. Richard D. Simons (Acting)
1992-1993
![kaye-judith Judith Smith Kaye](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kaye-judith-206x300.jpg)
Hon. Judith S. Kaye
1993-2008
![Lippmann_Jonathan Hon. Jonathan Lippman](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lippmann_Jonathan-183x300.jpeg)
Hon. Jonathan Lippman
2009-2015
![difiore Hon. Janet DiFiore](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/difiore-201x300.jpg)
Hon. Janet DiFiore
2016-2022
![cannataro-anthony Hon. Anthony Cannataro (Acting)](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cannataro-anthony-e1625771120213.jpg)
Hon. Anthony Cannataro (Acting)
2022-2023
![wilson-rowan Rowan D. Wilson](https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wilson-rowan-240x300.jpg)
Hon. Rowan D. Wilson
2023-