1832-1905
Justice of the Second Division of the Court of Appeals, 1889-1892 / Ex-Officio Judge of the Court of Appeals, 1900-1901
Judson Stuart Landon served in 1900-1901 and had been on Court of Appeals, Second Division, 1891-1892. Born in Salisbury, Conn., Dec. 16, 1832. Educated at Amenia, New York Seminary in Dutchess County. Taught Latin and Mathematics at Princetown Academy, Schenectady (1853). Attended Yale to study law (1854); graduated from Union College, 1855. District attorney, Schenectady County, 1857-1862. County judge, 1865-1869. Member, Constitutional Convention, 1867. Schenectady city attorney, 1872, state supreme court justice, fourth judicial district, 1874-1891; general term, 1884; Appellate Division, third department, 1896-1899. Served on the Second Division of the Court of Appeals as an “additional judge” in 1900-1901 (see The New York Times, Jan. 2, 1890). President ad interem of Union College, 1884-1888. Trustee and faculty member, Albany Law School. Member, Board of Statutory Consolidation, 1904. Author, “The Constitutional history and Government of the United States” (1905); “Why Schenectady Was Destroyed in 1690” (1897). Died Sep. 7, 1905. See, New York State Mem: Biographic Studies and Character Portraits, Frederick S. Hills, compiler editor; The Argus Company, Albany, N.Y. (1910) (http://darcisplace.com/darci/landon.htm; www.courts.state.ny.us/history/elecbook/chadbourne_coa/pg46.htm; see also, “Current Topics,” Alb LJ 289 (1905-1906); Picture in Harper’s Weekly, Jan. 13, 1900, pg. 46.
This biography appears in The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals: A Biographical History, ed. Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007). It has not been updated since publication. A more extensive biography appears in the Third Department section of this website.