A timeline of NYS Court of Appeals Chief Judges and their Associate Judges. Associate Judges are listed in order of seniority.
Hon. Freeborn G. Jewett
1847-1849
Hon. Greene C. Bronson
1850-1851
Hon. Charles H. Ruggles
1851-1853
Hon. Addison Gardiner
1854-1855
Hon. Hiram Denio
1856-1857
Hon. Alexander S. Johnson
1858-1859
Hon. George F. Comstock
1860-1861
Hon. Hiram Denio
1862-1865
Hon. Henry E. Davies
1866-1867
Hon. Ward Hunt
1868-1869
Hon. Robert Earl
1870
Hon. Sanford E. Church
1870-1880
Hon. Charles J. Folger
1880-1881
Hon. Charles Andrews
1881-1882
Hon. William C. Ruger
1883-1892
Hon. Robert Earl
1892
Hon. Charles Andrews
1893-1897
Hon. Alton B. Parker
1898-1904
Hon. Edgar M. Cullen
1904-1913
Hon. Willard Bartlett
1914-1916
Hon. Frank H. Hiscock
1917-1926
Hon. Benjamin N. Cardozo
1927-1932
Hon. Cuthbert W. Pound
1932-1934
Hon. Frederick E. Crane
1934-1939
Hon. Irving Lehman
1940-1945
Hon. John T. Loughran
1945-1953
Hon. Edmund H. Lewis
1953-1954
Hon. Albert Conway
1954-1959
Hon. Charles S. Desmond
1960-1966
Hon. Stanley H. Fuld
1967-1973
Hon. Charles D. Breitel
1974-1978
Hon. Lawrence H. Cooke
1979-1984
Hon. Sol Wachtler
1985-1992
Hon. Richard D. Simons (Acting)
1992-1993
Hon. Judith S. Kaye
1993-2008
Hon. Jonathan Lippman
2009-2015
Hon. Janet DiFiore
2016-2022
Hon. Anthony Cannataro (Acting)
2022-2023
Hon. Rowan D. Wilson
2023-