Malbone Watson
1804-1857 Malbone Watson served in 1852. Born in Rensselaerville, Albany County, N.Y., on Aug. 27, 1804. Union College graduate, 1822. Served as district attorney … More Malbone Watson »
Era Category: Antebellum - Civil War & Reconstruction New York
Enoch H. Rosekrans
1808-1877 Enoch H. Rosekrans served in 1863. Born in Waterford (Saratoga County), N.Y., Oct. 16, 1808. Union College graduate, 1826. District attorney, 1834-1845. State … More Enoch H. Rosekrans »
Elisha Powell Hurlbut
1807-1889 Elisha Powell Hurlbut served in 1850. Born 1807, in Salisbury, Herkimer County, N.Y. Elected to supreme court, first judicial district, 1847. Died Sep. … More Elisha Powell Hurlbut »
Philo Gridley
1796-1864 Philo Gridley served in 1852. Born Sep. 16, 1796, in Paris, Oneida County, N.Y. Hamilton College graduate, 1816. District attorney of Madison County, … More Philo Gridley »
Amaziah Bailey James
1812-1883 Amaziah Bailey James served in 1861, 1869. Born in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, N.Y., Jul. 1, 1812. Admitted to practice 1838 and practiced law … More Amaziah Bailey James »
Ransom Balcom
1818-1879 Ransom Balcom served in 1863. Born in Oxford, Broome County, N.Y., Apr. 18, 1818. His house, the Judge Ransom Balcom House, built in … More Ransom Balcom »
Freeborn Garrettson Jewett
1791-1858 Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1845-1847 Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, 1847; 1850-1853 Chief Judge, 1847-1849 by Edward Jewett … More Freeborn Garrettson Jewett »
Greene Carrier Bronson
1789-1863 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1836-1845 Chief Justice, 1845-1847 Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, 1847-1859 Chief Judge, 1850-1851 … More Greene Carrier Bronson »
Charles Herman Ruggles
1789-1865 Court of Appeals, 1847-1850; 1854-1855 Chief Judge: 1851-1853 by Albert M. Rosenblatt Judge Charles Ruggles has a special place in this writer’s heart … More Charles Herman Ruggles »
Samuel Lee Selden
1800-1876 Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, 1855-1862 Chief Judge, January-July 1862 by Frances Murray There exists a manuscript, written in 1851 on … More Samuel Lee Selden »