Ira Harris
1802-1875 Ira Harris served in 1850, 1858. Born in Charleston, Montgomery County, N.Y., on May 31, 1802. Union College graduate, 1824. Member, state assembly, … More Ira Harris »
Era Category: Antebellum - Civil War & Reconstruction New York
Henry Welles
1794-1868 Henry Welles served in 1852, 1860. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., on Oct. 17, 1794. Soldier in War of 1812. District attorney, … More Henry Welles »
Daniel Pratt
1806-1884 Daniel Pratt served in 1850. Born on Aug. 22, 1806, in Greenwich, Washington County. Union College graduate, 1835. Admitted to practice, 1836. Appointed … More Daniel Pratt »
Richard Pratt Marvin
1803-1892 Richard Pratt Marvin served in 1855, 1863. Born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., Dec. 23, 1803, a descendant of Reinold Marvin, an original … More Richard Pratt Marvin »
James G. Hoyt
1805-1863 James G. Hoyt served in 1849, 1861. Served on supreme court, Eighth Judicial District (Chester, Courts and Lawyers of New York, p. 807). … More James G. Hoyt »
Henry Wyllys Taylor
1796-1888 Henry Wyllys Taylor served in 1850. Born in Deerfield, Mass., Feb. 2, 1796. Yale graduate, 1816. New York State assembly, 1838-1840. Supreme court … More Henry Wyllys Taylor »
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 »