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 »
Era Category: Antebellum - Civil War & Reconstruction New York
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 »
Josiah Sutherland
1804-1887 Josiah Sutherland served in 1862, 1870. Born, Stanford, Dutchess County, N.Y., Jun. 12, 1804. Union College graduate 1824. District attorney, Columbia County, 1832-1843. … More Josiah Sutherland »
William T. McCoun
1786-1878 William T. McCoun served in 1851. Born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, on Sep. 8, 1786. Named vice-chancellor of the First Circuit on … More William T. McCoun »
George Gould
1807-1868 George Gould served 1862. Born in Litchfield, Conn., Sep. 2, 1807, the son of Judge James Gould, nephew of Elizabeth Gould, who was … More George Gould »
Alonzo Christopher Paige
1797-1868 Alonzo Christopher Paige served in 1851, 1857. Born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, Jul. 31, 1797. Williams College graduate, 1812. Elected to state assembly, … More Alonzo Christopher Paige »
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 »
Henry Ebenezer Davies
1805-1881 Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, 1859-1867 by Norman Kee Contested elections resulting in heated litigation may seem to be a recent … More Henry Ebenezer Davies »
William B. Wright
1806-1868 Ex Officio Judge of the Court of Appeals; 1847-1848; 1856-1857; 1860 Associate Judge, 1861-1867 Chief Judge, 1868 by Erik Goergen In a memorial … More William B. Wright »
Henry Rogers Selden
1805-1885 Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, 1862-1865 by Frances Murray Described by a contemporary historian1 as one of the most able and … More Henry Rogers Selden »