Noah Davis, Jr.
1818-1902 Noah Davis Jr. served in 1865. Born in Haverhill, N.H., Sep. 10, 1818, and raised in Albion (Orleans County) and Buffalo. In Albion, … More Noah Davis, Jr. »
Era Category: Ex-Officio Judges of the Court of Appeals
Gilbert Dean
1819-1870 Gilbert Dean served in 1858. Born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y. Aug. 14, 1819. Graduated from Yale, 1841, and admitted to New … More Gilbert Dean »
William H. Leonard
1812-1891 William H. Leonard served in 1866. Commissioner on Appeal, 1870. Born June 11, 1812. Supreme court, first district, elected 1859, 1872. Died May … More William H. Leonard »
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand
1803-1878 Augustus Cincinnatus Hand served in 1855. Born in Shoreham, Vt., Sep. 4, 1803, attended Litchfield Law School. Served as Essex County surrogate (1831-1839). … More Augustus Cincinnatus Hand »
Rufus W. Peckham, Sr.
1809-1873 Ex Officio Judge of the Court of Appeals, 1866 Associate Judge, 1870-1873 by Megan W. Benett Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Sr., though a distinguished … More Rufus W. Peckham, Sr. »
Schuyler Crippen
1794-1872 Schuyler Crippen served in 1855. Born Dec. 25, 1794 in Tusculum (Worcester) Otsego County, N.Y. Inspector and commissioner of schools in Worcester, N.Y.; … More Schuyler Crippen »
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 »
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 »