James Cosslett Smith
1817-1900 James Cosslett Smith served in 1866. Born in Phelps, Ontario County, N.Y., Aug. 14, 1817. Union College graduate, 1835. Admitted to practice, 1842. … More James Cosslett Smith »
Era Category: Judges of the Era - Antebellum
Daniel P. Ingraham
1800-1881 Daniel P. Ingraham served 1864. Born in New York City, Apr. 20, 1800. Columbia College graduate, 1817. Appointed judge of Common Pleas, 1838. … More Daniel P. Ingraham »
William Mitchell
1801-1886 William Mitchell served in 1856. Born in New York City on Feb. 24, 1801. Columbia College graduate, 1820. Master of Chancery, 1840. Edited … More William Mitchell »
Henry Hogeboom
1808-1872 Henry Hogeboom served in 1864. Born in Columbia County, N.Y., in 1808. Yale College graduate, 1827. Columbia County master in chancery and county … More Henry Hogeboom »
William Warburton Scrugham
1820-1867 William Warburton Scrugham served in 1867. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., Mar. 19, 1820. Admitted to practice, 1843. Father was the first … More William Warburton Scrugham »
Joseph Mullin
1811-1882 Joseph Mullin served in 1864. Born near Dromore, County Down, Ireland, Aug. 6, 1811. Entered Union Academy at Bellville, Elderburgh, Jefferson County, in … More Joseph Mullin »
Moses Taggart
1799-1883 Moses Taggart served in 1853. Born in Colram, Mass., Aug. 21, 1799. Elected district attorney, Genesee County, 1845; Member constitutional convention, 1846. State … More Moses Taggart »
Thomas A. Johnson
1804-1872 Thomas A. Johnson served 1847-1848, 1856, and 1864. Born in Blanford, Hamden County, Mass., May 15, 1804. Land commissioner, Erie Railroad Co., 1841. … More Thomas A. Johnson »
Henry Pierrepont Edwards
1808-1855 Henry Pierrepont Edwards served in 1854. Born in New Haven, Conn., 1808. A lineal descendant of Jonathan Edwards and son of Henry Waggaman … More Henry Pierrepont Edwards »
John W. Brown
1796-1875 John W. Brown served in 1857, 1865. Born in Dundee, Scotland, Oct. 11, 1796. Emigrated to United States in 1802; educated in Newburgh, … More John W. Brown »