This is a list of associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals, with their tenure on the court.[1] [2]
| Judge | Years served | Party | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854, 1862, 1870–1878 | Democrat | ||||
| 1860, 1868 | |||||
| 1847–1851 | Democrat | ||||
| 1857, 1865 | |||||
| 1849 | |||||
| 1865 | |||||
| George F. Comstock | 1855–1861 | American | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1869 | |||||
| 1865 | |||||
| 1855 | |||||
| Robert Earl | 1868–1870, 1870–1894 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| Samuel A. Foote | 1851 | ||||
| Addison Gardiner | 1847–1855 | Democrat/Anti–Rent | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1851, 1859 | |||||
| 1859, 1867–1870, 1870–1875 | Democrat | ||||
| 1855 | |||||
| Ira Harris | 1850, 1858 | ||||
| Ward Hunt | 1865–1870 | Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| Amaziah B. James | 1861, 1869 | ||||
| Freeborn G. Jewett | 1846–1853 | Democrat | |||
| Alexander S. Johnson | 1852–1859, 1873–1874 | Democrat | |||
| Samuel Jones | 1847–1848 | ||||
| John A. Lott | 1861, 1869–1870 | Democrat | |||
| Richard P. Marvin | 1855, 1863 | ||||
| Charles Mason | 1853, 1861, 1868–1869 | ||||
| John Maynard | 1850 | Whig | |||
| Theodore Miller | 1868, 1875–1886 | Democrat | |||
| 1864 | |||||
| 1854 | |||||
| 1866, 1870–1873 | Democrat | ||||
| 1865–1867 | Republican | ||||
| 1850, 1858 | |||||
| Charles Herman Ruggles | 1847–1855 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1862–1865 | |||||
| Samuel Lee Selden | 1856–1862 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1849, 1859 | |||||
| Theron R. Strong | 1858 | ||||
| Josiah Sutherland | 1862, 1870 | ||||
| John Willard | 1853 | Democrat | |||
| Lewis B. Woodruff | 1868–1869 | Republican | Also served on the Second U.S. Circuit Court |
| Judge | Years served | Appointing Governor/Party | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870–1878 | Democrat | ||||
| 1870–1897 | Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | |||
| 1917–1928 | |||||
| 1894–1910 | Republican | ||||
| 1906–1916 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | |||
| 1964–1972 | Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department | |||
| 1967–1978 | Republican/Liberal | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | |||
| 1949 | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican | ||||
| 1955–1973 | Democrat/Liberal | ||||
| Benjamin N. Cardozo | 1914–1932 | Democrat/Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | ||
| 1906–1921 | Frank W. Higgins, Republican | ||||
| 1910–1920 | Charles Evans Hughes, Republican | ||||
| Albert Conway | 1940–1959 | Democrat/Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| Lawrence H. Cooke | 1974–1984 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1932–1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat | ||||
| 1913–1919 | Democrat/Independence League | ||||
| Edgar M. Cullen | 1900–1913 | Democrat/Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1879–1889 | Republican | ||||
| Charles S. Desmond | 1940–1966 | Democrat/Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1945–1965 | Democrat/American Labor/Liberal | ||||
| Robert Earl | 1868–1870, 1870–1894 | Democrat | |||
| 1919–1920 | Al Smith, Democrat | ||||
| 1935–1943 | Democrat | ||||
| Charles J. Folger | 1870–1881 | Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1880–1895 | |||||
| 1870 | |||||
| 1960–1963 | Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department | |||
| 1950–1962 | Democrat/Liberal | ||||
| 1975–1983 | Democrat | ||||
| Stanley H. Fuld | 1946–1973 | Republican/Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1973–1982 | Republican/Conservative | ||||
| 1969–1972 | Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department | |||
| 1888–1913 | |||||
| 1859, 1867–1870, 1870–1875 | Democrat | ||||
| 1895–1912 | Republican | ||||
| Samuel Hand | 1878–1879 | ||||
| Frank H. Hiscock | 1906–1926 | Republican/Progressive | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| John W. Hogan | 1913–1923 | Democrat | |||
| William B. Hornblower | 1914 | Democrat | |||
| Irving G. Hubbs | 1929–1939 | Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department | ||
| Matthew J. Jasen | 1968–1985 | ||||
| Alexander S. Johnson | 1852–1859, 1873–1874 | Democrat | |||
| Hugh R. Jones | 1973–1984 | Republican/Conservative | |||
| Kenneth B. Keating | 1965–1969 | Republican | Also served as U.S. Senator from New York | ||
| Henry T. Kellogg | 1927–1934 | ||||
| Irving Lehman | 1923–1945 | Democrat/Republican/American Labor | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| Edmund H. Lewis | 1940–1954 | Republican/Democrat/Liberal | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| John T. Loughran | 1934–1953 | Democrat/Republican/American Labor/Liberal | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| Celora E. Martin | 1896–1904 | Republican | |||
| Isaac H. Maynard | 1892–1893 | ||||
| 1918–1926 | Charles S. Whitman, Republican | ||||
| 1945–1946 | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican | Also served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York | |||
| 1913–1915 | Republican | Also served as Governor of New York | |||
| Theodore Miller | 1868, 1875–1886 | Democrat | |||
| Denis O'Brien | 1889–1907 | Democrat | Also served as New York Attorney General | ||
| 1927–1934 | Al Smith, Democrat | ||||
| 1886–1895 | Democrat | Also served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | |||
| 1866, 1870–1873 | Democrat | ||||
| Cuthbert W. Pound | 1915–1934 | Republican/Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1974 | Malcolm Wilson, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department | |||
| 1870–1887 | Democrat | ||||
| 1937–1944 | Democrat | ||||
| 1963–1972 | Democrat/Liberal | ||||
| 1914–1916 | Democrat/Progressive/Independence League/American | ||||
| Charles B. Sears | 1940 | Herbert H. Lehman, Democrat | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department | ||
| 1974 | Malcolm Wilson, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department | |||
| Thomas D. Thacher | 1943–1948 | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican | Also served as Solicitor General of the United States and as a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | ||
| Benjamin F. Tracy | 1881–1882 | Alonzo B. Cornell, Republican | Also served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the United States Secretary of the Navy | ||
| 1895–1912 | Levi P. Morton, Republican | ||||
| 1953–1967 | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican | ||||
| Sol Wachtler | 1973–1992 | Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1900–1916 | Republican/Democrat |
| Judge | Years served | Appointing Governor/Party | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2017 | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | ||||
| 1985–1992 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | ||||
| 1987–2000 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | ||||
| 1967–1978 | Republican/Liberal | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | |||
| Anthony Cannataro | 2021– | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick | 1994–2012 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| Lawrence H. Cooke | 1974–1984 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| Eugene M. Fahey | 2015–2021 | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| Paul G. Feinman | 2017–2021 | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| 1975–1983 | Democrat | ||||
| 1973–1982 | Republican/Conservative | ||||
| Michael J. Garcia | 2016– | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| Victoria A. Graffeo | 2000–2014 | George Pataki, Republican | Also served as Solicitor General for the State of New York | ||
| Caitlin Halligan | 2023– | Kathy Hochul, Democrat | |||
| Stewart F. Hancock Jr. | 1986–1993 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| Matthew J. Jasen | 1968–1985 | ||||
| Hugh R. Jones | 1973–1984 | Republican/Conservative | |||
| 2007–2012 | Eliot Spitzer, Democrat | ||||
| Judith S. Kaye | 1983–2008 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| Howard A. Levine | 1993–2002 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| 1979–1986 | Hugh L. Carey, Democrat | ||||
| Eugene F. Pigott Jr. | 2006–2016 | George Pataki, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department | ||
| 2003–2015 | George Pataki, Republican | ||||
| 2013– | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | ||||
| 1998–2007 | George Pataki, Republican | ||||
| Richard D. Simons | 1983–1997 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| Madeline Singas | 2021– | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| 1992–2006 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | ||||
| Robert S. Smith | 2004–2014 | George Pataki, Republican | |||
| Leslie E. Stein | 2015–2021 | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |||
| 1985–1998 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | ||||
| Shirley Troutman | 2022– | Kathy Hochul, Democrat | |||
| Sol Wachtler | 1973–1992 | Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | ||
| 1997–2003 | George Pataki, Republican | Subsequently appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |||
| Rowan D. Wilson | 2017–2023 | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | Subsequently appointed as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |