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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: New York: Court of Appeals</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Bronson</a> 1847-51 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gard-gardlock.html#292.07.66">Addison Gardiner</a> 1847-55 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jewett.html#836.74.30">Freeborn G. Jewett</a> 1847-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruggles.html#596.20.14">Charles H. Ruggles</a> 1847-55 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html#673.41.86">Samuel A. Foote</a> 1851 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#010.86.59">Alexander S. Johnson</a> 1851-59 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#025.92.20">Hiram Denio</a> 1853-65 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comstock.html#756.71.50">George F. Comstock</a> 1855 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/selden.html#350.20.15">Samuel L. Selden</a> 1855 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#426.77.65">Theron R. Strong</a> as of 1859 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html#875.61.47">Henry E. Davies</a> 1859 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright9.html#517.41.30">William B. Wright</a> 1861-68 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/selden.html#333.81.96">Henry R. Selden</a> 1862 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter5.html#656.83.17">John K. Porter</a> 1865 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html#498.88.67">Ward Hunt</a> 1865-70 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#957.63.38">Martin Grover</a> 1868-75 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#902.99.23">Lewis B. Woodruff</a> 1868-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#251.62.05">Charles Mason</a> 1868 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#155.76.63">Robert Earl</a> 1869 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#699.03.26">John A. Lott</a> 1869-70 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#018.07.04">William F. Allen</a> 1870-78 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#038.28.77">Charles Andrews</a> 1870-81 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#343.91.75">Charles J. Folger</a> 1870-80 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#733.67.18">Rufus W. Peckham</a> 1870-73 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#674.14.12">Charles A. Rapallo</a> 1870-88 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#010.86.59">Alexander S. Johnson</a> 1873-74 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller8.html#959.30.07">Theodore Miller</a> 1875 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#155.76.63">Robert Earl</a> 1875-92 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hand.html#875.45.12">Samuel Hand</a> 1878 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/danaher-danhof.html#726.88.17">George F. Danforth</a> 1878 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finch.html#361.63.28">Francis M. Finch</a> 1880 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#494.38.55">Benjamin F. Tracy</a> 1881-83 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#571.37.59">Rufus W. Peckham</a> 1886-95 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#302.70.65">John Clinton Gray</a> 1888-1913 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#425.15.30">Charles Francis Brown</a> as of 1889-92 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien2.html#575.46.20">Denis O'Brien</a> 1890-1907 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maynard.html#640.08.37">Isaac H. Maynard</a> 1892 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#230.76.28">Edward T. Bartlett</a> 1894-1910 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin2.html#438.03.28">Celora E. Martin</a> as of 1895-1906 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haibach-haiko.html#751.99.35">Albert Haight</a> 1895-1912 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#647.72.76">Irving G. Vann</a> as of 1896-1912 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#117.70.31">Judson S. Lendon</a> 1900 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/werner.html#598.99.89">William E. Werner</a> 1901-07 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#620.23.42">Willard Bartlett</a> 1906-16 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#320.83.59">Emory A. Chase</a> 1906 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#925.57.91">Frank H. Hiscock</a> 1906 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#396.64.44">Frederick Collin</a> 1910-20 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cubberley-culla.html#874.86.83">William H. Cuddeback</a> as of 1913 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogan.html#756.51.84">John W. Hogan</a> as of 1913 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller6.html#666.39.08">Nathan L. Miller</a> 1913-15 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#954.88.79">Benjamin N. Cardozo</a> 1914-26 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#533.54.13">William B. Hornblower</a> 1914 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#430.53.91">Samuel Seabury</a> 1914-16 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#820.72.51">Cuthbert W. Pound</a> 1915-32 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crane.html#290.84.38">Frederick E. Crane</a> 1917-34 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclaughlin-mclay.html#526.47.38">Chester B. McLaughlin</a> 1917-26 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#153.05.01">William S. Andrews</a> 1917-29 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html#463.08.88">Abram I. Elkus</a> 1919-20 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#487.76.81">Irving Lehman</a> 1924-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#353.94.65">Henry T. Kellogg</a> 1927-34 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien5.html#878.41.71">John F. O'Brien</a> 1927-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbeel-hudnut.html#310.27.26">Irving G. Hubbs</a> 1929-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#317.19.37">Leonard C. Crouch</a> 1932-36 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#330.37.67">John T. Loughran</a> 1934-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finch.html#367.07.57">Edward R. Finch</a> 1935-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#110.14.40">Harlan W. Rippey</a> as of 1937-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#087.03.51">Albert Conway</a> 1940 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis3.html#009.49.29">Edmund H. Lewis</a> 1940 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sears.html#765.45.26">Charles B. Sears</a> 1940 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/derrick-destrehan.html#616.86.50">Charles S. Desmond</a> as of 1941-59 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#576.79.65">Thomas D. Thacher</a> 1943-48 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#969.87.62">George Z. Medalie</a> 1945-46 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#441.75.66">Stanley H. Fuld</a> 1946-66 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#389.04.01">Charles W. Froessel</a> 1950 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#691.91.45">John Van Voorhis</a> 1953 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burke.html#404.27.71">Adrian P. Burke</a> 1955-73 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#720.73.19">Sydney F. Foster</a> 1960 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#574.08.90">John F. Scileppi</a> 1962 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bergan-berkstresser.html#956.15.41">Francis Bergan</a> 1963-72 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#737.43.63">Kenneth B. Keating</a> as of 1966-68 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breen-brenizer.html#987.56.14">Charles D. Breitel</a> 1966 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#416.42.82">Matthew J. Jasen</a> as of 1968 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibson.html#682.76.41">James Gibson</a> 1969 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#868.16.04">Domenick Gabrielli</a> 1972-82 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#710.81.84">Hugh R. Jones</a> 1972 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#832.29.15">Sol Wachtler</a> 1972 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raab-radway.html#693.47.59">Samuel Rabin</a> 1974 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens4.html#181.42.21">Harold A. Stevens</a> 1974 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooke.html#790.56.51">Lawrence H. Cooke</a> 1974 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#240.82.69">Jacob D. Fuchsberg</a> 1974 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meyer.html#933.71.21">Bernard S. Meyer</a> 1979 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simons.html#955.17.80">Richard D. Simons</a> 1983- <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#720.96.93">Judith S. Kaye</a> 1983 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#594.83.77">Fritz W. Alexander II</a> 1985 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/timmons-tittmann.html#108.86.97">Vito J. Titone</a> 1985- <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hancock.html#427.15.33">Stewart F. Hancock, Jr.</a> 1986-93 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#040.14.27">Joseph W. Bellacosa</a> 1987- <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#171.58.84">George Bundy Smith</a> 1992- <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wernsing-wesson.html#455.17.60">Richard C. Wesley</a> 1997-2003 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garcia.html#167.67.38">Michael J. Garcia</a> 2016- <p> <b>Events and Candidates</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <li> 1851 Apr 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#437.89.78">Greene C. Bronson</a>, resigned. <li> 1853 Jun 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jewett.html#836.74.30">Freeborn G. Jewett</a>, resigned. <li> 1857: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkins.html#235.33.72">Timothy Jenkins</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1863: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#018.07.04">William F. Allen</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1868 Jan 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright9.html#517.41.30">William B. Wright</a>, died in office. <li> 1870 May 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#018.07.04">William F. Allen</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#957.63.38">Martin Grover</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#733.67.18">Rufus W. Peckham</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#674.14.12">Charles A. Rapallo</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#343.91.75">Charles J. Folger</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#038.28.77">Charles Andrews</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#251.62.05">Charles Mason</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#638.20.01">Robert S. Hale</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1873 Nov 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#733.67.18">Rufus W. Peckham</a>, died in office. <li> 1873 Dec 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#010.86.59">Alexander S. Johnson</a>, appointed. <li> 1874 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller8.html#959.30.07">Theodore Miller</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#010.86.59">Alexander S. Johnson</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1875 Aug 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#957.63.38">Martin Grover</a>, died in office. <li> 1875 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#155.76.63">Robert Earl</a>, appointed. <li> 1878 Jun 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#018.07.04">William F. Allen</a>, died in office. <li> 1884: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farrelly-farris.html#525.03.20">Walter J. Farrington</a> (Prohibition), defeated. <li> 1888: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#674.14.12">Charles A. Rapallo</a>, died in office. <li> 1888 Jan 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#302.70.65">John Clinton Gray</a>, appointed. <li> 1888 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#302.70.65">John Clinton Gray</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1889: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farrelly-farris.html#525.03.20">Walter J. Farrington</a> (Prohibition), defeated. <li> 1889 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien2.html#575.46.20">Denis O'Brien</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1893 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#230.76.28">Edward T. Bartlett</a>, elected. <li> 1895 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin2.html#438.03.28">Celora E. Martin</a>, elected. <li> 1896 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#647.72.76">Irving G. Vann</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/titus.html#080.25.52">Robert C. Titus</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#971.80.57">Spencer Clinton</a> (Gold Democratic), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#920.05.12">Theodore F. Cuno</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#808.18.03">Elias Root</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcnamee-mcpheeters.html#344.06.23">Lawrence J. McParlin</a>, defeated. <li> 1902 Nov 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#302.70.65">John Clinton Gray</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1903: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien2.html#575.46.20">Denis O'Brien</a>, elected. <li> 1904 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/werner.html#598.99.89">William E. Werner</a> (Rep & Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#925.16.35">William Nugent</a> (Social Democratic), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorn-dorsett.html#779.66.78">Dexter D. Dorn</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtis.html#099.26.13">Orcus A. Curtis</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/babcock.html#074.87.14">Augustus Babcock</a> (People's), defeated. <li> 1907 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#230.76.28">Edward T. Bartlett</a>, elected. <li> 1908 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haibach-haiko.html#751.99.35">Albert Haight</a> (Rep & Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyon.html#743.69.70">Reuben Robie Lyon</a> (Independence League), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#757.30.13">S. John Block</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#048.63.85">Coleridge A. Hart</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#637.29.99">Edmund Seidel</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1910 May 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#230.76.28">Edward T. Bartlett</a>, died in office. <li> 1910 Oct 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#396.64.44">Frederick Collin</a>, appointed. <li> 1910 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#647.72.76">Irving G. Vann</a> (Rep & Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#396.64.44">Frederick Collin</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#819.02.13">Morris Hillquit</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyon.html#743.69.70">Reuben Robie Lyon</a> (Independence League), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#184.60.20">Louis B. Boudin</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#089.95.56">James A. Allen</a> (Independence League), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#675.56.77">Alfred L. Manierre</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elliott.html#899.39.96">Gilbert Elliott</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#979.78.80">Charles H. Chase</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1912 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cubberley-culla.html#874.86.83">William H. Cuddeback</a> (Dem & Independence League), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogan.html#756.51.84">John W. Hogan</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#925.57.91">Frank H. Hiscock</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#320.83.59">Emory A. Chase</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirchdorfer-kirkby.html#986.88.08">George W. Kirchwey</a> (Progressive & Independence League), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#142.03.69">Carlos C. Alden</a> (Progressive), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#865.29.90">Jessie Ashley</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#335.35.38">Leon A. Malkiel</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#131.95.48">Erwin J. Baldwin</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elliott.html#899.39.96">Gilbert Elliott</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#637.29.99">Edmund Seidel</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucero-ludlam.html#155.13.61">Carl A. Ludecke</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1913 Nov 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#925.57.91">Frank H. Hiscock</a> (Rep & Independence League), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html#463.08.88">Abram I. Elkus</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#430.53.91">Samuel Seabury</a> (Progressive), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#387.01.48">Hezekiah D. Wilcox</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#048.63.85">Coleridge A. Hart</a> (Prohibition), defeated. <li> 1914 Feb 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#533.54.13">William B. Hornblower</a>, appointed. <li> 1914 Jun 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#533.54.13">William B. Hornblower</a>, died in office. <li> 1916 Sep 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norton.html#598.27.67">John T. Norton</a> (Dem), nominated unopposed. <li> 1916 Sep 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#820.72.51">Cuthbert W. Pound</a> (Rep), nominated unopposed. <li> 1916 Sep 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#820.72.51">Cuthbert W. Pound</a> (Progressive), nominated unopposed. <li> 1916 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#820.72.51">Cuthbert W. Pound</a> (Rep & Progressive), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norton.html#598.27.67">John T. Norton</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#387.01.48">Hezekiah D. Wilcox</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#048.63.85">Coleridge A. Hart</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#493.25.32">Leander A. Armstrong</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1917 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclaughlin-mclay.html#526.47.38">Chester B. McLaughlin</a> (Rep & Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#954.88.79">Benjamin N. Cardozo</a> (Dem & Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#387.01.48">Hezekiah D. Wilcox</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#184.60.20">Louis B. Boudin</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#357.21.96">Walter T. Bliss</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#048.63.85">Coleridge A. Hart</a> (Prohibition), defeated. <li> 1920 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crane.html#290.84.38">Frederick E. Crane</a> (Rep & Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#320.83.59">Emory A. Chase</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html#463.08.88">Abram I. Elkus</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#335.35.38">Leon A. Malkiel</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aviata-ayer.html#298.22.91">Jacob Axelrad</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dwyer.html#441.17.31">Thomas F. Dwyer</a> (Farmer-Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#048.63.85">Coleridge A. Hart</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#360.21.86">Francis E. Baldwin</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#485.22.12">Swinburne Hale</a> (Farmer-Labor), defeated. <li> 1921: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#965.20.52">Townsend Scudder</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1923 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#487.76.81">Irving Lehman</a>, elected. <li> 1926: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carlsmith-carlson.html#116.43.90">Charles Carlson</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1926 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#353.94.65">Henry T. Kellogg</a> (Rep & Dem), elected. <li> 1927 Jan 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien5.html#878.41.71">John F. O'Brien</a>, appointed. <li> 1927 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien5.html#878.41.71">John F. O'Brien</a> (Dem & Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#387.01.48">Hezekiah D. Wilcox</a> (Socialist), defeated. <li> 1928 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbeel-hudnut.html#310.27.26">Irving G. Hubbs</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#317.19.37">Leonard C. Crouch</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#387.01.48">Hezekiah D. Wilcox</a> (Socialist), defeated. <li> 1930 Nov 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#820.72.51">Cuthbert W. Pound</a> (Rep & Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#317.83.43">Darwin J. Meserole</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosebury-rosenbaum.html#655.78.85">Belle J. Rosen</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1932 Mar 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#317.19.37">Leonard C. Crouch</a>, appointed. <li> 1934: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#353.94.65">Henry T. Kellogg</a>, resigned. <li> 1934 May 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#330.37.67">John T. Loughran</a>, appointed. <li> 1934 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#330.37.67">John T. Loughran</a> (Dem & Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finch.html#367.07.57">Edward R. Finch</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sears.html#765.45.26">Charles B. Sears</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weiss.html#046.74.58">Julian H. Weiss</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#317.83.43">Darwin J. Meserole</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wellstone-wenstrom.html#170.13.76">Gertrude Welsh</a> (Communist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#343.07.85">David E. Hartshorn</a> (Law Preservation), defeated. <li> 1936 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#110.14.40">Harlan W. Rippey</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#317.83.43">Darwin J. Meserole</a> (Socialist), defeated. <li> 1937 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#487.76.81">Irving Lehman</a> (Dem & Rep & American Labor & City Fusion), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#848.96.15">Marion L. Severn</a> (Socialist), defeated. <li> 1939 Dec 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien5.html#878.41.71">John F. O'Brien</a>, died in office. <li> 1939 Dec 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbeel-hudnut.html#310.27.26">Irving G. Hubbs</a>, resigned. <li> 1940 Jan 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#087.03.51">Albert Conway</a>, appointed; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis3.html#009.49.29">Edmund H. Lewis</a>, appointed. <li> 1940 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis3.html#009.49.29">Edmund H. Lewis</a> (Rep & Dem & American Labor), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#087.03.51">Albert Conway</a> (Dem & Rep & American Labor), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/derrick-destrehan.html#616.86.50">Charles S. Desmond</a> (Dem & American Labor), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cunningham.html#267.53.37">Benjamin B. Cunningham</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1943 May 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#576.79.65">Thomas D. Thacher</a>, appointed. <li> 1943 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#576.79.65">Thomas D. Thacher</a> (Rep & Dem & American Labor), elected unopposed. <li> 1944 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyal-dyell.html#635.45.36">Marvin R. Dye</a> (Dem & American Labor), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#691.91.45">John Van Voorhis</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stein-steinmetz.html#848.99.73">Walter Steinhilber</a> (Industrial Government), defeated. <li> 1946 Mar 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#969.87.62">George Z. Medalie</a>, died in office. <li> 1946 Apr 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#441.75.66">Stanley H. Fuld</a>, appointed. <li> 1946 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#441.75.66">Stanley H. Fuld</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#741.98.59">Henry Epstein</a> (Dem & American Labor), defeated. <li> 1949 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#389.04.01">Charles W. Froessel</a> (Dem & Liberal), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#728.94.08">Bruce Bromley</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1954 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/derrick-destrehan.html#616.86.50">Charles S. Desmond</a> (Dem & Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#691.91.45">John Van Voorhis</a> (Rep & Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burke.html#404.27.71">Adrian P. Burke</a> (Dem & Liberal), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#720.73.19">Sydney F. Foster</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#259.44.00">George Rifkin</a> (Liberal), defeated. <li> 1958 Nov 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyal-dyell.html#635.45.36">Marvin R. Dye</a> (Dem & Rep), elected unopposed. <li> 1962 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#574.08.90">John F. Scileppi</a> (Dem & Liberal), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#588.13.74">Marcus G. Christ</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1963 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bergan-berkstresser.html#956.15.41">Francis Bergan</a> (Dem & Rep), elected unopposed. <li> 1965: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#848.66.76">Owen McGivern</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/micheau-middleswarth.html#223.67.79">Henry S. 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