List of Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
Chief Judges between 1870 and 1974

List of Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals

Section Title: Chief Judges between 1870 and 1974
Table Section Text: None

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes

Sanford E. Church	July 4, 1870	May 13, 1880	Democratic	Died in office

Charles J. Folger	May 20, 1880	November 14, 1881	Republican	Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Charles Andrews	December 19, 1881	December 31, 1882	Republican	Appointed to fill vacancy

William C. Ruger	January 1, 1883	January 14, 1892	Democratic	Died in office

Robert Earl	January 19, 1892	December 31, 1892	Dem./Rep.	Appointed to fill vacancy

Charles Andrews	January 1, 1893	December 31, 1897	Rep./Dem.	Age-limited

Alton B. Parker	January 1, 1898	August 5, 1904	Democratic	Resigned to run on the Democratic ticket for U.S. President

Edgar M. Cullen	September 2, 1904	December 31, 1913	Dem./Rep.	Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited

Willard Bartlett	January 1, 1914	December 31, 1916	Democratic	Age-limited

Frank H. Hiscock	January 1, 1917	December 31, 1926	Rep./Progr.	Age-limited

Benjamin N. Cardozo	January 1, 1927	March 7, 1932	Dem./Rep.	Resigned to become an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Cuthbert W. Pound	March 8, 1932	December 31, 1934	Rep./Dem.	Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited

Frederick E. Crane	January 1, 1935	December 31, 1939	Rep./Dem.	Age-limited

Irving Lehman	January 1, 1940	September 22, 1945	Dem./Rep./Am. Labor	Died in office

John T. Loughran	September 28, 1945	March 31, 1953	Dem./Rep./Am. Labor/Lib.	Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then died in office

Edmund H. Lewis	April 22, 1953	December 31, 1954	Rep./Dem./Lib.	Appointed to fill vacancy, then elected, then age-limited

Albert Conway	January 1, 1955	December 31, 1959	Dem./Rep.	Age-limited

Charles S. Desmond	January 1, 1960	December 31, 1966	Dem./Rep.	Age-limited

Stanley H. Fuld	January 1, 1967	December 31, 1973	Rep./Dem.	Age-limited

Charles D. Breitel	January 1, 1974	December 31, 1978	Rep./Lib.	Last elected Chief Judge; age-limited

Sentence(s)

Benjamin N. Cardozo was the Chief Judge, of the New York Court of Appeals

final_sentence: Benjamin N. Cardozo was the Chief Judge, of the New York Court of Appeals