List of Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
Chief Judges before 1870

List of Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals

Section Title: Chief Judges before 1870
Table Section Text: None

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes

Freeborn G. Jewett	July 5, 1847	December 31, 1849	Democratic

Greene C. Bronson	January 1, 1850	April 1851	Democratic/Anti-Rent	Resigned

Charles H. Ruggles	April 1851	December 31, 1853	Democratic

Addison Gardiner	January 1, 1854	December 31, 1855	Democratic/Anti-Rent

Hiram Denio	January 1, 1856	December 31, 1857	Democratic

Alexander S. Johnson	January 1, 1858	December 31, 1859	Democratic

George F. Comstock	January 1, 1860	December 31, 1861	American	Elected an associate judge on the American Party ticket, by the time his term as Chief Judge began this party had disbanded, and Comstock had become a Democrat.

Samuel L. Selden	January 1, 1862	July 1, 1862	Democratic	Resigned

Hiram Denio	July 1, 1862	December 31, 1865	Democratic

Henry E. Davies	January 1, 1866	December 31, 1867	Republican/American

William B. Wright	January 1, 1868	January 12, 1868	Union	Elected in 1861 on the Union ticket nominated by War Democrats and Republicans; died in office

Ward Hunt	January 12, 1868	December 31, 1869	Republican	Subsequently served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Robert Earl	January 1, 1870	July 4, 1870	Democratic	Legislated out of office by constitutional amendment of 1869

Sentence(s)

William B. Wright was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1868.

final_sentence: William B. Wright was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1868.