# List of associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals

This is a list of associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals, with their tenure on the court.

## Associate judges serving before 1870

| Judge | Years served | Party | Comment |
| William F. Allen | 1854, 1862, 1870–1878 | Democrat | |
| William J. Bacon | 1860, 1868 | | |
| Greene Carrier Bronson | 1847–1851 | Democrat | |
| John W. Brown | 1857, 1865 | | |
| Daniel Cady | 1849 | | |
| William W. Campbell | 1865 | | |
| George F. Comstock | 1855–1861 | American | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Charles Daniels | 1869 | | |
| Noah Davis | 1865 | | |
| Gilbert Dean | 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 |
| Hiram Gray | 1851, 1859 | | |
| Martin Grover | 1859, 1867–1870, 1870–1875 | Democrat | |
| Augustus C. Hand | 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 | |
| Joseph Mullin | 1864 | | |
| Amasa J. Parker | 1854 | | |
| Rufus W. Peckham Sr. | 1866, 1870–1873 | Democrat | |
| John K. Porter | 1865–1867 | Republican | |
| Daniel Pratt | 1850, 1858 | | |
| Charles Herman Ruggles | 1847–1855 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Henry R. Selden | 1862–1865 | | |
| Samuel Lee Selden | 1856–1862 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Selah B. Strong | 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 |

## Associate judges serving between 1870 and 1974

| Judge | Years served | Appointing Governor/Party | Comment |
| William F. Allen | 1870–1878 | Democrat | |
| Charles Andrews | 1870–1897 | Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| William Shankland Andrews | 1917–1928 | | |
| Edward T. Bartlett | 1894–1910 | Republican | |
| Willard Bartlett | 1906–1916 | Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Francis Bergan | 1964–1972 | Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department |
| Charles D. Breitel | 1967–1978 | Republican/Liberal | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Bruce Bromley | 1949 | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican | |
| Adrian P. Burke | 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 |
| Emory A. Chase | 1906–1921 | Frank W. Higgins, Republican | |
| Frederick Collin | 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 |
| Leonard C. Crouch | 1932–1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat | |
| William H. Cuddeback | 1913–1919 | Democrat/Independence League | |
| Edgar M. Cullen | 1900–1913 | Democrat/Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| George F. Danforth | 1879–1889 | Republican | |
| Charles S. Desmond | 1940–1966 | Democrat/Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Marvin R. Dye | 1945–1965 | Democrat/American Labor/Liberal | |
| Robert Earl | 1868–1870, 1870–1894 | Democrat | |
| Abram I. Elkus | 1919–1920 | Al Smith, Democrat | |
| Edward R. Finch | 1935–1943 | Democrat | |
| Charles J. Folger | 1870–1881 | Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Francis M. Finch | 1880–1895 | | |
| Henry A. Foster | 1870 | | |
| Sydney F. Foster | 1960–1963 | Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department |
| Charles W. Froessel | 1950–1962 | Democrat/Liberal | |
| Jacob D. Fuchsberg | 1975–1983 | Democrat | |
| Stanley H. Fuld | 1946–1973 | Republican/Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Domenick L. Gabrielli | 1973–1982 | Republican/Conservative | |
| James Gibson | 1969–1972 | Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department |
| John Clinton Gray | 1888–1913 | | |
| Martin Grover | 1859, 1867–1870, 1870–1875 | Democrat | |
| Albert Haight | 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 | | |
| Chester B. McLaughlin | 1918–1926 | Charles S. Whitman, Republican | |
| George Z. Medalie | 1945–1946 | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican | Also served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York |
| Nathan Lewis Miller | 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 |
| John F. O'Brien | 1927–1934 | Al Smith, Democrat |
| Rufus W. Peckham Jr. | 1886–1895 | Democrat | Also served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court |
| Rufus W. Peckham Sr. | 1866, 1870–1873 | Democrat |
| Cuthbert W. Pound | 1915–1934 | Republican/Democrat | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| Samuel Rabin | 1974 | Malcolm Wilson, Republican | Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department |
| Charles A. Rapallo | 1870–1887 | Democrat | |
| Harlan W. Rippey | 1937–1944 | Democrat | |
| John F. Scileppi | 1963–1972 | Democrat/Liberal | |
| Samuel Seabury | 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 |
| Harold A. Stevens | 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 |
| Irving G. Vann | 1895–1912 | Levi P. Morton, Republican | |
| John Van Voorhis | 1953–1967 | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican | |
| Sol Wachtler | 1973–1992 | Republican | Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals |
| William E. Werner | 1900–1916 | Republican/Democrat |

## Associate judges serving since 1974

| Judge | Years served | Appointing Governor/Party | Comment |
| Sheila Abdus-Salaam | 2013–2017 | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |
| Fritz W. Alexander II | 1985–1992 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | |
| Joseph W. Bellacosa | 1987–2000 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | |
| Charles D. Breitel | 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 | |
| Jacob D. Fuchsberg | 1975–1983 | Democrat | |
| Domenick L. Gabrielli | 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 | |
| Theodore T. Jones | 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 | |
| Bernard S. Meyer | 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 |
| Susan Phillips Read | 2003–2015 | George Pataki, Republican | |
| Jenny Rivera | 2013– | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |
| Albert Rosenblatt | 1998–2007 | George Pataki, Republican | |
| Richard D. Simons | 1983–1997 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | |
| Madeline Singas | 2021– | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |
| George Bundy Smith | 1992–2006 | Mario Cuomo, Democrat | |
| Robert S. Smith | 2004–2014 | George Pataki, Republican | |
| Leslie E. Stein | 2015–2021 | Andrew Cuomo, Democrat | |
| Vito J. Titone | 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 |
| Richard C. Wesley | 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 |