death_date children distric birth_date term_end death_place imagesize profession preceded term_start spouse image citizenship resting_place succeeded predecessor birth_place party office governor successor article_title birth_name
13 may 1880 nellie church george b. church orleans county 18 april 1815 december 31 , 1854 december 31 , 1842 albion , new york , u.s. 250 lawyer judge politician george w. patterson january 1 , 1851 january 1 , 1842 ann wild church sanfordechurch.png united states mount albion cemetery , albion , new york henry j. raymond richard w. gates milford , otsego county , new york , u.s. democratic lieutenant york state assembly governor of new york member of the new washington hunt horatio seymour elisha wright sanford e. church
 sanford elias church
sanford e. church

sanford elias church -lrb- april 18 , 1815 -- may 13 , 1880 -rrb- was an american lawyer and democratic politician .
he served as lieutenant governor of the state of new york and chief judge of the new york court of appeals for a decade .
