The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Court in New York

U.S. District Court in New York

U.S. District Judges for New York, 1790-98 (may be incomplete!)
James Duane 1790-94 John Laurance 1794-96 Robert Troup 1796-98 John Sloss Hobart 1798-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1796 Nov 8: John Laurance, resigned.

U.S. District Judges for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-2002 (may be incomplete!)
Charles L. Benedict 1865-97 Edwin L. Garvin 1918-25 Clarence G. Galston 1929- Mortimer W. Byers 1929-60 Matthew T. Abruzzo 1936-66 Walter Bruchhausen 1953-67 John R. Bartels 1959-73 Anthony J. Travia 1968 Mark A. Costantino 1971-87 Henry Bramwell 1974-87 George C. Pratt 1976- Frank X. Altimari 1982-85 Reena Raggi 1987-2002 Henry Bramwell 1987- Carol Bagley Amon 1990- Frederic Block 1994-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1897 Jan 1: Charles L. Benedict, resigned.

1960 Feb 1: Mortimer W. Byers, took senior status.

1966 Feb 15: Matthew T. Abruzzo, took senior status.

1967 May 20: Walter Bruchhausen, took senior status.

1973 Dec 31: John R. Bartels, took senior status.

1987 Dec 1: Mark A. Costantino, took senior status.

U.S. District Judges for the Northern District of New York, 1825-1981 (may be incomplete!)
Alfred Conkling 1825-52 Nathan Kelsey Hall 1852-74 William James Wallace 1874- Alfred Conkling Coxe 1882-1902 Frederick H. Bryant 1927-45 Stephen W. Brennan 1942-63 Edward S. Kampf 1946- Roger J. Miner 1981-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1874 Mar 2: Nathan Kelsey Hall, died in office.

1945 Sep 4: Frederick H. Bryant, died in office.

U.S. District Judges for the Southern District of New York, 1826-2004 (may be incomplete!)
Samuel Rossiter Betts 1826-67 Samuel M. Blatchford 1867-78 William Gardner Choate 1878-81 Addison Brown 1881-1901 George Bethune Adams 1901-11 Charles M. Hough 1906- Learned Hand 1909-24 Julius M. Mayer 1912-21 Augustus Noble Hand 1914-27 Martin T. Manton 1916-18 William Bondy 1923-56 Thomas D. Thacher 1925-30 Francis G. Caffey 1929 Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. 1929- Robert Porter Patterson 1930-39 G. Murray Hulbert 1934-50 Vincent L. Leibell 1936- John Bright 1941-48 Harold R. Medina 1947-51 Samuel Hamilton Kaufman 1948- Irving R. Kaufman 1949-61 David N. Edelstein 1951-94 Alexander Bicks 1954-63 Frederick V. P. Bryan 1956-72 Wilfred Feinberg 1961- Dudley B. Bonsal 1961-76 Inzer B. Wyatt 1962-77 Walter Roe Mansfield 1966-71 Murray Irwin Gurfein 1971- Lawrence Warren Pierce 1971- Charles L. Brieant, Jr. 1971- Arnold Bauman 1971-74 Vincent L. Broderick 1976-88 Pierre Nelson Leval 1977- John M. Walker, Jr. 1985-89 Louis J. Freeh 1991-93 Deborah A. Batts 1994- Harold Baer, Jr. 1994- Richard M. Berman 1998- Naomi Reice Buchwald 1999-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1867 Apr 30: Samuel Rossiter Betts, resigned.

1901 Aug 30: Addison Brown, resigned.

1911 Oct 9: George Bethune Adams, died in office.

1948 Mar 24: John Bright, died in office.

1950 Apr 26: G. Murray Hulbert, died in office.

1956 May 1: William Bondy, took senior status.

1963 May 9: Alexander Bicks, died in office.

1972 Apr 1: Frederick V. P. Bryan, took senior status.

1974 Aug 15: Arnold Bauman, resigned.

1976 Dec 6: Dudley B. Bonsal, took senior status.

1988 Dec 1: Vincent L. Broderick, took senior status.

1994 Nov 1: David N. Edelstein, took senior status.

U.S. District Judges for the Western District of New York, 1927-2000 (may be incomplete!)
Simon L. Adler 1927-34 Harold P. Burke 1937-81 Richard J. Arcara 1988-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1934 May 23: Simon L. Adler, died in office.

1981 Jun 15: Harold P. Burke, took senior status.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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