- Clerk of the New York Court of Appeals
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The Clerk of the New York Court of Appeals was one of the statewide elected officials in New York from 1847 to 1870. He was also ex officio a clerk of the New York Supreme Court. The office was created by the New York State Constitution of 1846.[1] The first Clerk was elected at the New York special judicial election, 1847, and took office on July 5, 1847, when the Court of Appeals succeeded the Court for the Correction of Errors and the Court of Chancery.
List
Name Took office Left office Party[2] Notes Charles S. Benton July 5, 1847 December 31, 1853 Democratic two terms; elected on the Democratic ticket in 1847, and on the Democratic and Anti-Rent tickets in 1850 Benjamin F. Harwood January 1, 1854 March 30, 1856 Whig died in office Russell F. Hicks March 30, 1856 December 31, 1859 Republican Deputy Clerk under Harwood, then elected Charles Hughes January 1, 1860 December 31, 1862 Republican/American Frederick A. Tallmadge January 1, 1863 December 31, 1865 Dem./Const. Union Patrick H. Jones January 1, 1866 December 31, 1868 Republican Edwin O. Perrin January 1, 1869 December 19, 1889 Democratic re-appointed after the re-organization of the Court in 1870, died in office 1889 1975 Joseph W. Bellacosa 1975 1983 Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals 1987-2000 Donald Sheraw 1983 Stuart M. Cohen November 15, 1996 November 23, 2010 Andrew Klein November 24, 2010 incumbent Notes
- ^ see Article VI, § 19, NY Constitution of 1846
- ^ This is the party on which ticket the Clerk had been elected.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 424)
Officers in the State of New York Current offices Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Speaker of the Assembly • Temporary President of the Senate • Secretary of State • Attorney General • State Comptroller • Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals • Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals • Clerk of the Court of AppealsDefunct offices Categories:- Clerks of the New York Court of Appeals
- Legal history of New York
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