The New York circuit courts were
circuit courts created by the
New York State Constitution
The Constitution of the State of New York establishes the structure of the government of the State of New York, and enumerates the basic rights of the citizens of New York. Like most state constitutions in the United States, New York's constituti ...
of 1821, and abolished by the Constitution of 1846.
History
Under the provisions of the
Constitution of New York, 1777, the justices of the
New York Supreme Court had been holding traveling circuit courts. Under the Constitution of 1821, the state was divided in eight senatorial districts, so known because each district elected four senators, which were also used as judicial divisions. The circuit courts were organized by an act passed April 17, 1823.
[ Laws of 1822]
c. 182, p. 208
/ref> The circuit court judges were appointed by the Governor
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and confirmed by the State Senate
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. The circuit courts ceased to exist on July 5, 1847, when the jurisdiction was taken over by the district benches of the New York Supreme Court the justices of which had been elected at the special judicial election in May 1847.
List of judges
First Circuit
*1823–1841 Ogden Edwards
*1841–1845 William Kent
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*1845–1847 John W. Edmonds
John Worth Edmonds (March 13, 1799 – April 5, 1874) was an American lawyer and politician from New York, and co-founder of Children's Village with 23 others.
Life
He was the son of General Samuel Edmonds (1760–1825; assemblyman in 1803) and L ...
Second Circuit
*1823–1827 Samuel Betts
*1827–1831 James Emott
*1831–1846 Charles H. Ruggles
*1846 Selah B. Strong (declined)
*1846–1847 Seward Barculo
Third Circuit
*1823–1830 William Alexander Duer
*1830–1838 James Vanderpoel
*1838–1844 John P. Cushman
John Paine Cushman (March 8, 1784 Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut – September 16, 1848 Troy, Rensselaer County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Early life
Cushman attended the common schools and Plai ...
*1844–1847 Amasa J. Parker
Fourth Circuit
*1823–1828 Reuben H. Walworth
*1828–1836 Esek Cowen
*1838–1847 John Willard
Fifth Circuit
*1823–1834 Nathan Williams
*1834 Samuel Beardsley
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*1834–1838 Hiram Denio
Hiram Denio (May 21, 1799 – November 5, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1856 to 1857; and from 1862 to 1865.
Life
He was born on May 21, 1799, in Rome, Oneid ...
*1838 Isaac H. Bronson
*1838–1847 Philo Gridley
Sixth Circuit
*1823–1831 Samuel Nelson
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*1831–1846 Robert Monell
*1846–1847 Hiram Gray
Seventh Circuit
*1823–1828 Enos Throop
*1829–1844 Daniel Moseley
*1844–1847 Bowen Whiting
Eighth Circuit
*1823–1826 William B. Rochester
*1826 Albert H. Tracy
Albert Haller Tracy (June 17, 1793 – September 19, 1859) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Tracy pursued classical studies, and later studied medicine. In 1811, Tracy removed to New York, where he stopped studying m ...
(declined)
*1826–1829 John Birdsall
*1829–1838 Addison Gardiner
*1838 John B. Skinner
*1838–1847 Nathan Dayton
References
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New York (state) state courts
Legal history of New York (state)
1823 establishments in New York (state)
1847 disestablishments in New York (state)
Courts and tribunals established in 1823
Courts and tribunals disestablished in 1847