The Wardens of
Sing Sing
Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north of ...
are appointed by the
Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
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Elam Lynds
Captain Elam Lynds (1784–1855) was a prison warden. He helped create the Auburn system, which consisted of congregate labor during the day and isolation at night, starting in 1821 and was Warden of Sing Sing from 1825 to 1830.
Early life
Elam ...
(1825–1830)
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Robert Wiltse (1830–1840)
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David L. Seymour (1840–1843)
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William H. Peck (warden) (1843–1845)
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Hiram P. Rowell (1845–1848)
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Chauncey Smith (1848–1849)
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Edward L. Potter (January, 1849)
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Alfred R. Booth (July, 1849)
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Munson J. Lockwood (1850–1855)
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C. A. Batterman (1855–1856)
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William Beardsley (warden) (1856–1862)
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Gaylord B. Hubbell (1862–1864)
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Thomas E. Sutton (1864–1865)
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Stephen H. Johnson (1865–1868)
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David P. Forrest (1868–1869)
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Henry Clay Nelson (1869–1870)
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E. M. Russell (1870–1872)
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Henry C. Nelson (1872–1873)
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Gaylord B. Hubbell (1873–1874)
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James Williamson (warden) (September 1874)
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Alfred Walker (warden) (October 1874)
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George R. Youngs (1876–1877)
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Charles Davis (warden) (February 1877)
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Benjamin S. W. Clark
Benjamin S. W. Clark (May 27, 1829 – October 19, 1912) was an American merchant and politician from New York (state), New York. He was the first New York State Superintendent of Public Works.
Biography
He was born in Franklin County, New York, ...
(March 1877)
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Charles Davis (warden) (1877–1880)
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Augustus A. Brush (1880–1891)
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W. R. Brown (1891–1893)
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Charles F. Durston (1893–1894)
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Omar Van Leuven Sage (1894–1899)
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Addison Johnson (1899–1907)
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Jesse D. Frost (1907–1911)
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John S. Kennedy (1911–1913)
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James Connaughton (warden)* (June 1913) acting warden
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James M. Clancy (1913–1914)
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Thomas McCormick (June 1914)
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George Standish Weed* (October 1914) acting warden
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Thomas Mott Osborne
Thomas Mott Osborne (September 23, 1859 – October 20, 1926) was an American prison administrator, prison reformer, industrialist and New York State political reformer. In an assessment of Osborne's life, a ''New York Times'' book reviewer wrote ...
(1914–1915)
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George Washington Kirchwey (1915)
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Thomas Mott Osborne
Thomas Mott Osborne (September 23, 1859 – October 20, 1926) was an American prison administrator, prison reformer, industrialist and New York State political reformer. In an assessment of Osborne's life, a ''New York Times'' book reviewer wrote ...
(July 1916)
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Calvin Derrick (October 1916)
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William H. Moyer (1916–1919)
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Edward V. Brophy (April 1919)
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Daniel J. Grant* (1919–1920) acting warden
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Lewis Edward Lawes
Lewis Edward Lawes (September 13, 1883 – April 23, 1947) was a prison warden and a proponent of prison reform. During his 21-year tenure at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, he supervised the executions of 303 prisoners.
Biography
Lawes was born ...
(1920–1941)
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Robert John Kirby (1941–1944)
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William F. Snyder (1944–1950)
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Wilfred Louis Denno (1950–1967)
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John T. Deegan (1967–1969)
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James L. Casscles (1969–1972)
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Theodore Schubin (1972–1975)
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Joseph Higgins* (July 1975) acting warden
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Harold Butler (warden) (October 1975)
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William G. Gard (1975–1977)
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Walter Fogg* (August 1977) acting warden
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Stephen Dalsheim (1977–1980)
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Wilson E.J. Walters (1980–1983)
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James E. Sullivan (warden) (1983–1988)
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John P. Keane (1988–1997)
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Charles Greiner (1997–2000)
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Brian S. Fischer (2000–2007)
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Luis Marshall (2007-2009)
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Dawson J.W. Brown* (January 2009 - July 2009) acting Superintendent
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Philip Heath (2009-2012)
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Michael Capra (2012–present)
* denotes an acting warden who holds the position until a full-time warden can be appointed
References
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