History / Courts

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit

11 judges have served since Dec 22, 1869. Vacant or no longer exists.

Judges
11
10 R · 1 D
Longest tenure
25 years
William James Wallace
Current
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nobody
history/court/circuit-courts-for-the-second-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff · 1869-12-22 – 1875-09-10 · RepublicanAlexander Smith Johnson · 1875-12-15 – 1878-01-26 · RepublicanSamuel M. Blatchford · 1878-03-04 – 1882-03-22 · RepublicanWilliam James Wallace · 1882-04-06 – 1907-05-08 · RepublicanHenry Galbraith Ward · 1907-12-17 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanEmile Henry Lacombe · 1888-02-28 – 1911-12-31 · DemocratNathaniel Shipman · 1892-03-17 – 1902-03-22 · RepublicanAlfred Conkling Coxe, Sr. · 1902-06-03 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanWilliam Kneeland Townsend · 1902-01-21 – 1907-06-02 · RepublicanWalter Chadwick Noyes · 1907-12-18 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanMartin Augustine Knapp · 1910-12-20 – 1911-12-31 · Republican
Martin Augustine Knapp R
Dec 20, 1910 – Dec 31, 1911 · 12 months · appointed by William H. Taft
Walter Chadwick Noyes R
Dec 18, 1907 – Dec 31, 1911 · 4 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Galbraith Ward R
Dec 17, 1907 – Dec 31, 1911 · 4 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr. R
Jun 3, 1902 – Dec 31, 1911 · 9.6 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
William Kneeland Townsend R
Jan 21, 1902 – Jun 2, 1907 · 5.4 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Nathaniel Shipman R
Mar 17, 1892 – Mar 22, 1902 · 10 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Emile Henry Lacombe D
Feb 28, 1888 – Dec 31, 1911 · 24 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
William James Wallace R
Apr 6, 1882 – May 8, 1907 · 25 years · appointed by Chester A. Arthur
Samuel M. Blatchford R
Mar 4, 1878 – Mar 22, 1882 · 4 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
Alexander Smith Johnson R
Dec 15, 1875 – Jan 26, 1878 · 2.1 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant
Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff R
Dec 22, 1869 – Sep 10, 1875 · 5.7 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant

Dates are from the Federal Judicial Center (commission to senior status or departure). Consecutive terms of one person are merged.