Appendix F
 		 
Attorneys General (1777-1847)
and Circuit Judges (1823-1847)[*]
 		 
 
Attorneys General
Egbert Benson
Richard Varick
Aaron Burr
Morgan Lewis
Nathaniel Lawrence
Josiah Ogden Hoffman
Ambrose Spencer
John Woodworth
Matthias B. Hildreth
Abraham Van Vechten
Matthias B. Hildreth
Thomas A. Emmett
Abraham Van Vechten
Martin Van Buren
Thomas J. Oakley
Samuel A. Talcott
Greene C. Bronson
Samuel Beardsley
Willis Hall
George P. Barker
John Van Buren
Date of Appointment
May 8, 1777
May 14, 1788
September 29, 1789
November 8, 1791
December 24, 1792
November 13, 1795
February 3, 1802
February 3, 1804
March 18, 1808
February 2, 1810
February 1, 1811
August 12, 1812
February 13, 1813
February 17, 1815
July 8, 1819
February 12, 1821
January 27, 1829
January 12, 1836
February 4, 1839
February 7, 1842
February 3, 1845
 
  Note: Declarations, pleadings, and motions in actions brought by the State of New York were filed under the name of the attorney general. Cases prosecuted by the attorney general may also be identified by consulting New York State Archives series B0606 Attorney General's Case Registers, 1813-1831, 1841-1883.  

*Sources: Werner, Civil List. New York State Archives series A1848
Secretary of State Abstracts of Civil Appointments.


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