Past Presidents of New York State Bar Association

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Years ServedNameHometown
1st.1876-1877John K. PorterNew York City
2nd.1878-1879Samuel HandAlbany
3rd.1880-1881Sherman S. RogersBuffalo
4th.1882-1883William C. RugerSyracuse
5th.1884Elliott F. ShepardNew York City
6th.1885-1886David B. HillElmira
7th.1887-1888Martin W. CookeRochester
8th.1889William H. ArnouxNew York City
9th.1890Matthew HaleAlbany
10th.1891George M. DivenElmira
11th.1892-1893J. Newton FieroAlbany
12th.1894Tracy C. BeckerBuffalo
13th.1895William H. RobertsonKatonah
14th.1896-1897Edward G. WhitakerNew York City
15th.1898Simon W. RosendaleAlbany
16th.1899Walter S. LoganNew York City
17th.1900Fancis M. FinchIthaca
18th.1901William B. HornblowerNew York City
19th.1902-1903John G. MilburnNew York City
20th.1904-1905Richard L. HandElizabethtown
21st.1906-1907Joseph H. ChoateNew York City
22nd.1908Francis Lynde StetsonNew York City
23rd.1909Adelbert MootBuffalo
24th.1910-1911Elihu RootNew York City
25th.1912William NottinghamSyracuse
26th.1913-1914Alton B. ParkerNew York City
27th.1915Alphonso ClearwaterKingston
28th.1916Moran J. O'BrienNew York City
29th.1917-1918Charles E. HughesNew York City
30th.1919Henry W. TaftNew York City
31st.1920Nathan L. MillerSyracuse
32nd.1921-1922William D. GuthrieNew York City
33rd.1923William N. DykmanBrooklyn
34th.1924-1925Walter P. CookeBuffalo
35th.1926Arthur E. SutherlandRochester
36th.1927-1928William C. BreedNew York City
37th.1929-1931Frank H. HiscockSyracuse
38th.1932-1933Samuel SeaburyNew York City
39th.1934Daniel J. KenefickBuffalo
40th.1935-1936John Godfrey SaxeNew York City
41st.1937George H. BondSyracuse
42nd.1938Joseph RoschAlbany
43rd.1939Fred L. GrossBrooklyn
44th.1940Warnick J. KernanUtica
45th.1941-1942John G. JacksonNew York City
46th.1943James McC. MitchellBuffalo
47th.1944Jackson A. DykmanBrooklyn
48th.1945-1946Lewis C. RyanSyracuse
49th.1947Robert E. LeeNew York City
50th.1948Mason H. BigleowNew York City
51st.1949Neil G. HarrisonBinghamton
52nd.1950Otis T BradleyNew York City (Deceased)
53rd.***M. William BrayUtica
54th.1951Arthur VD ChamberlainRochester
55th.1952Weston Vernon, Jr.New York City
56th.1953Franklin R. BrownBuffalo(Deceased)
57th.1954Hunter L. DelatourBrooklyn(Deceased)
58th.1955Edmund H. LewisSyracuse(Deceased)
59th.1956Cloyd Laporte, Jr.New York City(Deceased)
60th.1957Clarence R. RunalsNiagara Falls(Deceased)
61st.1958S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr.New York City
62nd.1959C. Addison KellerBinghamton
63rd.1960Chauncey BelknapNew York City(Deceased)
64th.1961J. Boyd MullanRochester(Deceased)
65th.1962David W. PeckNew York City(Deceased)
66th.1963William F. FitzpatrickSyracuse (Deceased)
67th.1964Orison S. MardenNew York City(Deceased)
68th.1965Sidney B. PfeiferBuffalo(Deceased)
69th.1966Lawrence E. WalshNew York City(Deceased)
70th.1967-1968J. Henry NealeScarsdale(Deceased)
71st.1968-1969Lyman M. Tondel, Jr.New York City(Deceased)
72nd.1969-1970George G. CoughlinBinghamton(Deceased)
73rd.1970-1971Stuart N. ScottNew York City(Deceased)
74th.1971-1972Hugh R. JonesUtica(Deceased)
75th.1972-1973Robert MacCrateNew York City(Deceased)
76th.1973-1974Ellsworth VanGraafeilandRochester(Deceased)
77th.1974-1975Whitney North Seymour, Jr.New York City(Deceased)
78th.1975-1976Joseph H. MurphySyracuse (Deceased)
79th.1976-1977Edwin F. RussellBrooklyn(Deceased)
80th.1977-1978Henry J. SmithWhite Plains (Deceased)
81st.1978-1979Robert P. Patterson, Jr.New York City
82nd.1979-1980Anthony R. PalermoRochester
83rd.1980-1981Alexander D. ForgerNew York City
84th.1981-1982David S. WilliamsAlbany
85th.1982-1983Bernard J. ReillyBabylon(Deceased)
86th.1983-1984Haliburton Fales 2dNew York City (Deceased)
87th.1984-1985Henry G. MillerWhite Plains (Deceased)
88th.1985-1986Justin L. VigdorRochester (Deceased)
89th.1986-1987Charles E. HemingNew York City (Deceased)
90th.1987-1988Maryann Saccomando FreedmanBuffalo (Deceased)
91st.1988-1989Henry L. KingNew York City (Deceased)
92nd.1989-1990John J. YanasAlbany (Deceased)
93rd.1990-1991Angelo T. CometaNew York City (Deceased)
94th.1991-1992Robert L. OstertagPoughkeepsie (Deceased)
95th.1992-1993John P. BrackenIslandia
96th.1993-1994Archibald R. MurrayNew York City (Deceased)
97th.1994-1995G. Robert Witmer, Jr.Rochester (Deceased)
98th.1995-1996Maxwell S. PfeiferBronx
99th.1996-1997M. Catherine RichardsonSyracuse
100th.1997-1998Joshua M. PruzanskySmithtown (Deceased)
101st.1998-1999James C. MooreRochester (Deceased)
102nd.1999-2000Thomas O. RiceMelville
103rd.2000-2001Paul Michael HassettBuffalo (Deceased)
104th.2001-2002Steven C. KraneNew York City (Deceased)
105th.2002-2003Lorraine Power TharpAlbany (Deceased)
106th.2003-2004A. Thomas LevinMineola
107th.2004-2005Kenneth G. StandardNew York City
108th.2005-2006A. Vincent BuzardPittsford
109th.2006-2007Mark H. AlcottNew York City
110th.2007-2008Kathryn Grant MadiganBinghamton
111th.2008-2009Bernice K. LeberNew York City
112th.2009-2010Michael E. GetnickUtica
113th.2010-2011Stephen P. YoungerNew York City
114th.2011-2012Vincent E. Doyle IIIBuffalo
115th.2012-2013Seymour W. James, Jr.New York City
116th.2013-2014David M. SchraverRochester
117th.2014-2015Glenn Lau-KeeNew York City
118th.2015-2016David P. MirandaAlbany
119th.2016-2017Claire P. GutekunstYonkers
120th.2017-2018Sharon Stern GerstmanBuffalo
121st.2018-2019Michael MillerNew York City
122nd.2019-2020Henry M. GreenbergAlbany
123rd. 2020-2021Scott M. KarsonMelville
124th.2021-2022T. Andrew BrownRochester
125th. 2022-2023Sherry Levin WallachWhite Plains
126th.2023-2024Richard C. LewisBinghamton
127th. 2024-2025Domenick NapoletanoBrooklyn