How do judges of the New York Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Court of Appeals / Joined 1896 / Served to 1915

George L. Ingraham

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

George L. Ingraham was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1896. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1847–1931
Tenure: 1896–1915 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1896	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Columbia University in the City of New York

Judicial Record

In our data, Ingraham authored 15 published opinions for the court (1863–1865), plus 4 dissents and 7 concurrences. Most cited: Darlington v. . Mayor, C., of New York (111 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1865	Darlington v. . Mayor, C., of New York· Dissent	31 N.Y. 164	111
1864	Bedford v. . Terhune· Dissent	30 N.Y. 453	77
1864	Fowles v. . Bowen	30 N.Y. 20	58
1864	Kniffen v. . McConnell	30 N.Y. 285	54
1864	Whiting v. . Barney· Dissent	30 N.Y. 330	49
1864	Creed v. . Hartmann	29 N.Y. 591	49
1864	Goodale v. . Tuttle· Concurrence	29 N.Y. 459	43
1864	Van Beuren v. . Dash	30 N.Y. 393	40
1865	Gage v. . Brewster· Concurrence	31 N.Y. 218	29
1864	Jewell v. . Wright	30 N.Y. 259	28
1864	Ross v. . Curtiss	31 N.Y. 606	24
1864	Brainerd v. . Dunning	30 N.Y. 211	23
1863	Meyer v. . Peck	28 N.Y. 590	22
1864	Sumner v. . the People	29 N.Y. 337	21
1864	Bank of N.Y. v. . Bank of Ohio· Concurrence	29 N.Y. 619	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 26 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the New York Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was George L. Ingraham on?: George L. Ingraham was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

Sources

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19 years on the New York Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).