Hiram Denio (May 21, 1799 – November 5, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician from
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. He was
Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
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from 1856 to 1857; and from 1862 to 1865.
Life
He was born on May 21, 1799, in
Rome, Oneida County, New York.
He was District Attorney of Oneida County from 1825 to 1834; Judge of the
Fifth Circuit Court from 1834 to 1838; and a New York State Bank Commissioner from 1838 to 1840.
He was a clerk of the
New York Supreme Court
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from 1845 to 1847, and published 31 volumes of law reports:
*''Reports in Supreme Court and Court of Errors'' (from May 1845 to May 1847; 5 vol.)
*''Cases in the Court of Errors'' (from 1840 to 1846, appeals; 12 vol.)
*''Cases in the Court of Errors'' (from 1830 to 1846, writs of error; 14 vol.)
On June 23, 1853, he was appointed by Governor
Horatio Seymour
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as a judge of the
New York Court of Appeals
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, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Freeborn G. Jewett. At the
New York state election, 1853
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, he was elected to fill the unexpired term of Jewett until 1857. At the
New York state election, 1857, he was re-elected to a full eight-year term, and remained on the bench until the end of 1865. He was
Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
The Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, also known as the Chief Judge of New York, supervises the seven-judge New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the supreme court, highest court in the Judiciary of New York ...
from 1856 to 1857; and, after the resignation of
Samuel L. Selden, from July 1862 until the end of his term.
He died on November 5, 1871, in
Utica, New York
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; and was buried at the
Forest Hill Cemetery there.
Sources
''Albany Law Journal''(Weed, Parsons & Co., 1871)
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 39, 346, 348, 356 and 377; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
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1799 births
1871 deaths
Politicians from Utica, New York
Chief judges of the New York Court of Appeals
Members of the New York State Assembly
County district attorneys in New York (state)
Politicians from Rome, New York
19th-century New York state court judges
19th-century members of the New York State Legislature