The Second Circuit ordinarily has its clerk's office and hears oral arguments at the historic Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan . Due to renovations at that building, beginning in the summer of 2006 the court has relocated to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York, New York across Pearl Street from the Marshall Courthouse. Some of the Court's offices, including the Office of Legal Affairs, have moved to the historic Woolworth Building for the duration of the renovations, which are expected to take several years. With thirteen active and eleven senior judges, the Second Circuit is midsized among the thirteen United States Courts Of Appeals .
As Of 2007 , the judges on the court are:
- Currently, there are no vacancies on the Second Circuit.
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Nathaniel Shipman
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CT
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1828–1906
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1892–1902
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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B Harrison
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3
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retirement
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6
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Henry Galbraith Ward
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NY
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1851–1933
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1907Recess appointment, confirmed by the Senate at a later date–1921
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''(none)''
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1921–1924
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T Roosevelt
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1
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retirement
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8
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Henry Wade Rogers
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CT
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1853–1926
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1913–1926
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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Wilson
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3
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death
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10
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Martin Thomas Manton
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NY
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1880–1946
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1918–1939
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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Wilson
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4
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resignation
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12
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Learned Hand
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NY
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1872–1961
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1924–1951
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1948–1951
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1951–1961
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Coolidge
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1
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death
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13
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Thomas Walter Swan
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CT
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1877–1975
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1926–1953
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1951–1953
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1953–1975
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Coolidge
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3
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death
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—
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Julian William Mack
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IL
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1866–1943
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1930–1940
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''(none)''
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1940–1943
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Mack did not have a permanent seat on this court Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated United States Commerce Court in 1911 by William Howard Taft Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the Chief Justice Of The United States to whichever circuit most needed help Mack was assigned to the Sixth Circuit immediately prior to his assignment to the Second Circuit
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death
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18
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Jerome New Frank
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1889–1957
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1941–1957
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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F Roosevelt
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4
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death
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19
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Harold Raymond Medina
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NY
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1888–1990
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1951–1958
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''(none)''
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1958–1980
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Truman
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1
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retirement
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25
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Henry Friendly
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NY
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1903–1986
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1959–1974
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1971–1973
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1974–1986
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Eisenhower
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1
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death
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27
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Irving Kaufman
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NY
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1910–1992
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1961–1987
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1973–1980
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1987–1992
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Kennedy
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7
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death
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28
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Paul Raymond Hays
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NY
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1903–1980
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1962–1974
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''(none)''
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1974–1980
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Kennedy
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8
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death
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29
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Thurgood Marshall
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1908–1993
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1962–1965
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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Kennedy
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9
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resignation to become United States Solicitor General
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32
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Walter Roe Mansfield
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NY
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1911–1987
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1971–1981
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''(none)''
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1981–1987
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Nixon
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4
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death
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33
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William Hughes Mulligan
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NY
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1918–1996
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1971–1981
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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Nixon
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2
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resignation
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35
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William Homer Timbers
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CT
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1915–1994
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1971–1981
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''(none)''
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1981–1994
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Nixon
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6
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death
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36
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Murray Irwin Gurfein
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NY
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1907–1979
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1974–1979
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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Nixon
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8
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death
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42
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Lawrence Warren Pierce
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NY
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1924–present
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1981–1990
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''(none)''
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1990–1995
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Reagan
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8
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retirement
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44
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George Cheney Pratt
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NY
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1928–present
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1982–1993
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''(none)''
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1993–1995
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Reagan
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6
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retirement
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46
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Frank X Altimari
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NY
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1928–1996
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1985–1996
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''(none)''
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1996–1998
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Reagan
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1
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death
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47
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John Daniel Mahoney
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NY
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1931–1996
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1986–1996
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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Reagan
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13
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death
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54
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Fred I Parker
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VT
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1938–2003
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1994–2003
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''(none)''
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''(none)''
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Clinton
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5
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death
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L Hand
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1948–1951
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Swan
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1951–1953
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Chase
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1953–1954
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Clark
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1954–1959
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Lumbard
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1959–1971
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Friendly
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1971–1973
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Kaufman
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1973–1980
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Feinberg
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1980–1988
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Oakes
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1988–1992
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Meskill
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1992–1993
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Newman
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1993–1997
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Winter
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1997–2000
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Walker
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2000–2006
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'''Jacobs'''
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2006–present
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center cellspacing=5
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Wallace
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NY
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1891–1907
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Ward
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NY
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1907–1921
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Mayer
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NY
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1921–1924
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L Hand
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NY
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1924–1951
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Medina
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NY
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1951–1958
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Friendly
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NY
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1959–1974
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Van Graafeiland
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NY
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1974–1985
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Altimari
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NY
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1985–1996
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'''Pooler'''
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NY
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1998–present
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"top"
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Lacombe
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NY
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1891–1916
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Hough
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NY
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1916–1927
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A Hand
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NY
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1927–1953
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Harlan
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NY
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1954–1955
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Lumbard
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NY
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1955–1971
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Mulligan
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NY
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1971–1981
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Cardamone
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NY
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1981–1993
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'''Cabranes'''
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CT
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1994–present
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"top"
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Shipman
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CT
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1892–1902
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Townsend
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|   |
CT
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1902–1907
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Noyes
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CT
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1907–1913
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Rogers
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|   |
CT
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1913–1926
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Swan
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|   |
CT
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1926–1953
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Hincks
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CT
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1953–1959
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Smith
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CT
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1960–1971
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Meskill
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|   |
CT
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1975–1993
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'''Calabresi'''
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CT
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1994–present
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"top"
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Established on April 17 , 1902 by 32&nbspStat&nbsp106
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Coxe
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NY
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1902–1917
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Manton
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|   |
NY
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1918–1939
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|   |
Patterson
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|   |
NY
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1939–1940
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Frank
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|   |
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1941–1957
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Moore
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NY
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1957–1971
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Mansfield
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NY
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|   |
1971–1981
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Winter
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1981–2000
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'''B Parker'''
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NY
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2001–present
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center cellspacing=5
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Chase
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VT
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1929–1953
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Waterman
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|   |
VT
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1955–1970
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Oakes
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|   |
VT
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|   |
1971–1992
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F Parker
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|   |
VT
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|   |
1994–2003
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'''Hall'''
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VT
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2004–
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"top"
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Established on May 31 , 1938 by 52&nbspStat&nbsp584
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Clark
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CT
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1939–1963
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Anderson
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|   |
CT
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1964–1971
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Timbers
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CT
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1971–1981
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Pratt
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NY
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1982–1993
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Leval
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NY
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1993–2002
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'''Wesley'''
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NY
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2003–present
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"top"
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Established on May 19 , 1961 by 75&nbspStat&nbsp80
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Kaufman
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NY
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1961–1987
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Walker
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NY
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1989–2006
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'''Livingston'''
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''(n/a)''
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2007–present
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center cellspacing=5
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Established on May 19 , 1961 by 75&nbspStat&nbsp80
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Hays
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NY
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1962–1974
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|
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Gurfein
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NY
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1974–1979
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Pierce
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|   |
NY
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1981–1990
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McLaughlin
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|   |
NY
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1990–1998
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|
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|   |
'''Straub'''
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|   |
NY
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|   |
1998–present
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"top"
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Established on May 19 , 1961 by 75&nbspStat&nbsp80
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|   |
Marshall
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1962–1965
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Feinberg
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NY
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1966–1991
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'''Jacobs'''
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NY
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1992–present
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"top"
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Kearse
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|   |
NY
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|   |
1979–2002
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|
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|   |
'''Raggi'''
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|   |
NY
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2002–present
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center cellspacing=5
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|   |
Newman
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|   |
CT
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|   |
1979–1997
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|
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|   |
'''Katzmann'''
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|   |
DC
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|   |
1999–present
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|   |
"top"
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|   |
Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333
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|
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|   |
Miner
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|   |
NY
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|   |
1985–1997
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|
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|   |
'''Sack'''
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|   |
NY
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|   |
1998–present
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|
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|   |
"top"
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|   |
Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333
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|
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|   |
Mahoney
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|   |
NY
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|   |
1986–1996
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|   |
'''Sotomayor'''
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NY
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1998–present
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- --- primary but incomplete source for the duty stations
- --- secondary source for the duty stations
- --- data is current to 2002
- --- source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information
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