Greene C. Bronson

Greene C. Bronson
Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
In office January 1, 1850 – April 1851
Preceded by	Freeborn G. Jewett
Succeeded by	Charles H. Ruggles
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
In office July 5, 1847 – January 1, 1850
Preceded by	Office established
Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court
In office 1845–1847
Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court
In office 1836–1845
17th Attorney General of New York
In office January 27, 1829 – January 12, 1836
Preceded by	Samuel A. Talcott
Succeeded by	Samuel Beardsley
Member of the New York General Assembly from Oneida and Oswego Counties
In office January 1, 1822 – December 31, 1822
Personal details
Born	November 17, 1789 Simsbury, Connecticut
Died	September 3, 1863(1863-09-03) (aged 73) Saratoga, New York
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	Anti-Rent Hunker Hard Shell

Greene Carrier Bronson (November 17, 1789 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut – September 3, 1863 in Saratoga, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Oliver Bronson (1746–1815, a music teacher and publisher) and Sarah Merrill Bronson (1754–1825). About 1802, the family removed from Simsbury to Cazenovia which was then in Oneida County, New York.

He was Surrogate of Oneida County from 1819 to 1821. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida and Oswego Co.) in 1822.

He was New York Attorney General from 1829 to 1836. He was an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1836 to 1845, and chief justice from 1845 to 1847. He was one of the first four judges elected to the New York Court of Appeals at the 1847 New York special judicial election, and was Chief Judge from 1850 to 1851 when he resigned. Bronson was among the founders of Albany Law School.

In 1853, he was appointed Collector of the Port of New York. At the 1854 New York state election, he ran on the Hard Democratic ticket for Governor of New York, but came in last of the four candidates of the major parties.

From 1860 to 1862, he was Corporation Counsel of the City of New York.

He died on September 3, 1863, in Saratoga, New York; and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Sources

• [1] Death notice, in NYT on September 4, 1863
• [2] NY Court of Appeal history
• [3] Portrait and short bio, at NY Court history
• [4] His funeral, in NYT on September 8, 1863
• Google Books Genealogical History of the Early Settlers of West Simsbury by Abiel Brown (page 12, Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford CT, 1856)
• [5] Bronson genealogy, at rootsweb
• Google Books The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37, 261, 346, 347 and 415; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)