Willard Bartlett, Chief Judge (Court of Appeals Service: 1906-1916)
Willard Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1846.
After graduating from Columbia College and from New York University Law School he entered upon the active practice of the law in partnership with Elihu Root, participating in some of the most noted cases. In 1883 he was elected to the Supreme Court of New York State for the Second Judicial District and was re-elected in 1897. At the creation of the Appellate Division in 1896, Willard Bartlett, with Charles F. Brown, Calvin R. Pratt, Edgar M. Cullen and Edward W. Hatch, was assigned to that Court for the Second Department. Under the Constitution, as amended in 1899, the Governor on January 8, 1906, assigned Willard Bartlett, a Justice of the Supreme Court, to serve as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals and on the retirement of Judge Denis O'Brien in 1907 was elected a member of that Court. He became Chief Judge in 1914, succeeding Chief Judge Edgar M. Cullen who had been his lifelong friend and associate.
On January 17, 1925, after a brief illness, he passed away at his home 21 Pierrepont Street, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Willard Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1846.
After graduating from Columbia College and from New York University Law School he entered upon the active practice of the law in partnership with Elihu Root, participating in some of the most noted cases. In 1883 he was elected to the Supreme Court of New York State for the Second Judicial District and was re-elected in 1897. At the creation of the Appellate Division in 1896, Willard Bartlett, with Charles F. Brown, Calvin R. Pratt, Edgar M. Cullen and Edward W. Hatch, was assigned to that Court for the Second Department. Under the Constitution, as amended in 1899, the Governor on January 8, 1906, assigned Willard Bartlett, a Justice of the Supreme Court, to serve as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals and on the retirement of Judge Denis O'Brien in 1907 was elected a member of that Court. He became Chief Judge in 1914, succeeding Chief Judge Edgar M. Cullen who had been his lifelong friend and associate.
On January 17, 1925, after a brief illness, he passed away at his home 21 Pierrepont Street, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Willard Bartlett, Chief Judge (Court of Appeals Service: 1906-1916)
Willard Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1846.
After graduating from Columbia College and from New York University Law School he entered upon the active practice of the law in partnership with Elihu Root, participating in some of the most noted cases. In 1883 he was elected to the Supreme Court of New York State for the Second Judicial District and was re-elected in 1897. At the creation of the Appellate Division in 1896, Willard Bartlett, with Charles F. Brown, Calvin R. Pratt, Edgar M. Cullen and Edward W. Hatch, was assigned to that Court for the Second Department. Under the Constitution, as amended in 1899, the Governor on January 8, 1906, assigned Willard Bartlett, a Justice of the Supreme Court, to serve as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals and on the retirement of Judge Denis O'Brien in 1907 was elected a member of that Court. He became Chief Judge in 1914, succeeding Chief Judge Edgar M. Cullen who had been his lifelong friend and associate.
On January 17, 1925, after a brief illness, he passed away at his home 21 Pierrepont Street, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Willard Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1846.
After graduating from Columbia College and from New York University Law School he entered upon the active practice of the law in partnership with Elihu Root, participating in some of the most noted cases. In 1883 he was elected to the Supreme Court of New York State for the Second Judicial District and was re-elected in 1897. At the creation of the Appellate Division in 1896, Willard Bartlett, with Charles F. Brown, Calvin R. Pratt, Edgar M. Cullen and Edward W. Hatch, was assigned to that Court for the Second Department. Under the Constitution, as amended in 1899, the Governor on January 8, 1906, assigned Willard Bartlett, a Justice of the Supreme Court, to serve as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals and on the retirement of Judge Denis O'Brien in 1907 was elected a member of that Court. He became Chief Judge in 1914, succeeding Chief Judge Edgar M. Cullen who had been his lifelong friend and associate.
On January 17, 1925, after a brief illness, he passed away at his home 21 Pierrepont Street, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
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