John T. Loughran

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John Thomas Loughran (February 23, 1889, Kingston, Ulster County, New York – March 31, 1953, Kingston, Ulster County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1945 until his death.

Life

He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1931 to 1934.

On May 21, 1934, he was appointed to the New York Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry T. Kellogg. In November 1934, he was elected on the Democratic and Republican tickets to a full 14-year term. In September 1945, after the death of Irving Lehman, Loughran was appointed Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. In November 1946, he was re-elected unopposed to a 14-year term as Chief Judge, and died in office.

He died of a heart attack, and was buried at the St. Mary's Cemetery in Kingston, N.Y.

The John T. Loughran Bridge was named in his honor.

Sources

Political Graveyard
Appointed to Court of Appeals, in NYT on May 22, 1934 (subscription required)
Obit in NYT on April 1, 1953 (subscription required)
Listing of Court of Appeals judges, with portrait

Legal offices
Preceded by Irving Lehman	Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals 1945–1953	Succeeded by Edmund H. Lewis

v t e Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals

Jewett Bronson Ruggles Gardiner Denio Johnson Comstock Selden Denio Davies Wright Hunt Earl Church Folger Andrews Ruger Earl Andrews Parker Cullen Bartlett Hiscock Cardozo Pound Crane Lehman Loughran Lewis Conway Desmond Fuld Breitel Cooke Wachtler Simons* Kaye Lippman

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Persondata
Name	Loughran, John Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	American judge
Date of birth	February 23, 1889
Place of birth
Date of death	March 31, 1953
Place of death

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