Addison Gardiner
Addison Gardiner ( born March 19, 1797 in Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, † June 5, 1883 in Rochester, New York) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party). He was Lieutenant Governor from 1845 to 1847 and from 1854 to 1855 Chief Judge at the Court of Appeals of New York.
Early years
Gardiner studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and then began to practice in Rochester. He opened up there with Samuel L. Selden, who later became a judge on the Court of Appeal, a law firm. Meanwhile, youngest brother, Henry R. Selden, studied law at the law firm and was himself later Lieutenant Governor and Judge of the Court of Appeals of New York. Gardiner was later Justice of the Peace in Rochester.
District attorney and district court judge
It was 1825 district attorney ( District Attorney ) of the Monroe County appointed. After that, he was 1829-1838 Judge in the 8th Judicial District of New York with local responsibility for the counties of Allegany, Erie, Chautauqua, Monroe, Genesee and Niagara. During this time he negotiated the case of the abduction of William Morgan, which led to great excitement in the anti - Masonic. Elihu Mather had been charged and acquitted of the attempted kidnapping of aid. After his acquittal, a motion for a new trial at the Court of Appeals of New York has been submitted. However, the verdict was, like all his others, upheld by the Supreme Court, which earned him the reputation of a model magistrate. In February 1838, he resigned from his judges and returned to his lawyer in Rochester.
Vice Governor and Court of Appeal
On November 5, 1844 Gardiner was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York. During his tenure, many important problems in the Senate from New York were discussed. It was a period of anti -parent unrest, where various preventive and remedial measures were discussed. The expansion of channels and other domestic policy improvements have been dedicated to attention. One of the most important draft laws presented the convocation of a Constituent Assembly for the establishment of a new constitution.
As Senate President Gardiner had presided over the Court for the Correction of Errors, the highest appellate court of the state, composed of the President of the Senate, the Senators, the Chancellor and the judges of the New York Supreme Court Only a few cases have been treated by this court as usually the proceedings with the decision of the Supreme Court or the Chancellors ended, so that many were fundamentally important or significant of these.
On November 3, 1846 Gardiner was re-elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor of New York. He suggested doing the opposition candidate of the Whig Party, Hamilton Fish, with a majority of over 13,000 votes, while John Young as a Whig with a majority of over 11,000 votes over the incumbent Governor Wright a victory import. Although the governor took with the vice governor as his running mate, both were elected on separate ballots. Gardiner was nominated by the Anti- Renters on their ballot (cross -endorsed ticket) with Young, whose votes decided this election.
Gardiner was one of the first judges who were elected on June 7, 1847 for the new Court of Appeals of New York. On June 22, he was elected for the longest term ( eight and a half years) and became effective on July 5 at his office, according to the new constitution, which was adopted in 1846. As Gardiner moved to the Court of Appeals of New York, created a vacancy, a gubernatorial election was held at the annual state elections, where Fish was elected for the unexpired term of Gardiner. Gardiner in 1854 Chief Judge and held this post until the end of 1855, when his term of office expired.
Further CV
After the end of his term of office at the appeals court, he held a post in the administration of justice as a mediator. In this role he was twenty years, where he arbitrated many important cases. He was buried in Mt Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
Family
Addison Gardiner married in 1831 Mary Selkrigg, of Scottish descent. Their children were Charles A. Gardiner and Celeste M. Gardiner. His older brother, William Gardiner (1787 -ca. 1855), lived for several years in Lowell (Massachusetts ), then moved to Texas, where he died on his plantation near San Antonio. Another brother, Charles (1789-1860) was a merchant in New Orleans. His sister Rebecca (1791-1818) married Oren Stone, a dealer and partner of Governor Seymour's father, and then lived in Watertown (New York). Another sister, Dorothy, married Thomas A. Gould, a lawyer from Pittsfield (Massachusetts), where she died in 1857. The youngest sister, Andu Lucia, born in 1800, married Elijah Rhoades from Manlius (New York ), a merchant and Senator from New York.