The next-to-last page in Guy Cheli's Sing Sing Prison© features
C. O. Arthur M. Wolpinsky's list of Sing Sing wardens & superintendents.
Most entries include brief biographical and other background notes.
Excerpted here are the names and dates of appointment.


STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
SING SING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
354 HUNTER STREET
OSSINING, NY 10562-5442
914-941-0108

WARDENS / SUPERINTENDENTS
Compiled By Correction Officer Arthur M. Wolpinsky
Facility Photographer & Historian
2/22/03

ELAM LYNDS
APRIL 23.1825
ROBERT WILTSE
OCTOBER 31, 1830
DAVID L. SEYMOUR
APRIL 24, 1824
WILLIAM H. PECK
MAY 10, 1843
HIRAM P. ROWELL
SEPTEMBER 18, 1845
CHAUNCEY SMITH
JANUARY 7, 1848
EDWARD L. POTTER
JANUARY 10, 1849
ALFRED R. BOOTH
JULY 1, 1849
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD
NOVEMBER 20, 1850
C. A. BATTERMAN
JANUARY 1, 1855
WILLIAM BEARDSLEY
MAY 10, 1856
GAYLORD B. HUBBELL
MAY 1, 1862
THOMAS E. SUTTON
JANUARY 1, 1864
STEPHEN H. JOHNSON
JANUARY 5, 1865
DAVID P. FORREST
JANUARY 1, 1868
HENRY C. NELSON
JANUARY 19, 1869
E. M. RUSSELL
FEBUARY 10, 1870
HENRY C. NELSON
JANUARY 10, 1872
GAYLORD B. HUBBELL
JANUARY 1, 1873
JAMES WILLIAMSON
SEPTEMBER 12, 1874
ALFRED WALKER
OCTOBER 6, 1874
GEORGE R. YOUNGS
JANUARY 15, 1876
B. S. W. CLARK
MARCH 22, 1877
CHARLES DAVIS
FEBRUARY 16, 1877
AUGUSTUS A. BRUSH
APRIL 1, 1880
W. R. BROWN
MAY 1, 1891
CHARLES F. DURSTON
MAY 1, 1893
OMAR V. SAGE
OCTOBER 14, 1894
ADDISON JOHNSON
MAY 1, 1899
JESSE D. FROST
JULY 22, 1907
J0HN S. KENNEDY
JULY 19, 1911
JAMES CONNAUGHTON*
JUNE 5, 1913
JAMES M. CLANCY
JULY 9, 1913
THOMAS McCORMICK
JUNE 22,1914
GEORGE WEED*
OCTOBER 28,1914
THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE
DECEMBER 1, 1914
GEORGE W. KIRCHWEY
DECEMBER 31, 1915
THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE
JULY, 1916
CALVIN DERRICK
OCTOBER 16, 1916
WILLIAM H. MOYER
DECEMBER 11, 1916
EDWARD V. BROPHY
APRIL 15, 1919
DANIEL J. GRANT*
DECEMBER 16, 1919
LEWIS E. LAWES
JANUARY 1, 1920
ROBERT J. KIRBY
JULY 7,1941
WILLIAM F. SNYDER
JANUARY 24, 1944
WILFRED L. DENNO
DECEMBER 31, 1950
JOHN T. DEEGAN
JANUARY 27, 1967
JAME5 L.CASSCLES
AUGUST, 1969
THEODORE SCHUBIN
MARCH, 1972
JOSEPH HIGGINS*
JULY, 1975
HAROLD BUTLER
OCTOBER, 1975
WILLIAM G. GARD
NOVEMBER 6, 1975
WALTER FOGG*
AUGUST, 1977
STEPHEN DALSHEIM
AUGUST 22, 1977
WILSON E. J. WALTERS
JULY 24, 1980
JAMES E. SULLIVAN
JUNE 23, 1983
JOHN P. KEANE
DECEMBER 1, 1988
CHARLES GREINER
MARCH 13, 1997
BRIAN S. FISCHER
MAY 4, 2000
* = ACTING

 

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