NEW YORK REPORTS COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF NY. 1872-1895 Sickels 101 books

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Hiram E. Sickels
STATE REPORTER: 1872 - 1895 101 books
Hiram Sickels, the thirteenth official Reporter, was born in Albion,
Orleans County, on June 24, 1827. Sickels attended Albion Academy and,
at the age of 16, read law in the law office of Curtis & Stone in the same
village. Admitted to the bar in 1848, he practiced in Medina for 13 years
until the outbreak of the Civil War. Commissioned a First Lieutenant in
the Seventeenth Volunteer Battery of the light artillery in 1862, Sickels
served from Fort Fisher to Appomattox until June 1865, leaving as
Captain for his valiant performance of service to his country. Returning
to practice in Albion after his military duty, he moved in 1871 to Albany,
where he spent the rest of his life. Until 1872, he edited opinions of
the Attorneys General of the State of New York. Sickels then assumed
the post of State Reporter in February 1872, a position he held until his
death, publishing 101 volumes of the New York Reports, more than any
other Reporter. While Reporter, he also served as referee for litigations
and was on the faculty of Albany Law School, teaching evidence for
14 years. With the organization of the Civil Service, he served as the
chairman of the State Board of Examiners from 1883 to 1888, as
appointed by the Civil Service Commissioners. He married Caroline A.
Fairman in 1852. Sickels died on July 4, 1895.
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