Judge Gladding Retires from Bench - 1913

Retires From the Bench

Judge Gladding, Full of Years and honors, Resumes His Profession

After Four and Twenty Years of Exceptional Service in Judicial Capacity

Utica Saturday Globe, January 1914

 

Judge Albert F. Gladding

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Unusual interest attached to the opening of the January term of the Supreme Court on Monday morning, many prominent members of the Chenango county bar being present in the court room when Hon. George McCann, of Elmira, opened his initial term in Norwich.  Justice McCann was chosen last November to succeed Hon. Albert F. Gladding, of Norwich, whose term of service was cut short by the age limit.

 

Judge McCann is less than 50 years of age, but no novice in judicial positions, having served the county of Chemung for 11 years as surrogate.  He was elected for his first term in November, 1902, and re-elected in 1908.  He was admitted to the bar in 1886, following his graduation from Cornell Law College.  he is a member of various fraternal organizations and popular wherever he is known.

 

That he has many friends not only in this section but throughout the State is evidenced by a dinner given in his honor at the Continental Hotel Tuesday evening by some of his Masonic friends, not residents of Chenango county.  The dinner was a sumptuous eight-course special and those present in compliment to Judge McCann were Charles M. Colton, of Rochester; Dr. H.A. MacGruer and Jerome Cheeney, of Syracuse; Charles E. Wardwell, of Rome; George Beal, Adon N. Smith and Sidney D. Smith, of Hamilton. 

 

Hon. Albert F. Gladding resumes the practice of his profession after 24 years of judicial service.  For 11 years he was Chenango county judge and surrogate, to which position he was first elected in 1889 on the Republican ticket for a term of six years.  He was re-elected in 1895 and again in 1901 without opposition, being nominated by the Republicans and endorsed by the Democrats, and Prohibitionists.  These expressions of confidence in his ability were splendidly complimentary and deserved endorsement of the manner in which he discharged his official duties.

 

He was appointed to the Supreme Court bench by Gov. Hughes and afterwards elected for the full term of 14 years, which was cut short by his arrival at the age limit.

 

While taking a course of study in the old Norwich Academy, Albert F. Gladding entered the law office of Hon. David l. Follett in 1866 as a law student.  By hard and systematic study he gained early admission to the bar in 1869.  He at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Norwich and was soon afterwards elected to the office of justice of the peace but his rapidly increasing practice precluded his giving much time to the duties of the office.  Eight years later he was admitted to practice in the United States courts.  he has had charge of many important cases and as an attorney always placed his best services at the command of his clients.

 

Throughout his career he has been interested in all public enterprises.  He was a charter member in the organization of the Chenango National Bank, of which he is now the president.