Joseph Aspinall
# Joseph Aspinall

Joseph Aspinall (1854 – May 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1875. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Brooklyn.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 11th D.) in 1888, 1889 and 1891.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (3rd D.) in 1892 and 1893.

He was a Kings County Judge from 1896 to 1906; and a justice of the New York Supreme Court (2nd D.) from 1907 to 1924.

He died on May 7, 1939, at the Bushwick Hospital in Brooklyn.

## Sources

* The New York Red Book compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 404 and 506ff)
* New York State Legislative Souvenir for 1893 with Portraits of the Members of Both Houses by Henry P. Phelps (pg. 8) [with portrait]
* Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1892)
* KINGS COUNTY'S JUDGES-ELECT in NYT on December 10, 1895
* JOSEPH ASPINALL, EX-JUSTICE, DEAD in NYT on May 9, 1939 (subscription required)

New York State Assembly :

| Preceded byJames P. Graham | New York State Assembly Kings County, 11th District 1888–1889 | Succeeded byGeorge L. Weed |
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| Preceded byGeorge L. Weed | New York State Assembly Kings County, 11th District 1891 | Succeeded byGeorge L. Weed |
| New York State Senate |||
| Preceded byJames W. Birkett | New York State Senate 3rd District 1892–1893 | Succeeded byWilliam H. Reynolds |
