Wardens of Sing Sing

The Wardens of Sing Sing are appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

* denotes an acting warden who holds the position until a full-time warden can be appointed
 * Elam Lynds (1825–1830)
 * Robert Wiltse (1830–1840)
 * David L. Seymour (1840–1843)
 * William H. Peck (warden) (1843–1845)
 * Hiram P. Rowell (1845–1848)
 * Chauncey Smith (1848–1849)
 * Edward L. Potter (January, 1849)
 * Alfred R. Booth (July, 1849)
 * Munson J. Lockwood (1850–1855)
 * C. A. Batterman (1855–1856)
 * William Beardsley (warden) (1856–1862)
 * Gaylord B. Hubbell (1862–1864)
 * Thomas E. Sutton (1864–1865)
 * Stephen H. Johnson (1865–1868)
 * David P. Forrest (1868–1869)
 * Henry Clay Nelson (1869–1870)
 * E. M. Russell (1870–1872)
 * Henry C. Nelson (1872–1873)
 * Gaylord B. Hubbell (1873–1874)
 * James Williamson (warden) (September 1874)
 * Alfred Walker (warden) (October 1874)
 * George R. Youngs (1876–1877)
 * Charles Davis (warden) (February 1877)
 * Benjamin S. W. Clark (March 1877)
 * Charles Davis (warden) (1877–1880)
 * Augustus A. Brush (1880–1891)
 * W. R. Brown (1891–1893)
 * Charles F. Durston (1893–1894)
 * Omar Van Leuven Sage (1894–1899)
 * Addison Johnson (1899–1907)
 * Jesse D. Frost (1907–1911)
 * John S. Kennedy (1911–1913)
 * James Connaughton (warden)* (June 1913) acting warden
 * James M. Clancy (1913–1914)
 * Thomas McCormick (June 1914)
 * George Standish Weed* (October 1914) acting warden
 * Thomas Mott Osborne (1914–1915)
 * George Washington Kirchwey (1915)
 * Thomas Mott Osborne (July 1916)
 * Calvin Derrick (October 1916)
 * William H. Moyer (1916–1919)
 * Edward V. Brophy (April 1919)
 * Daniel J. Grant* (1919–1920) acting warden
 * Lewis Edward Lawes (1920–1941)
 * Robert John Kirby (1941–1944)
 * William F. Snyder (1944–1950)
 * Wilfred Louis Denno (1950–1967)
 * John T. Deegan (1967–1969)
 * James L. Casscles (1969–1972)
 * Theodore Schubin (1972–1975)
 * Joseph Higgins* (July 1975) acting warden
 * Harold Butler (warden) (October 1975)
 * William G. Gard (1975–1977)
 * Walter Fogg* (August 1977) acting warden
 * Stephen Dalsheim (1977–1980)
 * Wilson E.J. Walters (1980–1983)
 * James E. Sullivan (warden) (1983–1988)
 * John P. Keane (1988–1997)
 * Charles Greiner (1997–2000)
 * Brian S. Fischer (2000–2007)
 * Luis Marshall (2007-2009)
 * Dawson J.W. Brown* (January 2009 - July 2009) acting Superintendent
 * Philip Heath (2009-2012)
 * Michael Capra (2012–2023)
 * Marlyn Kopp (2023–present)