The Wardens of Sing Sing are appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
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 wardenJames M. Clancy (1913–1914)Thomas McCormick (June 1914)George Standish Weed* (October 1914) acting wardenThomas 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 wardenLewis 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 wardenHarold Butler (warden) (October 1975)William G. Gard (1975–1977)Walter Fogg* (August 1977) acting wardenStephen 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 SuperintendentPhilip Heath (2009-2012)Michael Capra (2012–present)* denotes an acting warden who holds the position until a full-time warden can be appointed