The Wardens of Sing Sing are appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.[1]
- 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) [2]
- 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) [3]
- Thomas Mott Osborne (July 1916) [4]
- 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) [5][6]
- 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) [7]
* denotes an acting warden who holds the position until a full-time warden can be appointed