Frederick Collin

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Frederick Collin (born August 2, 1850, Benton, New York; died November 1939) was a major figure in the New York legal community and the Democratic Party (United States) in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Frederick Collin was the third son of Henry Clark Collin and Maria Louise (Park) Collin. He graduated from Yale University in 1871 and subsequently started a legal clerkship in 1875 under John A. Reynolds in Elmira, New York. In 1885, John B. Stanchfield joined the firm, which became known as Reynolds, Stanchfield & Collin (named Sayles & Evans since 1945). He served as president of Elmira's Board of Education (1887-1894, 1899-1910), Elmira City Attorney (1890-1892), and Mayor of Elmira (1894-1898).

In 1910, Governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes appointed Collin to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Associate Judge Edward T. Bartlett on the New York Court of Appeals. Collin was appointed to a 14-year term, but retired from the Court in 1920 when he reached age 70, the maximum age limit as set by the New York State Constitution. He later returned to Elmira and joined the law firm of which he had been a founding partner, at which point the firm changed its name to Stanchfield, Collin, Lovell & Sayles. Collin also served as a director of the Chemung Canal Trust Company and the first president of the Arnot Art Gallery (1911-).