 Duane presided until 1789, when the President George Washington appointed him to the U.S. District Court for the District of New York.When Maturin Livingston was Recorder of New York City, Mayor DeWitt Clinton ceased to preside in the Mayor's Court, and from that time on the Recorder sat as presiding judge.By 1821, the mayor had ceased to preside completely as the docket had increased substantially in size.