Albert Jacob Cardozo (December 21, 1828 – November 8, 1885) was an American attorney and jurist in New York City.
Among their children was a daughter Nell and fraternal twins, Benjamin (future U.S. Supreme Court justice) and Emily, 11 years younger.
Without seeing the applicants, many of whom had questionable citizenship, Cardozo granted naturalization papers for up to 800 persons per day.
[2] He was implicated in a Tammany Hall judicial corruption scandal that was sparked by the Erie Railway takeover wars in 1868.
The scandal led to the creation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and to Cardozo's resignation from the bench in 1872.