154th New York State Legislature

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154th New York State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction New York, United States
TermJanuary 1 – December 31, 1931
Senate
Members51
President Lt. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman (D)
Temporary President John Knight (R), until April 9
George R. Fearon (R), from April 9
Party controlRepublican (26–25)
Assembly
Members150
Speaker Joseph A. McGinnies (R)
Party controlRepublican (80–70)
Sessions
1stJanuary 7 – April 10, 1931
2ndAugust 25 – September 19, 1931

The 154th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7 to September 19, 1931, during the third year of Franklin D. Roosevelt's governorship, in Albany.

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Background

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, re-apportioned in 1917, 51 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts; senators for a two-year term, assemblymen for a one-year term. The senatorial districts consisted either of one or more entire counties; or a contiguous area within a single county. The counties which were divided into more than one senatorial district were New York (nine districts), Kings (eight), Bronx (three), Erie (three), Monroe (two), Queens (two), and Westchester (two). The Assembly districts were made up of contiguous area, all within the same county.

At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Law Preservation Party, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets.

Elections

The New York state election, 1930, was held on November 4. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lieutenant Governor Herbert H. Lehman, both Democrats, were re-elected. Of the other three statewide elective offices, two were carried by Democrats and one by a Republican judge with Democratic endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Democrats 1,770,000; Republicans 1,045,000; Law Preservation 191,000; Socialists 100,000; Communists 18,000; and Socialist Labor 9,000.

Assemblywoman Rhoda Fox Graves (Rep.), of Gouverneur, a former school teacher who after her marriage became active in women's organisations and politics, was re-elected, and remained the only woman legislator.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1931; and adjourned on April 10. [1]

Joseph A. McGinnies (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.

John Knight was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate. He was appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, and resigned as Temporary President. On April 9, George R. Fearon was elected to succeed. [2] Knight vacated his seat on May 1 when he took office as federal judge. After the ouster of Democrat Samuel H. Miller, the election of Republican Charles B. Horton, and the death of the Democratic minority leader Bernard Downing, the Republicans continued to hold a majority of 26 to 23 in the Senate during the special session, 26 being the minimum number of votes to pass a law.

The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on August 25, 1931; [3] and adjourned on September 19. This session was called to enact legislation to provide for emergency unemployment relief. [4]

State Senate

Districts

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Joseph D. Nunan Jr, Frank B. Hendel, John J. Howard and Julius S. Berg changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."; Chairmanships as appointed at the beginning of the session

DistrictSenatorPartyNotes
1st George L. Thompson*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Conservation
2nd Joseph D. Nunan Jr.*Democrat
3rd Frank B. Hendel*Democrat
4th Philip M. Kleinfeld*Democratre-elected
5th John J. Howard*Democrat
6th Marcellus H. Evans*Democratre-elected
7th John A. Hastings*Democratre-elected
8th William L. Love*Democratre-elected
9th Henry L. O'Brien*Democratre-elected
10th Jeremiah F. Twomey*Democratre-elected
11th James J. Crawford*Democratre-elected
12th Elmer F. Quinn*Democratre-elected
13th Thomas F. Burchill*Democratre-elected
14th Bernard Downing*Democratre-elected; Minority Leader; died on May 25, 1931
15th John L. Buckley*Democratre-elected
16th John J. McNaboe Democrat
17th Samuel H. Hofstadter*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of General Laws
18th John T. McCall Democrat
19th Duncan T. O'Brien*Democratre-elected
20th A. Spencer Feld*Democratre-elected
21st Henry G. Schackno*Democratre-elected
22nd Julius S. Berg*Democrat
23rd John J. Dunnigan*Democratre-elected; Minority Leader from August 25
24th Harry J. Palmer*Democratre-elected
25th Walter W. Westall*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Internal Affairs
26th Seabury C. Mastick*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment
27th Thomas C. Desmond RepublicanChairman of Public Printing
28th J. Griswold Webb*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Public Education
29th Arthur H. Wicks*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Public Health
30th William T. Byrne*Democratre-elected
31st John F. Williams*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Affairs of Villages
32nd Alexander G. Baxter RepublicanChairman of Revision
33rd Henry E. H. Brereton*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Civil Service
34th Warren T. Thayer*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Public Service
35th Henry I. Patrie*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Privileges and Elections
36th Samuel H. Miller Democratcontested by William S. Murray (R); seat vacated on March 31 [5]
Charles B. Horton Republicanelected on May 5 to fill vacancy [6]
37th Perley A. Pitcher*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Codes
38th George R. Fearon*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Judiciary;
on April 9, elected Temporary President
39th John W. Gates*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Labor and Industry
40th Bert Lord*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Pensions
41st Frank A. Frost*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Commerce and Navigation;
Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills
42nd Charles J. Hewitt*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Finance
43rd Leon F. Wheatley*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Insurance
44th John Knight*Republicanre-elected; re-elected Temporary President; Chairman of Rules;
on March 30, appointed to the U.S. Court for the Western D. of NY [7]
45th Cosmo A. Cilano*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Military Affairs
46th Fred J. Slater*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Penal Institutions
47th William W. Campbell*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Banks; Chairman of Re-Apportionment
48th William J. Hickey*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Cities
49th Stephen J. Wojtkowiak*Democratre-elected
50th Nelson W. Cheney*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Canals
51st Leigh G. Kirkland*Republicanre-elected; Chairman of Agriculture

Employees

State Assembly

Assemblymen

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

DistrictAssemblymenPartyNotes
Albany 1st John H. Cahill*Democrat
2nd John P. Hayes*Democrat
3rd Rudolph I. Roulier*Democrat
Allegany Harry E. Goodrich*Republican
Bronx 1st Nicholas J. Eberhard*Democrat
2nd William F. Smith*Democrat
3rd Carl Pack Democrat
4th Herman M. Albert*Democrat
5th Harry A. Samberg*Democrat
6th Christopher C. McGrath*Democrat
7th John F. Reidy*Democrat
8th John A. Devany Jr.*Democrat
Broome 1st Edmund B. Jenks*RepublicanChairman of Judiciary
2nd Forman E. Whitcomb*RepublicanChairman of Cities
Cattaraugus James W. Riley Republican
Cayuga Fred Lewis Palmer Republican
Chautauqua 1st Hubert E. V. Porter*Republican
2nd Joseph A. McGinnies*Republicanre-elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules
Chemung G. Archie Turner*Republican
Chenango Irving M. Ives*Republican
Clinton Charles D. Munsil*Republican
Columbia Charles S. Fayerweather Democrat
Cortland Irving F. Rice*RepublicanChairman of Public Education
Delaware James R. Stevenson*Republican
Dutchess 1st Howard N. Allen*RepublicanChairman of Charitable and Religious Societies
2nd Charles F. Close Republican
Erie 1st Charles J. Gimbrone*RepublicanChairman of Aviation
2nd William L. Marcy Jr.*Republican
3rd Frank X. Bernhardt*RepublicanChairman of Revision
4th Anthony J. Canney*Democrat
5th Edwin L. Kantowski Democrat
6th Howard W. Dickey*RepublicanChairman of General Laws
7th Arthur L. Swartz*Republican
8th R. Foster Piper*Republican
Essex Fred L. Porter*RepublicanChairman of Re-Organization of State Government
Franklin James A. Latour*Republican
Fulton and Hamilton Eberly Hutchinson*RepublicanChairman of Ways and Means
Genesee Charles P. Miller*RepublicanChairman of Labor and Industries
Greene Ellis W. Bentley*RepublicanChairman of Conservation
Herkimer William J. Thistlethwaite*Republican
Jefferson Jasper W. Cornaire*RepublicanChairman of Re-Apportionment
Kings 1st Crawford W. Hawkins*Democrat
2nd Albert D. Schanzer*Democrat
3rd Michael J. Gillen*Democrat
4th George E. Dennen*Democrat
5th John J. Cooney*Democrat
6th Jacob J. Schwartzwald*Democrat
7th William Kirnan Democrat
8th Luke O'Reilly*Democrat
9th Daniel McNamara Jr.*Democrat
10th William C. McCreery*Democrat
11th Edward J. Coughlin*Democrat
12th Edward S. Moran Jr.*Democrat
13th William Breitenbach*Democrat
14th Jacob P. Nathanson*Democrat
15th Edward P. Doyle*Democrat
16th Maurice Z. Bungard*Democrat
17th Robert K. Story Jr. Republican
18th Irwin Steingut*DemocratMinority Leader
19th Jerome G. Ambro*Democrat
20th Frank A. Miller*Democratdied on June 25, 1931
21st Joseph A. Esquirol*Democrat
22nd Jacob H. Livingston*Democrat
23rd Albert M. Cohen*Democrat
Lewis Edward M. Sheldon*Republican
Livingston A. Grant Stockweather*Republican
Madison Arthur A. Hartshorn*RepublicanChairman of Social Welfare
Monroe 1st Truman G. Searle*Republican
2nd Harry J. McKay*Republican
3rd Haskell H. Marks*Republican
4th Richard L. Saunders*Republican
5th W. Ray Austin*RepublicanChairman of Public Health
Montgomery Rufus Richtmyer*Republican
Nassau 1st Edwin W. Wallace*RepublicanChairman of Affairs of Villages
2nd Edwin R. Lynde*Republican
New York 1st James J. Dooling*Democrat
2nd Millard E. Theodore*Democrat
3rd Sylvester A. Dineen*Democrat
4th Samuel Mandelbaum*Democrat
5th John F. Killgrew Democrat
6th Irving D. Neustein Democrat
7th Saul S. Streit*Democrat
8th Henry O. Kahan*Democrat
9th Ira H. Holley*Democrat
10th Langdon W. Post*Democrat
11th Patrick H. Sullivan*Democrat
12th John A. Byrnes*Democrat
13th William J. Sheldrick Democrat
14th Joseph T. Higgins*Democrat
15th Abbot Low Moffat*Republican
16th William Schwartz*Democrat
17th Meyer Alterman*Democrat
18th Sol A. Hyman Democrat
19th James E. Stephens Democrat
20th Louis A. Cuvillier*Democrat
21st David Paris Democrat
22nd Benjamin B. Mittler*Democrat
23rd Alexander A. Falk*Democrat
Niagara 1st Fayette E. Pease*Republican
2nd Roy Hewitt*Republican
Oneida 1st Mark C. Kelly Democrat
2nd Russell G. Dunmore*RepublicanMajority Leader
3rd Walter W. Abbott*Republican
Onondaga 1st Horace M. Stone*RepublicanChairman of Insurance
2nd Willis H. Sargent*RepublicanChairman of Banks
3rd Richard B. Smith*RepublicanChairman of Public Printing
Ontario Robert A. Catchpole*RepublicanChairman of Public Service
Orange 1st William J. Lamont Republican
2nd Rainey S. Taylor Republican
Orleans John S. Thompson Republican
Oswego Victor C. Lewis*RepublicanChairman of Canals
Otsego Frank M. Smith*RepublicanChairman of Agriculture
Putnam D. Mallory Stephens*RepublicanChairman of Military Affairs
Queens 1st John O'Rourke*Democrat
2nd Joseph C. Mulligan Democrat
3rd Peter T. Farrell*Democrat
4th James A. Burke Democrat
5th Maurice A. FitzGerald*Democrat
6th Frederick L. Zimmerman*Democrat
Rensselaer 1st Michael F. Breen*Democrat
2nd Maurice Whitney*RepublicanChairman of Commerce and Navigation
Richmond 1st Francis P. Heffernan Democrat
2nd William L. Vaughan*Democrat
Rockland Fred R. Horn Jr.* [8] Democrat
St. Lawrence 1st Rhoda Fox Graves*RepublicanChairwoman of Public Institutions
2nd Walter L. Pratt*RepublicanChairman of Taxation and Retrenchment
Saratoga Burton D. Esmond*RepublicanChairman of Codes
Schenectady 1st Charles W. Merriam*Republican
2nd William W. Wemple Jr.*Republican
Schoharie Kenneth H. Fake*RepublicanChairman of Pensions
Schuyler Jacob W. Winters*Republican
Seneca James D. Pollard*Republican
Steuben 1st Wilson Messer*RepublicanChairman of Soldiers' Homes
2nd James T. Foody*Republican
Suffolk 1st John G. Downs*Republican
2nd Hamilton F. Potter*Republican
Sullivan William Whittaker Democrat
Tioga Frank G. Miller*Republican
Tompkins James R. Robinson*RepublicanChairman of Claims
Ulster Millard Davis*Republican
Warren Harry A. Reoux Republican
Washington Herbert A. Bartholomew*RepublicanChairman of Internal Affairs
Wayne Harry A. Tellier*RepublicanChairman of Excise
Westchester 1st Charles H. Hathaway*Republican
2nd Ralph A. Gamble Republican
3rd Milan E. Goodrich*RepublicanChairman of Penal Institutions
4th Alexander H. Garnjost*Republican
5th William F. Condon*Republican
Wyoming Joe R. Hanley*Republican
Yates Edwin C. Nutt*Republican

Employees

Notes

  1. ↑ AMITY MARKS CLOSING in The New York Times on April 11, 1931 (subscription required)
  2. ↑ LEGISLATORS RUSH FIFTY BILLS ON WAY; Both Parties Join to Elect Senator Fearon to Succeed President Pro Tem Knight in The New York Times on April 10, 1931 (subscription required)
  3. ↑ GOVERNOR CONSIDERS $25,000,000 RELIEF FOR UNEMPLOYMENT in The New York Times on August 25, 1931 (subscription required)
  4. ↑ ROOSEVELT DECIDES ON RELIEF HEADS in The New York Times on September 21, 1931 (subscription required)
  5. ↑ SENATE UNSEATS MILLER OF ONEIDA in The New York Times on April 1, 1931 (subscription required)
  6. ↑ Horton, Republican, Wins State Senate Seat in The New York Times on May 6, 1931 (subscription required)
  7. ↑ HOOVER PUTS KNIGHT ON FEDERAL BENCH in The New York Times on March 31, 1931 (subscription required)
  8. ↑ Ferdinand R. Horn Jr. (born 1897), ran sometimes for office as "Fred R. Horn Jr."

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