155th New York State Legislature

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155th New York State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction New York, United States
TermJanuary 1 – December 31, 1932
Senate
Members51
President Lt. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman (D)
Temporary President George R. Fearon (R)
Party controlRepublican (27–24)
Assembly
Members150
Speaker Joseph A. McGinnies (R)
Party controlRepublican (80–70)
Sessions
1stJanuary 6 – March 11, 1932
2ndDecember 9 – 14, 1932

The 155th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to December 14, 1932, during the fourth year of Franklin D. Roosevelt's governorship, in Albany.

Contents

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 Socialist Party and the Communist Party also nominated tickets.

Elections

The New York state election, 1931, was held on November 3. No statewide elective offices were up for election.

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 6, 1932; and adjourned on March 11. [1]

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

The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on December 9, 1932; [2] and adjourned on December 14. This session was called to enact legislation to avoid the financial breakdown of New York City which threatened to occur on December 17.

State senate

Districts

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Joe R. Hanley changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

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

DistrictSenatorPartyNotes
1st George L. Thompson*RepublicanChairman of Conservation
2nd Joseph D. Nunan Jr.*Democrat
3rd Frank B. Hendel*Democrat
4th Philip M. Kleinfeld*Democrat
5th John J. Howard*Democrat
6th Marcellus H. Evans*Democrat
7th John A. Hastings*Democrat
8th William L. Love*Democrat
9th Henry L. O'Brien*Democrat
10th Jeremiah F. Twomey*Democrat
11th James J. Crawford*Democrat
12th Elmer F. Quinn*Democrat
13th Thomas F. Burchill*Democrat
14th Edward J. Ahearn Democratelected to fill vacancy, in place of Bernard Downing
15th John L. Buckley*Democrat
16th John J. McNaboe*Democrat
17th Samuel H. Hofstadter*RepublicanChairman of General Laws
18th John T. McCall*Democrat
19th Duncan T. O'Brien*Democrat
20th A. Spencer Feld*Democrat
21st Henry G. Schackno*Democrat
22nd Julius S. Berg*Democrat
23rd John J. Dunnigan*DemocratMinority Leader
24th Harry J. Palmer*Democrat
25th Walter W. Westall*RepublicanChairman of Internal Affairs
26th Seabury C. Mastick*RepublicanChairman of Taxation and Retrenchment
27th Thomas C. Desmond*RepublicanChairman of Military Affairs
28th J. Griswold Webb*RepublicanChairman of Public Education
29th Arthur H. Wicks*RepublicanChairman of Public Health
30th William T. Byrne*Democrat
31st John F. Williams*RepublicanChairman of Affairs of Villages
32nd Alexander G. Baxter*RepublicanChairman of Revision
33rd Henry E. H. Brereton*RepublicanChairman of Civil Service
34th Warren T. Thayer*RepublicanChairman of Public Service
35th Henry I. Patrie*RepublicanChairman of Privileges and Elections
36th Charles B. Horton*RepublicanChairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills
37th Perley A. Pitcher*RepublicanChairman of Judiciary
38th George R. Fearon*RepublicanTemporary President; Chairman of Rules
39th John W. Gates*RepublicanChairman of Labor and Industry
40th Bert Lord*RepublicanChairman of Pensions
41st Frank A. Frost*RepublicanChairman of Commerce and Navigation
42nd Charles J. Hewitt*RepublicanChairman of Finance
43rd Leon F. Wheatley*RepublicanChairman of Insurance
44th Joe R. Hanley*Republicanelected to fill vacancy, in place of John Knight;
Chairman of Public Printing
45th Cosmo A. Cilano*RepublicanChairman of Codes
46th Fred J. Slater*RepublicanChairman of Penal Institutions
47th William W. Campbell*RepublicanChairman of Banks; Chairman of Re-Apportionment
48th William J. Hickey*RepublicanChairman of Cities
49th Stephen J. Wojtkowiak*Democrat
50th Nelson W. Cheney*RepublicanChairman of Canals
51st Leigh G. Kirkland*RepublicanChairman 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 Affairs of Cities
Cattaraugus James W. Riley*Rep./Soc.
Cayuga Fred Lewis Palmer*Rep./Soc.
Chautauqua 1st Hubert E. V. Porter*Republican
2nd Joseph A. McGinnies*Republicanre-elected Speaker
Chemung G. Archie Turner*Republican
Chenango Irving M. Ives*Republican
Clinton Leo E. Trombly Democrat
Columbia Frederick A. Washburn Republican
Cortland Irving F. Rice*Republican
Delaware James R. Stevenson*Republican
Dutchess 1st Howard N. Allen*Republican
2nd Charles F. Close*Republican
Erie 1st Charles J. Gimbrone*Republican
2nd William L. Marcy Jr.*Republican
3rd Frank X. Bernhardt*Republican
4th Anthony J. Canney*Democrat
5th Edwin L. Kantowski*Democrat
6th Howard W. Dickey*Republican
7th Arthur L. Swartz*Republican
8th R. Foster Piper*Republican
Essex Fred L. Porter*RepublicanChairman of Ways and Means
Franklin James A. Latour*Republican
Fulton and Hamilton Harry F. Dunkel Republican
Genesee Herbert A. Rapp Republican
Greene Ellis W. Bentley*Republican
Herkimer Edward O. Davies Republican
Jefferson Jasper W. Cornaire*Republican
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 George W. Stewart Democrat
18th Irwin Steingut*DemocratMinority Leader
19th Jerome G. Ambro*Democrat
20th Joseph J. Monahan Democrat
21st Joseph A. Esquirol*Democrat
22nd Jacob H. Livingston*Democrat
23rd Albert M. Cohen*Democrat
Lewis Edward M. Sheldon*Republican
Livingston James J. Wadsworth Republican
Madison Arthur A. Hartshorn*Republican
Monroe 1st Daniel J. O'Mara Republican
2nd Harry J. McKay*Republican
3rd Haskell H. Marks*Republican
4th Richard L. Saunders*Republican
5th W. Ray Austin*Republican
Montgomery Rufus Richtmyer*Republican
Nassau 1st Edwin W. Wallace*Republican
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*Democratdied on February 6, 1932 [3]
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 Charles J. Peters Republican
2nd Russell G. Dunmore*RepublicanMajority Leader
3rd Walter W. Abbott*Republican
Onondaga 1st Horace M. Stone*Republican
2nd Willis H. Sargent*Republican
3rd Richard B. Smith*Republican
Ontario Robert A. Catchpole*Republican
Orange 1st William J. Lamont*Republican
2nd Rainey S. Taylor*Republican
Orleans John S. Thompson*Republican
Oswego Victor C. Lewis*Republican
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*Republican
Richmond 1st Francis P. Heffernan*Democrat
2nd William L. Vaughan*Democrat
Rockland Fred R. Horn Jr.* [4] Democrat
St. Lawrence 1st Rhoda Fox Graves*Republican
2nd Walter L. Pratt*Republican
Saratoga Burton D. Esmond*Republican
Schenectady 1st Oswald D. Heck Republican
2nd John H. Buhrmaster Republican
Schoharie Kenneth H. Fake*Republican
Schuyler Frank Crowe Democrat
Seneca James D. Pollard*Republican
Steuben 1st Wilson Messer*Republican
2nd J. Austin Otto Republican
Suffolk 1st John G. Downs*Republican
2nd Hamilton F. Potter*Republican
Sullivan John T. Curtis Republican
Tioga Frank G. Miller*Republican
Tompkins James R. Robinson*Republican
Ulster Millard Davis*Republican
Warren Harry A. Reoux*Republican
Washington Herbert A. Bartholomew*Republican
Wayne Harry L. Averill Republican
Westchester 1st Charles H. Hathaway*Republican
2nd Ralph A. Gamble*Republican
3rd Hickson F. Hart Republican
4th Alexander H. Garnjost*Republican
5th William F. Condon*Republican
Wyoming Harold C. Ostertag Republican
Yates Fred S. Hollowell Republican

Employees

Notes

  1. ↑ LEGISLATURE ENDS in The New York Times on March 12, 1932 (subscription required)
  2. ↑ ROOSEVELT LIMITS LEGISLATURE'S AIMS in The New York Times on December 9, 1932 (subscription required)
  3. ↑ "Henry O. Kahan Dead; In Assembly 11 Years" (PDF). The New York Times . Vol. LXXXI, no. 27042. New York, N.Y. February 7, 1932. p. 27.
  4. ↑ Ferdinand R. Horn Jr. (born 1897), ran sometimes for office as "Fred R. Horn Jr."

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