157th New York State Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
Term | January 1 – December 31, 1934 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 51 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. M. William Bray (D) | ||||
Temporary President | John J. Dunnigan (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (26–25) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 150 | ||||
Speaker | Joseph A. McGinnies (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican (85–65) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 157th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to August 18, 1934, during the second year of Herbert H. Lehman's governorship, in Albany.
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. The Prohibition Party adopted at this time the name Law Preservation Party: to emphasize that Prohibition should be preserved while it was in the process of being repealed. They endorsed the "dry" candidates (mostly Republicans) and nominated own candidates in many districts where "wet" candidates were the front-runners. In New York City, a "City Fusion" (generally allied with the Republicans) and a "Recovery" (Anti-Tammany Democrats supporting Joseph V. McKee) ticket were nominated for the local elections held at the same time.
The New York state election, 1933, was held on November 7. The only statewide elective office up for election was a judgeship on the New York Court of Appeals which was carried by the incumbent Democrat Leonard C. Crouch who was nominated by the Democrats and endorsed by the Republicans, the Law Preservation Party and the City Fusion.
The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Judge of the Court of Appeals, was: Democrats/Republicans/Law Preservation/City Fusion 3,250,000; Socialists 100,000; and Communists 31,000.
Doris I. Byrne (Dem.), a lawyer from the Bronx, was the only woman elected to the 157th Legislature.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1934; and adjourned at 2.30 a.m. on April 28. [2]
Joseph A. McGinnies (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.
Marguerite O'Connell (Dem.) was elected Clerk of the New York State Senate to fill the unexpired term of her deceased husband Patrick H. O'Connell, becoming the first woman to hold this office. [3]
Assembly Clerk Fred W. Hammond (Rep.) encountered opposition from the Republican State Committee Chairman W. Kingsland Macy who instructed his followers not to vote for Hammond. The second ballot for assembly clerk, on January 4, stood: Hammond 66; Louis A. Cuvillier (Dem.) 62; Charles F. Close (Rep.) 16; Ward H. Arburry 3; and Clement Curry 1. [4] The split persisted, and no clerk could be elected. On January 12, in an unprecedented move, Speaker McGinnies appointed Hammond as Clerk without election. [5]
State Senator Warren T. Thayer (Rep.) was accused to act as a lobbyist for a utility company while having been chairman of the senate committee in charge of the pertaining legislation. He resigned his seat on June 11. He was tried before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and on June 19, the State Senate in special session found Thayer guilty of official misconduct by the unanimous vote of the 47 senators present. [6]
The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on July 10, 1934; [7] and adjourned on August 18. [8]
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | George L. Thompson* | Republican | |
2nd | Joseph D. Nunan Jr.* | Democrat | Chairman of Civil Service |
3rd | Frank B. Hendel* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Printing |
4th | Philip M. Kleinfeld* | Democrat | Chairman of Excise |
5th | John J. Howard* | Democrat | Chairman of Penal Institutions |
6th | Marcellus H. Evans* | Democrat | Chairman of General Laws; on November 6, 1934, elected to the 74th U.S. Congress |
7th | George Blumberg* | Republican | |
8th | Joseph A. Esquirol* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Health |
9th | Henry L. O'Brien* | Democrat | Chairman of Labor and Industry |
10th | Jeremiah F. Twomey* | Democrat | Chairman of Finance |
11th | James J. Crawford* | Democrat | Chairman of Pensions |
12th | Elmer F. Quinn* | Democrat | Chairman of Codes |
13th | Thomas F. Burchill* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Service |
14th | Samuel Mandelbaum* | Democrat | Chairman of Cities |
15th | John L. Buckley* | Democrat | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |
16th | John J. McNaboe* | Democrat | Chairman of Conservation; and of Re-Apportionment |
17th | Albert Wald* | Democrat | Chairman of Revision |
18th | John T. McCall* | Democrat | Chairman of Banks |
19th | Duncan T. O'Brien* | Democrat | Chairman of Insurance |
20th | A. Spencer Feld* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Education |
21st | Lazarus Joseph | Democrat | elected to fill vacancy, in place of Henry G. Schackno; Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
22nd | Julius S. Berg* | Democrat | Chairman of Privileges and Elections |
23rd | John J. Dunnigan* | Democrat | Temporary President; Chairman of Rules |
24th | Harry J. Palmer* | Democrat | Chairman of Internal Affairs |
25th | Walter W. Westall* | Republican | |
26th | Seabury C. Mastick* | Rep./Law P. | |
27th | Thomas C. Desmond* | Republican | |
28th | J. Griswold Webb* | Republican | died on May 5, 1934 |
Frederic H. Bontecou | Republican | elected on July 5 to fill vacancy [9] | |
29th | Arthur H. Wicks* | Rep./Law P. | |
30th | William T. Byrne* | Democrat | Chairman of Judiciary; and of Agriculture |
31st | Ogden J. Ross* | Democrat | Chairman of Military Affairs |
32nd | Alexander G. Baxter* | Republican | died on August 30, 1934 |
33rd | Benjamin F. Feinberg* | Republican | |
34th | Warren T. Thayer* | Republican | resigned his seat on June 11 [10] |
35th | Henry I. Patrie* | Rep./Law P. | |
36th | Michael J. Kernan* | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Villages |
37th | Perley A. Pitcher* | Republican | |
38th | George R. Fearon* | Republican | Minority Leader |
39th | Walter W. Stokes* | Republican | |
40th | Bert Lord* | Rep./Law P. | on November 6, 1934, elected to the 74th U.S. Congress |
41st | Frank A. Frost* | Rep./Law P. | |
42nd | Charles J. Hewitt* | Republican | |
43rd | Earle S. Warner* | Republican | |
44th | Joe R. Hanley* | Rep./Law P. | |
45th | Cosmo A. Cilano* | Republican | |
46th | Fred J. Slater* | Republican | |
47th | William H. Lee* | Republican | |
48th | Lawrence G. Williams* | Republican | |
49th | Stephen J. Wojtkowiak* | Democrat | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
50th | Nelson W. Cheney* | Republican | |
51st | Leigh G. Kirkland* | Rep./Law P. | |
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes | |
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Albany | 1st | John H. Cahill* | Democrat | |
2nd | John P. Hayes* | Democrat | ||
3rd | S. Earl McDermott* | Democrat | ||
Allegany | Harry E. Goodrich* | Republican | Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies | |
Bronx | 1st | Matthew J. H. McLaughlin | Dem./Rec. | |
2nd | Doris I. Byrne | Dem./Rec. | ||
3rd | Carl Pack* | Dem./Rec. | ||
4th | Samuel Weisman | Dem./Rec. | ||
5th | Benjamin Gladstone | Dem./Rec. | ||
6th | Christopher C. McGrath* | Dem./Rec. | ||
7th | Magnus Lipton | Rep./City F. | ||
8th | John A. Devany Jr.* | Dem./Rec. | ||
Broome | 1st | Edward F. Vincent | Rep./Law P. | |
2nd | Martin W. Deyo* | Rep./Law P. | ||
Cattaraugus | James W. Riley* | Republican | ||
Cayuga | Andrew D. Burgdorf | Rep./Law P. | ||
Chautauqua | 1st | David L. Brunstrom* | Republican | |
2nd | Joseph A. McGinnies* | Republican | re-elected Speaker | |
Chemung | Thomas Jacob Banfield | Democrat | ||
Chenango | Irving M. Ives* | Republican | Chairman of Public Education | |
Clinton | Leo E. Trombly* | Democrat | ||
Columbia | Frederick A. Washburn* | Republican | ||
Cortland | Albert Haskell Jr. | Republican | ||
Delaware | E. Ogden Bush* | Republican | ||
Dutchess | 1st | Howard N. Allen* | Rep./Law P. | |
2nd | Emerson D. Fite | Rep./Law P. | ||
Erie | 1st | Joseph A. Nicosia | Democrat | |
2nd | Harold B. Ehrlich | Republican | ||
3rd | Frank X. Bernhardt* | Republican | Chairman of Excise | |
4th | Anthony J. Canney* | Democrat | ||
5th | Edwin L. Kantowski* | Democrat | ||
6th | Howard W. Dickey* | Republican | Chairman of General Laws | |
7th | Arthur L. Swartz* | Republican | Chairman of Penal Institutions | |
8th | R. Foster Piper* | Republican | Chairman of Affairs of Villages | |
Essex | Fred L. Porter* | Republican | Chairman 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 | Chairman of Conservation | |
Herkimer | David C. Wightman | Republican | ||
Jefferson | Jasper W. Cornaire* | Rep./Law P. | Chairman of Motor Vehicles | |
Kings | 1st | Crawford W. Hawkins* | Dem./Rec./Law P. | |
2nd | Albert D. Schanzer* | Dem./Rec. | ||
3rd | Michael J. Gillen* | Democrat | ||
4th | George E. Dennen* | Dem./Rec. | ||
5th | John J. Cooney* | Dem./Rec. | ||
6th | Samson Inselbuch | Rep./City F. | ||
7th | William Kirnan* | Dem./Rec. | ||
8th | Luke O'Reilly* | Dem./Rec. | ||
9th | Daniel McNamara Jr.* | Dem./Rec. | ||
10th | William C. McCreery* | Dem./Rec. | ||
11th | Edward J. Coughlin* | Dem./Rec. | ||
12th | Edward S. Moran Jr.* | Dem./Rec. | ||
13th | William Breitenbach* | Dem./Rec. | ||
14th | Aaron F. Goldstein | Dem./Rec. | ||
15th | Edward P. Doyle* | Democrat | ||
16th | Rudolph Bauer | Rep./City F. | ||
17th | George W. Stewart* | Dem./Rec. | ||
18th | Irwin Steingut* | Dem./Rec. | Minority Leader | |
19th | Alexander Berley | Rep./City F. | ||
20th | Joseph J. Monahan* | Dem./Rec. | ||
21st | Charles H. Breitbart* | Dem./Rec. | ||
22nd | Jacob H. Livingston* | Dem./Rec. | ||
23rd | Albert M. Cohen* | Dem./Rec. | ||
Lewis | Edward M. Sheldon* | Republican | ||
Livingston | James J. Wadsworth* | Republican | ||
Madison | Wheeler Milmoe | Republican | ||
Monroe | 1st | Daniel J. O'Mara* | Republican | |
2nd | George B. Kelly* | Democrat | ||
3rd | Earl C. Langenbacher | Democrat | ||
4th | Paul R. Taylor | Democrat | ||
5th | Donald J. Corbett | Democrat | ||
Montgomery | L. James Shaver* | Republican | ||
Nassau | 1st | Harold P. Herman | Republican | |
2nd | Leonard W. Hall | Republican | ||
New York | 1st | James J. Dooling* | Democrat | |
2nd | Millard E. Theodore* | Democrat | ||
3rd | Eugene R. Duffy | Democrat | ||
4th | Leonard Farbstein* | Democrat | ||
5th | John F. Killgrew* | Democrat | ||
6th | Irving D. Neustein* | Democrat | ||
7th | Saul S. Streit* | Dem./ICL | ||
8th | Joseph Hamerman* | Democrat | ||
9th | I. Arnold Ross | Rep./City F. | ||
10th | Herbert Brownell Jr.* | Republican | ||
11th | Patrick H. Sullivan* | Democrat | ||
12th | John A. Byrnes* | Democrat | ||
13th | William J. Sheldrick* | Democrat | ||
14th | Francis J. McCaffrey Jr. | Dem./Rec. | ||
15th | Abbot Low Moffat* | Rep./City F. | Chairman of Affairs of New York City | |
16th | William Schwartz* | Democrat | ||
17th | Meyer Alterman* | Dem./Rec. | ||
18th | Ernest Lappano | Rep./City F. | ||
19th | James E. Stephens* | Democrat | ||
20th | Wilbur J. Murphy | Rep./City F. | ||
21st | Robert Bernstein | Dem./Rec. | ||
22nd | Daniel Flynn | Democrat | ||
23rd | William R. Lieberman | Rep./City F. | ||
Niagara | 1st | Fayette E. Pease* | Rep./Law P. | |
2nd | Harry D. Suitor | Republican | ||
Oneida | 1st | Frank T. Quinn* | Democrat | |
2nd | Russell G. Dunmore* | Republican | Majority Leader | |
3rd | Fred L. Meiss | Republican | ||
Onondaga | 1st | Horace M. Stone* | Republican | Chairman of Judiciary |
2nd | George B. Parsons | Republican | ||
3rd | Richard B. Smith* | Republican | Chairman of Affairs of Cities | |
Ontario | Harry R. Marble | Rep./Law P. | ||
Orange | 1st | Lee B. Mailler | Republican | |
2nd | Rainey S. Taylor* | Republican | ||
Orleans | John S. Thompson* | Republican | Chairman of Public Service | |
Oswego | Victor C. Lewis* | Republican | Chairman of Public Health | |
Otsego | Frank M. Smith* | Republican | Chairman of Agriculture | |
Putnam | D. Mallory Stephens* | Republican | Chairman of Banks | |
Queens | 1st | Harold J. Crawford* | Dem./Rec. | |
2nd | George F. Torsney* | Dem./Rec./ICL | ||
3rd | Peter T. Farrell* | Dem./Rec. | ||
4th | Jay E. Rice | Rep./City F. | ||
5th | Maurice A. FitzGerald* | Dem./Rec./ICL | ||
6th | Frederick L. Zimmerman* | Dem./Rec./ICL | ||
Rensselaer | 1st | Michael F. Breen* | Democrat | |
2nd | Maurice Whitney* | Republican | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation | |
Richmond | 1st | W. Irving Lewis | Rep./City F. | |
2nd | Sidney Jacobi | Rep./City F. | ||
Rockland | Laurens M. Hamilton | Republican | ||
St. Lawrence | 1st | W. Allan Newell* | Republican | |
2nd | Walter L. Pratt* | Republican | Chairman of Taxation; died on April 3, 1934 | |
Warren O. Daniels | Republican | elected on July 5 to fill vacancy [11] | ||
Saratoga | William E. Morris | Republican | ||
Schenectady | 1st | Oswald D. Heck* | Rep./Law P. | |
2nd | Harold Armstrong | Republican | ||
Schoharie | William S. Dunn* | Dem./Soc. | ||
Schuyler | Edward K. Corwin* | Republican | ||
Seneca | James D. Pollard* | Republican | Chairman of Canals | |
Steuben | 1st | Wilson Messer* | Republican | Chairman of Labor and Industry |
2nd | J. Austin Otto* | Republican | ||
Suffolk | 1st | John G. Downs* | Republican | Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
2nd | Hamilton F. Potter* | Republican | Chairman of Pensions | |
Sullivan | J. Maxwell Knapp | Republican | ||
Tioga | Frank G. Miller* | Rep./Law P. | ||
Tompkins | James R. Robinson* | Republican | Chairman of Codes | |
Ulster | J. Edward Conway* | Republican | ||
Warren | Harry A. Reoux* | Republican | ||
Washington | Herbert A. Bartholomew* | Republican | Chairman of Internal Affairs | |
Wayne | Harry L. Averill* | Rep./Law P. | ||
Westchester | 1st | Herbert R. Smith* | Republican | |
2nd | Ralph A. Gamble* | Republican | ||
3rd | Hugh A. Lavery | Democrat | ||
4th | Alexander H. Garnjost* | Republican | Chairman of Insurance | |
5th | William F. Condon* | Republican | ||
Wyoming | Harold C. Ostertag* | Rep./Law P. | ||
Yates | Fred S. Hollowell* | Republican | ||
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