166th New York State Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
Term | January 1, 1947 – December 31, 1948 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 56 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. Joe R. Hanley (R) | ||||
Temporary President | Benjamin F. Feinberg (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican 1947: (41–14–1) 1948: (40–15–1) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 150 | ||||
Speaker | Oswald D. Heck (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican 1947: (109–40–1) 1948: (107–42–1) | ||||
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The 166th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 8, 1947, to March 13, 1948, during the fifth and sixth years of Thomas E. Dewey's governorship, in Albany.
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938, re-apportioned in 1943, 56 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. 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 Kings (nine districts), New York (six), Bronx (five), Queens (four), Erie (three), Westchester (three), Monroe (two) and Nassau (two). The Assembly districts consisted either of a single entire county (except Hamilton Co.), or of contiguous area within one county.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The American Labor Party, the Liberal Party and the Communist Party also nominated tickets.
The New York state election, 1946, was held on November 5. Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Lieutenant Governor Joe R. Hanley were re-elected, both Republicans. The other five statewide elective offices up for election were carried by four Republicans, and the Democratic Chief Judge with Republican, American Labor and Liberal endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Republicans 2,826,000; Democrats 1,532,000; American Labor 429,000; Liberals 177,000; and Communists 90,000. [1]
All four women members of the previous legislature—State Senator Rhoda Fox Graves (Rep.), of Gouverneur; and Assemblywomen Mary A. Gillen (Dem.), of Brooklyn; Gladys E. Banks (Rep.), of the Bronx; and Genesta M. Strong (Rep.), of Plandome Heights—were re-elected. Janet Hill Gordon (Rep.), a lawyer of Norwich; Elizabeth Hanniford (Rep.), a statistician of the Bronx; Mildred F. Taylor (Rep.), a coal dealer of Lyons; and Maude E. Ten Eyck (Rep.), of Manhattan; were also elected to the Assembly.
The New York state election, 1947, was held on November 4. No statewide elective offices were up for election. Four vacancies in the State Senate, and four vacancies in the Assembly were filled. [2]
The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 170th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 8, 1947; [3] and adjourned on March 18.
Oswald D. Heck (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.
Benjamin F. Feinberg (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate.
The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 171st) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1948; [4] and adjourned on March 13. [5]
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. MacNeil Mitchell, Sidney A. Fine and George T. Manning changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this Legislature. Assemblyman Ernest I. Hatfield was elected to fill a vacancy in the Senate.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | S. Wentworth Horton | Republican | |
2nd | John D. Bennett* | Republican | |
3rd | William S. Hults Jr.* | Republican | |
4th | Seymour Halpern* | Republican | |
5th | Frederic E. Hammer* | Republican | |
6th | Charles T. Corey | Republican | |
7th | Irwin Pakula | Republican | |
8th | James J. Crawford* | Dem./Lib. | |
9th | Richard McCleery | Republican | |
10th | Kenneth Sherbell | Am. Labor/Rep. | |
11th | Fred G. Moritt* | Dem./Am. Labor | |
12th | Samuel L. Greenberg* | Dem./Am. Labor | |
13th | C. Corey Mills | Rep./Am. Labor | |
14th | Joseph E. Parisi* | Rep./Am. Labor | |
15th | Louis L. Friedman* | Democrat | |
16th | William Rosenblatt* | Democrat | |
17th | Robert E. Johnson | Republican | in August 1947, appointed as D.A. of Richmond Co. |
John M. Braisted Jr. | Democrat | on November 4, 1947, elected to fill vacancy | |
18th | Elmer F. Quinn* | Dem./Am. Labor | Minority Leader |
19th | Francis J. Mahoney* | Dem./Am. labor | |
20th | MacNeil Mitchell* | Republican | |
21st | Harold I. Panken | Democrat | |
22nd | Alfred E. Santangelo | Democrat | |
23rd | Alexander A. Falk* | Democrat | in May 1947, appointed to the New York Civil Service Commission |
Joseph Zaretzki | Democrat | on November 4, 1947, elected to fill vacancy | |
24th | Sidney A. Fine* | Democrat | |
25th | Arthur Wachtel* | Democrat | |
26th | Isidore Dollinger* | Democrat | on November 2, 1948, elected to the 81st U.S. Congress |
27th | Paul A. Fino* | Republican | |
28th | Charles V. Scanlan | Republican | |
29th | William F. Condon* | Republican | |
30th | J. Raymond McGovern* | Republican | |
31st | Pliny W. Williamson* | Republican | Chairman of Judiciary |
32nd | Thomas C. Desmond* | Republican | Chairman of Affairs of Cities |
33rd | Frederic H. Bontecou* | Republican | on May 9, 1947, tendered his resignation, effective June 1 [6] |
Ernest I. Hatfield* | Republican | on November 4, 1947, elected to fill vacancy | |
34th | Arthur H. Wicks* | Republican | Chairman of Finance |
35th | Peter J. Dalessandro | Democrat | |
36th | Gilbert T. Seelye* | Republican | |
37th | Thomas F. Campbell* | Republican | |
38th | Benjamin F. Feinberg* | Republican | re-elected Temporary President |
39th | Rhoda Fox Graves* | Republican | |
40th | Fred A. Young* | Republican | |
41st | Robert C. Groben | Republican | |
42nd | Isaac B. Mitchell* | Republican | Chairman of Internal Affairs; resigned on June 12, 1947 [7] |
Henry A. Wise | Republican | on November 4, 1947, elected to fill vacancy | |
43rd | John H. Hughes | Republican | |
44th | Walter W. Stokes* | Republican | Chairman of Conservation |
45th | Floyd E. Anderson* | Republican | |
46th | Chauncey B. Hammond* | Republican | |
47th | Henry W. Griffith* | Republican | |
48th | Fred S. Hollowell* | Republican | |
49th | Austin W. Erwin* | Republican | |
50th | George T. Manning | Republican | |
51st | Allen J. Oliver* | Republican | Chairman of Aviation |
52nd | William Bewley* | Republican | |
53rd | Walter J. Mahoney* | Republican | |
54th | Edmund P. Radwan* | Republican | |
55th | Charles O. Burney Jr.* | Republican | |
56th | George H. Pierce* | Republican | |
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
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