168th New York State Legislature

















































168th New York State Legislature




167th 169th

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New York State Capitol (2009)

Overview
Jurisdiction
New York, United States
Term January 1, 1951 – December 31, 1952
Senate
Members 56
President Lt. Gov. Frank C. Moore (R)
Temporary President
Arthur H. Wicks (R)
Party control Republican (33–23)
Assembly
Members 150
Speaker
Oswald D. Heck (R)
Party control Republican (87–63)
Sessions













1st January 3 – March 16, 1951
2nd December 6, 1951 –
3rd January 9 – March 20, 1952

The 168th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3, 1951, to March 20, 1952, during the ninth and tenth years of Thomas E. Dewey's governorship, in Albany.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Elections


  • 3 Sessions


  • 4 State Senate


    • 4.1 Districts


    • 4.2 Senators


    • 4.3 Employees




  • 5 State Assembly


    • 5.1 Assemblymen


    • 5.2 Employees




  • 6 Notes


  • 7 Sources





Background


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 Liberal Party, the American Labor Party, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Socialist Labor Party (running under the name of "Industrial Government Party") also nominated tickets.



Elections


The New York state election, 1950, was held on November 7. Governor Thomas E. Dewey (Rep.) was re-elected. New York State Comptroller Frank C. Moore (Rep.) was elected Lieutenant Governor. Of the other three statewide elective offices up for election, two were carried by the Republicans. The Democratic/Liberal incumbent U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman defeated his Republican challenger Lieutenant Governor Joe R. Hanley. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Republicans 2,820,000; Democrats 1,981,000; Liberals 266,000; American Labor 222,000; Socialist Workers 13,000; and Industrial Government 7,000.


Five of the seven women members of the previous legislature—Assemblywomen Mary A. Gillen (Dem.), of Brooklyn; Janet Hill Gordon (Rep.), a lawyer of Norwich; Genesta M. Strong (Rep.), of Plandome Heights; Mildred F. Taylor (Rep.), a coal dealer of Lyons; and Maude E. Ten Eyck (Rep.), of Manhattan—were re-elected.


The New York state election, 1951, was held on November 6. No statewide elective offices were up for election. Four vacancies in the Assembly were filled.



Sessions


The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 174th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1951;[1] and adjourned on March 16.[2]


Oswald D. Heck (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.


Arthur H. Wicks (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate.


The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on December 6, 1951, to enact the re-apportionment of congressional seats according to the 1950 U.S. census.[3]


The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 175th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 9, 1952;[4] and adjourned on March 20.[5]



State Senate



Districts




  • 1st District: Suffolk County

  • 2nd and 3rd District: Parts of Nassau County

  • 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th District: Parts of Queens County, i.e. the Borough of Queens

  • 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th District: Parts of Kings County, i.e. the Borough of Brooklyn

  • 17th District: Richmond County, i.e. the Borough of Richmond (now the Borough of Staten Island)

  • 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd District: Parts of New York County, i.e. the Borough of Manhattan

  • 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th District: Parts of Bronx County, i.e. the Borough of the Bronx

  • 29th, 30th and 31st District: Parts of Westchester County

  • 32nd District: Orange and Rockland counties

  • 33rd District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties

  • 34th District: Delaware, Greene, Sullivan and Ulster counties

  • 35th District: Albany County

  • 36th District: Rensselaer and Saratoga counties

  • 37th District: Montgomery and Schenectady counties

  • 38th District: Clinton, Essex, Warren and Washington counties

  • 39th District: St. Lawrence and Franklin counties

  • 40th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and Lewis counties

  • 41st District: Oneida County

  • 42nd District: Jefferson and Oswego counties

  • 43rd District: Onondaga County

  • 44th District: Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Otsego and Schoharie counties

  • 45th District: Broome County

  • 46th District: Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga and Tompkins counties

  • 47th District: Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne counties

  • 48th District: Ontario, Steuben and Yates counties

  • 49th District: Allegany, Genesee, Livingston and Wyoming counties

  • 50th and 51st District: Parts of Monroe County

  • 52nd District: Niagara and Orleans counties

  • 53rd, 54th and 55th District: Parts of Erie County

  • 56th District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties




Senators


The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Frank S. McCullough changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this Legislature. Assemblyman Orlo M. Brees was elected to fill a vacancy in the Senate.


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District
Senator
Party
Notes
1st

S. Wentworth Horton*
Republican

2nd

John D. Bennett*
Republican

3rd

William S. Hults, Jr.*
Republican

4th

Seymour Halpern*
Republican

5th

James F. Fitzgerald*
Democrat

6th

Frank D. O'Connor*
Democrat

7th

William N. Conrad*
Democrat

8th

James J. Crawford*
Democrat

9th

Harry Gittleson*
Democrat

10th

Herbert I. Sorin*
Democrat

11th

Fred G. Moritt*
Democrat

12th

Samuel L. Greenberg*
Democrat

13th

John F. Furey*
Democrat

14th

Mario M. DeOptatis*
Democrat

15th

Louis L. Friedman*
Democrat

16th

William Rosenblatt*
Democrat

17th

John M. Braisted, Jr.*
Democrat

18th

Elmer F. Quinn*
Democrat
Minority Leader; died on September 2, 1952
19th

Francis J. Mahoney*
Democrat
on September 12, 1952, chosen Minority Leader[6]
20th

MacNeil Mitchell*
Republican

21st

Harold I. Panken*
Democrat

22nd

William J. Bianchi
Rep./Am. Labor

23rd

Joseph Zaretzki*
Democrat

24th

John J. Donovan, Jr.
Democrat

25th

Arthur Wachtel*
Democrat

26th

Nathaniel T. Helman*
Democrat

27th

Enzo Gaspari
Democrat

28th

Francis J. McCaffrey
Democrat

29th

William F. Condon*
Republican

30th

Frank S. McCullough*
Republican

31st

Pliny W. Williamson*
Republican
Chairman of Judiciary
32nd

Thomas C. Desmond*
Republican

33rd

Ernest I. Hatfield*
Republican

34th

Arthur H. Wicks*
Republican
re-elected Temporary President
35th

Peter J. Dalessandro*
Democrat

36th

Gilbert T. Seelye*
Republican

37th

Thomas F. Campbell*
Republican

38th

Henry Neddo*
Republican

39th

Paul D. Graves*
Republican

40th

Walter Van Wiggeren*
Republican
Chairman of Affairs of Villages
41st

Fred J. Rath
Republican

42nd

Henry A. Wise*
Republican
Chairman of Public Relief and Welfare
43rd

John H. Hughes*
Republican

44th

Walter W. Stokes*
Republican

45th

Floyd E. Anderson*
Republican
on January 3, 1952, appointed to the New York Supreme Court[7]

Orlo M. Brees*
Republican
on February 13, 1952, elected to fill vacancy;[8]
took his seat on February 18, 1952[9]
46th

Chauncey B. Hammond*
Republican
died on February 11, 1952
47th

George R. Metcalf
Republican

48th

Fred S. Hollowell*
Republican

49th

Austin W. Erwin*
Republican

50th

George T. Manning*
Republican

51st

Frank E. Van Lare
Republican

52nd

Earl W. Brydges*
Republican

53rd

Walter J. Mahoney*
Republican
Chairman of Finance
54th

Stanley J. Bauer
Republican

55th

John H. Cooke
Republican

56th

George H. Pierce*
Republican



Employees


  • Secretary: William S. King


State Assembly



Assemblymen


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District
Assemblymen
Party
Notes

Albany
1st

D-Cady Herrick 2nd*
Democrat

2nd

James J. McGuiness
Democrat

3rd

James F. Dillon*
Democrat


Allegany

William H. MacKenzie*
Republican


Bronx
1st

Bernard C. McDonnell*
Democrat

2nd

Richard M. Goldwater*
Democrat

3rd

Edward T. Galloway*
Democrat

4th

Jacob H. Gilbert
Democrat

5th

David Ross
Democrat

6th

Julius J. Gans*
Democrat

7th

Louis Peck*
Democrat

8th

John T. Satriale*
Democrat

9th

James J. O'Brien
Democrat

10th

Charles H. McHugh
Democrat

11th

Clarke S. Ryan
Democrat

12th

Nathan A. Lashin*
Democrat
on July 31, 1951, appointed to the Municipal Court[10]

Mitchell J. Sherwin
Democrat
on November 6, 1951, elected to fill vacancy
13th

William Kapelman
Democrat


Broome
1st

Richard H. Knauf*
Republican

2nd

Orlo M. Brees*
Republican
on February 13, 1952, elected to the State Senate

Cattaraugus

Leo P. Noonan*
Republican


Cayuga

Charles A. Cusick*
Republican


Chautauqua

E. Herman Magnuson*
Republican


Chemung

Harry J. Tifft*
Republican


Chenango

Janet Hill Gordon*
Republican


Clinton

James A. FitzPatrick*
Republican


Columbia

Willard C. Drumm*
Republican


Cortland

Louis H. Folmer
Republican


Delaware

Elmer J. Kellam*
Republican


Dutchess

Robert Watson Pomeroy*
Republican


Erie
1st

Thomas J. Runfola
Republican

2nd

Justin C. Morgan*
Republican
Chairman of Judiciary
3rd

William J. Butler*
Republican

4th

Frank J. Caffery*
Democrat

5th

Philip V. Baczkowski*
Dem./Lib.

6th

George F. Dannebrock*
Republican
Chairman of Commerce and Navigation
7th

Julius Volker*
Republican

8th

William Sadler
Republican


Essex

L. Judson Morhouse*
Republican
resigned to become Exec. Dir. of the NY Good Roads Association

Grant W. Johnson
Republican
on November 6, 1951, elected to fill vacancy

Franklin

Robert G. Main
Republican


Fulton and Hamilton

Joseph R. Younglove*
Republican


Genesee

John E. Johnson*
Republican


Greene

William E. Brady*
Republican


Herkimer

Leo A. Lawrence*
Republican


Jefferson

Orin S. Wilcox*
Republican


Kings
1st

Max M. Turshen*
Democrat

2nd

J. Sidney Levine*
Democrat

3rd

Mary A. Gillen*
Democrat

4th

Bernard Austin*
Dem./Lib.

5th

Harry Morr*
Democrat

6th

John J. Ryan*
Democrat

7th

Louis Kalish*
Democrat

8th

Frank Composto*
Democrat

9th

Frank J. McMullen*
Republican

10th

Lewis W. Olliffe*
Republican

11th

Eugene F. Bannigan*
Democrat

12th

James W. Feely*
Democrat
resigned to run for the Municipal Court

Herbert Samuels
Democrat
on November 6, 1951, elected to fill vacancy
13th

Lawrence P. Murphy*
Democrat

14th

Edward S. Lentol*
Democrat

15th

John Smolenski*
Democrat

16th

Frank J. Pino*
Democrat

17th

Bertram L. Baker*
Democrat

18th

Irwin Steingut*
Democrat
Minority Leader; died on September 26, 1952
19th

Philip J. Schupler*
Democrat

20th

Joseph R. Corso*
Democrat

21st

Thomas A. Dwyer*
Democrat

22nd

Anthony J. Travia*
Democrat

23rd

Alfred A. Lama*
Democrat

24th

Ben Werbel*
Democrat


Lewis

Benjamin H. Demo*
Republican
Chairman of Banks

Livingston

Joseph W. Ward*
Republican


Madison

Wheeler Milmoe*
Republican


Monroe
1st

J. Eugene Goddard*
Republican

2nd

A. Gould Hatch*
Republican

3rd

Raymond H. Combs*
Republican

4th

Andrew J. Schell
Republican


Montgomery

Donald A. Campbell
Republican


Nassau
1st

Frank J. Becker*
Republican
on November 4, 1952, elected to the 83rd U.S. Congress
2nd

Joseph F. Carlino*
Republican

3rd

Genesta M. Strong*
Republican

4th

David S. Hill, Jr.*
Republican
resigned on October 6, 1951[11]

John J. Burns
Republican
on November 6, 1951, elected to fill vacancy

New York
1st

Maude E. Ten Eyck*
Republican

2nd

Louis DeSalvio*
Democrat

3rd

John J. Mangan
Democrat

4th

Leonard Farbstein*
Democrat

5th

Ludwig Teller
Democrat

6th

Francis X. McGowan*
Democrat

7th

Daniel M. Kelly
Democrat

8th

Archibald Douglas, Jr.*
Republican

9th

John R. Brook*
Republican

10th

Herman Katz*
Democrat

11th

Joseph Pinckney
Democrat

12th

Elijah Crump*
Democrat

13th

Orest V. Maresca
Democrat

14th

Hulan E. Jack*
Democrat

15th

Samuel Roman*
Republican

16th

Louis A. Cioffi*
Democrat


Niagara
1st

Jacob E. Hollinger*
Republican

2nd

Ernest Curto*
Republican


Oneida
1st

Francis J. Alder
Republican

2nd

William S. Calli
Republican


Onondaga
1st

Searles G. Shultz*
Republican

2nd

Donald H. Mead*
Republican

3rd

Lawrence M. Rulison*
Republican


Ontario

Thompson M. Scoon
Republican


Orange
1st

Lee B. Mailler*
Republican
Majority Leader
2nd

Wilson C. Van Duzer*
Republican


Orleans

Alonzo L. Waters*
Republican


Oswego

Henry D. Coville*
Republican


Otsego

Paul L. Talbot*
Republican
Chairman of Canals and Waterways

Putnam

D. Mallory Stephens*
Republican
Chairman of Ways and Means

Queens
1st

Alexander Del Giorno*
Democrat
on January 1, 1952, appointed as a City Magistrate[12]

Thomas V. LaFauci
Democrat
on February 19, 1952, elected to fill vacancy[13]
2nd

William E. Clancy*
Democrat

3rd

Anthony R. Carus*
Democrat

4th

Thomas A. Duffy*
Democrat

5th

William G. Giaccio*
Democrat

6th

William F. Bowe*
Democrat

7th

Anthony P. Savarese, Jr.*
Republican

8th

Samuel Rabin*
Republican

9th

Fred W. Preller*
Republican

10th

Angelo Graci*
Republican

11th

Thomas Fitzpatrick*
Democrat

12th

J. Lewis Fox*
Democrat


Rensselaer

Thomas H. Brown*
Republican


Richmond
1st

William N. Reidy*
Democrat

2nd

Edward V. Curry*
Democrat


Rockland

Robert Walmsley*
Republican


St. Lawrence

Allan P. Sill*
Republican


Saratoga

John L. Ostrander*
Republican


Schenectady

Oswald D. Heck*
Republican
re-elected Speaker

Schoharie

Sharon J. Mauhs*
Dem./Lib.


Schuyler

Jerry W. Black*
Republican


Seneca

Lawrence W. Van Cleef*
Republican


Steuben

William M. Stuart*
Republican


Suffolk
1st

Edmund R. Lupton*
Republican

2nd

Elisha T. Barrett*
Republican


Sullivan

Hyman E. Mintz
Republican


Tioga

Myron D. Albro*
Republican


Tompkins

Ray S. Ashbery*
Republican


Ulster

John F. Wadlin*
Republican


Warren

Stuart F. Hawley
Republican


Washington

William J. Reid*
Republican


Wayne

Mildred F. Taylor*
Republican


Westchester
1st

Malcolm Wilson*
Republican

2nd

Edward H. Innet
Republican

3rd

Harold D. Toomey*
Republican

4th

Hunter Meighan
Republican

5th

Samuel Faile*
Republican

6th

Theodore Hill, Jr.*
Republican
Chairman of Internal Affairs

Wyoming

Harold L. Peet
Republican


Yates

Vernon W. Blodgett*
Republican



Employees



  • Clerk: Ansley B. Borkowski

  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Herbert A. Bartholomew



Notes




  1. ^ LEGISLATORS MEET AND FILE 197 BILLS in the New York Times on January 4, 1951 (subscription required)


  2. ^ Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New York (1951; pg. 913)


  3. ^ MARBLE HILL "LOST" IN REAPPORTIONING in the New York Times on December 30, 1951 (subscription required)


  4. ^ 4 "FRESHMEN" IN ASSEMBLY in the New York Times on January 10, 1952 (subscription required)


  5. ^ LEGISLATURE VOTES STOP-GAP CITY AID AND QUITS FOR YEAR in the New York Times on March 21, 1952 (subscription required)


  6. ^ MAHONEY ELECTED TO SUCCEED QUINN in the New York Times on September 13, 1952 (subscription required)


  7. ^ DEWEY APPOINTS TWO in the New York Times on January 4, 1952 (subscription required)


  8. ^ BREES ELECTED UPSTATE in the New York Times on February 14, 1952 (subscription required)


  9. ^ Brees Sworn in as State Senator in the New York Times on February 19, 1952 (subscription required)


  10. ^ MAYOR FILLS POSTS IN BRONX JUDICIARY in the New York Times on August 1, 1951 (subscription required)


  11. ^ Nassau Election Ordered in the New York Times on October 7, 1951 (subscription required)


  12. ^ MAYOR SWEARS 28 AS CITY OFFICERS in the New York Times on January 2, 1952 (subscription required)


  13. ^ Queens Elects a Republican In 4-Cornered House Race in the New York Times on February 20, 1952 (subscription required)



Sources




  • Members of the New York Senate (1950s) at Political Graveyard


  • Members of the New York Assembly (1950s) at Political Graveyard









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