169th New York State Legislature

















































169th New York State Legislature




168th 170th

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Overview
Jurisdiction
New York, United States
Term January 1, 1953 – December 31, 1954
Senate
Members 56
President Lt. Gov. Frank C. Moore (R), until September 30, 1953
Temporary President
Arthur H. Wicks (R), until November 18, 1953;
Walter J. Mahoney (R), from November 18, 1953
Party control Republican (37–19)
Assembly
Members 150
Speaker
Oswald D. Heck (R)
Party control Republican (97–53)
Sessions

















1st January 7 – March 21, 1953
2nd November 17 – 18, 1953
3rd January 6 – March 20, 1954
4th June 10, 1954 –

The 169th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7, 1953, to June 10, 1954, during the eleventh and twelfth 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, the Socialist Party and the Socialist Labor Party (running under the name of "Industrial Government Party") also nominated tickets.



Elections


The New York state election, 1952, was held on November 4. The only statewide elective office up for election was carried by the incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Irving M. Ives. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for U.S. Senator, was: Republicans 3,854,000; Democrats 2,522,000; Liberals 490,000; American Labor 105,000; Socialist Workers 4,300; Socialists 3,400; and Industrial Government 2,500.


All five 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. Ex-Assemblywoman Gladys E. Banks, of the Bronx, was again elected to the Assembly.


The New York state election, 1953, was held on November 3. The only statewide elective office up for election was carried by the incumbent Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals Edmund H. Lewis who had been appointed temporarily to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John T. Loughran. Also, nine amendments to the State Constitution, among them one that required the voter to cast a single joint vote for the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on any ticket, were approved by the electorate. One vacancy in the State Senate and eight vacancies in the Assembly were filled.[1]


Frances K. Marlatt, a lawyer of Mount Vernon, was elected to fill a vacancy in the Assembly, reaching again the number of seven women in the Assembly.



Sessions


The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 176th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1953; and adjourned on March 21.[2]


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


Arthur H. Wicks (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate. On September 30, 1953, Lt. Gov. Frank C. Moore (Rep.) resigned[3] and on October 1, 1953, Wicks became Acting Lieutenant Governor.[4]


The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on November 17, 1953;[5] and adjourned on the next day. The session was called to enact a new State Senate re-apportionment.[6] On November 18, 1953, Wicks resigned as Temporary President, and Walter J. Mahoney was elected to succeed as Temporary President and Acting Lieutenant Governor.[7]


The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 177th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1954; and adjourned on March 20.


The Legislature met for another special session at the State Capitol in Albany on June 10, 1954;[8] and adjourned on the same day.[9] The session was called to enact legislation concerning the Long Island Rail Road, amendments to the new legislative re-apportionment, and the construction of the Moses-Saunders Power Dam.[10]


The Legislature re-apportioned the Senate districts and the number of seats per county. The total number of senators was increased from 56 to 58; Bronx County lost one senatorial seat; and Nassau, Onondaga and Queens counties gained one senatorial seat each. Kings County lost two Assembly seats, and Albany and Bronx counties lost one seat each; Nassau County gained two seats, and Queens and Suffolk counties gained one seat each.[11]



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. Wheeler Milmoe changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this Legislature. Assemblyman Edward P. Larkin 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
resigned to run for Surrogate of Nassau County

Edward P. Larkin*
Republican
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy
3rd

William S. Hults, Jr.*
Republican

4th

Seymour Halpern*
Republican

5th

Milton Koerner
Republican

6th

Bernard Tompkins
Republican

7th

Carlo A. Lanzillotti
Republican

8th

Thomas J. Cuite
Dem./Lib.

9th

Harry Gittleson*
Dem./Lib.

10th

Herbert I. Sorin*
Dem./Lib.

11th

Fred G. Moritt*
Dem./Lib.

12th

Samuel L. Greenberg*
Dem./Lib.

13th

John F. Furey*
Dem./Lib.

14th

Mario M. DeOptatis*
Dem./Lib.

15th

Louis L. Friedman*
Dem./Lib.

16th

William Rosenblatt*
Dem./Lib.

17th

John G. Macdonald
Republican

18th

Joseph R. Marro
Dem./Lib.

19th

Francis J. Mahoney*
Dem./Lib.
Minority Leader
20th

MacNeil Mitchell*
Republican

21st

Julius A. Archibald
Dem./Lib.

22nd

Alfred E. Santangelo
Dem./Lib.

23rd

Joseph Zaretzki*
Dem./Lib.

24th

John J. Donovan, Jr.*
Democrat

25th

Arthur Wachtel*
Democrat
resigned on January 19, 1954,[12] appointed to the Municipal Court
26th

Nathaniel T. Helman*
Democrat

27th

Joseph F. Periconi
Republican

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;
on November 18, 1953, resigned as Temporary President
35th

Peter J. Dalessandro*
Dem./Lib.

36th

Gilbert T. Seelye*
Republican

37th

Thomas F. Campbell*
Rep./Dem.

38th

Henry Neddo*
Republican

39th

Paul D. Graves*
Republican
on November 27, 1953, appointed to the New York Supreme Court[13]

Robert C. McEwen
Republican
on January 5, 1954, elected to fill vacancy
40th

Walter Van Wiggeren*
Republican

41st

Fred J. Rath*
Republican

42nd

Henry A. Wise*
Republican

43rd

John H. Hughes*
Republican

44th

Wheeler Milmoe*
Rep./Dem.

45th

Warren M. Anderson
Republican

46th

Dutton S. Peterson
Rep./Dem.

47th

George R. Metcalf*
Republican

48th

Harry K. Morton
Republican

49th

Austin W. Erwin*
Republican
Chairman of Finance, from November 18, 1953
50th

George T. Manning*
Republican

51st

Frank E. Van Lare*
Republican

52nd

Earl W. Brydges*
Republican

53rd

Walter J. Mahoney*
Republican
Chairman of Finance, until November 18, 1953;
on November 18, 1953, elected Temporary President
54th

Stanley J. Bauer*
Rep./Lib.

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*
Dem./Lib.

2nd

James J. McGuiness*
Dem./Lib.

3rd

John W. Tabner
Republican


Allegany

William H. MacKenzie*
Republican
Chairman of Ways and Means[14]

Bronx
1st

Bernard C. McDonnell*
Democrat

2nd

Sidney H. Asch
Democrat

3rd

Edward T. Galloway*
Democrat
resigned on May 12, 1953, appointed as a City Magistrate

Morris Mohr
Democrat
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy
4th

Jacob H. Gilbert*
Democrat

5th

David Ross*
Democrat
resigned on July 23, 1953, to run for the City Council

Felipe N. Torres
Democrat
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy
6th

Julius J. Gans*
Democrat

7th

Louis Peck*
Democrat
resigned on July 21, 1953[15]

Walter H. Gladwin
Democrat
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy
8th

John T. Satriale*
Democrat

9th

George W. Harrington
Republican

10th

Thomas E. Ferrandina
Republican

11th

Gladys E. Banks
Republican

12th

Mitchell J. Sherwin*
Democrat

13th

William Kapelman*
Democrat


Broome
1st

Richard H. Knauf*
Republican

2nd

George L. Ingalls
Republican


Cattaraugus

Leo P. Noonan*
Republican


Cayuga

Charles A. Cusick*
Republican


Chautauqua

E. Herman Magnuson*
Republican


Chemung

Harry J. Tifft*
Republican


Chenango

Janet Hill Gordon*
Rep./Dem.


Clinton

James A. FitzPatrick*
Republican


Columbia

Willard C. Drumm*
Republican


Cortland

Louis H. Folmer*
Republican


Delaware

Edwyn E. Mason
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*
Democrat
resigned on January 5, 1954

John B. Lis
Democrat
on February 16, 1954, elected to fill vacancy
6th

George F. Dannebrock*
Republican

7th

Julius Volker*
Republican

8th

William Sadler*
Republican


Essex

Grant W. Johnson*
Republican


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*
Democrat

5th

Harry Morr*
Democrat
resigned on December 24, 1953

John A. Monteleone
Democrat
on February 16, 1954, elected to fill vacancy
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
Minority Leader[16]
12th

Herbert Samuels*
Democrat

13th

Lawrence P. Murphy*
Democrat

14th

Edward S. Lentol*
Democrat

15th

John Smolenski*
Democrat
died on May 31, 1953

James J. Amelia
Democrat
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy
16th

Frank J. Pino*
Democrat

17th

Bertram L. Baker*
Democrat

18th

Stanley Steingut
Democrat

19th

Philip J. Schupler*
Democrat
resigned on December 28, 1953

Frank S. Samansky
Democrat
on February 16, 1954, elected to fill vacancy
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


Livingston

Joseph W. Ward*
Republican


Madison

Harold I. Tyler
Republican


Monroe
1st

J. Eugene Goddard*
Republican

2nd

A. Gould Hatch*
Republican

3rd

Paul B. Hanks, Jr.
Republican

4th

Thomas F. Riley
Republican


Montgomery

Donald A. Campbell*
Republican


Nassau
1st

Edward P. Larkin
Republican
resigned on July 7, 1953, to run for the State Senate

John G. Herrmann
Republican
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy
2nd

Joseph F. Carlino*
Republican

3rd

Genesta M. Strong*
Republican

4th

John J. Burns*
Republican


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

Irving Kirschenbaum
Democrat

7th

Daniel M. Kelly*
Democrat

8th

Archibald Douglas, Jr.*
Republican

9th

John R. Brook*
Republican

10th

Herman Katz*
Democrat

11th

James C. Thomas
Democrat

12th

Leslie T. Turner
Democrat

13th

Orest V. Maresca*
Democrat

14th

Hulan E. Jack*
Democrat
resigned to run for Borough President of Manhattan

Kenneth M. Phipps
Democrat
on February 16, 1954, elected to fill vacancy
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
on November 3, 1953, elected Mayor of Syracuse
The seat remained vacant throughout the session of 1954[17]
3rd

Lawrence M. Rulison*
Republican


Ontario

Thompson M. Scoon*
Republican
died on July 27, 1953

Robert M. Quigley
Republican
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy

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


Putnam

Willis H. Stephens
Republican


Queens
1st

Thomas V. LaFauci*
Democrat

2nd

Edward J. Riley
Republican

3rd

Martin J. Knorr
Republican

4th

Thomas A. Duffy*
Democrat

5th

William G. Giaccio*
Democrat

6th

Vincent L. Pitaro
Republican

7th

Anthony P. Savarese, Jr.*
Republican

8th

Samuel Rabin*
Republican
on November 2, 1954, elected to the New York Supreme Court
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

Edward J. Amann Jr.
Republican

2nd

Lucio F. Russo
Republican


Rockland

Robert Walmsley*
Republican


St. Lawrence

Allan P. Sill*
Republican


Saratoga

John L. Ostrander*
Republican


Schenectady

Oswald D. Heck*
Republican
re-elected Speaker

Schoharie

David Enders
Republican


Schuyler

Jerry W. Black*
Republican


Seneca

Lawrence W. Van Cleef*
Republican


Steuben

John D. Young
Republican


Suffolk
1st

Edmund R. Lupton*
Republican

2nd

Elisha T. Barrett*
Republican


Sullivan

Hyman E. Mintz*
Republican


Tioga

Richard C. Lounsberry
Republican


Tompkins

Ray S. Ashbery*
Republican


Ulster

John F. Wadlin*
Republican
died on April 30, 1953

Kenneth L. Wilson
Republican
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy

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
died on March 11, 1953

Frances K. Marlatt
Republican
on November 3, 1953, elected to fill vacancy
4th

Hunter Meighan*
Republican

5th

William F. Horan
Republican

6th

Theodore Hill, Jr.*
Republican


Wyoming

Harold L. Peet*
Republican


Yates

Vernon W. Blodgett*
Republican



Employees



  • Clerk: Ansley B. Borkowski

  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Herbert A. Bartholomew



Notes




  1. ^ LEGISLATIVE VOTE PROVIDES NO UPSET in the New York Times on November 4, 1953 (subscription required)


  2. ^ INQUIRY INTO COSTS OF JOB INSURANCE ORDERED BY DEWEY in the New York Times on March 23, 1953 (subscription required)


  3. ^ Moore Quits as Lieutenant Governor in the New York Times on October 1, 1953 (subscription required)


  4. ^ Wicks Is Acting Lieutenant Governor in the New York Times on October 2, 1953 (subscription required)


  5. ^ Senate Controversy Stalls Redistricting in the New York Times on November 18, 1953 (subscription required)


  6. ^ CREWS PLAN FAILS ON REDISTRICTING in the New York Times on November 19, 1953 (subscription required)


  7. ^ WICKS RESIGNS POST AS SENATE LEADER IN COMPROMISE STEP in the New York Times on November 19, 1953 (subscription required)


  8. ^ DEMOCRATS READY FOR L. I. RAIL FIGHT AT SESSION TODAY in the New York Times on June 10, 1954 (subscription required)


  9. ^ POWER PLAN SPED BY NEW STATE LAW in the New York Times on June 11, 1954 (subscription required)


  10. ^ THE LEGISLATURE CALLED in the New York Times on June 8, 1954 (subscription required)


  11. ^ For the new apportionment see Where to Reach Your State Senator Or Assemblyman in Civil Service Leader (January 18, 1955, Vol. XVI, No. 19, pg. 3 and 14)


  12. ^ Elected Public Officials of the Bronx Since 1898 Archived March 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (2014; pg. 12); the seat remained vacant for the remainder of the session


  13. ^ Dewey Names Senator Graves Supreme Court Justice in the New York Times on November 28, 1953 (subscription required)


  14. ^ COMMITTEE LEADERS NAMED FOR ASSEMBLY in the New York Times on January 13, 1953 (subscription required)


  15. ^ Elected Public Officials of the Bronx Since 1898 Archived March 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (2014; pg. 21)


  16. ^ DEMOCRATS AFFIRM LEADERS IN ALBANY in the New York Times on January 7, 1953 (subscription required)


  17. ^ Gov. Dewey ordered special elections to be held on February 16, 1954, to fill five vacancies in the Assembly. However, both Republicans and Democrats agreed not to hold a special election in Onondaga County's 2nd district, to save the expense which the election would cost the county; see Senator Tries To Head Off Special Vote in the Daily Sentinel, of Rome, on January 19, 1954



Sources




  • These Are Your N.Y. State Senators And Assemblymen, with Addresses in Civil Service Leader (January 27, 1953, Vol. XIV, No. 20, pg. 4f)


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


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









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