153rd New York State Legislature

153rd New York State Legislature
153rd New York State Legislature
	New York State Capitol (2009)
Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York, United States
Term	January 1 – December 31, 1930
Senate
Members	51
President	Lt. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman (D)
Temporary President	John Knight (R)
Party control	Republican (27–24)
Assembly
Members	150
Speaker	Joseph A. McGinnies (R)
Party control	Republican (86–64)
Sessions
1st
1st	January 1 – April 12, 1930

The 153rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to April 12,^[1] 1930, during the second year of Franklin D. Roosevelt's governorship, in Albany.

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 Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

Elections[]

The New York state election, 1929, was held on November 5. 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 1, 1930; and adjourned at 1 a.m. on April 12.^[2]

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

State Senate[]

Districts[]

1st District: Nassau and Suffolk counties
2nd and 3rd District: Parts of Queens County, i.e. the Borough of Queens
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th District: Parts of Kings County, i.e. the Borough of Brooklyn
12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th District: Parts of New York County, i.e. the Borough of Manhattan
21st, 22nd and 23rd District: Parts of Bronx County, i.e. the Borough of the Bronx
24th District: Richmond County, i.e. the Borough of Richmond (now the Borough of Staten Island), and Rockland County
25th District: Part of Westchester County
26th District: Cortlandt, Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant, Ossining and part of Yonkers; in Westchester County
27th District: Orange and Sullivan counties
28th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties
29th District: Delaware, Greene and Ulster counties
30th District: Albany County
31st District: Rensselaer County
32nd District: Saratoga and Schenectady counties
33rd District: Clinton, Essex, Warren and Washington counties
34th District: Franklin and St. Lawrence counties
35th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and Lewis counties
36th District: Oneida County
37th District: Jefferson and Oswego counties
38th District: Onondaga County
39th District: Madison, Montgomery, Otsego and Schoharie counties
40th District: Broome, Chenango and Cortland counties
41st District: Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga and Tompkins counties
42nd District: Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne counties
43rd District: Ontario, Steuben and Yates counties
44th District: Allegany, Genesee, Livingston and Wyoming
45th and 46th District: Monroe County
47th District: Niagara and Orleans counties
48th, 49th and 50th District: Erie County
51st District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties

Members[]

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Bert Lord and Nelson W. Cheney changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

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

District	Senator	Party	Notes
1st	George L. Thompson*	Republican
2nd	Stephen F. Burkard*	Democrat
3rd	Alfred J. Kennedy*	Democrat	resigned on May 1, 1930, to become Public Administrator of Queens.^[3]
4th	Philip M. Kleinfeld*	Democrat
5th	Daniel F. Farrell*	Democrat	resigned in August 1930 to become Deputy Register of Kings Co.
6th	Marcellus H. Evans*	Democrat
7th	John A. Hastings*	Democrat
8th	William L. Love*	Democrat
9th	vacant	Charles E. Russell resigned on December 3, 1929, to go on the NY Supreme Court
9th	Henry L. O'Brien	Democrat	elected on January 9, 1930, to fill vacancy;^[4] took seat on January 20^[5]
10th	Jeremiah F. Twomey*	Democrat
11th	James J. Crawford*	Democrat
12th	Elmer F. Quinn*	Democrat
13th	Thomas F. Burchill*	Democrat
14th	Bernard Downing*	Democrat	Minority Leader
15th	John L. Buckley*	Democrat
16th	Thomas I. Sheridan*	Democrat
17th	Samuel H. Hofstadter*	Republican
18th	Martin J. Kennedy*	Democrat	on March 11 elected to the 71st U.S. Congress^[6]
19th	Duncan T. O'Brien*	Democrat
20th	A. Spencer Feld*	Democrat
21st	Henry G. Schackno*	Democrat
22nd	Benjamin Antin*	Democrat
23rd	John J. Dunnigan*	Democrat
24th	Harry J. Palmer*	Democrat
25th	Walter W. Westall*	Republican
26th	Seabury C. Mastick*	Republican
27th	Caleb H. Baumes*	Republican
28th	J. Griswold Webb*	Republican
29th	Arthur H. Wicks*	Republican
30th	William T. Byrne*	Democrat
31st	John F. Williams*	Republican
32nd	Thomas C. Brown*	Republican
33rd	Henry E. H. Brereton*	Republican
34th	Warren T. Thayer*	Republican
35th	Henry I. Patrie*	Republican
36th	Henry D. Williams*	Republican
37th	Perley A. Pitcher*	Republican
38th	George R. Fearon*	Republican
39th	John W. Gates*	Republican
40th	vacant		B. Roger Wales died on November 25, 1929
40th	Bert Lord*	Republican	elected on January 3, 1930, to fill vacancy^[7]
41st	Frank A. Frost*	Republican
42nd	Charles J. Hewitt*	Republican	Chairman of Finance
43rd	Leon F. Wheatley*	Republican
44th	John Knight*	Republican	Temporary President
45th	Cosmo A. Cilano*	Republican
46th	Fred J. Slater*	Republican
47th	William W. Campbell*	Republican
48th	William J. Hickey*	Republican
49th	Stephen J. Wojtkowiak*	Democrat
50th	Nelson W. Cheney*	Republican	elected to fill vacancy, in place of Charles A. Freiberg
51st	Leigh G. Kirkland*	Republican

Employees[]

Clerk:
Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling
Stenographer: John K. Marshall

State Assembly[]

Assemblymen[]

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

District		Assemblymen	Party	Notes
Albany	1st		Democrat
	2nd	*	Democrat
	3rd	*	Democrat
Allegany			Republican
Bronx	1st	Nicholas J. Eberhard*	Democrat
	2nd	*	Democrat
	3rd	Julius S. Berg*	Democrat
	4th	*	Democrat
	5th	*	Democrat
	6th	Christopher C. McGrath*	Democrat
	7th	*	Democrat
	8th		Democrat
Broome	1st	Edmund B. Jenks*	Republican	Chairman of Judiciary
Broome	2nd	Forman E. Whitcomb*	Republican	Chairman of Cities
Cattaraugus		James W. Watson*	Republican	Chairman of Claims
Cayuga		*	Republican
Chautauqua	1st	*	Republican
Chautauqua	2nd	Joseph A. McGinnies*	Republican	re-elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules
Chemung		*	Republican
Chenango		Bert Lord*	Republican	elected on January 3, 1930, to the State Senate
Chenango		Irving M. Ives	Republican	elected on February 18, 1930, to fill vacancy
Clinton		*	Republican
Columbia		*	Republican	Chairman of Commerce and Navigation
Cortland		Irving F. Rice*	Republican	Chairman of Public Education
Delaware		*	Republican
Dutchess	1st	Howard N. Allen*	Republican	Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies
Dutchess	2nd	John M. Hackett*	Republican	Chairman of Public Service
Erie	1st	*	Republican
	2nd	*	Republican
	3rd	Frank X. Bernhardt*	Republican	Chairman of Revision
	4th	*	Democrat
	5th	Ansley B. Borkowski*	Republican	Chairman of General Laws
	6th	*	Republican
	7th	Arthur L. Swartz*	Republican
	8th		Republican
Essex		Fred L. Porter*	Republican	Chairman of Re-Organization of State Government
Franklin			Republican
Fulton and Hamilton		Eberly Hutchinson*	Republican	Chairman of Ways and Means
Genesee		*	Republican	Chairman of Labor and Industries
Greene		Ellis W. Bentley*	Republican	Chairman of Conservation
Herkimer		*	Republican
Jefferson		Jasper W. Cornaire*	Republican	Chairman of Re-Apportionment
Kings	1st		Democrat
	2nd		Democrat
	3rd	Michael J. Gillen*	Democrat
	4th	*	Democrat
	5th	*	Democrat
	6th	Jacob J. Schwartzwald*	Democrat
	7th	John J. Howard*	Democrat
	8th		Democrat
	9th		Democrat
	10th	*	Democrat
	11th	Edward J. Coughlin*	Democrat
	12th	Edward S. Moran, Jr.*	Democrat
	13th	William Breitenbach*	Democrat
	14th	Jacob P. Nathanson*	Democrat
	15th	*	Democrat
	16th	*	Democrat
	17th		Democrat
	18th	Irwin Steingut*	Democrat	elected Minority Leader on January 20^[8]
	19th	Jerome G. Ambro*	Democrat
	20th	Frank A. Miller*	Democrat
	21st	Joseph A. Esquirol*	Democrat
	22nd	Jacob H. Livingston*	Democrat
	23rd	*	Democrat
Lewis			Republican
Livingston		*	Republican
Madison		*	Republican	Chairman of Social Welfare
Monroe	1st		Republican
	2nd	*	Republican
	3rd	*	Republican
	4th	*	Republican
	5th	W. Ray Austin*	Republican	Chairman of Military Affairs
Montgomery		*	Republican
Nassau	1st	*	Republican	Chairman of Villages
Nassau	2nd	*	Republican
New York	1st	Peter J. Hamill*	Democrat	Minority Leader; died on January 13, 1930
	1st		Democrat	elected on March 11, 1930, to fill vacancy^[9]
	2nd		Democrat
	3rd	*	Democrat
	4th	Samuel Mandelbaum*	Democrat
	5th	Frank A. Carlin*	Democrat
	6th	Louis J. Lefkowitz*	Republican
	7th	*	Democrat
	8th	Henry O. Kahan*	Democrat
	9th		Democrat
	10th	*	Democrat
	11th		Democrat
	12th	*	Democrat
	13th		Democrat
	14th	*	Democrat
	15th	Abbot Low Moffat*	Republican
	16th		Democrat
	17th	Meyer Alterman*	Democrat
	18th	*	Democrat
	19th	Francis E. Rivers^[10]	Republican
	20th	Louis A. Cuvillier*	Democrat
	21st	Lamar Perkins	Republican
	22nd		Democrat
	23rd	Alexander A. Falk*	Democrat
Niagara	1st	*	Republican
Niagara	2nd	*	Republican
Oneida	1st		Republican
	2nd	Russell G. Dunmore*	Republican	Majority Leader
	3rd		Republican
Onondaga	1st	Horace M. Stone*	Republican	Chairman of Insurance
	2nd	*	Republican	Chairman of Banks
	3rd	Richard B. Smith*	Republican	Chairman of Public Printing
Ontario		Robert A. Catchpole*	Republican
Orange	1st	DeWitt C. Dominick*	Republican
Orange	2nd	*	Republican
Orleans		Frank H. Lattin*	Republican	Chairman of Public Health
Oswego		Victor C. Lewis*	Republican	Chairman of Canals
Otsego		*	Republican	Chairman of Agriculture
Putnam		D. Mallory Stephens*	Republican
Queens	1st		Democrat
	2nd	Frank B. Hendel*	Democrat
	3rd	Peter T. Farrell	Democrat
	4th	Joseph D. Nunan, Jr.	Democrat
	5th	Maurice A. FitzGerald*	Democrat
	6th		Democrat
Rensselaer	1st	*	Democrat
Rensselaer	2nd	*	Republican
Richmond	1st	*	Democrat
Richmond	2nd	*	Democrat
Rockland		^[11]	Democrat
St. Lawrence	1st	Rhoda Fox Graves*	Republican	Chairwoman of Public Institutions
St. Lawrence	2nd	Walter L. Pratt*	Republican	Chairman of Taxation
Saratoga		Burton D. Esmond*	Republican	Chairman of Codes
Schenectady	1st	Charles W. Merriam*	Republican
Schenectady	2nd	William W. Wemple, Jr.	Republican
Schoharie		Kenneth H. Fake*	Republican	Chairman of Pensions
Schuyler			Republican
Seneca			Republican
Steuben	1st	Wilson Messer*	Republican	Chairman of Soldiers' Homes
Steuben	2nd	*	Republican
Suffolk	1st	John G. Downs*	Republican	Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills
Suffolk	2nd	*	Republican
Sullivan		J. Maxwell Knapp*	Republican
Tioga			Republican
Tompkins		*	Republican
Ulster		Millard Davis*	Republican
Warren		*	Republican
Washington		Herbert A. Bartholomew*	Republican	Chairman of Internal Affairs
Wayne		Harry A. Tellier*	Republican	Chairman of Excise
Westchester	1st		Republican
	2nd	Herbert B. Shonk*	Republican	Chairman of Aviation; died on September 26, 1930
	3rd	*	Republican	Chairman of Penal Institutions
	4th	Alexander H. Garnjost*	Republican
	5th	William F. Condon*	Republican
Wyoming		Joe R. Hanley*	Republican
Yates		*	Republican

Employees[]

Clerk: Fred W. Hammond
Principal Doorkeeper: Charles H. Jackson
Second Assistant Doorkeeper: William Henry Hutchinson

Notes[]

^ Note that the last legislative day was April 11, and the New York Red Book gives April 11 as the end of the session. In fact, the adjournment sine die occurred at 1.02 a.m. on April 12
^ LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION in The New York Times on April 12, 1930 (subscription required)
^ KENNEDY QUITS SENATE FOR POST IN QUEENS in The New York Times on April 12, 1930 (subscription required)
^ O'BRIEN ELECTED SENATOR in The New York Times on January 10, 1930 (subscription required)
^ RULES O'BRIEN ELECTED in The New York Times on January 21, 1930 (subscription required)
^ DEMOCRATS VICTORS IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; Kennedy Wins for House in 18th District in The New York Times on March 12, 1930 (subscription required)
^ LORD ELECTED TO SENATE in The New York Times on January 4, 1930 (subscription required)
^ Steingut Made Democratic Leader in The New York Times on January 21, 1930 (subscription required)
^ DEMOCRATS VICTORS IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; ...and Dooling for Assembly in First A. D. in The New York Times on March 12, 1930 (subscription required)
^ Francis E. Rivers (1893–1975), "the first black judge on the City Court" according to Francis E. Rivers Dies; Black City Judge Was 82 in The New York Times on July 29, 1975 (subscription required)
^ Ferdinand R. Horn, Jr. (born 1897), ran sometimes for office as "Fred R. Horn, Jr."

Sources[]

Members of the New York Senate (1930s) at Political Graveyard
Members of the New York Assembly (1930s) at Political Graveyard
MEMBERSHIPS OF COMMITTEES OF THE ASSEMBLY in The Troy Times, of Troy, on January 7, 1930

[1] Note that the last legislative day was April 11, and the New York Red Book gives April 11 as the end of the session. In fact, the adjournment sine die occurred at 1.02 a.m. on April 12

[2] LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION in The New York Times on April 12, 1930 (subscription required)

[3] KENNEDY QUITS SENATE FOR POST IN QUEENS in The New York Times on April 12, 1930 (subscription required)

[4] O'BRIEN ELECTED SENATOR in The New York Times on January 10, 1930 (subscription required)

[5] RULES O'BRIEN ELECTED in The New York Times on January 21, 1930 (subscription required)

[6] DEMOCRATS VICTORS IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; Kennedy Wins for House in 18th District in The New York Times on March 12, 1930 (subscription required)

[7] LORD ELECTED TO SENATE in The New York Times on January 4, 1930 (subscription required)

[8] Steingut Made Democratic Leader in The New York Times on January 21, 1930 (subscription required)

[9] DEMOCRATS VICTORS IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; ...and Dooling for Assembly in First A. D. in The New York Times on March 12, 1930 (subscription required)

[10] Francis E. Rivers (1893–1975), "the first black judge on the City Court" according to Francis E. Rivers Dies; Black City Judge Was 82 in The New York Times on July 29, 1975 (subscription required)

[11] Ferdinand R. Horn, Jr. (born 1897), ran sometimes for office as "Fred R. Horn, Jr."

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