158th New York State Legislature

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158th New York State Legislature
157th 159th
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Overview
Legislative bodyNew York State Legislature
JurisdictionNew York, United States
TermJanuary 1 – December 31, 1935
Senate
Members51
PresidentLt. Gov. M. William Bray (D)
Temporary PresidentJohn J. Dunnigan (D)
Party controlDemocratic (29–22)
Assembly
Members150
SpeakerIrwin Steingut (D)
Party controlDemocratic (77–73)
Sessions
1stJanuary 2 – April 17, 1935

The 158th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to April 17, 1935, during the third year of Herbert H. Lehman'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 Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets. The Prohibition Party ran for the last time under the name of Law Preservation Party. In New York City, the "Recovery Party", the "City Fusion Party" and several other minor parties also nominated tickets.[1]

Elections[]

The New York state election, 1934, was held on November 6. Governor Herbert H. Lehman and Lieutenant Governor M. William Bray were re-elected, both Democrats. Of the other eight statewide elective offices, six were carried by Democrats, one by the Republican chief judge with Democratic endorsement, and one by a Republican judge who ran on the Democratic ticket only. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Democrats 2,202,000; Republicans 1,394,000; Socialists 127,000; Communists 46,000; Law Preservation 20,500; and Socialist Labor 7,000.

For the first time there were three women in the Legislature: Ex-Assemblywoman Rhoda Fox Graves (Rep.), of Gouverneur, a former school teacher who after her marriage became active in women's organisations and politics, was the first woman elected to the State Senate; Assemblywoman Doris I. Byrne (Dem.), a lawyer from the Bronx, was re-elected; and Jane H. Todd (Rep.), of Tarrytown, was also elected to the Assembly.

For the first time since 1913, Democratic majorities were elected to both Houses of the Legislature. It remained the only time until 1965.

Sessions[]

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 2, 1935; and adjourned on April 17.[2]

Irwin Steingut (Dem.) was elected Speaker.

John J. Dunnigan (Dem.) as re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate.

On April 16, the Legislature passed a bill making nudism a misdemeanor.[3]

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. Edward J. Coughlin, Martin W. Deyo and George B. Kelly 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* Rep./Law P. re-elected
2nd Joseph D. Nunan, Jr.* Democrat re-elected
3rd Frank B. Hendel* Dem./Rec. re-elected
4th Philip M. Kleinfeld* Democrat re-elected
5th John J. Howard* Dem./Rec. re-elected
6th Edward J. Coughlin* Dem./Rec.
7th Jacob J. Schwartzwald Democrat
8th Joseph A. Esquirol* Democrat re-elected
9th Henry L. O'Brien* Dem./Law P. re-elected; died on February 8, 1935
10th Jeremiah F. Twomey* Democrat re-elected; Chairman of Finance
11th James J. Crawford* Democrat re-elected
12th Elmer F. Quinn* Democrat re-elected
13th Thomas F. Burchill* Democrat re-elected
14th Samuel Mandelbaum* Democrat re-elected
15th John L. Buckley* Democrat re-elected
16th John J. McNaboe* Democrat re-elected
17th Joseph Clark Baldwin Rep./Law P.
18th John T. McCall* Democrat re-elected
19th Duncan T. O'Brien* Democrat re-elected
20th A. Spencer Feld* Dem./Law P. re-elected
21st Lazarus Joseph* Democrat re-elected
22nd Julius S. Berg* Democrat re-elected
23rd John J. Dunnigan* Democrat re-elected; re-elected Temporary President
24th Rae L. Egbert Dem./Law P.
25th Pliny W. Williamson Rep./Law P.
26th James A. Garrity Democrat
27th Thomas C. Desmond* Republican re-elected
28th Frederic H. Bontecou* Rep./Law P. re-elected
29th Arthur H. Wicks* Rep./Soc. re-elected
30th William T. Byrne* Democrat re-elected
31st Ogden J. Ross* Democrat re-elected
32nd Edwin E. Miller Republican
33rd Benjamin F. Feinberg* Republican re-elected
34th Rhoda Fox Graves Republican
35th Henry I. Patrie* Rep./Law P. re-elected; died on March 3, 1935
36th William H. Hampton Republican
37th Perley A. Pitcher* Rep./Law P. re-elected
38th George R. Fearon* Republican re-elected; Minority Leader
39th Walter W. Stokes* Republican re-elected
40th Martin W. Deyo* Rep./Law P.
41st C. Tracey Stagg Republican
42nd Charles J. Hewitt* Republican re-elected
43rd Earle S. Warner* Republican re-elected
44th Joe R. Hanley* Rep./Law P. re-elected
45th George B. Kelly* Democrat
46th Democrat
47th William H. Lee* Republican re-elected
48th Democrat
49th Stephen J. Wojtkowiak* Democrat re-elected
50th Nelson W. Cheney* Republican re-elected
51st Leigh G. Kirkland* Rep./Law P. re-elected

Employees[]

  • Clerk:

State Assembly[]

Assemblymen[]

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

District Assemblymen Party Notes
Albany 1st * Democrat
2nd * Democrat Chairman of Affairs of Cities
3rd * Dem./Law P.
Allegany * Republican
Bronx 1st * Democrat
2nd Doris I. Byrne* Dem./Law P. Chairwoman of Social Welfare
3rd Carl Pack* Democrat
4th * Democrat
5th Benjamin Gladstone* Democrat
6th Christopher C. McGrath* Democrat Chairman of Public Education;
on November 5, 1935, elected to the Municipal Court
7th Democrat on November 5, 1935, elected to the Municipal Court[4]
8th * Dem./Law P.
Broome 1st Edward F. Vincent* Republican
2nd Republican
Cattaraugus James W. Riley* Republican
Cayuga * Rep./Law P.
Chautauqua 1st Rep./Law P.
2nd Joseph A. McGinnies* Rep./Law P.
Chemung Chauncey B. Hammond Republican
Chenango Irving M. Ives* Republican Minority Leader
Clinton Republican
Columbia * Rep./Law P.
Cortland Republican
Delaware E. Ogden Bush* Republican
Dutchess 1st Howard N. Allen* Rep./Law P.
2nd * Rep./Law P.
Erie 1st * Democrat
2nd * Republican
3rd Democrat
4th * Democrat
5th * Democrat
6th Democrat
7th Arthur L. Swartz* Republican
8th * Republican
Essex Fred L. Porter* Republican
Franklin Republican
Fulton and Hamilton Harry F. Dunkel* Republican
Genesee * Republican
Greene Dem./Soc.
Herkimer * Republican
Jefferson Rep./Law P.
Kings 1st * Democrat
2nd * Democrat
3rd Michael J. Gillen* Dem./Rec.
4th Bernard Austin Democrat
5th Democrat
6th Julius Helfand Democrat
7th William Kirnan* Dem./Rec.
8th James V. Mangano Dem./Vict.
9th * Dem./Rec.
10th * Democrat Chairman of Judiciary
11th Dem./Rec.
12th Edward S. Moran, Jr.* Dem./Rec. Chairman of Insurance
13th Dem./Rec.
14th * Dem./City F.
15th * Democrat
16th Carmine J. Marasco Democrat
17th * Dem./Rec.
18th Irwin Steingut* Dem./Law. P. elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules
19th Democrat
20th * Democrat
21st * Democrat
22nd Jacob H. Livingston* Dem./Law P.
23rd Democrat
Lewis * Republican
Livingston James J. Wadsworth* Rep./Law P.
Madison Wheeler Milmoe* Republican
Monroe 1st Republican
2nd Democrat
3rd * Dem./Law P.
4th * Dem./Law P. Chairman of Internal Affairs
5th * Democrat
Montgomery * Republican
Nassau 1st * Republican
2nd Leonard W. Hall* Republican
New York 1st * Democrat
2nd Democrat
3rd * Democrat
4th Leonard Farbstein* Democrat
5th John F. Killgrew* Democrat Majority Leader
6th * Democrat
7th * Dem./ICL Chairman of Re-Apportionment
8th * Democrat
9th Dem./Law P.
10th Herbert Brownell Jr.* Rep./City F.
11th * Democrat
12th * Democrat Chairman of Codes
13th * Democrat Chairman of Motor Vehicles
14th Francis J. McCaffrey, Jr.* Democrat
15th Abbot Low Moffat* Rep./Law P./C. F.
16th * Democrat
17th Meyer Alterman* Democrat Chairman of Ways and Means
18th Democrat
19th * Dem./Law P.
20th Louis A. Cuvillier Democrat Democratic Whip;[5] died on May 18, 1935[6]
21st William T. Andrews Dem./Law P.
22nd * Democrat
23rd Alexander A. Falk Dem./Law P. Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment
Niagara 1st * Rep./Law P.
2nd Harry D. Suitor* Republican
Oneida 1st * Democrat
2nd Russell G. Dunmore* Republican died on December 14, 1935
3rd * Republican
Onondaga 1st Horace M. Stone* Republican
2nd * Republican
3rd Richard B. Smith* Republican
Ontario * Republican
Orange 1st Lee B. Mailler* Republican
2nd * Republican
Orleans * Republican
Oswego Rep./Law P.
Otsego Republican
Putnam D. Mallory Stephens* Republican
Queens 1st * Dem./Law P.
2nd George F. Torsney* Dem./Law P.
3rd Peter T. Farrell* Dem./Law P. Chairman of General Laws
4th James A. Burke Dem./Lib./Rec.
5th Maurice A. FitzGerald* Democrat Chairman of Public Service
6th * Dem./City F.
Rensselaer 1st * Dem./Soc.
2nd * Republican
Richmond 1st Dem./Law P.
2nd Democrat
Rockland * Republican
St. Lawrence 1st * Republican
2nd * Republican
Saratoga * Republican
Schenectady 1st Oswald D. Heck* Republican
2nd Harold Armstrong* Rep./Law P.
Schoharie * Dem./Soc. Chairman of Agriculture
Schuyler * Republican
Seneca * Republican
Steuben 1st Wilson Messer* Republican
2nd * Republican
Suffolk 1st John G. Downs* Republican
2nd * Rep./Law P.
Sullivan J. Maxwell Knapp* Republican
Tioga * Republican
Tompkins * Republican
Ulster * Rep./Soc.
Warren Harry A. Reoux* Republican
Washington Herbert A. Bartholomew* Republican
Wayne * Rep./Law P.
Westchester 1st * Republican
2nd Ralph A. Gamble* Republican
3rd * Democrat
4th Jane H. Todd Republican
5th William F. Condon* Republican on November 5, 1935, elected Register of Westchester Co.
Wyoming Harold C. Ostertag* Republican
Yates Fred S. Hollowell* Republican

Employees[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ see ELECTION NOTICE in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 30, 1934
  2. ^ ROW AMONG DEMOCRATS DELAYS THE LEGISLATURE BUT ADJOURNMENT NEARS in The New York Times on April 17, 1935 (subscription required)
  3. ^ ALBANY VOTES BILL OUTLAWING NUDISM in The New York Times on April 16, 1935 (subscription required)
  4. ^ 4 BRONX JUSTICES SWORN; New Members of Municipal Court to Speed Calendar in The New York Times on December 20, 1935 (subscription required)
  5. ^ Cuvillier to Be Party Whip in Assembly in The New York Times on January 5, 1935 (subscription required)
  6. ^ LOUIS A. CUVILLIER DIES OF PNEUMONIA in The New York Times on May 19, 1935 (subscription required)
  7. ^ Homer W. Storey (c.1895–1937), of Rochester, see PARTY LEADER DIES in the Niagara Falls Gazette, of Niagara Falls, on October 12, 1937

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