172nd New York State Legislature
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Duration: January 1, 1959 – December 31, 1960 | |||
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President of the State Senate: | Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson (R) | ||
Temporary President of the State Senate: | Walter J. Mahoney (R) | ||
Speaker of the State Assembly: | Oswald D. Heck (R), until May 21, 1959; Joseph F. Carlino (R), from July 1, 1959 |
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Members: | 58 Senators 150 Assemblymen |
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Senate Majority: | Republican (34–24) | ||
Assembly Majority: | Republican (92–58) | ||
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Sessions | |||
1st: January 7 – March 25, 1959 2nd: July 1, 1959 3rd: January 6 – April 1, 1960 |
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The 172nd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7, 1959, to April 1, 1960, during the first and second years of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, in Albany.
Contents
Background
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938, re-apportioned in 1953, 58 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), Queens (five), Bronx (four), Erie (three), Nassau (three), Westchester (three), Monroe (two) and Onondaga (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 and the Independent-Socialist Party also nominated tickets.
Elections
The New York state election, 1958, was held on November 4. Nelson Rockefeller was elected Governor, and Assemblyman Malcolm Wilson was elected Lieutenant Governor, both Republicans, defeating the incumbent Democrats W. Averell Harriman and George B. DeLuca. The elections of the other four statewide elective offices resulted in a Democratic State Comptroller with Liberal endorsement, a Republican Attorney General, a Democratic Court of Appeals judge with Liberal and Republican endorsement, and a Republican U.S. Senator. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor/Lieutenant Governor, was: Republicans 3,127,000; Democrats 2,270,000; Liberals 284,000; and Independent-Socialists 32,000.
Assemblywoman Janet Hill Gordon (Rep.), a lawyer of Norwich, was elected to the State Senate. The other four women members of the previous legislature—Assemblywomen Bessie A. Buchanan (Dem.), a retired musical actress and dancer of Harlem; ; Frances K. Marlatt (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Vernon; Genesta M. Strong (Rep.), of Plandome Heights; and Mildred F. Taylor (Rep.), a coal dealer of Lyons—were re-elected. Aileen B. Ryan (Dem.), of the Bronx; and Dorothy Bell Lawrence (Rep.), of Manhattan, both former school teachers, were also elected to the Assembly.
The New York state election, 1959, was held on November 3. The only statewide elective office up for election was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. The senior associate judge, Charles S. Desmond, a Democrat, was elected with Republican and Liberal endorsement. Three vacancies in the State Senate and eight vacancies in the Assembly were filled. Assemblywoman Genesta M. Strong (Rep.) was elected to the State Senate, but did not take her seat in 1960.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 182nd) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1959;[1] and adjourned on March 25.
Oswald D. Heck (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker. Heck died on May 21, 1959.
Walter J. Mahoney (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate.
The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on July 1, 1959. Majority Leader Joseph F. Carlino (Rep.) was elected Speaker of the Assembly.[2]
The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 183rd) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1960; and adjourned in the early morning of April 1, 1960.[3]
State Senate
Districts
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Senators
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Frank Composto, D. Clinton Dominick III, Lawrence M. Rulison and Janet Hill Gordon changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this Legislature. Assembly members Genesta M. Strong and Hunter Meighan were elected to fill vacancies in the Senate.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | Elisha T. Barrett* | Republican | |
2nd | Daniel G. Albert* | Republican | |
3rd | William S. Hults, Jr.* | Republican | on April 1, 1959, appointed as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles[4] |
(Genesta M. Strong)* | Republican | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy;[5] did not take her seat and resigned on January 6, 1960, due to ill health[6] seat remained vacant throughout the 1960 session[7] |
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4th | Edward J. Speno* | Republican | |
5th | Jack E. Bronston | Dem./Lib. | |
6th | Irving Mosberg* | Dem./Lib. | |
7th | Seymour R. Thaler | Dem./Lib. | |
8th | Thomas A. Duffy* | Dem./Lib. | |
9th | Thomas J. Mackell* | Dem./Lib. | |
10th | Herbert I. Sorin* | Dem./Lib. | on September 18, 1959, appointed as a City Magistrate[8] |
Simon J. Liebowitz | Democrat | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | |
11th | Walter E. Cooke* | Dem./Lib. | |
12th | Jeremiah B. Bloom* | Dem./Lib. | |
13th | Frank Composto* | Dem./Lib. | |
14th | William T. Conklin* | Republican | |
15th | Frank J. Pino* | Dem./Lib. | |
16th | William Rosenblatt* | Dem./Lib. | |
17th | Samuel L. Greenberg* | Dem./Lib. | |
18th | Harry Gittleson* | Dem./Lib. | |
19th | John J. Marchi* | Republican | |
20th | MacNeil Mitchell* | Republican | |
21st | James Lopez Watson* | Dem./Lib. | |
22nd | John P. Morrissey* | Dem./Lib. | |
23rd | Joseph Zaretzki* | Dem./Lib. | Minority Leader |
24th | Joseph R. Marro* | Dem./Lib. | |
25th | John H. Farrell* | Dem./Lib. | |
26th | Harry Kraf* | Democrat | |
27th | Jacob H. Gilbert* | Democrat | on March 8, 1960, elected to the 86th U.S. Congress[9] |
28th | Nathaniel T. Helman* | Democrat | on November 8, 1960, elected to the City Court |
29th | Joseph F. Periconi* | Republican | on April 14, 1960, appointed to the New York City Transit Authority[10] |
30th | Frank S. McCullough* | Republican | in 1959, appointed as County Judge of Westchester Co.[11] |
Hunter Meighan* | Republican | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | |
31st | George W. Cornell | Republican | |
32nd | William F. Condon* | Republican | |
33rd | D. Clinton Dominick III* | Republican | |
34th | E. Ogden Bush* | Republican | |
35th | Ernest I. Hatfield* | Republican | |
36th | Julian B. Erway* | Dem./Lib. | |
37th | Albert Berkowitz* | Republican | |
38th | Owen M. Begley* | Dem./Lib. | |
39th | Gilbert T. Seelye* | Republican | |
40th | Robert C. McEwen* | Republican | |
41st | Walter Van Wiggeren* | Republican | |
42nd | Fred J. Rath* | Republican | |
43rd | Henry A. Wise* | Republican | |
44th | Lawrence M. Rulison* | Republican | |
45th | John H. Hughes* | Republican | |
46th | Janet Hill Gordon* | Republican | |
47th | Warren M. Anderson* | Republican | |
48th | George R. Metcalf* | Republican | |
49th | Harold A. Jerry, Jr. | Republican | |
50th | Dutton S. Peterson* | Republican | |
51st | Frank E. Van Lare* | Republican | |
52nd | A. Gould Hatch* | Republican | on November 8, 1960, elected Clerk of Monroe County |
53rd | Austin W. Erwin* | Republican | Chairman of Finance |
54th | Earl W. Brydges* | Republican | |
55th | Walter J. Mahoney* | Republican | re-elected Temporary President |
56th | Frank J. Glinski | Democrat | |
57th | John H. Cooke* | Republican | |
58th | George H. Pierce* | Republican | Chairman of Judiciary |
Employees
- Secretary: William S. King, until June 18, 1959, retired
- John J. Sandler, acting from June 18, 1959;[12] elected Secretary on January 6, 1960[13]
State Assembly
Assemblymen
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes | |
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Albany | 1st | Edwin Corning, Jr.* | Dem./Lib. | resigned in August 1959 while in hospital after severe car accident[14] |
Frank P. Cox | Democrat | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | ||
2nd | Harvey M. Lifset* | Dem./Lib. | ||
Allegany | William H. MacKenzie* | Republican | Chairman of Ways and Means | |
Bronx | 1st | Bernard C. McDonnell* | Democrat | died on August 1, 1959 |
Donald J. Sullivan | Democrat | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | ||
2nd | Sidney H. Asch* | Democrat | ||
3rd | Moses J. Epstein* | Democrat | died on October 10, 1960 | |
4th | Felipe N. Torres* | Democrat | ||
5th | Melville E. Abrams* | Democrat | ||
6th | Ivan Warner* | Democrat | ||
7th | John T. Satriale* | Democrat | ||
8th | Alexander Chananau* | Democrat | ||
9th | William Kapelman* | Democrat | ||
10th | George W. Harrington | Republican | ||
11th | Aileen B. Ryan | Dem./Lib. | ||
12th | Fred W. Eggert, Jr. | Dem./Lib. | ||
Broome | 1st | Daniel S. Dickinson, Jr.* | Republican | |
2nd | George L. Ingalls* | Republican | ||
Cattaraugus | Leo P. Noonan* | Republican | ||
Cayuga | Charles A. Cusick* | Republican | ||
Chautauqua | A. Bruce Manley* | Republican | ||
Chemung | Harry J. Tifft* | Republican | ||
Chenango | Guy L. Marvin | Republican | ||
Clinton | Robert J. Feinberg* | Republican | ||
Columbia | Willard C. Drumm* | Republican | ||
Cortland | Louis H. Folmer* | Republican | ||
Delaware | Edwyn E. Mason* | Republican | ||
Dutchess | Robert Watson Pomeroy* | Republican | ||
Erie | 1st | Stephen R. Greco | Dem./Lib. | |
2nd | William E. Adams* | Republican | ||
3rd | William J. Butler* | Republican | ||
4th | Frank J. Caffery* | Dem./Lib. | ||
5th | John B. Lis* | Dem./Lib. | ||
6th | George F. Dannebrock* | Republican | ||
7th | Julius Volker* | Republican | ||
8th | William Sadler* | Republican | ||
Essex | Grant W. Johnson* | Republican | ||
Franklin | Robert G. Main* | Republican | on November 3, 1959, elected to the New York Supreme Court | |
Hayward H. Plumadore | Republican | on January 5, 1960, elected to fill vacancy[15] | ||
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* | Dem./Lib. | |
2nd | Samuel Bonom* | Democrat | ||
3rd | Harry J. Donnelly* | Republican | ||
4th | (Bernard Austin)* | Dem./Lib. | died on January 6, 1959 | |
Harold W. Cohn | Democrat | elected on February 17, 1959, to fill vacancy | ||
5th | John A. Monteleone* | Dem./Lib. | resigned to run for the City Court | |
James V. Mistretta | Democrat | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | ||
6th | Bertram L. Baker* | Dem./Lib. | ||
7th | Louis Kalish* | Dem./Lib. | ||
8th | Guy James Mangano | Dem./Lib. | ||
9th | Frank J. McMullen* | Republican | ||
10th | John J. Ryan* | Dem./Lib. | ||
11th | George A. Cincotta | Dem./Lib. | ||
12th | Luigi R. Marano* | Republican | ||
13th | Lawrence P. Murphy* | Dem./Lib. | ||
14th | Edward S. Lentol* | Democrat | ||
15th | Alfred A. Lama* | Democrat | ||
16th | Bernard Haber* | Democrat | died on February 26, 1959 | |
Irwin Brownstein | Democrat | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | ||
17th | Samuel I. Berman* | Dem./Lib. | ||
18th | Stanley Steingut* | Dem./Lib. | ||
19th | Joseph Kottler | Democrat | ||
20th | Joseph R. Corso* | Democrat | ||
21st | Bertram L. Podell* | Democrat | ||
22nd | Anthony J. Travia* | Democrat | Minority Leader | |
Lewis | Dwight N. Dudo | Republican | ||
Livingston | Kenneth R. Willard* | Republican | ||
Madison | Harold I. Tyler* | Republican | ||
Monroe | 1st | J. Eugene Goddard* | Republican | |
2nd | John J. Conway, Jr.* | Republican | ||
3rd | Paul B. Hanks, Jr.* | Republican | ||
4th | Thomas F. Riley* | Republican | ||
Montgomery | Donald A. Campbell* | Republican | ||
Nassau | 1st | Anthony Barbiero* | Republican | |
2nd | Joseph F. Carlino* | Republican | Majority Leader; on July 1, 1959, elected Speaker | |
3rd | Genesta M. Strong* | Republican | resigned to run for the State Senate | |
John E. Kingston | Republican | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | ||
4th | Edwin J. Fehrenbach* | Republican | ||
5th | Francis P. McCloskey* | Republican | ||
6th | Palmer D. Farrington* | Republican | ||
New York | 1st | William F. Passannante* | Democrat | |
2nd | Louis DeSalvio* | Democrat | ||
3rd | Francis W. Doheny* | Democrat | ||
4th | Samuel A. Spiegel* | Democrat | ||
5th | Bentley Kassal* | Democrat | ||
6th | Joseph J. Weiser* | Dem./Lib. | ||
7th | Daniel M. Kelly* | Dem./Lib. | ||
8th | Dorothy Bell Lawrence | Republican | ||
9th | John R. Brook* | Republican | ||
10th | Martin J. Kelly, Jr. | Democrat | ||
11th | Lloyd E. Dickens | Dem./Lib. | ||
12th | Bessie A. Buchanan* | Dem./Lib. | ||
13th | Orest V. Maresca* | Democrat | ||
14th | Jose Ramos-Lopez | Democrat | ||
15th | John J. Walsh | Democrat | ||
16th | Frank G. Rossetti* | Democrat | ||
Niagara | 1st | Harold H. Altro* | Republican | |
2nd | Ernest Curto* | Republican | ||
Oneida | 1st | David R. Townsend* | Republican | |
2nd | William S. Calli* | Republican | ||
Onondaga | 1st | Don H. Brown | Republican | |
2nd | Charles A. Schoeneck, Jr.* | Republican | Majority Leader from July 1, 1959 | |
3rd | Philip R. Chase* | Republican | ||
Ontario | Robert M. Quigley* | Republican | ||
Orange | 1st | Daniel Becker | Republican | |
2nd | Wilson C. Van Duzer* | Republican | ||
Orleans | Alonzo L. Waters* | Republican | ||
Oswego | Edward F. Crawford* | Republican | ||
Otsego | Paul L. Talbot* | Republican | ||
Putnam | Willis H. Stephens* | Republican | ||
Queens | 1st | Thomas V. LaFauci* | Democrat | |
2nd | William C. Brennan* | Democrat | ||
3rd | Charles T. Eckstein* | Republican | ||
4th | Jules G. Sabbatino | Democrat | ||
5th | William G. Giaccio* | Democrat | ||
6th | Michael G. Rice* | Democrat | ||
7th | Moses M. Weinstein | Democrat | ||
8th | John DiLeonardo* | Republican | ||
9th | Fred W. Preller* | Republican | ||
10th | Louis Wallach* | Democrat | ||
11th | Alfred D. Lerner* | Republican | ||
12th | J. Lewis Fox* | Democrat | ||
13th | Anthony P. Savarese, Jr.* | Republican | ||
Rensselaer | Thomas H. Brown* | Republican | on April 15, 1959, appointed as a Deputy Motor Vehicles Commissioner | |
Douglas Hudson | Republican | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | ||
Richmond | 1st | Edward J. Amann, Jr.* | Republican | |
2nd | Lucio F. Russo* | Republican | ||
Rockland | Robert Walmsley* | Republican | ||
St. Lawrence | Verner M. Ingram* | Republican | ||
Saratoga | John L. Ostrander* | Republican | ||
Schenectady | Oswald D. Heck* | Republican | re-elected Speaker; died on May 21, 1959 | |
Joseph F. Egan | Republican | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | ||
Schoharie | Russell Selkirk | Republican | ||
Schuyler | Jerry W. Black* | Republican | ||
Seneca | Francis J. Souhan | Democrat | ||
Steuben | Charles D. Henderson* | Republican | ||
Suffolk | 1st | Irving L. Price, Jr.* | Republican | |
2nd | Prescott B. Huntington* | Republican | ||
3rd | James R. Grover, Jr.* | Republican | ||
Sullivan | Hyman E. Mintz* | Republican | ||
Tioga | Richard C. Lounsberry* | Republican | ||
Tompkins | Ray S. Ashbery* | Republican | ||
Ulster | Kenneth L. Wilson* | Republican | ||
Warren | Richard J. Bartlett | Republican | ||
Washington | William J. Reid* | Republican | ||
Wayne | Mildred F. Taylor* | Republican | ||
Westchester | 1st | Christian H. Armbruster | Republican | |
2nd | P. Boice Esser | Republican | ||
3rd | Frances K. Marlatt* | Republican | ||
4th | Hunter Meighan* | Republican | resigned to run for the State Senate | |
Anthony B. Gioffre | Republican | on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy | ||
5th | Robert J. Trainor | Republican | on September 29, 1960, appointed as D.A. of Westchester Co.[16] | |
6th | Theodore Hill, Jr.* | Republican | ||
Wyoming | Harold L. Peet* | Republican | ||
Yates | Paul R. Taylor | Republican | previously a member from Monroe County |
Employees
- Clerk: Ansley B. Borkowski
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Raymond J. Roche
- Deputy Journal Clerk: Maude E. Ten Eyck
Notes
- ↑ ROCKEFELLER FOR TAX RISE TO BAR "FISCAL DISASTER" in the New York Times on January 8, 1959 (subscription required)
- ↑ STATE ACTS TODAY IN MONAGHAN CASE in the New York Times on July 1, 1959 (subscription required)
- ↑ 1,014 BILLS LEFT FOR ROCKEFELLER in the New York Times on April 1, 1960 (subscription required)
- ↑ HULTS IS SWORN IN in the New York Times on April 2, 1959 (subscription required)
- ↑ NASSAU REMAINS IN G.O.P. COLUMN in the New York Times on November 4, 1959 (subscription required)
- ↑ MRS. STRONG QUITS AS STATE SENATOR in the New York Times on January 7, 1960 (subscription required)
- ↑ GOVERNOR BALKS NASSAU ELECTION in the New York Times on January 17, 1960 (subscription required)
- ↑ 2 CITY JUDGES SWORN in the New York Times on September 19, 1959 (subscription required)
- ↑ Democrat Wins Easily in Bronx In 3-Way Race for House Seat in the New York Times on March 9, 1960 (subscription required)
- ↑ PERICONI NAMED TO TRANSIT POST in the New York Times on April 15, 1960 (subscription required)
- ↑ WESTCHESTER G.O.P. RETAINS CONTROL in the New York Times on November 4, 1959 (subscription required)
- ↑ ALBANY AIDE PROMOTED; J. J. Sandler Becomes Acting Secretary of Senate in the New York Times on June 19, 1959 (subscription required)
- ↑ State Senate Elects Sandler as Secretary in the New York Times on January 7, 1960 (subscription required)
- ↑ Ex-Legislator Quits Hospital in the New York Times on October 5, 1959 (subscription required)
- ↑ Plumadore Wins Seat in the New York Times on January 6, 1960 (subscription required)
- ↑ PROSECUTOR NAMED; Governor Appoints Trainor to Westchester Post in the New York Times on September 30, 1960 (subscription required)
Sources
- FULL LIST OF LEGISLATORS in the Civil Service Leader (Vol. XXI, No. 23, February 16, 1960; pg. 14)
- Members of the New York Senate (1950s) at Political Graveyard
- Members of the New York Assembly (1950s) at Political Graveyard
- Members of the New York Senate (1960s) at Political Graveyard
- Members of the New York Assembly (1960s) at Political Graveyard