145th New York State Legislature
{{Short description|New York state legislative session}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox New York Legislature
|number = 145th
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|imagedate =
|start = January 1
|end = December 31, 1922
|vp = Lt. Gov. Jeremiah Wood (R)
|pro tem = Clayton R. Lusk (R)
|speaker = H. Edmund Machold (R)
|senators = 51
|reps = 150
|s-majority = Republican (39–11–1)
|h-majority = Republican (96–53–1)
|sessionnumber1 = 1st
|sessionstart1 = January 4
|sessionend1 = March 17, 1922
|sessionnumber2 = 2nd
|sessionstart2 = August 28
|sessionend2 = 29, 1922
|previous = 144th
|next = 146th
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The 145th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 4 to August 29, 1922, during the second year of Nathan L. Miller'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. The Socialist Party also nominated tickets.
Elections
The 1921 New York state election, was held on November 8. The only statewide elective office up for election was a judgeship on the New York Court of Appeals which was carried by Republican William Shankland Andrews. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Judge of the Court of Appeals, was: Republicans 1,146,000; Democrats 1,081,000; and Socialists 146,000.
The only assemblywoman of 1921, Marguerite L. Smith (Rep.), an athletics teacher, of Harlem, was defeated for re-election, and no women were elected to the Legislature of 1922.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 4, 1922; and adjourned on March 17.
H. Edmund Machold (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.
The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on August 28 and 29, 1922.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/29/99061801.pdf LEGISLATURE GETS COAL BILL] in NYT on August 29, 1922 This session was called to deal with the shortage of coal. The Legislature created the office of State Fuel Administrator, and William H. Woodin was appointed by Governor Miller to the post.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/09/08/99066351.pdf WOODIN AND HYLAN AGREE ON COAL PLAN] in NYT on September 8, 1922 Woodin resigned on January 8, 1923, and Governor Al Smith appointed George W. Goethals to succeed.[https://www.nytimes.com/1923/01/10/archives/goethals-becomes-state-fuel-head-with-broad-powers-general-takes.html GOETHALS BECOMES STATE FUEL HEAD WITH BROAD POWERS] in NYT on January 10, 1923 (subscription required) The post was abolished by Smith, effective on April 1, 1923.[https://www.nytimes.com/1923/03/28/archives/ends-coal-distribution-governor-smith-abolishes-office-of-state.html ENDS COAL DISTRIBUTION] in NYT on March 28, 1923 (subscription required)
State Senate
=Districts=
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- 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.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
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! District ! Senator ! Party ! Notes |
1st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
6th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
7th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
9th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |died on February 7, 1922{{Cite news|date=7 February 1922|title=Geo M. Reischmann, State Senator, Dies|page=3|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|location=New York, N.Y.|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/56159178/|via=Brooklyn Public Library: Historical Newspapers}} |
10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
11th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Minority Leader |
13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |on November 7, 1922, elected to the 68th U.S. Congress |
14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
15th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
16th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |elected to fill vacancy, in place of Martin G. McCue |
17th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
19th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
20th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
21st
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
22nd
|{{Party shading/Socialist}} | Socialist | |
23rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
24th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
25th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
26th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
27th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
28th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
29th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
30th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
31st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
32nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
33rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
34th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
35th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
36th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
37th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
38th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
39th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
40th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Temporary President |
41st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
42nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
43rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
44th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
45th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
46th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep./Proh. |elected to fill vacancy, in place of John B. Mullan |
47th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
48th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
49th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
50th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
51st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
=Employees=
- Clerk: Ernest A. Fay
- Sergeant-at-Arms:
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms:
- Principal Doorkeeper:
- First Assistant Doorkeeper:
- Stenographer:
State Assembly
=Assemblymen=
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
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! colspan="2" | District ! Assemblymen ! Party ! Notes |
rowspan="3" | Albany
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Institutions |
colspan="2" | Allegany
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Codes |
rowspan="8" | Bronx
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem./Rep. | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem./Rep. | |
6th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="2" | Broome
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Soldiers' Home |
colspan="2" | Cattaraugus
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Cayuga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Internal Affairs |
rowspan="2" | Chautauqua
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Ways and Means |
colspan="2" | Chemung
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of General Laws |
colspan="2" | Chenango
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Clinton
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Columbia
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Cortland
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Revision |
colspan="2" | Delaware
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Excise |
rowspan="2" | Dutchess
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="8" | Erie
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem./Rep./Proh. | |
6th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Judiciary |
7th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Canals |
8th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Banks |
colspan="2" | Essex
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Franklin
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Fulton and Hamilton
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Insurance |
colspan="2" | Genesee
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Labor and Industries |
colspan="2" | Greene
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Herkimer
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Jefferson
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules |
rowspan="23" | Kings
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
6th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
9th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
11th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Social Welfare |
12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
15th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
16th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
17th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Military Affairs |
18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
19th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
21st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
22nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
23rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep./Dem. | |
colspan="2" | Lewis
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Livingston
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Madison
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="5" | Monroe
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Education |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Majority Leader |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |
colspan="2" | Montgomery
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Nassau
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Affairs of Villages |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="24" | New York
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |on November 7, 1922, elected to the 68th U.S. Congress |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Minority Leader |
6th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
7th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
9th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
10th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
11th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
15th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Claims |
16th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="2" | 17th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |contested; seat vacated on February 27[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/02/28/98991583.pdf ASSEMBLY VOTES TO SEAT CLAESSENS] in NYT on February 28, 1922 |
August Claessens
|{{Party shading/Socialist}} | Socialist |seated on February 28 |
18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
19th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
21st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
22nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
23rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Niagara
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="3" | Oneida
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="3" | Onondaga
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Penal Institutions |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Ontario
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Orange
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Orleans
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Health |
colspan="2" | Oswego
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Otsego
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Putnam
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Railroads |
rowspan="6" | Queens
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
6th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="2" | Rensselaer
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Richmond
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Rockland
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | St. Lawrence
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Conservation |
colspan="2" | Saratoga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Schenectady
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Schoharie
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Schuyler
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Seneca
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Steuben
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Suffolk
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Sullivan
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Tioga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Agriculture |
colspan="2" | Tompkins
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply |
colspan="2" | Ulster
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Warren
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Washington
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Wayne
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Printing |
rowspan="5" | Westchester
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Affairs of Cities |
colspan="2" | Wyoming
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Yates
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
=Employees=
Notes
Sources
- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/10/26/98759901.pdf CITIZENS UNION GIVES LINE ON CANDIDATES] in NYT on October 26, 1921
- [https://archive.org/stream/journalassembly09assegoog#page/n7/mode/1up Journal of the Assembly (145th Session)] (1922; Vol. II; from March 1 to 14)
- [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Times/Troy%20NY%20Times%201922/Troy%20NY%20Times%201922%20-%200094.pdf ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES] in The Troy Times, of Troy, on January 10, 1922
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly1920s.html Members of the New York Assembly (1920s)] at Political Graveyard
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