152nd New York State Legislature

{{Short description|New York state legislative session}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox New York Legislature

|number = 152nd

|image =

|imagename =

|imagedate =

|start = January 1

|end = December 31, 1929

|vp = Lt. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

|pro tem = John Knight (R)

|speaker = Joseph A. McGinnies (R)

|senators = 51

|reps = 150

|s-majority = Republican (27–24)

|h-majority = Republican (89–61)

|sessionnumber1 = 1st

|sessionstart1 = January 2

|sessionend1 = March 28, 1929

|previous = 151st

|next = 153rd

}}

The 152nd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to March 28, 1929, during the first 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. The Socialist Party, the Workers Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets.

Elections

The 1928 New York state election was held on November 6. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert H. Lehman, both Democrats, were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Of the other four statewide elective offices, two were carried by Democrats and two by Republicans. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Democrats 2,130,000; Republicans 2,104,000; Socialists 102,000; Workers 11,000; and Socialist Labor 4,000.

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 2, 1929; and adjourned on March 28.[https://www.nytimes.com/1929/03/29/archives/roosevelt-scores-opposition-party-he-assails-absence-of.html ROOSEVELT SCORES "OPPOSITION" PARTY] in The New York Times on March 29, 1929 (subscription required)

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

John Knight (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate.

State Senate

=Districts=

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

=Members=

File:152nd New York Senate.png

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Samuel H. Hofstadter, Cosmo A. Cilano, Fred J. Slater changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

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

class=wikitable

! District

! Senator

! Party

! Notes

1st

|George L. Thompson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

2nd

|Stephen F. Burkard*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected;
unsuccessfully contested by Joseph M. Conroy (R)[https://www.nytimes.com/1929/03/26/archives/burkhards-right-to-seat-upheld.html Burkhard's Right to Seat Upheld] in The New York Times on March 26, 1929 (subscription required)

3rd

|Alfred J. Kennedy*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

4th

|Philip M. Kleinfeld*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

5th

|Daniel F. Farrell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

6th

|Marcellus H. Evans*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

7th

|John A. Hastings*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

8th

|William L. Love*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

9th

|Charles E. Russell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected; on November 5, 1929, elected to the Brooklyn
City Court; resigned his seat on December 3, 1929

10th

|Jeremiah F. Twomey*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

11th

|James J. Crawford

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

12th

|Elmer F. Quinn*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

13th

|Thomas F. Burchill*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

14th

|Bernard Downing*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected; Minority Leader

15th

|John L. Buckley*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

16th

|Thomas I. Sheridan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

17th

|Samuel H. Hofstadter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

18th

|Martin J. Kennedy*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

19th

|Duncan T. O'Brien*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

20th

|A. Spencer Feld*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

21st

|Henry G. Schackno*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

22nd

|Benjamin Antin*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

23rd

|John J. Dunnigan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

24th

|Harry J. Palmer

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

25th

|Walter W. Westall*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

26th

|Seabury C. Mastick*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

27th

|Caleb H. Baumes*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

28th

|J. Griswold Webb*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

29th

|Arthur H. Wicks*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

30th

|William T. Byrne*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|re-elected

31st

|John F. Williams*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

32nd

|Thomas C. Brown*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected; Chairman of Penal Institutions

33rd

|Henry E. H. Brereton*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

34th

|Warren T. Thayer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

35th

|Henry I. Patrie

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

36th

|Henry D. Williams*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

37th

|Perley A. Pitcher*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

38th

|George R. Fearon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

39th

|John W. Gates*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

40th

|B. Roger Wales*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected; died on November 25, 1929

41st

|Frank A. Frost

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

42nd

|Charles J. Hewitt*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected; Chairman of Finance

43rd

|Leon F. Wheatley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

44th

|John Knight*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected; re-elected Temporary President

45th

|Cosmo A. Cilano*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

46th

|Fred J. Slater*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

47th

|William W. Campbell*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

48th

|William J. Hickey*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

49th

|Stephen J. Wojtkowiak

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

50th

|Charles A. Freiberg*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected; resigned in September 1929
and was elected Sheriff of Erie County

51st

|Leigh G. Kirkland*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected

=Employees=

  • Clerk: A. Miner Wellman
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling
  • Stenographer: John K. Marshall

State Assembly

=Assemblymen=

File:152nd New York Assembly in New York City.png

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

class=wikitable

! colspan="2" | District

! Assemblymen

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="3" | Albany

|1st

|Elmer D. Gunn

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|John P. Hayes*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

3rd

|Rudolph I. Roulier*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Allegany

|Cassius Congdon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="8" | Bronx

|1st

|Nicholas J. Eberhard*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|William F. Smith*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

3rd

|Julius S. Berg*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

4th

|Herman M. Albert*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

5th

|Harry A. Samberg*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

6th

|Christopher C. McGrath*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

7th

|John F. Reidy*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

8th

|Joseph E. Kinsley*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" | Broome

|1st

|Edmund B. Jenks*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Forman E. Whitcomb*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Cattaraugus

|James W. Watson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Cayuga

|Chauncey D. Van Alstine*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Chautauqua

|1st

|Hubert E. V. Porter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Joseph A. McGinnies*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected Speaker

colspan="2" | Chemung

|G. Archie Turner*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Chenango

|Bert Lord*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Clinton

|Charles D. Munsil*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Columbia

|Henry M. James*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Cortland

|Irving F. Rice*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Delaware

|James R. Stevenson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Dutchess

|1st

|Howard N. Allen*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|John M. Hackett*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="8" | Erie

|1st

|Charles J. Gimbrone*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|William L. Marcy Jr.

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3rd

|Frank X. Bernhardt*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

4th

|Anthony J. Canney

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

5th

|Ansley B. Borkowski*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

6th

|Howard W. Dickey*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

7th

|Arthur L. Swartz

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

8th

|Nelson W. Cheney*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Essex

|Fred L. Porter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Franklin

|John E. Redwood*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Fulton and Hamilton

|Eberly Hutchinson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Chairman of Ways and Means

colspan="2" | Genesee

|Charles P. Miller*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Greene

|Ellis W. Bentley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Herkimer

|William J. Thistlethwaite

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Jefferson

|Jasper W. Cornaire*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="23" | Kings

|1st

|Charles F. Cline*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|Murray Hearn*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

3rd

|Michael J. Gillen*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

4th

|George E. Dennen*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

5th

|John J. Cooney*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

6th

|Jacob J. Schwartzwald*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

7th

|John J. Howard*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

8th

|Robert E. Sweeney*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

9th

|Richard J. Tonry*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 5, 1929, elected an Alderman of NYC

10th

|William C. McCreery*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

11th

|Edward J. Coughlin*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

12th

|Edward S. Moran Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

13th

|William Breitenbach*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

14th

|Jacob P. Nathanson*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

15th

|Edward P. Doyle*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

16th

|Maurice Z. Bungard*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

17th

|Robert K. Story Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

18th

|Irwin Steingut*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

19th

|Jerome G. Ambro*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

20th

|Frank A. Miller*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

21st

|Joseph A. Esquirol*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

22nd

|Jacob H. Livingston*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

23rd

|Albert M. Cohen*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Lewis

|Clarence L. Fisher*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Livingston

|A. Grant Stockweather*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Madison

|Arthur A. Hartshorn*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="5" | Monroe

|1st

|Arthur T. Pammenter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Harry J. McKay*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3rd

|Haskell H. Marks

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

4th

|Richard L. Saunders

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

5th

|W. Ray Austin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Montgomery

|Rufus Richtmyer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Nassau

|1st

|Edwin W. Wallace*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Edwin R. Lynde

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="23" | New York

|1st

|Peter J. Hamill*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|Frank R. Galgano*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

3rd

|Sylvester A. Dineen*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

4th

|Samuel Mandelbaum*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

5th

|Frank A. Carlin*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

6th

|Louis J. Lefkowitz*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

7th

|Saul S. Streit*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

8th

|Henry O. Kahan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

9th

|John H. Conroy*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

10th

|Langdon W. Post

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

11th

|Maurice F. Cantor*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

12th

|John A. Byrnes*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

13th

|John P. Nugent*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

14th

|Joseph T. Higgins*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

15th

|Abbot Low Moffat

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

16th

|Maurice Bloch*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Minority Leader; died on December 5, 1929

17th

|Meyer Alterman*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

18th

|Vincent H. Auleta*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

19th

|Abraham Grenthal*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

20th

|Louis A. Cuvillier*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

21st

|John W. Remer

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

22nd

|Joseph A. Gavagan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 5, 1929, elected to the 71st U.S. Congress

23rd

|Alexander A. Falk*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" | Niagara

|1st

|Fayette E. Pease

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Roy Hewitt

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="3" | Oneida

|1st

|Mark C. Kelly

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem./Soc.

|

2nd

|Russell G. Dunmore*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Majority Leader

3rd

|George J. Skinner*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="3" | Onondaga

|1st

|Horace M. Stone*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Willis H. Sargent*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3rd

|Richard B. Smith*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Ontario

|Robert A. Catchpole*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Orange

|1st

|DeWitt C. Dominick*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Alexander G. Hall*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Orleans

|Frank H. Lattin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Oswego

|Victor C. Lewis*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Otsego

|Frank M. Smith*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Putnam

|D. Mallory Stephens*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="6" | Queens

|1st

|Carl Deutschmann*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|Frank B. Hendel*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

3rd

|Charles W. Posthauer*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

4th

|Robert J. Hunt

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

5th

|Maurice A. FitzGerald

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

6th

|Paul P. Gallagher*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|contested by Raymond G. Pollard (R)[https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/03/archives/contest-for-queens-seats-two-republicans-will-seek-to-oust.html CONTEST FOR QUEENS SEATS] in The New York Times on January 3, 1929 (subscription required)

rowspan="2" | Rensselaer

|1st

|Michael F. Breen*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|Maurice Whitney*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Richmond

|1st

|Francis A. Hannigan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|William L. Vaughan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Rockland

|Walter S. Gedney*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | St. Lawrence

|1st

|Rhoda Fox Graves*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Walter L. Pratt*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Saratoga

|Burton D. Esmond*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Schenectady

|1st

|Charles W. Merriam*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|William M. Nicoll*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Schoharie

|Kenneth H. Fake*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep./Soc.

|

colspan="2" | Schuyler

|James A. Shepard*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Seneca

|William H. Van Cleef*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Steuben

|1st

|Wilson Messer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|James T. Foody

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep./Dem.

|

rowspan="2" | Suffolk

|1st

|John G. Downs*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Hamilton F. Potter

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Sullivan

|J. Maxwell Knapp

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Tioga

|Daniel P. Witter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Tompkins

|James R. Robinson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Ulster

|Millard Davis*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Warren

|Paul L. Boyce*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Washington

|Herbert A. Bartholomew*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Wayne

|Harry A. Tellier*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="5" | Westchester

|1st

|Thomas Channing Moore

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Herbert B. Shonk*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3rd

|Milan E. Goodrich*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

4th

|Alexander H. Garnjost*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

5th

|William F. Condon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Wyoming

|Joe R. Hanley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Yates

|Edwin C. Nutt*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

=Employees=

Notes

Sources

  • [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen1920s.html Members of the New York Senate (1920s)] at Political Graveyard
  • [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly1920s.html Members of the New York Assembly (1920s)] at Political Graveyard

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