153rd 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 = 153rd
|image =
|imagename =
|imagedate =
|start = January 1
|end = December 31, 1930
|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 (86–64)
|sessionnumber1 = 1st
|sessionstart1 = January 1
|sessionend1 = April 12, 1930
|previous = 152nd
|next = 154th
}}
The 153rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met in Albany from January 1 to April 12,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 1930, during the second year of first term of Governor Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
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 1929 New York state election 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.[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/04/12/archives/legislature-ends-session-wet-bill-dies-in-senate-city-transit-bill.html LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION] in The New York Times on April 12, 1930 (subscription required)
Joseph A. McGinnies (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.
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. 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)..."
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! District ! Senator ! Party ! Notes |
1st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |resigned on May 1, 1930, to become Public Administrator of Queens.[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/04/12/archives/kennedy-quits-senate-for-post-in-queens-veteran-legislator-ally-of.html KENNEDY QUITS SENATE FOR POST IN QUEENS] in The New York Times on April 12, 1930 (subscription required) |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |resigned in August 1930 to become Deputy Register of Kings Co. |
6th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="2" | 9th
|vacant | colspan="2" | Charles E. Russell resigned on December 3, 1929, to go on the NY Supreme Court |
Henry L. O'Brien
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |elected on January 9, 1930, to fill vacancy;[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/01/10/archives/obrien-elected-senator-democrat-wins-race-for-state-post-vacated-by.html O'BRIEN ELECTED SENATOR] in The New York Times on January 10, 1930 (subscription required) took seat on January 20[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/01/21/archives/rules-obrien-elected-state-board-decides-against-koch-in-brooklyn.html RULES O'BRIEN ELECTED] in The New York Times on January 21, 1930 (subscription required) |
10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
11th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Minority Leader |
15th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
16th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
17th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |on March 11 elected to the 71st U.S. Congress[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/12/archives/democrats-victors-in-special-elections-kennedy-wins-for-house-in.html DEMOCRATS VICTORS IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; Kennedy Wins for House in 18th District] in The New York Times on March 12, 1930 (subscription required) |
19th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
21st
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
22nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
23rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
24th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
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/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
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 | |
rowspan="2" | 40th
|vacant | |B. Roger Wales died on November 25, 1929 |
Bert Lord*
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |elected on January 3, 1930, to fill vacancy[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/01/04/archives/lord-elected-to-senate-chenango-county-republican-succeeds-the-late.html LORD ELECTED TO SENATE] in The New York Times on January 4, 1930 (subscription required) |
41st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
42nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Finance |
43rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
44th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Temporary President |
45th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
46th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
47th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
48th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
49th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
50th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |elected to fill vacancy, in place of Charles A. Freiberg |
51st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
=Employees=
- Clerk: A. Miner Wellman
- 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)..."
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! colspan="2" | District ! Assemblymen ! Party ! Notes |
rowspan="3" | Albany
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Allegany
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="8" | Bronx
|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 | |
7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="2" | Broome
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Judiciary |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Cities |
colspan="2" | Cattaraugus
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Claims |
colspan="2" | Cayuga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Chautauqua
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules |
colspan="2" | Chemung
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Chenango
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |elected on January 3, 1930, to the State Senate |
Irving M. Ives
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |elected on February 18, 1930, to fill vacancy |
colspan="2" | Clinton
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Columbia
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
colspan="2" | Cortland
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Education |
colspan="2" | Delaware
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Dutchess
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Service |
rowspan="8" | Erie
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Revision |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of General Laws |
6th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
7th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Essex
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Re-Organization of State Government |
colspan="2" | Franklin
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Fulton and Hamilton
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Ways and Means |
colspan="2" | Genesee
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Labor and Industries |
colspan="2" | Greene
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Conservation |
colspan="2" | Herkimer
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Jefferson
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Re-Apportionment |
rowspan="23" | Kings
|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 | |
7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
9th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
11th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
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/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |elected Minority Leader on January 20[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0913FF345413738DDDA80A94D9405B808FF1D3 Steingut Made Democratic Leader] in The New York Times on January 21, 1930 (subscription required) |
19th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
21st
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
22nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
23rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Lewis
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Livingston
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Madison
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Social Welfare |
rowspan="5" | Monroe
|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 Military Affairs |
colspan="2" | Montgomery
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Nassau
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Villages |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="24" | New York
| rowspan="2" | 1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Minority Leader; died on January 13, 1930 |
James J. Dooling
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |elected on March 11, 1930, to fill vacancy[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/12/archives/democrats-victors-in-special-elections-kennedy-wins-for-house-in.html DEMOCRATS VICTORS IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; ...and Dooling for Assembly in First A. D.] in The New York Times on March 12, 1930 (subscription required) |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
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/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
15th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
16th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
17th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
19th
|Francis E. RiversFrancis E. Rivers (1893–1975), "the first black judge on the City Court" according to [https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/29/archives/francis-e-rivers-dies-black-city-judge-was-82.html Francis E. Rivers Dies; Black City Judge Was 82] in The New York Times on July 29, 1975 (subscription required) |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
21st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
22nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
23rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
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 |Majority Leader |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="3" | Onondaga
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Insurance |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Banks |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Printing |
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 |Chairman of Canals |
colspan="2" | Otsego
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Agriculture |
colspan="2" | Putnam
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
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
|Fred R. Horn Jr.Ferdinand R. Horn Jr. (born 1897), ran sometimes for office as "Fred R. Horn Jr." |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="2" | St. Lawrence
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairwoman of Public Institutions |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Taxation |
colspan="2" | Saratoga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Codes |
rowspan="2" | Schenectady
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Schoharie
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Pensions |
colspan="2" | Schuyler
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Seneca
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Steuben
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Soldiers' Homes |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Suffolk
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Sullivan
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Tioga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Tompkins
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Ulster
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Warren
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Washington
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Internal Affairs |
colspan="2" | Wayne
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Excise |
rowspan="5" | Westchester
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Aviation; died on September 26, 1930 |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Penal Institutions |
4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Wyoming
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Yates
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
=Employees=
- Clerk: Fred W. Hammond
- Principal Doorkeeper: Charles H. Jackson
- Second Assistant Doorkeeper: William Henry Hutchinson
Notes
Sources
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen1930s.html Members of the New York Senate (1930s)] at Political Graveyard
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly1930s.html Members of the New York Assembly (1930s)] at Political Graveyard
- [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Times/Troy%20NY%20Times%201930/Troy%20NY%20Times%201930%20-%200082.pdf MEMBERSHIPS OF COMMITTEES OF THE ASSEMBLY] in The Troy Times, of Troy, on January 7, 1930
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