170th New York State Legislature

{{Infobox New York Legislature

|number = 170th

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|imagedate =

|start = January 1, 1955

|end = December 31, 1956

|vp = Lt. Gov. George B. DeLuca (D)

|pro tem = Walter J. Mahoney (R)

|speaker = Oswald D. Heck (R)

|senators = 58

|reps = 150

|s-majority = Republican
(1955: 34–24)
(1956: 35–23)

|h-majority = Republican
(90–60)

|sessionnumber1 = 1st

|sessionstart1 = January 5

|sessionend1 = April 2, 1955

|sessionnumber2 = 2nd

|sessionstart2 = January 4

|sessionend2 = March 23, 1956

|previous = 169th

|next = 171st

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The 170th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 5, 1955, to March 23, 1956, during the first and second years of W. Averell Harriman's governorship, in Albany.

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, the American Labor Party, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Socialist Labor Party (running under the name of "Industrial Government Party") also nominated tickets.

Elections

The 1954 New York state election was held on November 2. Ambassador W. Averell Harriman was elected Governor, and D.A. of Bronx County George B. DeLuca was elected Lieutenant Governor, both Democrats with Liberal endorsement. The elections of the other six statewide elective offices resulted in a Democratic State Comptroller with Liberal endorsement, a Republican Attorney General, a Democratic Chief Judge with Liberal and Republican endorsement, a Democratic Court of Appeals judge with Liberal and Republican endorsement, a Democratic Court of Appeals judge with Liberal endorsement, and a Republican Court of Appeals judge with Democratic endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor/Lieutenant Governor, was: Republicans 2,550,000; Democrats 2,297,000; Liberals 264,000; American Labor 47,000; Socialist Workers 2,600; and Industrial Government 1,700.

Five of the seven women members of the previous legislature—Assemblywomen Mary A. Gillen (Dem.), of Brooklyn; Janet Hill Gordon (Rep.), a lawyer of Norwich; 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. Bessie A. Buchanan (Dem.), a retired musical actress and dancer of Harlem, was also elected to the Assembly.

The 1955 New York state election was held on November 8. No statewide elective offices were up for election. Three vacancies in the State Senate and three vacancies in the Assembly were filled.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 178th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 5, 1955;[https://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/05/archives/state-gop-backs-continued-tax-aid-in-policy-preview-mahoneyheck.html STATE G.O.P. BACKS CONTINUED TAX AID IN POLICY PREVIEW; Legislature Opens Today] in The New York Times on January 5, 1955 (subscription required) and adjourned on April 2.[https://www.nytimes.com/1955/04/03/archives/legislature-ends-session-restrains-bias-in-housing-votes-city.html LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION] in The New York Times on April 3, 1955 (subscription required)

Oswald D. Heck (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.

Walter J. Mahoney (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate.

The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 179th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 4, 1956;[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/01/04/archives/legislature-meets-today-gets-harriman-program-harriman-speaks-at.html Legislature Meets Today; Gets Harriman Program] in The New York Times on January 4, 1956 (subscription required) and adjourned on March 23.[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/03/24/archives/legislature-ends-session-in-rush-phone-rise-wins-senate-group-kills.html LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION IN RUSH] in The New York Times on March 24, 1956 (subscription required)

State Senate

=Districts=

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

1st District: Suffolk County
2nd, 3rd and 4th District: Parts of Nassau County
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th District: Parts of Queens County, i.e. the Borough of Queens
10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th District: Parts of Kings County, i.e. the Borough of Brooklyn
19th District: Richmond County, i.e. the Borough of Richmond (now the Borough of Staten Island)
20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th District: Parts of New York County, i.e. the Borough of Manhattan
26th, 27th, 28th and 29th District: Parts of Bronx County, i.e. the Borough of the Bronx
30th, 31st and 32nd District: Parts of Westchester County
33rd District: Orange and Rockland counties
34th District: Delaware, Greene, Sullivan and Ulster counties
35th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties
36th District: Albany County
37th District: Rensselaer and Washington counties
38th District: Schenectady and Schoharie counties
39th District: Essex, Saratoga and Warren counties
40th District: Clinton, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties
41st District: Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and Montgomery counties
42nd District: Oneida County
43rd District: Jefferson, Lewis and Oswego
44th and 45th District: Parts of Onondaga County
46th District: Chenango, Cortland, Madison and Otsego counties
47th District: Broome County
48th District: Cayuga, Tioga and Tompkins counties
49th District: Chemung and Steuben counties
50th District: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties
51st and 52nd District: Parts of Monroe County
53rd District: Allegany, Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties
54th District: Niagara County
55th, 56th and 57th District: Parts of Erie County
58th District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties}}

=Senators=

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Searles G. Shultz changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this Legislature. Assemblyman Frank J. Pino was elected to fill a vacancy in the Senate.

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

class=wikitable

! District

! Senator

! Party

! Notes

1st

|S. Wentworth Horton*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | 2nd

|Edward P. Larkin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|resigned on September 16, 1955, to run for
Presiding Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead[https://www.nytimes.com/1955/09/17/archives/larkin-quits-senate-for-a-town-office.html LARKIN QUITS SENATE FOR A TOWN OFFICE] in The New York Times on September 17, 1955 (subscription required)

Daniel G. Albert

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 8, 1955, elected to fill vacancy

3rd

|William S. Hults Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

4th

|Edward J. Speno

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

5th

|Walter G. McGahan

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

6th

|James J. Crisona

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

7th

|James G. Sweeney

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

rowspan="2" | 8th

|Frank D. O'Connor

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

|on November 8, 1955, elected D.A. of Queens County

Bernard Tompkins

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on February 7, 1956, elected to fill vacancy[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/02/16/archives/tompkins-is-certified-state-board-also-announces-tally-in-congress.html TOMPKINS IS CERTIFIED] in The New York Times on February 16, 1956 (subscription required)

9th

|Thomas J. Mackell

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

10th

|Herbert I. Sorin*

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

11th

|Walter E. Cooke

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

12th

|Fred G. Moritt*

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

13th

|Thomas J. Cuite*

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

14th

|John F. Furey*

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

rowspan="2" | 15th

|Louis L. Friedman*

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

|on October 5, 1955, appointed to the NY Supreme Court[https://www.nytimes.com/1955/10/08/archives/special-kings-polling-harriman-calls-elections-for-senate-and.html SPECIAL KINGS POLLING] in The New York Times on October 8, 1955 (subscription required)

Frank J. Pino*

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

|on November 8, 1955, elected to fill vacancy

16th

|William Rosenblatt*

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

17th

|Samuel L. Greenberg*

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

18th

|Harry Gittleson*

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

19th

|Edward V. Curry

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

20th

|MacNeil Mitchell*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

21st

|James Lopez Watson

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

22nd

|Alfred E. Santangelo*

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

|on November 6, 1956, elected to the 85th U.S. Congress

23rd

|Joseph Zaretzki*

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

24th

|Joseph R. Marro*

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

25th

|Francis J. Mahoney*

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

|Minority Leader; died on December 23, 1956

rowspan="2" | 26th

|John J. Donovan Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|died on March 12, 1955

Harry Kraf

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 8, 1955, elected to fill vacancy

27th

|Jacob H. Gilbert

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

28th

|Nathaniel T. Helman*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

29th

|Francis J. McCaffrey*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

30th

|Frank S. McCullough*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

31st

|Pliny W. Williamson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Chairman of Judiciary

32nd

|William F. Condon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

33rd

|Thomas C. Desmond*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

34th

|Arthur H. Wicks*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

35th

|Ernest I. Hatfield*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

36th

|Peter J. Dalessandro*

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

37th

|Henry Neddo*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

38th

|Thomas F. Campbell*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

39th

|Gilbert T. Seelye*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

40th

|Robert C. McEwen*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

41st

|Walter Van Wiggeren*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

42nd

|Fred J. Rath*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

43rd

|Henry A. Wise*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

44th

|Searles G. Shultz*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

45th

|John H. Hughes*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

46th

|Wheeler Milmoe*

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

47th

|Warren M. Anderson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

48th

|George R. Metcalf*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

49th

|Harry K. Morton*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

50th

|Dutton S. Peterson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

51st

|Frank E. Van Lare*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

52nd

|George T. Manning*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|died on December 1, 1956

53rd

|Austin W. Erwin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Chairman of Finance

54th

|Earl W. Brydges*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

55th

|Walter J. Mahoney*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected Temporary President

56th

|Stanley J. Bauer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

57th

|John H. Cooke*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

58th

|George H. Pierce*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

=Employees=

Secretary: William S. King

State Assembly

=Assemblymen=

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

class=wikitable

! colspan="2" | District

! Assemblymen

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="2" | Albany

|1st

|Edwin Corning Jr.

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

2nd

|James J. McGuiness*

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

colspan="2" | Allegany

|William H. MacKenzie*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Chairman of Ways and Means

rowspan="12" | Bronx

|1st

|Bernard C. McDonnell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Sidney H. Asch*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Morris Mohr*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|died on September 21, 1956

4th

|Felipe N. Torres*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

5th

|Melville E. Abrams

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

6th

|Walter H. Gladwin*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

7th

|John T. Satriale*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

8th

|Mitchell J. Sherwin*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

9th

|William Kapelman*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

10th

|Matthew R. Dwyer

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

11th

|Enzo Gaspari

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

12th

|Fred W. Eggert Jr.

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="2" | Broome

|1st

|Daniel S. Dickinson Jr.

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|George L. Ingalls*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Cattaraugus

|Leo P. Noonan*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Cayuga

|Charles A. Cusick*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Chautauqua

|E. Herman Magnuson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|died on July 15, 1955

A. Bruce Manley

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 8, 1955, elected to fill vacancy

colspan="2" | Chemung

|Harry J. Tifft*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Chenango

|Janet Hill Gordon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Clinton

|James A. FitzPatrick*

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

colspan="2" | Columbia

|Willard C. Drumm*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Cortland

|Louis H. Folmer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Delaware

|Edwyn E. Mason*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Dutchess

|Robert Watson Pomeroy*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="8" | Erie

|1st

|Thomas J. Runfola*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Justin C. Morgan*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Chairman of Judiciary

3rd

|William J. Butler*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

4th

|Frank J. Caffery*

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

5th

|John B. Lis*

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

6th

|George F. Dannebrock*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

7th

|Julius Volker*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

8th

|William Sadler*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Essex

|Grant W. Johnson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Franklin

|Robert G. Main*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Fulton and Hamilton

|Joseph R. Younglove*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Genesee

|John E. Johnson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Greene

|William E. Brady*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Herkimer

|Leo A. Lawrence*

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

colspan="2" | Jefferson

|Orin S. Wilcox*

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

rowspan="24" | Kings

|1st

|Max M. Turshen*

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

rowspan="2" | 2nd

|J. Sidney Levine*

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

|died on December 22, 1955

Samuel Bonom

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on February 7, 1956, elected to fill vacancy[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B06E2D7173CE03BBC4053DFB466838D649EDE TOMPKINS BEATS DUFFY IN QUEENS; ...Democrats Win in Bronx, Brooklyn Election] in The New York Times on February 8, 1956 (subscription required)

3rd

|Mary A. Gillen*

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

4th

|Bernard Austin*

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

5th

|John A. Monteleone*

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

6th

|Bertram L. Baker*

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

7th

|Louis Kalish*

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

8th

|Frank Composto*

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

9th

|Frank J. McMullen*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

10th

|John J. Ryan*

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

11th

|Eugene F. Bannigan*

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

|Minority Leader

12th

|Frank Vaccaro

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

13th

|Lawrence P. Murphy*

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

14th

|Edward S. Lentol*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

15th

|Alfred A. Lama*

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

rowspan="2" | 16th

|Frank J. Pino*

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

|resigned on October 6, 1955, to run for the State Senate

Bernard Haber

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

|on November 8, 1955, elected to fill vacancy[https://www.nytimes.com/1955/10/18/archives/new-state-candidates-party-slates-completed-for-brooklyn-vacancies.html NEW STATE CANDIDATES] in The New York Times on October 18, 1955 (subscription required)

17th

|Samuel I. Berman

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

18th

|Stanley Steingut*

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

19th

|Frank S. Samansky*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

20th

|Joseph R. Corso*

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

21st

|Bertram L. Podell

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

22nd

|Anthony J. Travia*

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

colspan="2" | Lewis

|Benjamin H. Demo*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Livingston

|Joseph W. Ward*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Madison

|Harold I. Tyler*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="4" | Monroe

|1st

|J. Eugene Goddard*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|A. Gould Hatch*

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

3rd

|Paul B. Hanks Jr.*

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

4th

|Thomas F. Riley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Montgomery

|Donald A. Campbell*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="6" | Nassau

|1st

|Anthony Barbiero

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Joseph F. Carlino*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Majority Leader

3rd

|Genesta M. Strong*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

4th

|John J. Burns*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

5th

|Francis P. McCloskey

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

6th

|Palmer D. Farrington

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="17" | New York

|1st

|William F. Passannante

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

2nd

|Louis DeSalvio*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="2" | 3rd

|John J. Mangan*

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

|on June 2, 1955, appointed to the Municipal Court[https://www.nytimes.com/1955/06/03/archives/sarafite-named-city-treasurer-advancement-of-chief-hogan-aide-one.html SARAFITE NAMED CITY TREASURER; ...One of 18 Appointments Announced by Mayor] in The New York Times on June 3, 1955 (subscription required)

John H. Farrell

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

|on November 8, 1955, elected to fill vacancy;
unsuccessfully[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/02/22/archives/farrell-seat-upheld-assembly-finds-manhattan-democrat-fully.html FARRELL SEAT UPHELD] in The New York Times on February 22, 1956 (subscription required) contested by Peter H. Brennan[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/01/11/archives/legislator-questioned-farrell-is-challenged-on-his-right-to-seat-in.html LEGISLATOR QUESTIONED; Farrell Is Challenged on His Right to Seat in Assembly] in The New York Times on January 11, 1956 (subscription required)

4th

|Leonard Farbstein*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 6, 1956, elected to the 85th U.S. Congress

5th

|Ludwig Teller*

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

|on November 6, 1956, elected to the 85th U.S. Congress

6th

|Joseph J. Weiser

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

7th

|Daniel M. Kelly*

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

8th

|Archibald Douglas Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

9th

|John R. Brook*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

10th

|Herman Katz*

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

11th

|James C. Thomas*

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

12th

|Bessie A. Buchanan

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

13th

|Orest V. Maresca*

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

14th

|Kenneth M. Phipps*

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

15th

|William A. Kummer

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

16th

|Frank G. Rossetti

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

rowspan="2" | Niagara

|1st

|Jacob E. Hollinger*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Ernest Curto*

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

rowspan="2" | Oneida

|1st

|Francis J. Alder*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|William S. Calli*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="3" | Onondaga

|1st

|Lawrence M. Rulison*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Charles A. Schoeneck Jr.

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|Philip R. Chase

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Ontario

|Robert M. Quigley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Orange

|1st

|D. Clinton Dominick III

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Wilson C. Van Duzer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Orleans

|Alonzo L. Waters*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Oswego

|Henry D. Coville*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Otsego

|Paul L. Talbot*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Putnam

|Willis H. Stephens*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="13" | Queens

|1st

|Thomas V. LaFauci*

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

2nd

|William C. Brennan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Charles T. Eckstein

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

4th

|Thomas A. Duffy*

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

5th

|William G. Giaccio*

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

6th

|Michael G. Rice

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

7th

|Bernard Dubin

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

8th

|John DiLeonardo

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

9th

|Fred W. Preller*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

10th

|Louis Wallach

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

11th

|Daniel L. Clarke

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

12th

|J. Lewis Fox*

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

13th

|Anthony P. Savarese Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Rensselaer

|Thomas H. Brown*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Richmond

|1st

|Edward J. Amann Jr.*

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

2nd

|Lucio F. Russo*

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

colspan="2" | Rockland

|Robert Walmsley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | St. Lawrence

|Allan P. Sill*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Saratoga

|John L. Ostrander*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Schenectady

|Oswald D. Heck*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected Speaker

colspan="2" | Schoharie

|David Enders*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Schuyler

|Jerry W. Black*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Seneca

|Lawrence W. Van Cleef*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Steuben

|Charles D. Henderson

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

rowspan="3" | Suffolk

|1st

|Edmund R. Lupton*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Elisha T. Barrett*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|John R. Britting

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Sullivan

|Hyman E. Mintz*

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

colspan="2" | Tioga

|Richard C. Lounsberry*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Tompkins

|Ray S. Ashbery*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Ulster

|Kenneth L. Wilson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Warren

|Stuart F. Hawley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Washington

|William J. Reid*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Wayne

|Mildred F. Taylor*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="6" | Westchester

|1st

|Malcolm Wilson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Fred S. Suthergreen

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|Frances K. Marlatt*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

4th

|Hunter Meighan*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

5th

|William F. Horan*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

6th

|Theodore Hill Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Wyoming

|Harold L. Peet*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Yates

|Vernon W. Blodgett*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

=Employees=

Clerk: Ansley B. Borkowski
Sergeant-at-Arms: Herbert A. Bartholomew (1955)
Raymond J. Roche (1956)
Deputy Journal Clerk: Maude E. Ten Eyck

Notes

Sources

[http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/findaids/eresources/csea/Civil-Service-Leader_1955-01-18.pdf Where to Reach Your State Senator Or Assemblyman] in Civil Service Leader (January 18, 1955, Vol. XVI, No. 19, pg. 3 and 14)
[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen1950s.html Members of the New York Senate (1950s)] at Political Graveyard
[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly1950s.html Members of the New York Assembly (1950s)] at Political Graveyard

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