172nd New York State Legislature

{{Infobox New York Legislature

|number = 172nd

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|start = January 1, 1959

|end = December 31, 1960

|vp = Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson (R)

|pro tem = Walter J. Mahoney (R)

|speaker = Oswald D. Heck (R), until May 21, 1959;
Joseph F. Carlino (R), from July 1, 1959

|senators = 58

|reps = 150

|s-majority = Republican (34–24)

|h-majority = Republican (92–58)

|sessionnumber1 = 1st

|sessionstart1 = January 7

|sessionend1 = March 25, 1959

|sessionnumber2 = 2nd

|sessionstart2 = July 1, 1959

|sessionnumber3 = 3rd

|sessionstart3 = January 6

|sessionend3 = April 1, 1960

|previous = 171st

|next = 173rd

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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.

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 1958 New York state election, 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 1959 New York state election, 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;[https://www.nytimes.com/1959/01/08/archives/rockefeller-for-tax-rise-to-bar-fiscal-disaster-sees-deficit-of-230.html ROCKEFELLER FOR TAX RISE TO BAR "FISCAL DISASTER"] in The New York Times on January 8, 1959 (subscription required) 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.[https://www.nytimes.com/1959/07/01/archives/state-acts-today-in-monaghan-case-session-is-expected-to-alter.html STATE ACTS TODAY IN MONAGHAN CASE] in The New York Times on July 1, 1959 (subscription required)

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.[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/04/02/archives/1014-bills-left-for-rockefeller-gains-and-losses-seen-for-governor.html 1,014 BILLS LEFT FOR ROCKEFELLER] in The New York Times on April 1, 1960 (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. 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)..."

class=wikitable

! District

! Senator

! Party

! Notes

1st

|Elisha T. Barrett*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Daniel G. Albert*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | 3rd

|William S. Hults Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on April 1, 1959, appointed as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles[https://www.nytimes.com/1959/04/02/archives/hults-is-sworn-in-new-motor-vehicle-chief-for-speed-limit-revision.html HULTS IS SWORN IN] in The New York Times on April 2, 1959 (subscription required)

(Genesta M. Strong)*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy;[https://www.nytimes.com/1959/11/04/archives/nassau-remains-in-gop-column-republicans-appear-to-keep-most-of.html NASSAU REMAINS IN G.O.P. COLUMN] in The New York Times on November 4, 1959 (subscription required)
did not take her seat and resigned on January 6, 1960, due to ill health[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/07/archives/mrs-strong-quits-as-state-senator-long-island-legislator-74-is.html MRS. STRONG QUITS AS STATE SENATOR] in The New York Times on January 7, 1960 (subscription required)
seat remained vacant throughout the 1960 session[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/17/archives/governor-balks-nassau-election-doubts-filling-senate-seat-till-late.html GOVERNOR BALKS NASSAU ELECTION] in The New York Times on January 17, 1960 (subscription required)

4th

|Edward J. Speno*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

5th

|Jack E. Bronston

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

6th

|Irving Mosberg*

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

7th

|Seymour R. Thaler

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

8th

|Thomas A. Duffy*

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

9th

|Thomas J. Mackell*

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

rowspan="2" | 10th

|Herbert I. Sorin*

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

|on September 18, 1959, appointed as a City Magistrate[https://www.nytimes.com/1959/09/19/archives/2-city-judges-sworn-special-sessions-justice-and-magistrate-take.html 2 CITY JUDGES SWORN] in The New York Times on September 19, 1959 (subscription required)

Simon J. Liebowitz

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

11th

|Walter E. Cooke*

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

12th

|Jeremiah B. Bloom*

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

13th

|Frank Composto*

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

14th

|William T. Conklin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

15th

|Frank J. Pino*

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

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

|John J. Marchi*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

20th

|MacNeil Mitchell*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

21st

|James Lopez Watson*

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

22nd

|John P. Morrissey*

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

23rd

|Joseph Zaretzki*

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

|Minority Leader

24th

|Joseph R. Marro*

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

25th

|John H. Farrell*

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

26th

|Harry Kraf*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

27th

|Jacob H. Gilbert*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on March 8, 1960, elected to the 86th U.S. Congress[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/03/09/archives/democrat-wins-easily-in-bronx-in-3way-race-for-house-seat-gilbert.html Democrat Wins Easily in Bronx In 3-Way Race for House Seat] in The New York Times on March 9, 1960 (subscription required)

28th

|Nathaniel T. Helman*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 8, 1960, elected to the City Court

29th

|Joseph F. Periconi*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on April 14, 1960, appointed to the New York City Transit Authority[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04EFDF153EEF3ABC4D52DFB266838B679EDE PERICONI NAMED TO TRANSIT POST] in The New York Times on April 15, 1960 (subscription required)

rowspan="2" | 30th

|Frank S. McCullough*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|in 1959, appointed as County Judge of Westchester Co.[https://www.nytimes.com/1959/11/04/archives/westchester-gop-retains-control-but-democrats-pick-up-2-seats-on.html WESTCHESTER G.O.P. RETAINS CONTROL] in The New York Times on November 4, 1959 (subscription required)

Hunter Meighan*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

31st

|George W. Cornell

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

32nd

|William F. Condon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

33rd

|D. Clinton Dominick III*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

34th

|E. Ogden Bush*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

35th

|Ernest I. Hatfield*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

36th

|Julian B. Erway*

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

37th

|Albert Berkowitz*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

38th

|Owen M. Begley*

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

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

|Lawrence M. Rulison*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

45th

|John H. Hughes*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

46th

|Janet Hill Gordon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

47th

|Warren M. Anderson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

48th

|George R. Metcalf*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

49th

|Harold A. Jerry Jr.

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

50th

|Dutton S. Peterson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

51st

|Frank E. Van Lare*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

52nd

|A. Gould Hatch*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 8, 1960, elected Clerk of Monroe County

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

|Frank J. Glinski

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

57th

|John H. Cooke*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

58th

|George H. Pierce*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Chairman of Judiciary

=Employees=

Secretary: William S. King, until June 18, 1959, retired
John J. Sandler, acting from June 18, 1959;[https://www.nytimes.com/1959/06/19/archives/albany-aide-promoted-j-j-sandler-becomes-acting-secretary-of-senate.html ALBANY AIDE PROMOTED; J. J. Sandler Becomes Acting Secretary of Senate] in The New York Times on June 19, 1959 (subscription required) elected Secretary on January 6, 1960[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/07/archives/state-senate-elects-sandier-as-secretary.html State Senate Elects Sandler as Secretary] in The New York Times on January 7, 1960 (subscription required)

State Assembly

=Assemblymen=

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

class=wikitable

! colspan="2" | District

! Assemblymen

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="3" | Albany

|rowspan="2" | 1st

|Edwin Corning Jr.*

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

|resigned in August 1959 while in hospital after severe car accident[https://www.nytimes.com/1959/10/05/archives/exlegislator-quits-hospital.html Ex-Legislator Quits Hospital] in The New York Times on October 5, 1959 (subscription required)

Frank P. Cox

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

2nd

|Harvey M. Lifset*

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

colspan="2" | Allegany

|William H. MacKenzie*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Chairman of Ways and Means

rowspan="13" | Bronx

|rowspan="2" | 1st

|Bernard C. McDonnell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|died on August 1, 1959

Donald J. Sullivan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

2nd

|Sidney H. Asch*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Moses J. Epstein*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|died on October 10, 1960

4th

|Felipe N. Torres*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

5th

|Melville E. Abrams*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

6th

|Ivan Warner*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

7th

|John T. Satriale*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

8th

|Alexander Chananau*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

9th

|William Kapelman*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

10th

|George W. Harrington

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

11th

|Aileen B. Ryan

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

12th

|Fred W. Eggert Jr.

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

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

colspan="2" | Chautauqua

|A. Bruce Manley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Chemung

|Harry J. Tifft*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Chenango

|Guy L. Marvin

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Clinton

|Robert J. Feinberg*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

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

|Stephen R. Greco

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

2nd

|William E. Adams*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

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

rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Franklin

|Robert G. Main*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 3, 1959, elected to the New York Supreme Court

Hayward H. Plumadore

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on January 5, 1960, elected to fill vacancy[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/06/archives/plumadore-wins-seat.html Plumadore Wins Seat] in The New York Times on January 6, 1960 (subscription required)

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}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Jefferson

|Orin S. Wilcox*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="25" | Kings

|1st

|Max M. Turshen*

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

2nd

|Samuel Bonom*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Harry J. Donnelly*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | 4th

|(Bernard Austin)*

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

|died on January 6, 1959

Harold W. Cohn

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|elected on February 17, 1959, to fill vacancy

rowspan="2" | 5th

|John A. Monteleone*

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

|resigned to run for the City Court

James V. Mistretta

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

6th

|Bertram L. Baker*

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

7th

|Louis Kalish*

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

8th

|Guy James Mangano

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

9th

|Frank J. McMullen*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

10th

|John J. Ryan*

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

11th

|George A. Cincotta

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

12th

|Luigi R. Marano*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

13th

|Lawrence P. Murphy*

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

14th

|Edward S. Lentol*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

15th

|Alfred A. Lama*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="2" | 16th

|Bernard Haber*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|died on February 26, 1959

Irwin Brownstein

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

17th

|Samuel I. Berman*

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

18th

|Stanley Steingut*

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

19th

|Joseph Kottler

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

20th

|Joseph R. Corso*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

21st

|Bertram L. Podell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

22nd

|Anthony J. Travia*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Minority Leader

colspan="2" | Lewis

|Dwight N. Dudo

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Livingston

|Kenneth R. Willard*

|{{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

|John J. Conway Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|Paul B. Hanks Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

4th

|Thomas F. Riley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Montgomery

|Donald A. Campbell*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="7" | Nassau

|1st

|Anthony Barbiero*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Joseph F. Carlino*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Majority Leader; on July 1, 1959, elected Speaker

rowspan="2" | 3rd

|Genesta M. Strong*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|resigned to run for the State Senate

John E. Kingston

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

4th

|Edwin J. Fehrenbach*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

5th

|Francis P. McCloskey*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

6th

|Palmer D. Farrington*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="16" | New York

|1st

|William F. Passannante*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Louis DeSalvio*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Francis W. Doheny*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

4th

|Samuel A. Spiegel*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

5th

|Bentley Kassal*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

6th

|Joseph J. Weiser*

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

7th

|Daniel M. Kelly*

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

8th

|Dorothy Bell Lawrence

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

9th

|John R. Brook*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

10th

|Martin J. Kelly Jr.

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

11th

|Lloyd E. Dickens

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

12th

|Bessie A. Buchanan*

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

13th

|Orest V. Maresca*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

14th

|Jose Ramos-Lopez

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

15th

|John J. Walsh

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

16th

|Frank G. Rossetti*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="2" | Niagara

|1st

|Harold H. Altro*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Ernest Curto*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Oneida

|1st

|David R. Townsend*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|William S. Calli*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="3" | Onondaga

|1st

|Don H. Brown

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Charles A. Schoeneck Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Majority Leader from July 1, 1959

3rd

|Philip R. Chase*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Ontario

|Robert M. Quigley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Orange

|1st

|Daniel Becker

|{{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

|Edward F. Crawford*

|{{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}} | Democrat

2nd

|William C. Brennan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Charles T. Eckstein*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

4th

|Jules G. Sabbatino

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

5th

|William G. Giaccio*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

6th

|Michael G. Rice*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

7th

|Moses M. Weinstein

|{{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

|Alfred D. Lerner*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

12th

|J. Lewis Fox*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

13th

|Anthony P. Savarese Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Rensselaer

|Thomas H. Brown*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on April 15, 1959, appointed as a Deputy Motor Vehicles Commissioner

Douglas Hudson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

rowspan="2" | Richmond

|1st

|Edward J. Amann Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Lucio F. Russo*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Rockland

|Robert Walmsley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | St. Lawrence

|Verner M. Ingram*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Saratoga

|John L. Ostrander*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Schenectady

|Oswald D. Heck*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|re-elected Speaker; died on May 21, 1959

Joseph F. Egan

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

colspan="2" | Schoharie

|Russell Selkirk

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Schuyler

|Jerry W. Black*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Seneca

|Francis J. Souhan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Steuben

|Charles D. Henderson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="3" | Suffolk

|1st

|Irving L. Price Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Prescott B. Huntington*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|James R. Grover Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Sullivan

|Hyman E. Mintz*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

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

|Richard J. Bartlett

|{{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="7" | Westchester

|1st

|Christian H. Armbruster

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|P. Boice Esser

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|Frances K. Marlatt*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | 4th

|Hunter Meighan*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|resigned to run for the State Senate

Anthony B. Gioffre

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on November 3, 1959, elected to fill vacancy

5th

|Robert J. Trainor

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on September 29, 1960, appointed as D.A. of Westchester Co.[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/09/30/archives/prosecutor-named-governor-appoints-trainor-to-westchester-post.html PROSECUTOR NAMED; Governor Appoints Trainor to Westchester Post] in The New York Times on September 30, 1960 (subscription required)

6th

|Theodore Hill Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Wyoming

|Harold L. Peet*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Yates

|Paul R. Taylor

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | 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

Sources

[https://library.albany.edu/speccoll/findaids/eresources/csea/Civil-Service-Leader_1960-02-16.pdf FULL LIST OF LEGISLATORS] in the Civil Service Leader (Vol. XXI, No. 23, February 16, 1960; pg. 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
[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen1960s.html Members of the New York Senate (1960s)] at Political Graveyard
[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly1960s.html Members of the New York Assembly (1960s)] at Political Graveyard

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