149th New York State Legislature
| 149th New York State Legislature | |||
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| Duration: January 1 – December 31, 1926 | |||
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| President of the State Senate: | Lt. Gov. Seymour Lowman (R) | ||
| Temporary President of the State Senate: | John Knight (R) | ||
| Speaker of the State Assembly: | Joseph A. McGinnies (R) | ||
| Members: | 51 Senators 150 Assemblymen |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican (29–22) | ||
| Assembly Majority: | Republican (91–59) | ||
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| 1st: January 6 – April 23, 1926 | |||
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The 149th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to April 23, 1926, during the fourth year of Al Smith's second tenure as Governor of New York, in Albany.
Contents
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 New York state election, 1925, was held on November 3. 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 6, 1926; and adjourned on April 23.[1]
Joseph A. McGinnies (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.
State Senate
Districts
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Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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| 1st | George L. Thompson* | Republican | |
| 2nd | John L. Karle* | Republican | |
| 3rd | Peter J. McGarry* | Democrat | on November 2, 1926, elected Register of Queens Co. |
| 4th | Philip M. Kleinfeld* | Democrat | |
| 5th | Daniel F. Farrell* | Democrat | |
| 6th | James A. Higgins* | Democrat | |
| 7th | John A. Hastings* | Democrat | |
| 8th | William L. Love* | Democrat | |
| 9th | vacant | Frank E. Johnson was elected on November 3, 1925, to the Municipal Court | |
| Charles E. Russell | Democrat | elected on January 7 to fill vacancy[2] | |
| 10th | Jeremiah F. Twomey* | Democrat | |
| 11th | Daniel J. Carroll* | Democrat | |
| 12th | vacant | Jimmy Walker was elected on November 3, 1925, as Mayor of New York City | |
| Elmer F. Quinn | Democrat | elected on January 7 to fill vacancy[3] | |
| 13th | Thomas F. Burchill* | Democrat | |
| 14th | Bernard Downing* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
| 15th | Nathan Straus, Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 16th | Thomas I. Sheridan* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Courtlandt Nicoll* | Republican | |
| 18th | Martin J. Kennedy* | Democrat | |
| 19th | Duncan T. O'Brien* | Democrat | |
| 20th | Michael E. Reiburn* | Democrat | |
| 21st | Henry G. Schackno* | Democrat | |
| 22nd | Benjamin Antin* | Democrat | |
| 23rd | John J. Dunnigan* | Democrat | |
| 24th | Thomas J. Walsh* | Democrat | |
| 25th | Walter W. Westall* | Republican | |
| 26th | Seabury C. Mastick* | Republican | |
| 27th | Caleb H. Baumes* | Republican | |
| 28th | J. Griswold Webb* | Republican | |
| 29th | Arthur F. Bouton* | Republican | |
| 30th | William T. Byrne* | Democrat | |
| 31st | John F. Williams* | Republican | |
| 32nd | Thomas C. Brown* | Republican | |
| 33rd | Mortimer Y. Ferris* | Rep./Dem. | |
| 34th | Warren T. Thayer* | Republican | |
| 35th | Jeremiah Keck* | Republican | |
| 36th | Henry D. Williams* | Republican | |
| 37th | Perley A. Pitcher* | Republican | |
| 38th | George R. Fearon* | Republican | |
| 39th | Willis Wendell* | Republican | |
| 40th | B. Roger Wales* | Republican | |
| 41st | James S. Truman* | Republican | |
| 42nd | Charles J. Hewitt* | Republican | |
| 43rd | Ernest E. Cole* | Rep./Soc. | on July 1, 1926, appointed Counsel to the State Education Dept. |
| 44th | John Knight* | Rep./Dem./Soc. | Temporary President |
| 45th | James L. Whitley* | Republican | |
| 46th | Homer E. A. Dick* | Republican | |
| 47th | William W. Campbell* | Rep./Dem. | |
| 48th | William J. Hickey* | Republican | |
| 49th | Leonard R. Lipowicz* | Republican | |
| 50th | Leonard W. H. Gibbs* | Republican | |
| 51st | Leigh G. Kirkland* | Rep./Soc. | |
Employees
- Clerk: Ernest A. Fay
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling
State Assembly
Assemblymen
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
Employees
- Clerk: Fred W. Hammond
Notes
- ↑ Governor Takes Ten-Day Rest in NYT on April 25, 1926 (subscription required)
- ↑ SPECIAL ELECTION WON BY DEMOCRATS; C. E. Russell Chosen to Fill Seat of Justice Johnson in NYT on January 8, 1926 (subscription required)
- ↑ SPECIAL ELECTION WON BY DEMOCRATS; Elmer F. Quinn to Succeed Walker in NYT on January 8, 1926 (subscription required)
Sources
- Members of the New York Senate (1920s) at Political Graveyard
- Members of the New York Assembly (1920s) at Political Graveyard
- 1926 COMMITTEE MEMBERS NAMED in The Cornell Daily Sun on January 12, 1926
