146th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 146th January 1 December 31, 1923 Lt. Gov. George R. Lunn (D) Jimmy Walker (D) H. Edmund Machold (R) 51 150 Democratic (26–25) Republican (81–69) 1st January 3 May 4, 1923 145th 147th The 146th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to May 4, 1923, during the first year of Al Smith's second tenure as Governor of New York, 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 of either 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 nominated a fusion ticket with the Farmer–Labor Party. The Prohibition Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets. Elections The 1922 New York state election, was held on November 7. Ex-Governor Al Smith (Dem.) unseated the incumbent Governor Nathan L. Miller (Rep.); and Mayor of Schenectady George R. Lunn (Dem.) was elected lieutenant governor. The other six statewide elective offices up for election were also carried by the Democrats. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Democrats 1,398,000; Republicans 1,012,000; Socialists/Farmer-Labor 108,000; Prohibition 10,000; and Socialist Labor 4,000. No women were elected to the legislature. Sessions The legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1923; and adjourned on May 4.DRY LAW REPEAL IS EXPECTED TODAY; TRANSIT HOPE GONE in NYT on May 4, 1923 (subscription required) H. Edmund Machold (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker. Jimmy Walker (Dem.) was elected Temporary President of the State Senate. State Senate Districts 30em 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 thumb|Partisan composition of the Senate. The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Philip M. Kleinfeld, Michael E. Reiburn, Benjamin Antin, Walter W. Westall, Seabury C. Mastick, J. Griswold Webb and Ernest E. Cole changed from the Assembly to the Senate. Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..." District Senator Party Notes1stGeorge L. Thompson* Republicanre-elected2ndFrank Giorgio DemocratChairman of Public Printing3rdPeter J. McGarry* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Internal Affairs4thPhilip M. Kleinfeld* DemocratChairman of Revision5thDaniel F. Farrell* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Affairs of Cities6thJames A. Higgins DemocratChairman of Privileges and Elections7thJohn A. Hastings DemocratChairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills8thWilliam L. Love DemocratChairman of Penal Institutions9thCharles E. Russell DemocratChairman of Banks10thJeremiah F. Twomey* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Public Service11thDaniel J. Carroll DemocratChairman of Public Health12thJimmy Walker* Democratre-elected; elected Temporary President; Chairman of Rules13thEllwood M. Rabenold DemocratChairman of Conservation14thBernard Downing* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Finance15thNathan Straus Jr.* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Agriculture16thThomas I. Sheridan* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment17thMeyer Levy DemocratChairman of General Laws18thSalvatore A. Cotillo* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Judiciary; on November 6, 1923, elected to the New York Supreme Court19thDuncan T. O'Brien DemocratChairman of Military Affairs20thMichael E. Reiburn* DemocratChairman of Labor and Industries21stHenry G. Schackno* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Codes22ndBenjamin Antin DemocratChairman of Education23rdJohn J. Dunnigan* Democratre-elected; Chairman of Insurance24thMark W. Allen DemocratChairman of Commerce and Navigation25thWalter W. Westall* Republican26thSeabury C. Mastick* Republican27thCaleb H. Baumes* Republicanre-elected28thJ. Griswold Webb* Republican29thArthur F. Bouton Republican30thWilliam T. Byrne DemocratChairman of Civil Service31stJohn P. Ryan DemocratChairman of Affairs of Villages32ndFrederick W. Kavanaugh* Republicanre-elected33rdMortimer Y. Ferris* Republicanre-elected34thWarren T. Thayer* Republicanre-elected35thTheodore Douglas Robinson* Republicanre-elected36thFrederick M. Davenport* Republicanre-elected37thWillard S. Augsbury Republican38thGeorge R. Fearon* Republicanre-elected39thAllen J. Bloomfield* Republicanre-elected40thClayton R. Lusk* Republicanre-elected; Minority Leader41stSeymour Lowman* Republicanre-elected42ndCharles J. Hewitt* Republicanre-elected43rdErnest E. Cole* Republican44thJohn Knight* Republicanre-elected45thJames L. Whitley* Republicanre-elected46thHomer E. A. Dick* Republicanre-elected47thWilliam W. Campbell* Republicanre-elected48thParton Swift* Republicanre-elected49thRobert C. Lacey DemocratChairman of Canals50thLeonard W. H. Gibbs* Republicanre-elected51stDeHart H. Ames* Republicanre-elected Employees Clerk: Dominick F. Mullaney Sergeant-at-Arms: Ralph D. Paoli Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Principal Doorkeeper: First Assistant Doorkeeper: Stenographer: Michael Degnan State Assembly Assemblymen Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..." District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stEdgar C. Campbell* Republican2ndJohn A. Boyle Democrat3rdFrank A. Wilson Democrat AlleganyWilliam Duke Jr.* Republican Bronx1stNicholas J. Eberhard* Democrat2ndLester W. Patterson* Democrat3rdJulius S. Berg Democrat4thLouis A. Schoffel* Democrat5thWilliam Lyman* Democrat6thThomas J. McDonald* Democrat7thJoseph V. McKee* Democrat8thEdward J. Walsh* Democrat Broome1stEdmund B. Jenks* Republican2ndForman E. Whitcomb* Republican CattaraugusLeigh G. Kirkland* Republican CayugaSanford G. Lyon Republican Chautauqua1stAdolf F. Johnson Republican2ndJoseph A. McGinnies* Republican ChemungOscar Kahler Democrat ChenangoCharles L. Banks* Republican ClintonGeorge W. Gilbert Republican ColumbiaRobert Reginald Livingston Democrat CortlandIrving F. Rice* Republican DelawareLincoln R. Long* Republican Dutchess1stHoward N. Allen Republican2ndJohn M. Hackett* Republican Erie1stWilliam J. Hickey* Republican2ndHenry W. Hutt Republican3rdAugust Seelbach* Republican4thJohn J. Meegan Democrat5thJohn Krysinski Democrat6thCharles A. Freiberg Republican7thEdmund F. Cooke Republican8thNelson W. Cheney* Republican EssexFred L. Porter* Republican FranklinAnson H. Ellsworth* Republican Fulton and HamiltonEberly Hutchinson* Republican GeneseeCharles P. Miller* Republican GreeneEllis W. Bentley Republican HerkimerFrederic S. Cole* Republican JeffersonH. Edmund Machold* Republicanre-elected Speaker Kings1stFrancis J. Cronin* Democrat2ndJohn Lucey Democrat3rdFrank J. Taylor* Democrat4thPeter A. McArdle* Democrat5thJohn Cashmore Democrat6thJoseph Reich Democrat7thJohn J. Howard* Democrat8thMichael J. Reilly* Democrat9thRichard J. Tonry* Democrat10thBernard F. Gray* Democrat11thEdward J. Coughlin Democrat12thMarcellus H. Evans* Democrat13thWilliam A. Donnelly Democrat14thJoseph R. Blake Democrat15thGerald F. Dunne Democrat16thJames F. Kiernan Democrat17thJulius Ruger Democrat18thIrwin Steingut* Democrat19thCharles L. Fasullo* Democrat20thFrank A. Miller* Democrat21stWalter F. Clayton* Republican22ndHoward C. Franklin* Democrat23rdJoseph F. Ricca* Republican LewisMiller B. Moran* Republican LivingstonLewis G. Stapley* Republican MadisonJ. Arthur Brooks* Republican Monroe1stRussell B. Griffith Republican2ndSimon L. Adler* RepublicanMajority Leader3rdVincent B. Murphy* Republican4thGilbert L. Lewis* Republican5thW. Ray Austin Republican MontgomerySamuel W. McCleary* Republican Nassau1stThomas A. McWhinney* Republican2ndF. Trubee Davison* Republican New York1stPeter J. Hamill* Democrat2ndFrank R. Galgano* Democrat3rdThomas F. Burchill* Democrat4thSamuel Mandelbaum Democrat5thCharles D. Donohue* DemocratMinority Leader; on November 6, 1923, elected to the New York Supreme Court6thSol Ullman* Republican7thVictor R. Kaufmann* Republican8thHenry O. Kahan* Democrat9thJohn H. Conroy Democrat10thJoseph T. Flynn Democrat11thSamuel I. Rosenman* Democrat12thJohn J. O'Connor* Democraton November 6, 1923, elected to the 68th U.S. Congress13thJohn P. Nugent* Democrat14thFrederick L. Hackenburg* Democrat15thJoseph Steinberg* Republican16thMaurice Bloch* Democrat17thMeyer Alterman Democrat18thOwen M. Kiernan* Democrat19thJames Male* Democrat20thLouis A. Cuvillier* Democrat21stHenri W. Shields Democrat22ndJoseph A. Gavagan Democrat23rdGeorge N. Jesse* Republican Niagara1stDavid E. Jeffery* Republican2ndFrank S. Hall* Republican Oneida1stMichael J. Kernan Democrat2ndRussell G. Dunmore* Republican3rdChauncey J. Williams* Republican Onondaga1stHorace M. Stone Republican2ndGardner J. Chamberlin* Republican3rdArthur Benson Republican OntarioCharles C. Sackett* Republican Orange1stClemence C. Smith Republican2ndCharles L. Mead Republican OrleansFrank H. Lattin* Republican OswegoEzra A. Barnes* Republican OtsegoJulian C. Smith* Republican PutnamJohn R. Yale* Republican Queens1stPeter A. Leininger* Democrat2ndOwen J. Dever* Democrat3rdAlfred J. Kennedy Democrat4thCharles P. Sullivan Democrat5thWilliam F. Brunner* Democrat6thPaul P. Gallagher Democrat Rensselaer1stJohn F. Rourke* Democrat2ndThomas J. Coleman Democrat Richmond1stThomas F. Cosgrove* Democrat2ndWilliam L. Vaughan* Democrat RocklandJames A. Farley Democrat St. Lawrence1stWilliam A. Laidlaw* Republican2ndWalter L. Pratt Republican SaratogaBurton D. Esmond* Republican Schenectady1stCharles T. Male* Republican2ndWilliam W. Campbell* Republican SchoharieKenneth H. Fake Republican SchuylerJohn W. Gurnett Jr. Democrat SenecaGeorge A. Dobson* Republican Steuben1stEdwin J. Carpenter Republican2ndLeon F. Wheatley* Republican Suffolk1stJohn G. Peck* Republican2ndCecil W. Proctor Republican SullivanGuernsey T. Cross* Democrat TiogaDaniel P. Witter* Republican TompkinsJames R. Robinson Republican UlsterSimon B. Van Wagenen* Republican WarrenMilton N. Eldridge* Republican WashingtonHerbert A. Bartholomew* Republican WayneGeorge S. Johnson Republican Westchester1stThomas Channing Moore* Republican2ndHerbert B. Shonk Republican3rdMilan E. Goodrich Republican4thRussell B. Livermore* Republican5thArthur I. Miller Democrat WyomingWebb A. Joiner* Republican YatesFranklin S. Sampson Republican Employees Clerk: Fred W. Hammond Postmaster: James H. UnderwoodMalcolm James https://books.google.com/books?id=kndIAAAAYAAJ The New York Red Book J. B. Lyon Company 1923 Albany, N.Y. 132 Google Books Notes Sources COMMITTEES FOR SENATE NAMED in the Geneva Daily Times, of Geneva, New York, on January 10, 1923 Members of the New York Assembly (1920s) at Political Graveyard 146 Category:1923 in New York (state) Category:1923 U.S. legislative sessions