List of Speakers of the New York State Assembly
since 1823
Speakers since 1823 are:

List of Speakers of the New York State Assembly

Section Title: since 1823
Table Section Text: Speakers since 1823 are:

Speaker	Party	County	Took office	Left office	Notes

Peter R. Livingston	Dem.-Rep./Bucktails	Dutchess	January 7, 1823	December 31, 1823

Richard Goodell	Dem.-Rep./Bucktails	Jefferson	January 6, 1824	December 31, 1824

Clarkson Crolius	Dem.-Rep./ Tammany Hall	New York	January 4, 1825	December 31, 1825

Samuel Young	Dem.-Rep./Bucktails	Saratoga	January 3, 1826	December 31, 1826

Erastus Root	Dem.-Rep./Bucktails	Delaware	January 2, 1827	December 31, 1828	two terms

Peter Robinson	Dem./Jacksonian	Broome	January 6, 1829	December 31, 1829

Erastus Root	Dem./Jacksonian	Delaware	January 5, 1830	December 31, 1830	third term

George R. Davis	Democratic	Rensselaer	January 4, 1831	December 31, 1831

Charles L. Livingston	Democratic	New York	January 3, 1832	December 31, 1833	two terms

William Baker	Democratic	Otsego	January 7, 1834	December 31, 1834

Charles Humphrey	Democratic	Tompkins	January 6, 1835	December 31, 1836	two terms

Edward Livingston	Democratic	Suffolk	January 3, 1837	December 31, 1837

Luther Bradish	Whig	Franklin	January 2, 1838	December 31, 1838

George W. Patterson	Whig	Livingston	January 1, 1839	December 31, 1840	two terms

Peter B. Porter, Jr.	Whig	Niagara	January 5, 1841	December 31, 1841

Levi S. Chatfield	Democratic	Otsego	January 4, 1842	December 31, 1842

George R. Davis	Democratic	Rensselaer	January 3, 1843	December 31, 1843	second term

Elisha Litchfield	Democratic	Onondaga	January 2, 1844	December 31, 1844

Horatio Seymour	Democratic	Oneida	January 7, 1845	December 31, 1845

William C. Crain	Democratic	Herkimer	January 6, 1846	December 31, 1846

William C. Hasbrouck	Whig	Orange	January 5, 1847	December 31, 1847

Amos K. Hadley	Whig	Rensselaer	January 4, 1848	December 31, 1849	two terms

Noble S. Elderkin	Democratic	St. Lawrence	January 1, 1850	January 30, 1850	left the Assembly to return home to his sick wife

Robert H. Pruyn	Whig	Albany	January 30, 1850	March 14, 1850	elected when Elderkin left the Assembly

Ferral C. Dininny	Democratic	Steuben	March 14, 1850	December 31, 1850

Henry Jarvis Raymond	Whig	New York	January 7, 1851	June 10, 1851

Joseph B. Varnum, Jr.	Whig	Albany	June 10, 1851	December 31, 1851	elected when Raymond failed to attend special session

Jonas C. Heartt	Whig	Rensselaer	January 6, 1852	December 31, 1852

William H. Ludlow	Democratic	Suffolk	January 4, 1853	December 31, 1853

Robert H. Pruyn	Whig	Albany	January 3, 1854	December 31, 1854	second term

DeWitt C. Littlejohn	Whig	Oswego	January 2, 1855	December 31, 1855

Orville Robinson	Democratic	Oswego	January 16, 1856	December 31, 1856	The Assembly convened on January 1, but it took more than two weeks to elect a Speaker.

DeWitt C. Littlejohn	Republican	Oswego	January 6, 1857	December 31, 1857	second term

Thomas G. Alvord	Democratic	Onondaga	January 26, 1858	December 31, 1858

DeWitt C. Littlejohn	Republican	Oswego	January, 1859	December 31, 1861	three terms (third, fourth and fifth)

Henry J. Raymond	Republican	New York	January, 1862	December 31, 1862	second term

Theophilus C. Callicot	Democratic	Kings	January 26, 1863	December 31, 1863	elected by the Republicans in a split assembly

Thomas G. Alvord	Republican	Onondaga	January, 1864	December 31, 1864	second term

George G. Hoskins	Republican	Wyoming	January, 1865	December 31, 1865

Lyman Tremain	Republican	Albany	January, 1866	December 31, 1866

Edmund L. Pitts	Republican	Orleans	January, 1867	December 31, 1867

William Hitchman	Democratic	New York	January, 1868	December 31, 1868

Truman G. Younglove	Republican	Saratoga	January, 1869	December 31, 1869

William Hitchman	Democratic	New York	January, 1870	December 31, 1871	two terms (second and third)

Henry Smith	Republican	Albany	January, 1872	December 31, 1872

Alonzo B. Cornell	Republican	New York	January, 1873	December 31, 1873

James W. Husted	Republican	Westchester	January, 1874	December 31, 1874

Jeremiah McGuire	Democratic	Chemung	January, 1875	December 31, 1875

James W. Husted	Republican	Westchester	January, 1876	December 31, 1876	second term

George B. Sloan	Republican	Oswego	January, 1877	December 31, 1877

James W. Husted	Republican	Westchester	January, 1878	December 31, 1878	third term

Thomas G. Alvord	Republican	Onondaga	January, 1879	December 31, 1879	third term

George H. Sharpe	Republican	Ulster	January, 1880	December 31, 1881	two terms

Charles E. Patterson	Democratic	Rensselaer	February 2, 1882	December 31, 1882

Alfred C. Chapin	Democratic	Kings	January, 1883	December 31, 1883

Titus Sheard	Republican	Herkimer	January, 1884	December 31, 1884

George Z. Erwin	Republican	St. Lawrence	January, 1885	December 31, 1885

James W. Husted	Republican	Westchester	January, 1886	December 31, 1887	two terms (fourth and fifth)

Fremont Cole	Republican	Schuyler	January, 1888	December 31, 1889	two terms

James W. Husted	Republican	Westchester	January, 1890	December 31, 1890	sixth term

William F. Sheehan	Democratic	Erie	January, 1891	December 31, 1891

Robert P. Bush	Democratic	Chemung	January 5, 1892	December 31, 1892

William Sulzer	Democratic	New York	January, 1893	December 31, 1893

George R. Malby	Republican	St. Lawrence	January, 1894	December 31, 1894

Hamilton Fish II	Republican	Putnam	January, 1895	December 31, 1896	two terms

James M. E. O'Grady	Republican	Monroe	January 5, 1897	December 31, 1898	two terms

S. Frederick Nixon	Republican	Chautauqua	January, 1899	October 10, 1905	died in office during his seventh term

James W. Wadsworth, Jr.	Republican	Livingston	January, 1906	December 31, 1910	five terms

Daniel D. Frisbie	Democratic	Schoharie	January 4, 1911	December 31, 1911

Edwin A. Merritt, Jr.	Republican	St. Lawrence	January 3, 1912	November 5, 1912	resigned to take his seat in Congress

Alfred E. Smith	Democratic	New York	January, 1913	December 31, 1913

Thaddeus C. Sweet	Republican	Oswego	January 7, 1914	December 31, 1920	seven terms

H. Edmund Machold	Republican	Jefferson	January 5, 1921	December 31, 1924	four terms

Joseph A. McGinnies	Republican	Chautauqua	January 7, 1925	December 31, 1934	ten terms

Irwin Steingut	Democratic	Kings	January 2, 1935	December 31, 1935	father of Speaker Stanley Steingut

Irving M. Ives	Republican	Chenango	January 1, 1936	December 31, 1936

Oswald D. Heck	Republican	Schenectady	January 13, 1937	May 21, 1959	longest serving Speaker (22 years and 4 months), died in office during his thirteenth term

Joseph Carlino	Republican	Nassau	May 21, 1959	December 31, 1964	as Majority Leader became Acting Speaker upon the death of Oswald D. Heck, elected Speaker on July 1 for the remainder of the term, then re-elected to another two terms

Anthony J. Travia	Democratic	Kings	February 4, 1965	July 22, 1968	vacated his seat during his second term upon appointment as a federal judge

Moses M. Weinstein	Democratic	Queens	July 23, 1968	December 31, 1968	as Majority Leader became Acting Speaker upon Travia's resignation for the remainder of the term

Perry B. Duryea, Jr.	Republican	Suffolk	January 8, 1969	December 31, 1974	three terms, last Republican Speaker to date

Stanley Steingut	Democratic	Kings	January 8, 1975	December 31, 1978	two terms, son of Speaker Irwin Steingut

Stanley Fink	Democratic	Kings	January 2, 1979	December 31, 1986	four terms

Mel Miller	Democratic	Kings	January 8, 1987	December 13, 1991	removed from office upon federal conviction in the middle of his third term

James R. Tallon, Jr.	Democratic	Broome	December 13, 1991	December 16, 1991	as Majority Leader became Acting Speaker upon Miller's removal from office until the election of a successor

Saul Weprin	Democratic	Queens	December 16, 1991	February 11, 1994	elected for the remainder of Miller's term, then re-elected to another term, died in office

Sheldon Silver	Democratic	New York	February 11, 1994	February 2, 2015	elected Interim Speaker on January 24, 1994, after Weprin's incapacitation; elected Speaker for the remainder of the term after Weprin's death, and re-elected eleven times; announced resignation to take effect one minute before midnight on February 2, 2015 after conviction; Second longest serving assembly speaker in New York history

Joseph D. Morelle	Democratic	Monroe	February 3, 2015	February 3, 2015	as Majority Leader became Acting Speaker upon Silver's resignation. Served for less than 12 hours.

Carl Heastie	Democratic	Bronx	February 3, 2015	present

Sentence(s)

In 1856, Orville Robinson of Oswego was elected as Speaker of the New York State Assembly.

final_sentence: In 1856, Orville Robinson of Oswego was elected as Speaker of the New York State Assembly.