# 153rd New York State Legislature

The 153rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met in Albany from January 1 to April 12, 1930, during the second year of first term of Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt

## 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 1929 New York state election was held on November 5. 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 1, 1930; and adjourned at 1 a.m. on April 12.
Joseph A. McGinnies (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.

## State Senate
### Districts

* 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

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Bert Lord and Nelson W. Cheney changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
| 1st | George L. Thompson* | Republican | |
| 2nd | Stephen F. Burkard* | Democrat | |
| 3rd | Alfred J. Kennedy* | Democrat | resigned on May 1, 1930, to become Public Administrator of Queens. |
| 4th | Philip M. Kleinfeld* | Democrat | |
| 5th | Daniel F. Farrell* | Democrat | resigned in August 1930 to become Deputy Register of Kings Co. |
| 6th | Marcellus H. Evans* | Democrat | |
| 7th | John A. Hastings* | Democrat | |
| 8th | William L. Love* | Democrat | |
| 9th | vacant | Charles E. Russell resigned on December 3, 1929, to go on the NY Supreme Court | Charles E. Russell resigned on December 3, 1929, to go on the NY Supreme Court |
| 9th | Henry L. O'Brien | Democrat | elected on January 9, 1930, to fill vacancy; took seat on January 20 |
| 10th | Jeremiah F. Twomey* | Democrat | |
| 11th | James J. Crawford* | Democrat | |
| 12th | Elmer F. Quinn* | Democrat | |
| 13th | Thomas F. Burchill* | Democrat | |
| 14th | Bernard Downing* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
| 15th | John L. Buckley* | Democrat | |
| 16th | Thomas I. Sheridan* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Samuel H. Hofstadter* | Republican | |
| 18th | Martin J. Kennedy* | Democrat | on March 11 elected to the 71st U.S. Congress |
| 19th | Duncan T. O'Brien* | Democrat | |
| 20th | A. Spencer Feld* | Democrat | |
| 21st | Henry G. Schackno* | Democrat | |
| 22nd | Benjamin Antin* | Democrat | |
| 23rd | John J. Dunnigan* | Democrat | |
| 24th | Harry J. Palmer* | Democrat | |
| 25th | Walter W. Westall* | Republican | |
| 26th | Seabury C. Mastick* | Republican | |
| 27th | Caleb H. Baumes* | Republican | |
| 28th | J. Griswold Webb* | Republican | |
| 29th | Arthur H. Wicks* | Republican | |
| 30th | William T. Byrne* | Democrat | |
| 31st | John F. Williams* | Republican | |
| 32nd | Thomas C. Brown* | Republican | |
| 33rd | Henry E. H. Brereton* | Republican | |
| 34th | Warren T. Thayer* | Republican | |
| 35th | Henry I. Patrie* | Republican | |
| 36th | Henry D. Williams* | Republican | |
| 37th | Perley A. Pitcher* | Republican | |
| 38th | George R. Fearon* | Republican | |
| 39th | John W. Gates* | Republican | |
| 40th | vacant | | B. Roger Wales died on November 25, 1929 |
| 40th | Bert Lord* | Republican | elected on January 3, 1930, to fill vacancy |
| 41st | Frank A. Frost* | Republican | |
| 42nd | Charles J. Hewitt* | Republican | Chairman of Finance |
| 43rd | Leon F. Wheatley* | Republican | |
| 44th | John Knight* | Republican | Temporary President |
| 45th | Cosmo A. Cilano* | Republican | |
| 46th | Fred J. Slater* | Republican | |
| 47th | William W. Campbell* | Republican | |
| 48th | William J. Hickey* | Republican | |
| 49th | Stephen J. Wojtkowiak* | Democrat | |
| 50th | Nelson W. Cheney* | Republican | elected to fill vacancy, in place of Charles A. Freiberg |
| 51st | Leigh G. Kirkland* | Republican | |

### Employees

* Clerk: A. Miner Wellman
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling
* Stenographer: John K. Marshall

## State Assembly
### Assemblymen

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes |
| Albany | 1st | John H. Cahill | Democrat | |
| Albany | 2nd | John P. Hayes* | Democrat | |
| Albany | 3rd | Rudolph I. Roulier* | Democrat | |
| Allegany | Allegany | Harry E. Goodrich | Republican | |
| Bronx | 1st | Nicholas J. Eberhard* | Democrat | |
| Bronx | 2nd | William F. Smith* | Democrat | |
| Bronx | 3rd | Julius S. Berg* | Democrat | |
| Bronx | 4th | Herman M. Albert* | Democrat | |
| Bronx | 5th | Harry A. Samberg* | Democrat | |
| Bronx | 6th | Christopher C. McGrath* | Democrat | |
| Bronx | 7th | John F. Reidy* | Democrat | |
| Bronx | 8th | John A. Devany Jr. | Democrat | |
| Broome | 1st | Edmund B. Jenks* | Republican | Chairman of Judiciary |
| Broome | 2nd | Forman E. Whitcomb* | Republican | Chairman of Cities |
| Cattaraugus | Cattaraugus | James W. Watson* | Republican | Chairman of Claims |
| Cayuga | Cayuga | Chauncey D. Van Alstine* | Republican | |
| Chautauqua | 1st | Hubert E. V. Porter* | Republican | |
| Chautauqua | 2nd | Joseph A. McGinnies* | Republican | re-elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules |
| Chemung | Chemung | G. Archie Turner* | Republican | |
| Chenango | Chenango | Bert Lord* | Republican | elected on January 3, 1930, to the State Senate |
| Chenango | Chenango | Irving M. Ives | Republican | elected on February 18, 1930, to fill vacancy |
| Clinton | Clinton | Charles D. Munsil* | Republican | |
| Columbia | Columbia | Henry M. James* | Republican | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
| Cortland | Cortland | Irving F. Rice* | Republican | Chairman of Public Education |
| Delaware | Delaware | James R. Stevenson* | Republican | |
| Dutchess | 1st | Howard N. Allen* | Republican | Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies |
| Dutchess | 2nd | John M. Hackett* | Republican | Chairman of Public Service |
| Erie | 1st | Charles J. Gimbrone* | Republican | |
| Erie | 2nd | William L. Marcy Jr.* | Republican | |
| Erie | 3rd | Frank X. Bernhardt* | Republican | Chairman of Revision |
| Erie | 4th | Anthony J. Canney* | Democrat | |
| Erie | 5th | Ansley B. Borkowski* | Republican | Chairman of General Laws |
| Erie | 6th | Howard W. Dickey* | Republican | |
| Erie | 7th | Arthur L. Swartz* | Republican | |
| Erie | 8th | R. Foster Piper | Republican | |
| Essex | Essex | Fred L. Porter* | Republican | Chairman of Re-Organization of State Government |
| Franklin | Franklin | James A. Latour | Republican | |
| Fulton and Hamilton | Fulton and Hamilton | Eberly Hutchinson* | Republican | Chairman of Ways and Means |
| Genesee | Genesee | Charles P. Miller* | Republican | Chairman of Labor and Industries |
| Greene | Greene | Ellis W. Bentley* | Republican | Chairman of Conservation |
| Herkimer | Herkimer | William J. Thistlethwaite* | Republican | |
| Jefferson | Jefferson | Jasper W. Cornaire* | Republican | Chairman of Re-Apportionment |
| Kings | 1st | Crawford W. Hawkins | Democrat | |
| Kings | 2nd | Albert D. Schanzer | Democrat | |
| Kings | 3rd | Michael J. Gillen* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 4th | George E. Dennen* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 5th | John J. Cooney* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 6th | Jacob J. Schwartzwald* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 7th | John J. Howard* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 8th | Luke O'Reilly | Democrat | |
| Kings | 9th | Daniel McNamara Jr. | Democrat | |
| Kings | 10th | William C. McCreery* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 11th | Edward J. Coughlin* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 12th | Edward S. Moran Jr.* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 13th | William Breitenbach* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 14th | Jacob P. Nathanson* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 15th | Edward P. Doyle* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 16th | Maurice Z. Bungard* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 17th | George W. Stewart | Democrat | |
| Kings | 18th | Irwin Steingut* | Democrat | elected Minority Leader on January 20 |
| Kings | 19th | Jerome G. Ambro* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 20th | Frank A. Miller* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 21st | Joseph A. Esquirol* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 22nd | Jacob H. Livingston* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 23rd | Albert M. Cohen* | Democrat | |
| Lewis | Lewis | Edward M. Sheldon | Republican | |
| Livingston | Livingston | A. Grant Stockweather* | Republican | |
| Madison | Madison | Arthur A. Hartshorn* | Republican | Chairman of Social Welfare |
| Monroe | 1st | Truman G. Searle | Republican | |
| Monroe | 2nd | Harry J. McKay* | Republican | |
| Monroe | 3rd | Haskell H. Marks* | Republican | |
| Monroe | 4th | Richard L. Saunders* | Republican | |
| Monroe | 5th | W. Ray Austin* | Republican | Chairman of Military Affairs |
| Montgomery | Montgomery | Rufus Richtmyer* | Republican | |
| Nassau | 1st | Edwin W. Wallace* | Republican | Chairman of Villages |
| Nassau | 2nd | Edwin R. Lynde* | Republican | |
| New York | 1st | Peter J. Hamill* | Democrat | Minority Leader; died on January 13, 1930 |
| New York | 1st | James J. Dooling | Democrat | elected on March 11, 1930, to fill vacancy |
| New York | 2nd | Millard E. Theodore | Democrat | |
| New York | 3rd | Sylvester A. Dineen* | Democrat | |
| New York | 4th | Samuel Mandelbaum* | Democrat | |
| New York | 5th | Frank A. Carlin* | Democrat | |
| New York | 6th | Louis J. Lefkowitz* | Republican | |
| New York | 7th | Saul S. Streit* | Democrat | |
| New York | 8th | Henry O. Kahan* | Democrat | |
| New York | 9th | Ira H. Holley | Democrat | |
| New York | 10th | Langdon W. Post* | Democrat | |
| New York | 11th | Patrick H. Sullivan | Democrat | |
| New York | 12th | John A. Byrnes* | Democrat | |
| New York | 13th | Joseph H. Broderick | Democrat | |
| New York | 14th | Joseph T. Higgins* | Democrat | |
| New York | 15th | Abbot Low Moffat* | Republican | |
| New York | 16th | William Schwartz | Democrat | |
| New York | 17th | Meyer Alterman* | Democrat | |
| New York | 18th | Vincent H. Auleta* | Democrat | |
| New York | 19th | Francis E. Rivers | Republican | |
| New York | 20th | Louis A. Cuvillier* | Democrat | |
| New York | 21st | Lamar Perkins | Republican | |
| New York | 22nd | Benjamin B. Mittler | Democrat | |
| New York | 23rd | Alexander A. Falk* | Democrat | |
| Niagara | 1st | Fayette E. Pease* | Republican | |
| Niagara | 2nd | Roy Hewitt* | Republican | |
| Oneida | 1st | Charles J. Peters | Republican | |
| Oneida | 2nd | Russell G. Dunmore* | Republican | Majority Leader |
| Oneida | 3rd | Walter W. Abbott | Republican | |
| Onondaga | 1st | Horace M. Stone* | Republican | Chairman of Insurance |
| Onondaga | 2nd | Willis H. Sargent* | Republican | Chairman of Banks |
| Onondaga | 3rd | Richard B. Smith* | Republican | Chairman of Public Printing |
| Ontario | Ontario | Robert A. Catchpole* | Republican | |
| Orange | 1st | DeWitt C. Dominick* | Republican | |
| Orange | 2nd | Alexander G. Hall* | Republican | |
| Orleans | Orleans | Frank H. Lattin* | Republican | Chairman of Public Health |
| Oswego | Oswego | Victor C. Lewis* | Republican | Chairman of Canals |
| Otsego | Otsego | Frank M. Smith* | Republican | Chairman of Agriculture |
| Putnam | Putnam | D. Mallory Stephens* | Republican | |
| Queens | 1st | John O'Rourke | Democrat | |
| Queens | 2nd | Frank B. Hendel* | Democrat | |
| Queens | 3rd | Peter T. Farrell | Democrat | |
| Queens | 4th | Joseph D. Nunan Jr. | Democrat | |
| Queens | 5th | Maurice A. FitzGerald* | Democrat | |
| Queens | 6th | Frederick L. Zimmerman | Democrat | |
| Rensselaer | 1st | Michael F. Breen* | Democrat | |
| Rensselaer | 2nd | Maurice Whitney* | Republican | |
| Richmond | 1st | Francis A. Hannigan* | Democrat | |
| Richmond | 2nd | William L. Vaughan* | Democrat | |
| Rockland | Rockland | Fred R. Horn Jr. | Democrat | |
| St. Lawrence | 1st | Rhoda Fox Graves* | Republican | Chairwoman of Public Institutions |
| St. Lawrence | 2nd | Walter L. Pratt* | Republican | Chairman of Taxation |
| Saratoga | Saratoga | Burton D. Esmond* | Republican | Chairman of Codes |
| Schenectady | 1st | Charles W. Merriam* | Republican | |
| Schenectady | 2nd | William W. Wemple Jr. | Republican | |
| Schoharie | Schoharie | Kenneth H. Fake* | Republican | Chairman of Pensions |
| Schuyler | Schuyler | Jacob W. Winters | Republican | |
| Seneca | Seneca | James D. Pollard | Republican | |
| Steuben | 1st | Wilson Messer* | Republican | Chairman of Soldiers' Homes |
| Steuben | 2nd | James T. Foody* | Republican | |
| Suffolk | 1st | John G. Downs* | Republican | Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
| Suffolk | 2nd | Hamilton F. Potter* | Republican | |
| Sullivan | Sullivan | J. Maxwell Knapp* | Republican | |
| Tioga | Tioga | Frank G. Miller | Republican | |
| Tompkins | Tompkins | James R. Robinson* | Republican | |
| Ulster | Ulster | Millard Davis* | Republican | |
| Warren | Warren | Paul L. Boyce* | Republican | |
| Washington | Washington | Herbert A. Bartholomew* | Republican | Chairman of Internal Affairs |
| Wayne | Wayne | Harry A. Tellier* | Republican | Chairman of Excise |
| Westchester | 1st | Charles H. Hathaway | Republican | |
| Westchester | 2nd | Herbert B. Shonk* | Republican | Chairman of Aviation; died on September 26, 1930 |
| Westchester | 3rd | Milan E. Goodrich* | Republican | Chairman of Penal Institutions |
| Westchester | 4th | Alexander H. Garnjost* | Republican | |
| Westchester | 5th | William F. Condon* | Republican | |
| Wyoming | Wyoming | Joe R. Hanley* | Republican | |
| Yates | Yates | Edwin C. Nutt* | Republican | |

### Employees

* Clerk: Fred W. Hammond
* Principal Doorkeeper: Charles H. Jackson
* Second Assistant Doorkeeper: William Henry Hutchinson