EXHIBIT 31.1
                      Certification of the Chief Executive
             Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


I, Howard Pinsley, certify that:

1.        I have reviewed this  quarterly  report on Form 10-QSB of Espey Mfg. &
          Electronics Corp. (the "registrant").

2.        Based  on  my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any
          untrue  statement  of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary  to  make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under  which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this report;

3.        Based on my knowledge,  the financial statements,  and other financial
          information  included in this report,  fairly  present in all material
          respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
          of the  registrant  as of,  and for,  the  periods  presented  in this
          report;

4.        The registrant's  other  certifying  officer and I are responsible for
          establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
          defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for the
          registrant and have:

          (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,  or caused such
               disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to be  designed  under our
               supervision,  to ensure that material information relating to the
               registrant,  is made  known to us by others  within  the  entity,
               particularly  during  the  period in which  this  report is being
               prepared;

          (b)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's   disclosure
               controls  and   procedures  and  presented  in  this  report  our
               conclusions  about the  effectiveness of the disclosure  controls
               and  procedures,  as of the  end of the  period  covered  by this
               report based on such evaluation; and

          (c)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's  internal
               control  over  financial   reporting  that  occurred  during  the
               registrant's  most  recent  fiscal  quarter  that has  materially
               affected,  or is  reasonably  likely to  materially  affect,  the
               registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.        The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,  based
          on our most recent  evaluation  of internal  controls  over  financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          registrant's board of directors:

          (a)  All  significant  deficiencies  and  material  weaknesses  in the
               design or operation of internal control over financial  reporting
               which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the registrant's
               ability  to  record,  process,  summarize  and  report  financial
               information; and

          (b)  Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
               internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 13, 2006

                                           /s/ Howard Pinsley
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                                           Howard Pinsley, President and
                                           Chief Executive Officer

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