List of Speakers of the New York State Assembly
since 1823
Table:
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[9]

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 [10]

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[11]

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;[12] 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;[13] 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

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