serviceyears branch death_date children allegiance birth_date birthname term_end alma_mater state_senate death_place profession preceded battles term_start spouse image caption succeeded predecessor birth_place party office district successor article_title
1944 -- 1945 united states army 28 may 1983 erastus corning iii bettina corning dudley united states 1912 october 7 , 1909 erastus corning ii may 1 , 1937 28 , 1983 august 1 , 1941 august yale university new york boston , massachusetts , u.s. insurance broker william t. byrne john h. cahill second world war january 1 , 1936 2 , 1942 january 1 , 1937 january elizabeth platt erastus corning 2nd 1964.png mayor corning in 1964 julian b. erway george w. foy j. boyd thatcher ii albany , new york , u.s. democratic 72nd the new york state assembly from albany 's 1st district mayor of albany , new york member of 30th thomas m. whalen iii erastus corning 2nd

erastus corning 2nd

erastus corning 2nd -lrb- october 7 , 1909 -- may 28 , 1983 -rrb- was an american politician .
he was mayor of albany , new york for more than 40 years , from 1942 to 1983 , when albany county was controlled by one of the last two classic urban political machines in the united states .
albany 's longest serving mayor , the democrat died in office in 1983 .
his great-grandfather , erastus corning , was an industrialist who founded the new york central railroad and served as albany 's mayor from 1834 to 1837 .
his father , edwin corning , was lieutenant governor of new york from 1927 to 1928 .
