The 155th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to December 14, 1932, during the fourth year of Franklin D. Roosevelt's governorship, in Albany.

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 Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Socialist Party and the Communist Party also nominated tickets.

Elections The 1931 New York state election was held on November 3. 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 6, 1932; and adjourned on March 11.LEGISLATURE ENDS in The New York Times on March 12, 1932 (subscription required)

Joseph A. McGinnies (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.

The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on December 9, 1932;ROOSEVELT LIMITS LEGISLATURE'S AIMS in The New York Times on December 9, 1932 (subscription required) and adjourned on December 14. This session was called to enact legislation to avoid the financial breakdown of New York City which threatened to occur on December 17.

State senate

Districts

Members The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Joe R. Hanley changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

District Senator Party Notes1stGeorge L. Thompson* RepublicanChairman of Conservation2ndJoseph D. Nunan Jr.* Democrat3rdFrank B. Hendel* Democrat4thPhilip M. Kleinfeld* Democrat5thJohn J. Howard* Democrat6thMarcellus H. Evans* Democrat7thJohn A. Hastings* Democrat8thWilliam L. Love* Democrat9thHenry L. O'Brien* Democrat10thJeremiah F. Twomey* Democrat11thJames J. Crawford* Democrat12thElmer F. Quinn* Democrat13thThomas F. Burchill* Democrat14thEdward J. Ahearn Democratelected to fill vacancy, in place of Bernard Downing15thJohn L. Buckley* Democrat16thJohn J. McNaboe* Democrat17thSamuel H. Hofstadter* RepublicanChairman of General Laws18thJohn T. McCall* Democrat19thDuncan T. O'Brien* Democrat20thA. Spencer Feld* Democrat21stHenry G. Schackno* Democrat22ndJulius S. Berg* Democrat23rdJohn J. Dunnigan* DemocratMinority Leader24thHarry J. Palmer* Democrat25thWalter W. Westall* RepublicanChairman of Internal Affairs26thSeabury C. Mastick* RepublicanChairman of Taxation and Retrenchment27thThomas C. Desmond* RepublicanChairman of Military Affairs28thJ. Griswold Webb* RepublicanChairman of Public Education29thArthur H. Wicks* RepublicanChairman of Public Health30thWilliam T. Byrne* Democrat31stJohn F. Williams* RepublicanChairman of Affairs of Villages32ndAlexander G. Baxter* RepublicanChairman of Revision33rdHenry E. H. Brereton* RepublicanChairman of Civil Service34thWarren T. Thayer* RepublicanChairman of Public Service35thHenry I. Patrie* RepublicanChairman of Privileges and Elections36thCharles B. Horton* RepublicanChairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills37thPerley A. Pitcher* RepublicanChairman of Judiciary38thGeorge R. Fearon* RepublicanTemporary President; Chairman of Rules39thJohn W. Gates* RepublicanChairman of Labor and Industry40thBert Lord* RepublicanChairman of Pensions41stFrank A. Frost* RepublicanChairman of Commerce and Navigation42ndCharles J. Hewitt* RepublicanChairman of Finance43rdLeon F. Wheatley* RepublicanChairman of Insurance44thJoe R. Hanley* Republicanelected to fill vacancy, in place of John Knight; Chairman of Public Printing45thCosmo A. Cilano* RepublicanChairman of Codes46thFred J. Slater* RepublicanChairman of Penal Institutions47thWilliam W. Campbell* RepublicanChairman of Banks; Chairman of Re-Apportionment48thWilliam J. Hickey* RepublicanChairman of Cities49thStephen J. Wojtkowiak* Democrat50thNelson W. Cheney* RepublicanChairman of Canals51stLeigh G. Kirkland* RepublicanChairman of Agriculture

Employees Clerk: A. Miner Wellman

State Assembly

Assemblymen

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stJohn H. Cahill* Democrat2ndJohn P. Hayes* Democrat3rdRudolph I. Roulier* Democrat AlleganyHarry E. Goodrich* Republican Bronx1stNicholas J. Eberhard* Democrat2ndWilliam F. Smith* Democrat3rdCarl Pack* Democrat4thHerman M. Albert* Democrat5thHarry A. Samberg* Democrat6thChristopher C. McGrath* Democrat7thJohn F. Reidy* Democrat8thJohn A. Devany Jr.* Democrat Broome1stEdmund B. Jenks* RepublicanChairman of Judiciary2ndForman E. Whitcomb* RepublicanChairman of Affairs of Cities CattaraugusJames W. Riley* Rep./Soc. CayugaFred Lewis Palmer* Rep./Soc. Chautauqua1stHubert E. V. Porter* Republican2ndJoseph A. McGinnies* Republicanre-elected Speaker ChemungG. Archie Turner* Republican ChenangoIrving M. Ives* Republican ClintonLeo E. Trombly Democrat ColumbiaFrederick A. Washburn Republican CortlandIrving F. Rice* Republican DelawareJames R. Stevenson* Republican Dutchess1stHoward N. Allen* Republican2ndCharles F. Close* Republican Erie1stCharles J. Gimbrone* Republican2ndWilliam L. Marcy Jr.* Republican3rdFrank X. Bernhardt* Republican4thAnthony J. Canney* Democrat5thEdwin L. Kantowski* Democrat6thHoward W. Dickey* Republican7thArthur L. Swartz* Republican8thR. Foster Piper* Republican EssexFred L. Porter* RepublicanChairman of Ways and Means FranklinJames A. Latour* Republican Fulton and HamiltonHarry F. Dunkel Republican GeneseeHerbert A. Rapp Republican GreeneEllis W. Bentley* Republican HerkimerEdward O. Davies Republican JeffersonJasper W. Cornaire* Republican Kings1stCrawford W. Hawkins* Democrat2ndAlbert D. Schanzer* Democrat3rdMichael J. Gillen* Democrat4thGeorge E. Dennen* Democrat5thJohn J. Cooney* Democrat6thJacob J. Schwartzwald* Democrat7thWilliam Kirnan* Democrat8thLuke O'Reilly* Democrat9thDaniel McNamara Jr.* Democrat10thWilliam C. McCreery* Democrat11thEdward J. Coughlin* Democrat12thEdward S. Moran Jr.* Democrat13thWilliam Breitenbach* Democrat14thJacob P. Nathanson* Democrat15thEdward P. Doyle* Democrat16thMaurice Z. Bungard* Democrat17thGeorge W. Stewart Democrat18thIrwin Steingut* DemocratMinority Leader19thJerome G. Ambro* Democrat20thJoseph J. Monahan Democrat21stJoseph A. Esquirol* Democrat22ndJacob H. Livingston* Democrat23rdAlbert M. Cohen* Democrat LewisEdward M. Sheldon* Republican LivingstonJames J. Wadsworth Republican MadisonArthur A. Hartshorn* Republican Monroe1stDaniel J. O'Mara Republican2ndHarry J. McKay* Republican3rdHaskell H. Marks* Republican4thRichard L. Saunders* Republican5thW. Ray Austin* Republican MontgomeryRufus Richtmyer* Republican Nassau1stEdwin W. Wallace* Republican2ndEdwin R. Lynde* Republican New York1stJames J. Dooling* Democrat2ndMillard E. Theodore* Democrat3rdSylvester A. Dineen* Democrat4thSamuel Mandelbaum* Democrat5thJohn F. Killgrew* Democrat6thIrving D. Neustein* Democrat7thSaul S. Streit* Democrat8thHenry O. Kahan* Democratdied on February 6, 19329thIra H. Holley* Democrat10thLangdon W. Post* Democrat11thPatrick H. Sullivan* Democrat12thJohn A. Byrnes* Democrat13thWilliam J. Sheldrick* Democrat14thJoseph T. Higgins* Democrat15thAbbot Low Moffat* Republican16thWilliam Schwartz* Democrat17thMeyer Alterman* Democrat18thSol A. Hyman* Democrat19thJames E. Stephens* Democrat20thLouis A. Cuvillier* Democrat21stDavid Paris* Democrat22ndBenjamin B. Mittler* Democrat23rdAlexander A. Falk* Democrat Niagara1stFayette E. Pease* Republican2ndRoy Hewitt* Republican Oneida1stCharles J. Peters Republican2ndRussell G. Dunmore* RepublicanMajority Leader3rdWalter W. Abbott* Republican Onondaga1stHorace M. Stone* Republican2ndWillis H. Sargent* Republican3rdRichard B. Smith* Republican OntarioRobert A. Catchpole* Republican Orange1stWilliam J. Lamont* Republican2ndRainey S. Taylor* Republican OrleansJohn S. Thompson* Republican OswegoVictor C. Lewis* Republican OtsegoFrank M. Smith* RepublicanChairman of Agriculture PutnamD. Mallory Stephens* RepublicanChairman of Military Affairs Queens1stJohn O'Rourke* Democrat2ndJoseph C. Mulligan* Democrat3rdPeter T. Farrell* Democrat4thJames A. Burke* Democrat5thMaurice A. FitzGerald* Democrat6thFrederick L. Zimmerman* Democrat Rensselaer1stMichael F. Breen* Democrat2ndMaurice Whitney* Republican Richmond1stFrancis P. Heffernan* Democrat2ndWilliam L. Vaughan* Democrat RocklandFred R. Horn Jr.*Ferdinand R. Horn Jr. (born 1897), ran sometimes for office as "Fred R. Horn Jr." Democrat St. Lawrence1stRhoda Fox Graves* Republican2ndWalter L. Pratt* Republican SaratogaBurton D. Esmond* Republican Schenectady1stOswald D. Heck Republican2ndJohn H. Buhrmaster Republican SchoharieKenneth H. Fake* Republican SchuylerFrank Crowe Democrat SenecaJames D. Pollard* Republican Steuben1stWilson Messer* Republican2ndJ. Austin Otto Republican Suffolk1stJohn G. Downs* Republican2ndHamilton F. Potter* Republican SullivanJohn T. Curtis Republican TiogaFrank G. Miller* Republican TompkinsJames R. Robinson* Republican UlsterMillard Davis* Republican WarrenHarry A. Reoux* Republican WashingtonHerbert A. Bartholomew* Republican WayneHarry L. Averill Republican Westchester1stCharles H. Hathaway* Republican2ndRalph A. Gamble* Republican3rdHickson F. Hart Republican4thAlexander H. Garnjost* Republican5thWilliam F. Condon* Republican WyomingHarold C. Ostertag Republican YatesFred S. Hollowell Republican

Employees Clerk: Fred W. Hammond

Notes

Sources Members of the New York Senate (1930s) at Political Graveyard Members of the New York Assembly (1930s) at Political Graveyard