The Re-Apportionment Bill was introduced in the Legislature on March 8 and signed by Gov. Now, for the first time since then, both Houses of the Legislature had majorities of the same party of which the Governor was a member, all Republican. Re-apportionment was overdue since the figures of the 1925 state census had been published, but the Assembly, the Senate and the Governor had been at odds over the question ever since. The Legislature finally re-apportioned the Senate and Assembly districts. Hanley (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate. The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 166th) at the State Capitol in Albany on Januand adjourned on March 26. Two vacancies in the State Senate and seven vacancies in the Assembly were filled. Thacher (Rep.) was elected unopposed to succeed himself as Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Hanley (Rep.) was elected Lieutenant Governor and Thomas D. Temporary President of the State Senate Joe R. The New York state election, 1943, was held on November 2. Gillen (Dem.), of Brooklyn-were re-elected. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Republicans 2,149,000 Democrats 1,501,000 American Labor 404,000 Communists 45,000 Socialists 22,000 and Industrial Government 3,500.Īll four women legislators-State Senator Rhoda Fox Graves (Rep.), of Gouverneur and Assemblywomen Jane H. Of the other four statewide elective offices, three were also carried by Republicans, and one by a Democrat with American Labor endorsement. Wallace were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, both Republicans. The New York state election, 1942, was held on November 3. The American Labor Party, the Communist Party, the Socialist Party and the Socialist Labor Party (running under the name of "Industrial Government Party") also nominated tickets. The Assembly districts were made up of contiguous area, all within the same county.Īt this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. 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 senatorial districts consisted either of one or more entire counties or a contiguous area within a single county. Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, re-apportioned in 1917, and amended in 1937, 51 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. The 164th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6, 1943, to October 30, 1944, during the first and second years of Thomas E.
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