List of Speakers of the New York State Assembly




























Speaker of the New York State Assembly

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Incumbent
Carl Heastie

since February 3, 2015

Style
The Honorable (diplomatic)
Mister Speaker (within the assembly)
Inaugural holder
Walter Livingston
September 10, 1777
Formation
New York State Constitution
Succession
Third
Website
[1]

The Speaker of the New York State Assembly is the highest official in the New York State Assembly, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party.


As in most countries with a British heritage, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature. The position exists in every U.S. state and in the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of the Congress. New York's Assembly Speaker is very powerful. Effectively, the Speaker of the New York Assembly has the power to control much of the business in the Assembly and, in fact, throughout all of state government. Through almost single-handed control of the chamber, the Assembly Speaker is able to dictate what legislation makes and does not make it to the floor and will punish the members of his caucus who do not vote in his favor (for example, former assembly majority leader Michael Bragman losing his leadership post after running against speaker Sheldon Silver). Through the heavy gerrymandering that has given him a near-permanent supermajority, the Assembly Speaker rarely faces any challenge to his post.




Contents






  • 1 List of Speakers


    • 1.1 Note


    • 1.2 From 1777 to 1822


    • 1.3 since 1823




  • 2 Notes





List of Speakers



Note


Originally, the legislative term lasted one year, from July 1 until June 30 of the next year. The members were elected at the state election in April, but the actual session began ordinarily only in January of the next calendar year, which leads occasionally to some confusion. Only if the governor called for a special session is the Assembly convened earlier. For example, in presidential election years the Assembly convened already in November to elect the presidential electors. The speaker was always elected at the first meeting of the Assembly for the remainder of the term, expiring on June 30.


The State Constitution of 1821 moved the election to November, and the beginning of the term to January 1, and from 1823 on, the legislative term coincides with the calendar year. The assembly convened usually on the first Tuesday in January and elected the speaker, who stayed in office until December 31.


An amendment to the State Constitution, adopted in November 1937, extended the assemblymen's term to two years, beginning with the electees of November 1938 who served the first two-year term in 1939-40. The elections are held in even-numbered years.



From 1777 to 1822



  • (1st Session, convened at Kingston and Poughkeepsie) September 10, 1777 – June 30, 1778 Walter Livingston from Albany County [1]

  • (2nd S., at Poughkeepsie) October 13, 1778 – June 30, 1779 Walter Livingston from Albany County

  • (3rd S., at Kingston and Albany) August 18, 1779 – July 2, 1780 Evert Bancker from New York County

  • (4th S., at Poughkeepsie and Albany) September 7, 1780 – July 1, 1781 Evert Bancker from New York County

  • (5th S., at Poughkeepsie) October 24, 1781 – June 30, 1782 Evert Bancker from New York County

  • (6th S., at Poughkeepsie and Kingston) July 11, 1782 – June 30, 1783 Evert Bancker from New York County

  • (7th S.) January 21 – June 30, 1784 John Hathorn from Orange County

  • (8th S., at New York City) October 12, 1784 – June 30, 1785 David Gelston from Suffolk County [2]

  • (9th S., at New York City) January 12 – June 30, 1786 John Lansing, Jr. from Albany County

  • (10th S., at New York City) January 12 – June 30, 1787 Richard Varick from New York County

  • (11th S., at Poughkeepsie) January 9 – June 30, 1788 Richard Varick from New York County

  • (12th S., at Albany) December 11, 1788 – June 30, 1789 John Lansing, Jr. from Albany County

  • (13th S., at Albany and New York City) July 6, 1789 – June 30, 1790 Gulian Verplanck (Fed.) from New York County

  • (14th S., at New York City) January 5 – June 30, 1791 John Watts from New York County

  • (15th S., at New York City) January 4 – June 30, 1792 John Watts from New York County

  • (16th S., at New York City) November 6, 1792 – June 30, 1793 John Watts from New York County

  • (17th S., at Albany) January 7 – June 30, 1794 James Watson, (Fed.) from New York County

  • (18th S., at Poughkeepsie and New York City) January 6 – June 30, 1795 William North (Fed.) of Albany County

  • (19th S., at New York City) January 6 – June 30, 1796 William North (Fed.) of Albany County

  • (20th S., at New York City and Albany) November 1, 1796 – June 30, 1797 Gulian Verplanck (Fed.) from New York [3]

  • (21st S.) January 2 – June 30, 1798 Dirck Ten Broeck (Fed.) of Albany County

  • (22nd S.) August 9, 1798 – June 30, 1799 Dirck Ten Broeck (Fed.) of Albany County

  • (23rd S.) January 28 – June 30, 1800 Dirck Ten Broeck (Fed.) of Albany County

  • (24th S.) November 4, 1800 – June 30, 1801 Samuel Osgood, from New York County

  • (25th S.) January 26 – June 30, 1802 Thomas Storm from New York County

  • (26th S.) January 25 – June 30, 1803 Thomas Storm from New York County

  • (27th S.) January 31 – June 30, 1804 Alexander Sheldon from Montgomery County

  • (28th S.) November 6, 1804 – June 30, 1805 Alexander Sheldon from Montgomery County

  • (29th S.) January 28 – June 30, 1806 Alexander Sheldon (Clintonian) from Montgomery County

  • (30th S.) January 27 – June 30, 1807 Andrew McCord (Lewisite) from Orange County

  • (31st S.) January 26 – June 30, 1808 Alexander Sheldon from Montgomery County

  • (32nd S.) November 1, 1808 – June 30, 1809 James W. Wilkin from Orange County

  • (33rd S.) January 30 – June 30, 1810 William North from Schenectady County

  • (34th S., part) January 29 – February 12, 1811 Nathan Sanford from New York County (failed to attend session because of illness)

  • (34th S., part) February 12 – June 30, 1811 William Ross (Dem.-Rep.) from Orange County

  • (35th S.) January 28 – June 30, 1812 Alexander Sheldon, from Montgomery County

  • (36th S.) November 3, 1812 – June 30, 1813 Jacob R. Van Rensselaer (Fed.), from Columbia County

  • (37th S.) January 25 – June 30, 1814 James Emott (Fed.) from Dutchess County

  • (38th S.) September 26, 1814 – June 30, 1815 Samuel Young from Saratoga County

  • (39th S.) January 31 – June 30, 1816 Daniel Cruger from Steuben County [4]

  • (40th S.) November 5, 1816 – June 30, 1817 David Woods from Washington County

  • (41st S.) January 27 – June 30, 1818 David Woods from Madison County

  • (42nd S.) January 6 – June 30, 1819 Obadiah German from Chenango County [5]

  • (43rd S.) January 4 – June 30, 1820 John Canfield Spencer (Dem.-Rep./Clintonian) from Ontario County

  • (44th S.) November 7, 1820 – June 30, 1821 Peter Sharpe (Dem.-Rep./Tammany Hall) from New York County

  • (45th S.) January 3 – December 31, 1822 Samuel B. Romaine (Dem.-Rep./Tammany Hall) from New York County (The assemblymen of this session were elected in April 1821 under the provisions of the State Constitution of 1777 for a term beginning on July 1, 1821 and expiring on June 30, 1822. The State Constitution of 1821, ratified by the voters in February 1822, provided for their remaining in office until December 31, 1822, although the Assembly did not meet again after the usual adjournment in May. The next session's members were elected in November 1822 for a term beginning on January 1, 1823.)



since 1823


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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



Notes





  1. ^ Franklin B. Hough, The New York Civil List, Weed, Parsons & Co.: Albany, 1858.


  2. ^ The New York Civil List lists John Hathorn as Speaker of the 8th Session, disagreeing with other sources.


  3. ^ All following Sessions were held at Albany


  4. ^ The Assembly convened on January 30, but there was no quorum


  5. ^ The Assembly convened on January 5, but it took until the next day to elect the Speaker.


  6. ^ John Stilwell Jenkins, History of Political Parties in the State of New-York. Alden & Markham: Auburn, New York, 1846. Page 50.


  7. ^ Jabez D. Hammond, The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York. Page 87.


  8. ^ See "List of Speakers," pages 337-338, D. T. Valentine, Historical Index to the Manuals of the Corporation of the City of New York for the Year of 1851, McSpedon & Baker, New York, 1851. Contains a few erroneous names and dates].


  9. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of New-York at Their Seventy-Third Session. Weed, Parsons & Co.: Albany, 1850.


  10. ^ Until 1938 one term was one year long, since 1939-40 one term has been two years long.


  11. ^ The vacancy occurred after the end of the legislative session, so no Speaker election could take place anymore.


  12. ^ Interim Assembly Speaker Is Elected in the New York Post on January 25, 1994


  13. ^ Sheldon Silver resigns as NY Assembly speaker in the New York Post on January 30, 2015













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