173rd New York State Legislature
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New York State Capitol (2009)
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| Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||||||
| Term | January 1, 1961 – December 31, 1962 | ||||||||
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| Members | 58 | ||||||||
| President | Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson (R) | ||||||||
| Temporary President | Walter J. Mahoney (R) | ||||||||
| Party control | Republican (33–25) | ||||||||
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| Members | 150 | ||||||||
| Speaker | Joseph F. Carlino (R) | ||||||||
| Party control | Republican (84–66) | ||||||||
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| 1st | January 4 – March 25, 1961 |
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| 2nd | August 21, 1961 – |
| 3rd | November 9 – 10, 1961 |
| 4th | January 3 – March 31, 1962 |
The 173rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 4, 1961, to March 31, 1962, during the third and fourth years of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, in Albany.
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938, re-apportioned in 1953, 58 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. 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 Kings (nine districts), New York (six), Queens (five), Bronx (four), Erie (three), Nassau (three), Westchester (three), Monroe (two) and Onondaga (two). The Assembly districts consisted either of a single entire county (except Hamilton Co.), or of contiguous area within one county.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Liberal Party also nominated tickets.
The New York state election, 1960, was held on November 8. The only two statewide elective offices were two seats on the New York Court of Appeals. Two Republican judges were elected, Stanley H. Fuld with Democratic and Liberal endorsement; and Sydney F. Foster with Liberal endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the average vote for the judges on the different tickets, was: Republicans 3,281,000; Democrats 3,247,000; and Liberals 413,000.
Four of the seven women members of the previous legislature—State Senator Janet Hill Gordon (Rep.), a lawyer of Norwich; and Assemblywomen Bessie A. Buchanan (Dem.), a retired musical actress and dancer of Harlem; Dorothy Bell Lawrence (Rep.), a former school teacher of Manhattan; and Aileen B. Ryan (Dem.), a former school teacher of the Bronx—were re-elected.
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