Perry B. Duryea, Jr.
| Perry Belmont Duryea Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 18, 1921 Montauk, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 2004 (aged 82) Southampton, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Car accident |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Therese Duryea |
| Children | two |
Perry Belmont Duryea Jr. (October 18, 1921 – January 11, 2004) was an American politician.
He was born on October 18, 1921, in Montauk, Suffolk County, New York, the son of Perry B. Duryea Sr. (1891–1968). Duryea Sr. ran a wholesale seafood business, and later was a state senator and State Conservation Commissioner. Duryea Jr. attended East Hampton High School and graduated from Colgate University in 1942.
He attained the rank of lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy as a pilot of the U.S. Naval Air Transport Service, and entered the family business full-time after World War II.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1961 to 1978, sitting in the 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures. On December 13, 1965, he was elected Minority Leader, to replace George L. Ingalls at the beginning of the session of 1966. He led the Republican assemblymen until 1968 as Minority Leader; was Speaker from 1969 to 1974; and Minority Leader again from 1975 to 1978. After the Watergate scandal the Republicans lost their majority in the Assembly, and Duryea remains to date the last Republican speaker of the New York assembly. Duryea was active in fighting against development of eastern Long Island including a successful fight in 1967 to stop plans to turn the Grumman Assembly Plant in Calverton, New York into the fourth major airport in metropolitan New York City.
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