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class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Lester Holtzman</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lester_Holtzman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Lester_Holtzman.jpg/220px-Lester_Holtzman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Lester_Holtzman.jpg/330px-Lester_Holtzman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Lester_Holtzman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="431" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>'s 6th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1961</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_J._Delaney" title="James J. Delaney">James J. Delaney</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stanley_Rosenthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal">Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1913-06-01</span>)</span>June 1, 1913<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 12, 2002<span style="display:none">(2002-11-12)</span> (aged 89)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tamarac,_Florida" title="Tamarac, Florida">Tamarac, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fordham_University_School_of_Law" title="Fordham University School of Law">Fordham University School of Law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Attorney</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lester Holtzman</b> (June 1, 1913 – November 12, 2002) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. He served four terms in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1953 to 1961. He was later a justice of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court" title="New York Supreme Court">New York Supreme Court</a>, serving from 1962 until 1973. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lester_Holtzman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Holtzman was born in New York City on June 1, 1913 to Jewish immigrants from Poland, Isidore and Rebecca. Lester was the couple's only child born in the United States. He had an older sister Rose who was born in Poland and immigrated with her parents. They are the only two to survive infancy. The family lived on the <a href="/wiki/Lower_East_Side" title="Lower East Side">Lower East Side</a> in Manhattan until 1916, when Lester contracted polio. They settled in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Village,_Queens" title="Middle Village, Queens">Middle Village</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a> which might offer a better chance to recover. He attended <a href="/wiki/Newtown_High_School_(Queens)" title="Newtown High School (Queens)">Newtown High School</a> in Queens until his father bought a small grocery where Lester would work while doing Prelaw work in the evening.<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was the president of his class at <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_University_School_of_Law" title="St. John's University School of Law">St. John's University School of Law</a> and graduated in 1936. Afterwards, he went into private practice in Queens. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lester_Holtzman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Holtzman had sought political jobs for several years; once receiving an offer from the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Housing_Administration" title="Federal Housing Administration">Federal Housing Administration</a>. He ran for Congress in <a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1952 United States House of Representatives elections">1952</a>, a year that saw <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Eisenhower">Dwight Eisenhower</a> sweep into the White House and the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> picked up 22 seats in the House of Representatives. His opponent was <a href="/wiki/Robert_Tripp_Ross" title="Robert Tripp Ross">Robert Tripp Ross</a>, an incumbent who had won his seat in a special election a few months before.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimesObit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimesObit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the campaign, he promised that he would cease takeoffs by low-flying aircraft into <a href="/wiki/Laguardia_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Laguardia Airport">Laguardia Airport</a>, which was in the district. Holtzman admitted later this was a lie and was the only lie he consciously told in his career. He defeated Ross by a close 300 votes becoming the only Democrat to unseat a Republican that year, and the first Jewish congressman from Queens.<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He defeated popular state senator <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Halpern" title="Seymour Halpern">Seymour Halpern</a> in 1954 by more than 10,000 votes and former justice Albert Buschmann in the 1956 election. In his career, Holtzman was generally a backbencher who supported civil rights, Israel and organized labor; but never introduced any legislation that was signed into law.<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judicial_career">Judicial career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lester_Holtzman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Judicial career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his re-election in 1960, Holtzman decided to run for a seat on the state Supreme Court. The 14-year term and increased salary would give him a measure of security. He secured the nomination thanks to assistance from President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> and his brother <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy">Robert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a justice, he handled the first divorce case in New York after laws were reformed.<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971, he was assigned a case that challenged New York's 1970 legalization of abortion. In Byrn v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., Holtzman ruled that Professor Robert Byrn of <a href="/wiki/Fordham_University" title="Fordham University">Fordham University</a> could act as a guardian for the unborn, which afforded him legal standing to file suit overturn the state's abortion law. He also entered an order for the city hospitals to <a href="/wiki/Order_to_show_cause" title="Order to show cause">show cause</a> why they should not cease abortion procedures while the law was being challenged.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawyer_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawyer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, Byrn's challenge was decided by an opinion of the Appellate Division and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Court_of_Appeals" title="New York Court of Appeals">New York Court of Appeals</a> in which fetuses were not found to have personhood.<sup id="cite_ref-Court_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Court-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Byrn_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He retired from the bench in 1973 to become the president of the Queens Savings & Loan Association.<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lester_Holtzman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Holtzman married the former Mae Gress in 1936. They had two children, Matthew and Joy. Holtzman died in <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville, Maryland</a> on November 12, 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Stone_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lester_Holtzman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Jewish members of the United States Congress">List of Jewish members of the United States Congress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFStone2010" class="citation book cs1">Stone, Kurt (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&pg=PA201"><i>The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members</i></a>. Scarecrow Press. pp. 199–201. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780810877382" title="Special:BookSources/9780810877382"><bdi>9780810877382</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Jews+of+Capitol+Hill%3A+A+Compendium+of+Jewish+Congressional+Members&rft.pages=199-201&rft.pub=Scarecrow+Press&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9780810877382&rft.aulast=Stone&rft.aufirst=Kurt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DACTF56SnaykC%26pg%3DPA201&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALester+Holtzman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTimesObit-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NYTimesObit_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/03/obituaries/rt-ross-ex-congressman.html">"R.T. Ross; Ex-Congressman"</a>. <i>New York Times</i>. 1981-10-03.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=R.T.+Ross%3B+Ex-Congressman&rft.date=1981-10-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1981%2F10%2F03%2Fobituaries%2Frt-ross-ex-congressman.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALester+Holtzman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lawyer-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lawyer_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/04/archives/a-lawyer-challenges-the-abortion-law.html">"A Lawyer Challenges the Abortion Law"</a>. <i>New York Times</i>. 1971-12-04.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=A+Lawyer+Challenges+the+Abortion+Law&rft.date=1971-12-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1971%2F12%2F04%2Farchives%2Fa-lawyer-challenges-the-abortion-law.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALester+Holtzman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Court-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Court_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/26/archives/state-abortion-law-upheld-on-appeal-states-abortion-law-is-upheld.html">"State Abortion Law Upheld on Appeal"</a>. <i>New York Times</i>. 1972-02-26.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=State+Abortion+Law+Upheld+on+Appeal&rft.date=1972-02-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1972%2F02%2F26%2Farchives%2Fstate-abortion-law-upheld-on-appeal-states-abortion-law-is-upheld.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALester+Holtzman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Byrn-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Byrn_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://casetext.com/case/byrn-v-nyc-health-hosp-corp">"Byrn v. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-04-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Byrn+v.+New+York+City+Health+%26+Hospitals+Corp.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcasetext.com%2Fcase%2Fbyrn-v-nyc-health-hosp-corp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALester+Holtzman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressH000753" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000753">"Lester Holtzman (id: H000753)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Lester+Holtzman+%28id%3A+H000753%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DH000753&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALester+Holtzman" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holten-hook.html">Political Graveyard</a></li> <li>Washington Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=156649569">Obituary, Mae Gress Holtzman</a>, March 24, 2012</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_J._Delaney" title="James J. 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href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_New_York" title="United States congressional delegations from New York">New York</a>'s delegation(s) to the 83rd-87th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/83rd_United_States_Congress" title="83rd United States Congress">83rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Irving_Ives" title="Irving Ives">I. Ives</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_H._Lehman" title="Herbert H. Lehman">H. Lehman</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Reed_(politician)" title="Daniel A. Reed (politician)">D. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Celler" title="Emanuel Celler">E. Celler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Taber" title="John Taber">J. Taber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Buckley" title="Charles A. Buckley">C. Buckley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/W._Sterling_Cole" title="W. Sterling Cole">S. Cole</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eugene_James_Keogh" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene James Keogh">E. Keogh</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_A._Gamble" title="Ralph A. Gamble">R. Gamble</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clarence_E._Kilburn" title="Clarence E. Kilburn">C. Kilburn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_George_Klein" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur George Klein">A. Klein</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bernard_W._Kearney" title="Bernard W. Kearney">B. Kearney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dean_P._Taylor" title="Dean P. Taylor">D. Taylor</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Rooney_(politician)" title="John J. Rooney (politician)">J. Rooney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_W._Gwinn" title="Ralph W. Gwinn">R. Gwinn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_J._Latham" title="Henry J. Latham">H. Latham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr." title="Adam Clayton Powell Jr.">A. Powell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Ren%C3%A9_Coudert_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Frederic René Coudert Jr.">F. Coudert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Javits" title="Jacob Javits"><i>J. Javits</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Keating" title="Kenneth Keating">K. Keating</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/R._Walter_Riehlman" title="R. Walter Riehlman">W. Riehlman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Katharine_St._George" title="Katharine St. George">K. St. George</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Abraham_J._Multer" title="Abraham J. Multer">A. Multer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Delaney" title="James J. Delaney">Ja. Delaney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isidore_Dollinger" title="Isidore Dollinger">I. Dollinger</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_B._Heller" title="Louis B. Heller"><i>L. Heller</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt_Jr." title="Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.">F. Roosevelt Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edna_F._Kelly" title="Edna F. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_G._Donovan" title="James G. Donovan">J. Donovan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_A._Fine" title="Sidney A. Fine">S. Fine</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">W. Miller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_C._Ostertag" title="Harold C. Ostertag">H. Ostertag</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edmund_P._Radwan" title="Edmund P. Radwan">E. Radwan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Ernest_Wharton" title="J. Ernest Wharton">E. Wharton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_R._Williams" title="William R. Williams">W. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_W._O%27Brien" title="Leo W. O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Becker" title="Frank J. Becker">F. Becker</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_H._Bosch" title="Albert H. Bosch">A. Bosch</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Derounian" title="Steven Derounian">S. Derounian</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Dorn" title="Francis E. Dorn">F. Dorn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Fino" title="Paul A. Fino">P. Fino</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Holtzman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_R._Pillion" title="John R. Pillion">J. Pillion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_H._Ray" title="John H. Ray">J. Ray</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stuyvesant_Wainwright" title="Stuyvesant Wainwright">S. Wainwright</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/84th_United_States_Congress" title="84th United States Congress">84th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Irving_Ives" title="Irving Ives">I. Ives</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_H._Lehman" title="Herbert H. Lehman">H. Lehman</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Reed_(politician)" title="Daniel A. Reed (politician)">D. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Celler" title="Emanuel Celler">E. Celler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Taber" title="John Taber">J. Taber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Buckley" title="Charles A. Buckley">C. Buckley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/W._Sterling_Cole" title="W. Sterling Cole">S. Cole</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eugene_James_Keogh" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene James Keogh">E. Keogh</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_A._Gamble" title="Ralph A. Gamble">R. Gamble</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clarence_E._Kilburn" title="Clarence E. Kilburn">C. Kilburn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_George_Klein" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur George Klein"><i>A. Klein</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bernard_W._Kearney" title="Bernard W. Kearney">B. Kearney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dean_P._Taylor" title="Dean P. Taylor">D. Taylor</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Rooney_(politician)" title="John J. Rooney (politician)">J. Rooney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_W._Gwinn" title="Ralph W. Gwinn">R. Gwinn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_J._Latham" title="Henry J. Latham">H. Latham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr." title="Adam Clayton Powell Jr.">A. Powell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Ren%C3%A9_Coudert_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Frederic René Coudert Jr.">F. Coudert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Keating" title="Kenneth Keating">K. Keating</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/R._Walter_Riehlman" title="R. Walter Riehlman">W. Riehlman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Katharine_St._George" title="Katharine St. George">K. St. George</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Abraham_J._Multer" title="Abraham J. Multer">A. Multer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Delaney" title="James J. Delaney">Ja. Delaney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isidore_Dollinger" title="Isidore Dollinger">I. Dollinger</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edna_F._Kelly" title="Edna F. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_G._Donovan" title="James G. Donovan">J. Donovan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_A._Fine" title="Sidney A. Fine"><i>S. Fine</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">W. Miller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_C._Ostertag" title="Harold C. Ostertag">H. Ostertag</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edmund_P._Radwan" title="Edmund P. Radwan">E. Radwan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Ernest_Wharton" title="J. Ernest Wharton">E. Wharton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_R._Williams" title="William R. Williams">W. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_W._O%27Brien" title="Leo W. O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Becker" title="Frank J. Becker">F. Becker</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_H._Bosch" title="Albert H. Bosch">A. Bosch</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Derounian" title="Steven Derounian">S. Derounian</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Dorn" title="Francis E. Dorn">F. Dorn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Fino" title="Paul A. Fino">P. Fino</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Holtzman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_R._Pillion" title="John R. Pillion">J. Pillion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_H._Ray" title="John H. Ray">J. Ray</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stuyvesant_Wainwright" title="Stuyvesant Wainwright">S. Wainwright</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Victor_Anfuso" title="Victor Anfuso">V. Anfuso</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#CC0000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Irwin_D._Davidson" title="Irwin D. Davidson"><i>I. Davidson</i></a> (D‑L)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Zelenko" title="Herbert Zelenko">H. Zelenko</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_C._Healey" title="James C. Healey"><i>J. Healey</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/85th_United_States_Congress" title="85th United States Congress">85th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Irving_Ives" title="Irving Ives">I. Ives</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Javits" title="Jacob Javits">J. Javits</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Reed_(politician)" title="Daniel A. Reed (politician)">D. Reed</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Celler" title="Emanuel Celler">E. Celler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Taber" title="John Taber">J. Taber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Buckley" title="Charles A. Buckley">C. Buckley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/W._Sterling_Cole" title="W. Sterling Cole"><i>S. Cole</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eugene_James_Keogh" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene James Keogh">E. Keogh</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clarence_E._Kilburn" title="Clarence E. Kilburn">C. Kilburn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bernard_W._Kearney" title="Bernard W. Kearney">B. Kearney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dean_P._Taylor" title="Dean P. Taylor">D. Taylor</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Rooney_(politician)" title="John J. Rooney (politician)">J. Rooney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_W._Gwinn" title="Ralph W. Gwinn">R. Gwinn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_J._Latham" title="Henry J. Latham"><i>H. Latham</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr." title="Adam Clayton Powell Jr.">A. Powell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Ren%C3%A9_Coudert_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Frederic René Coudert Jr.">F. Coudert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Keating" title="Kenneth Keating">K. Keating</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/R._Walter_Riehlman" title="R. Walter Riehlman">W. Riehlman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Katharine_St._George" title="Katharine St. George">K. St. George</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Abraham_J._Multer" title="Abraham J. Multer">A. Multer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Delaney" title="James J. Delaney">Ja. Delaney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isidore_Dollinger" title="Isidore Dollinger">I. Dollinger</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edna_F._Kelly" title="Edna F. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">W. Miller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_C._Ostertag" title="Harold C. Ostertag">H. Ostertag</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edmund_P._Radwan" title="Edmund P. Radwan">E. Radwan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Ernest_Wharton" title="J. Ernest Wharton">E. Wharton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_R._Williams" title="William R. Williams">W. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_W._O%27Brien" title="Leo W. O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Becker" title="Frank J. Becker">F. Becker</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_H._Bosch" title="Albert H. Bosch">A. Bosch</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Derounian" title="Steven Derounian">S. Derounian</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Dorn" title="Francis E. Dorn">F. Dorn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Fino" title="Paul A. Fino">P. Fino</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Holtzman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_R._Pillion" title="John R. Pillion">J. Pillion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_H._Ray" title="John H. Ray">J. Ray</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stuyvesant_Wainwright" title="Stuyvesant Wainwright">S. Wainwright</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Victor_Anfuso" title="Victor Anfuso">V. Anfuso</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Zelenko" title="Herbert Zelenko">H. Zelenko</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_C._Healey" title="James C. Healey">J. Healey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_B._Dooley" title="Edwin B. Dooley">E. Dooley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Farbstein" title="Leonard Farbstein">L. Farbstein</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alfred_E._Santangelo" title="Alfred E. Santangelo">A. Santangelo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Teller" title="Ludwig Teller">L. Teller</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Robison" title="Howard W. Robison"><i>H. Robison</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/86th_United_States_Congress" title="86th United States Congress">86th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Javits" title="Jacob Javits">J. Javits</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Keating" title="Kenneth Keating">K. Keating</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Reed_(politician)" title="Daniel A. Reed (politician)"><i>D. Reed</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Celler" title="Emanuel Celler">E. Celler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Taber" title="John Taber">J. Taber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Buckley" title="Charles A. Buckley">C. Buckley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eugene_James_Keogh" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene James Keogh">E. Keogh</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clarence_E._Kilburn" title="Clarence E. Kilburn">C. Kilburn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dean_P._Taylor" title="Dean P. Taylor">D. Taylor</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Rooney_(politician)" title="John J. Rooney (politician)">J. Rooney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr." title="Adam Clayton Powell Jr.">A. Powell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/R._Walter_Riehlman" title="R. Walter Riehlman">W. Riehlman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Katharine_St._George" title="Katharine St. George">K. St. George</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Abraham_J._Multer" title="Abraham J. Multer">A. Multer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Delaney" title="James J. Delaney">Ja. Delaney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isidore_Dollinger" title="Isidore Dollinger"><i>I. Dollinger</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edna_F._Kelly" title="Edna F. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">W. Miller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_C._Ostertag" title="Harold C. Ostertag">H. Ostertag</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Ernest_Wharton" title="J. Ernest Wharton">E. Wharton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_W._O%27Brien" title="Leo W. O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Becker" title="Frank J. Becker">F. Becker</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Albert_H._Bosch" title="Albert H. Bosch"><i>A. Bosch</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Derounian" title="Steven Derounian">S. Derounian</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Dorn" title="Francis E. Dorn">F. Dorn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Fino" title="Paul A. Fino">P. Fino</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Holtzman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_R._Pillion" title="John R. Pillion">J. Pillion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_H._Ray" title="John H. Ray">J. Ray</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stuyvesant_Wainwright" title="Stuyvesant Wainwright">S. Wainwright</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Victor_Anfuso" title="Victor Anfuso">V. Anfuso</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Zelenko" title="Herbert Zelenko">H. Zelenko</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_C._Healey" title="James C. Healey">J. Healey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_B._Dooley" title="Edwin B. Dooley">E. Dooley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Farbstein" title="Leonard Farbstein">L. Farbstein</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alfred_E._Santangelo" title="Alfred E. Santangelo">A. Santangelo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Teller" title="Ludwig Teller">L. Teller</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Robison" title="Howard W. Robison">H. Robison</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Barry" title="Robert R. Barry">B. Barry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_J._Dulski" title="Thaddeus J. Dulski">T. Dulski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Halpern" title="Seymour Halpern">S. Halpern</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Lindsay" title="John Lindsay">J. Lindsay</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Pirnie" title="Alexander Pirnie">A. Pirnie</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_S._Stratton" title="Samuel S. Stratton">S. Stratton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jessica_M._Weis" title="Jessica M. Weis">J. Weis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Goodell" title="Charles Goodell"><i>C. Goodell</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_H._Gilbert" title="Jacob H. Gilbert"><i>J. Gilbert</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/87th_United_States_Congress" title="87th United States Congress">87th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Javits" title="Jacob Javits">J. Javits</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Keating" title="Kenneth Keating">K. Keating</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Celler" title="Emanuel Celler">E. Celler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Taber" title="John Taber">J. Taber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Buckley" title="Charles A. Buckley">C. Buckley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eugene_James_Keogh" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene James Keogh">E. Keogh</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clarence_E._Kilburn" title="Clarence E. Kilburn">C. Kilburn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Rooney_(politician)" title="John J. Rooney (politician)">J. Rooney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr." title="Adam Clayton Powell Jr.">A. Powell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/R._Walter_Riehlman" title="R. Walter Riehlman">W. Riehlman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Katharine_St._George" title="Katharine St. George">K. St. George</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Abraham_J._Multer" title="Abraham J. Multer">A. Multer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_J._Delaney" title="James J. Delaney">Ja. Delaney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edna_F._Kelly" title="Edna F. Kelly">E. Kelly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">W. Miller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_C._Ostertag" title="Harold C. Ostertag">H. Ostertag</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Ernest_Wharton" title="J. Ernest Wharton">E. Wharton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_W._O%27Brien" title="Leo W. O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Becker" title="Frank J. Becker">F. Becker</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Derounian" title="Steven Derounian">S. Derounian</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Fino" title="Paul A. Fino">P. Fino</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>L. Holtzman</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_R._Pillion" title="John R. Pillion">J. Pillion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_H._Ray" title="John H. Ray">J. Ray</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Victor_Anfuso" title="Victor Anfuso">V. Anfuso</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Zelenko" title="Herbert Zelenko">H. Zelenko</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_C._Healey" title="James C. Healey">J. Healey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_B._Dooley" title="Edwin B. Dooley">E. Dooley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Farbstein" title="Leonard Farbstein">L. Farbstein</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alfred_E._Santangelo" title="Alfred E. Santangelo">A. Santangelo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Robison" title="Howard W. Robison">H. Robison</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Barry" title="Robert R. Barry">B. Barry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_J._Dulski" title="Thaddeus J. Dulski">T. Dulski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Halpern" title="Seymour Halpern">S. Halpern</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Lindsay" title="John Lindsay">J. Lindsay</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Pirnie" title="Alexander Pirnie">A. Pirnie</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_S._Stratton" title="Samuel S. Stratton">S. Stratton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jessica_M._Weis" title="Jessica M. Weis">J. Weis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Goodell" title="Charles Goodell">C. Goodell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_H._Gilbert" title="Jacob H. Gilbert">J. Gilbert</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Addabbo" title="Joseph P. Addabbo">J. Addabbo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Carey" title="Hugh Carey">H. Carey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carleton_J._King" title="Carleton J. King">C. King</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Otis_G._Pike" title="Otis G. Pike">O. Pike</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Fitts_Ryan" title="William Fitts Ryan">W. Ryan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stanley_Rosenthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal"><i>B. 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