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York</a>'s <span data-sort-value="New York20 !"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="New York's 20th congressional district">20th</a></span> 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, 1961 – September 17, 1972</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/Ludwig_Teller" title="Ludwig Teller">Ludwig Teller</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/Bella_Abzug" title="Bella Abzug">Bella Abzug</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">1922-06-28</span>)</span>June 28, 1922<br /><a href="/wiki/Albion,_Orleans_County,_New_York" title="Albion, Orleans County, New York">Albion, New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 17, 1972<span style="display:none">(1972-09-17)</span> (aged 50)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Fitts Ryan</b> (June 28, 1922 – September 17, 1972) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a representative from New York in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1961 until his death from throat cancer in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 1972. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. </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=William_Fitts_Ryan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ryan was born in <a href="/wiki/Albion_(town),_Orleans_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Albion (town), Orleans County, New York">Albion, New York</a>. His father, Bernard Ryan, was a judge on the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State Court of Appeals">New York State Court of Appeals</a>, appointed by Governor <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HewittRyan_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HewittRyan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended Albion public schools for his elementary and secondary education, and graduated 1940 from the <a href="/wiki/Woodberry_Forest_School" title="Woodberry Forest School">Woodberry Forest School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_military_service">Education and military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Fitts_Ryan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education and military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ryan entered <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> as member of Class of 1944. From 1943 to 1946 during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, he served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> in the South Pacific, as an artillery lieutenant in the Thirty-second Infantry Division. He graduated from the School of Public and International Affairs (now the <a href="/wiki/Princeton_School_of_Public_and_International_Affairs" title="Princeton School of Public and International Affairs">Princeton School of Public and International Affairs</a>) in 1947, and two years later, in 1949, he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School">Columbia Law School</a>. As part of his undergraduate degree, Ryan completed a senior thesis titled "New York State Labor Legislation and <a href="/wiki/Al_Smith" title="Al Smith">Alfred E. Smith</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, 1949, he was admitted to the bar and began his practice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_and_legislative_career">Professional and legislative career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Fitts_Ryan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional and legislative career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ryan served as assistant district attorney in <a href="/wiki/New_York_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York County, New York">New York County</a> from 1950 until 1957 and then again from 1957 until 1961. In 1961, he was elected to Congress as a Democrat, representing Manhattan's <a href="/wiki/Upper_West_Side" title="Upper West Side">Upper West Side</a>, and was elected five more times. </p><p>Ryan was an early opponent of American involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, being the first member of the U.S. House to speak out against the war,<sup id="cite_ref-HewittRyan_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HewittRyan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was active in supporting <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1968 Democratic National Convention">1968 Democratic National Convention</a>, he was chosen as a delegate from New York. </p><p>In 1965 Congressman Ryan was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of New York City. With prominent support in the reform Democratic movement, he polled over 113,000 votes and finished third behind <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Beame" title="Abraham Beame">Abraham Beame</a> and Paul Screvane. While he endorsed the Democratic ticket subsequent to his primary defeat, Republican-Liberal candidate John Lindsay was elected Mayor. </p><p>Congressman Ryan championed the creation of a unit of the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> from historic properties and significant natural resources in the hands of the federal government around the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City metropolitan area">New York City metropolitan area</a>, with the intention of providing millions of local residents and visitors the opportunity to visit a unit of the National Park System who might never have the opportunity otherwise. The enabling legislation to create the result, <a href="/wiki/Gateway_National_Recreation_Area" title="Gateway National Recreation Area">Gateway National Recreation Area</a>, was signed shortly after his death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Fitts_Ryan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Redistricting following the 1970 census had put freshman representative <a href="/wiki/Bella_Abzug" title="Bella Abzug">Bella Abzug</a> of the neighboring <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="New York's 19th congressional district">19th district</a> in the same district as Ryan. Abzug challenged the then ailing Ryan in the Democratic primary. Ryan prevailed by a considerable margin, but died two months later of throat cancer in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on September 17, 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His widow, Priscilla Ryan, ran to succeed her late husband, but was defeated in a special party convention to decide Ryan's replacement on the Democratic ballot, by Abzug. Priscilla Ryan then ran in the general election on the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_New_York" title="Liberal Party of New York">Liberal Party</a> line, and again lost to Abzug. His brother, Hewitt Fitts Ryan, ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1986 and 1990 in <a href="/wiki/California%27s_45th_congressional_district" title="California's 45th congressional district">California's 45th congressional district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HewittRyan_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HewittRyan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ryan was buried in St. Thomas Church Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Croom,_Maryland" title="Croom, Maryland">Croom, Maryland</a>. </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=William_Fitts_Ryan&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_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(1950%E2%80%9399)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)">List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)</a></li> <li>The Ryan Health Center, a community health facility in Manhattan, New York City, is named after William F. 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(May 31, 1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-31-me-846-story.html">"CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS 45TH DISTRICT : Ryan Races the Clock in His Bid to Make Hunter Defend Himself"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Los_Angeles_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="The Los Angeles Times">The Los Angeles Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 16,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=CONGRESSIONAL+ELECTIONS+45TH+DISTRICT+%3A+Ryan+Races+the+Clock+in+His+Bid+to+Make+Hunter+Defend+Himself&rft.date=1990-05-31&rft.au=Horstman%2C+Barry+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1990-05-31-me-846-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Fitts+Ryan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRyan1944" class="citation journal cs1">Ryan, William Fitts (1944). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp0176537207h">"New York State Labor Legislation and Alfred E. 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-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 href="/wiki/Lester_Holtzman" title="Lester Holtzman"><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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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. Rosenthal</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/88th_United_States_Congress" title="88th United States Congress">88th</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:#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:#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/James_C._Healey" title="James C. Healey">J. Healey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Farbstein" title="Leonard Farbstein">L. Farbstein</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/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 class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Ryan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stanley_Rosenthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal">B. Rosenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Grover_Jr." title="James R. Grover Jr.">J. Grover</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Horton_(New_York_politician)" title="Frank Horton (New York politician)">F. Horton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Murphy_(New_York_politician)" title="John M. Murphy (New York politician)">J. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ogden_Reid" title="Ogden Reid">O. Reid</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Wydler" title="John W. Wydler">J. Wydler</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/89th_United_States_Congress" title="89th United States Congress">89th</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy">R. Kennedy</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Celler" title="Emanuel Celler">E. Celler</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:#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:#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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leo_W._O%27Brien" title="Leo W. O'Brien"><i>L. O'Brien</i></a> (D)</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 href="/wiki/Leonard_Farbstein" title="Leonard Farbstein">L. Farbstein</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:#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"><i>J. Lindsay</i></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/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 class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Ryan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stanley_Rosenthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal">B. Rosenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Grover_Jr." title="James R. Grover Jr.">J. Grover</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Horton_(New_York_politician)" title="Frank Horton (New York politician)">F. Horton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Murphy_(New_York_politician)" title="John M. Murphy (New York politician)">J. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ogden_Reid" title="Ogden Reid">O. Reid</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Wydler" title="John W. Wydler">J. Wydler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Brewster_Bingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Brewster Bingham">J. Bingham</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Barber_Conable" title="Barber Conable">B. Conable</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_G._Dow" title="John G. Dow">J. Dow</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_M._Hanley" title="James M. Hanley">J. Hanley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_D._McCarthy" title="Richard D. McCarthy">R. McCarthy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._McEwen" title="Robert C. McEwen">R. McEwen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ottinger" title="Richard Ottinger">R. Ottinger</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Y._Resnick" title="Joseph Y. Resnick">J. Resnick</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#CC0000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_H._Scheuer" title="James H. Scheuer">J. Scheuer</a> (D‑L)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_P._Smith_III" title="Henry P. Smith III">H. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Tenzer" title="Herbert Tenzer">H. Tenzer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lester_L._Wolff" title="Lester L. Wolff">L. Wolff</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Theodore_R._Kupferman" title="Theodore R. Kupferman"><i>T. Kupferman</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/90th_United_States_Congress" title="90th United States Congress">90th</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> <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/Jacob_Javits" title="Jacob Javits">J. Javits</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy"><i>R. Kennedy</i></a> (D)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Goodell" title="Charles Goodell"><i>C. Goodell</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></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:#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:#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/Paul_A._Fino" title="Paul A. Fino"><i>P. Fino</i></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:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Robison" title="Howard W. Robison">H. Robison</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/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/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">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Ryan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stanley_Rosenthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal">B. Rosenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Grover_Jr." title="James R. Grover Jr.">J. Grover</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Horton_(New_York_politician)" title="Frank Horton (New York politician)">F. Horton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Murphy_(New_York_politician)" title="John M. Murphy (New York politician)">J. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ogden_Reid" title="Ogden Reid">O. Reid</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Wydler" title="John W. Wydler">J. Wydler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Brewster_Bingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Brewster Bingham">J. Bingham</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Barber_Conable" title="Barber Conable">B. Conable</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_G._Dow" title="John G. Dow">J. Dow</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_M._Hanley" title="James M. Hanley">J. Hanley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_D._McCarthy" title="Richard D. McCarthy">R. McCarthy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._McEwen" title="Robert C. McEwen">R. McEwen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ottinger" title="Richard Ottinger">R. Ottinger</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Y._Resnick" title="Joseph Y. Resnick">J. Resnick</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#CC0000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_H._Scheuer" title="James H. Scheuer">J. Scheuer</a> (D‑L)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_P._Smith_III" title="Henry P. Smith III">H. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Tenzer" title="Herbert Tenzer">H. Tenzer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lester_L._Wolff" title="Lester L. Wolff">L. Wolff</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Theodore_R._Kupferman" title="Theodore R. Kupferman">T. Kupferman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Brasco" title="Frank J. Brasco">F. Brasco</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_E._Button" title="Daniel E. Button">D. Button</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bertram_L._Podell" title="Bertram L. Podell">B. Podell</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/91st_United_States_Congress" title="91st United States Congress">91st</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/Charles_Goodell" title="Charles Goodell">C. Goodell</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:#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:#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/Leonard_Farbstein" title="Leonard Farbstein">L. Farbstein</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:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_J._Dulski" title="Thaddeus J. Dulski">T. Dulski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Halpern" title="Seymour Halpern">S. Halpern</a> (D)</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:#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 class="mw-selflink selflink">W. Ryan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stanley_Rosenthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal">B. Rosenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Grover_Jr." title="James R. Grover Jr.">J. Grover</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Horton_(New_York_politician)" title="Frank Horton (New York politician)">F. Horton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Murphy_(New_York_politician)" title="John M. Murphy (New York politician)">J. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ogden_Reid" title="Ogden Reid">O. Reid</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Wydler" title="John W. Wydler">J. Wydler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Brewster_Bingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Brewster Bingham">J. Bingham</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Barber_Conable" title="Barber Conable">B. Conable</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_M._Hanley" title="James M. Hanley">J. Hanley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_D._McCarthy" title="Richard D. McCarthy">R. McCarthy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._McEwen" title="Robert C. McEwen">R. McEwen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ottinger" title="Richard Ottinger">R. Ottinger</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#CC0000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_H._Scheuer" title="James H. Scheuer">J. Scheuer</a> (D‑L)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_P._Smith_III" title="Henry P. Smith III">H. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lester_L._Wolff" title="Lester L. Wolff">L. Wolff</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Brasco" title="Frank J. Brasco">F. Brasco</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_E._Button" title="Daniel E. Button">D. Button</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bertram_L._Podell" title="Bertram L. Podell">B. Podell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mario_Biaggi" title="Mario Biaggi">M. Biaggi</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm" title="Shirley Chisholm">S. Chisholm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fish_IV" title="Hamilton Fish IV">H. Fish IV</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_F._Hastings" title="James F. Hastings">J. Hastings</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Koch" title="Ed Koch">E. Koch</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Allard_K._Lowenstein" title="Allard K. Lowenstein">A. Lowenstein</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._McKneally" title="Martin B. McKneally">M. McKneally</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/92nd_United_States_Congress" title="92nd United States Congress">92nd</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:#FF8C00;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_L._Buckley" title="James L. Buckley">J. Buckley</a> (C)</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:#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/James_J._Delaney" title="James J. Delaney">Ja. Delaney</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:#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/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:#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 class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>W. Ryan</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stanley_Rosenthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal">B. Rosenthal</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Grover_Jr." title="James R. Grover Jr.">J. Grover</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Horton_(New_York_politician)" title="Frank Horton (New York politician)">F. Horton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Murphy_(New_York_politician)" title="John M. Murphy (New York politician)">J. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ogden_Reid" title="Ogden Reid">O. Reid</a> (R/D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Wydler" title="John W. Wydler">J. Wydler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Brewster_Bingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Brewster Bingham">J. Bingham</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Barber_Conable" title="Barber Conable">B. Conable</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_M._Hanley" title="James M. Hanley">J. Hanley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._McEwen" title="Robert C. McEwen">R. McEwen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#CC0000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_H._Scheuer" title="James H. Scheuer">J. Scheuer</a> (D‑L)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_P._Smith_III" title="Henry P. Smith III">H. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lester_L._Wolff" title="Lester L. Wolff">L. Wolff</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Brasco" title="Frank J. Brasco">F. Brasco</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bertram_L._Podell" title="Bertram L. Podell">B. Podell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_G._Dow" title="John G. Dow">J. Dow</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mario_Biaggi" title="Mario Biaggi">M. Biaggi</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm" title="Shirley Chisholm">S. Chisholm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fish_IV" title="Hamilton Fish IV">H. Fish IV</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_F._Hastings" title="James F. Hastings">J. Hastings</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Koch" title="Ed Koch">E. Koch</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bella_Abzug" title="Bella Abzug">B. Abzug</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herman_Badillo" title="Herman Badillo">H. Badillo</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kemp" title="Jack Kemp">J. Kemp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#FF8C00;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Norman_F._Lent" title="Norman F. Lent">N. Lent</a> (R‑C)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_A._Peyser" title="Peter A. Peyser">P. Peyser</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">C. Rangel</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_H._Terry" title="John H. Terry">J. 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