New York state election, 1965

The 1965 New York state election was held on November 2, 1965, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

Background

Judge Marvin R. Dye would reach the constitutional age limit of 70 years at the end of the year.

In 1965, the assembly and senate districts were re-apportioned and both houses were renewed, the members being elected for an exceptional one-year term (session of 1966). From this election on, the assembly districts are all numbered statewide (from 1 to 165; in 1965) instead of apportioned by county, and numbered inside the county (150 districts). This was the only general election of state legislators in an odd-numbered year after 1937.

Result

The Republican candidate was elected.

1965 state election result

Ticket / Office	Judge of the Court of Appeals
Republican	Kenneth B. Keating	3,028,287
Democratic	Owen McGivern[1]	1,777,205
Liberal	Owen McGivern	207,942
Conservative	Henry S. Middendorf, Jr.[2]	207,387

Notes

1. ^ Owen McGivern (ca. 1911-1998), assemblyman 1939-50, New York Supreme Court justice (1st District) 1954-76, Appellate Division 1967-76, Presiding Justice 1975-76, Owen McGivern, 87, Dies; Judge Led Appellate Court in NYT on July 8, 1998
2. ^ Henry Stump Middendorf, Jr. (1923-2000), lawyer, of Manhattan, Harvard graduate, ran also in 1974, H.S. Middendorf Jr., 77, Manhattan Lawyer Obit in NYT on March 14, 2000

Sources

• KEATING IS VICTOR IN COURT CONTEST; Ex-Senator Tops McGivern for Appeals Bench in Sole Statewide Election in NYT on November 3, 1965 (subscription required)

See also

• New York state elections
• New York City mayoral election, 1965