Oswald D. Heck

Oswald D. Heck (February 13, 1902 Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York - May 21, 1959 Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

In 1933, he married Beulah W. Slocum.

He was a Republican member from Schenectady County of the New York State Assembly from 1932 to 1959, and was Speaker from 1937 until his death in office. Heck was the last Speaker from Upstate New York. As of 2011, he is also the longest-tenured Assembly speaker in New York State history; current speaker Sheldon Silver is slated to surpass Heck in 2018, assuming that Silver's Democratic Party retains power in the chamber and that Silver both stays alive and wins re-election in 2012, 2014, and 2016 (as of 2011, these are near certainties, given Silver's state of good health and the gerrymandering of the state assembly borders). [1]

He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1956.

He died of a heart attack, and was buried at the Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, N.Y.

Sources

• [2] Political Graveyard
• [3] Obit notice in TIME magazine on June 1, 1959

New York Assembly
Preceded by Charles Merriam	New York State Assembly, Schenectady County 1st District 1932–1944	Succeeded by District abolished
Preceded by New district	New York State Assembly, Schenectady County 1945–1959	Succeeded by Joseph Egan
Political offices
Preceded by John Killgrew	Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly 1936	Succeeded by Irving Ives
Preceded by Irving Ives	Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1937 - 1959	Succeeded by Joseph Carlino

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Name	Heck, Oswald D
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Date of birth	February 13, 1902
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Date of death	May 21, 1959
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