1965 New York state election

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 December 1964, the assembly and senate districts were re-apportioned. This time, the legislators were elected for an exceptional one-year term (the session of 1966). From this election on, the assembly districts are all numbered statewide (from 1 to 165, in 1966; from 1 to 150 thereafter) instead of apportioned by county and numbered inside the county (previously 150 districts). This was the only general election of state legislators in an odd-numbered year after 1937.

Result

Former Senator Kenneth Keating was elected.

**1965 state election result**
Office	Republican		Democratic		Liberal		Conservative
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Kenneth B. Keating	3,105,864	Owen McGivern^[1]	1,824,064	Owen McGivern	207,942	Henry S. Middendorf, Jr.^[2]	207,387

Notes

^ 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
^ 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)

Vote totals from New York Red Book 1966

1965 New York state election

Background

Result

Notes

Sources

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