Member of the New York State Assembly from the 18th district
In office January 1, 1922 – September 26, 1952
Preceded by
Theodore Stitt
Succeeded by
Stanley Steingut
Personal details
Born
(1893-10-19)October 19, 1893 New York City, US
Died
September 26, 1952(1952-09-26) (aged 58) New York City, US
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Rea Kaufmann
Children
2, including Stanley
Alma mater
St. John's College, School of Law
Profession
Insurance
Irwin Steingut (October 19, 1893 – September 26, 1952) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician. At the time of his death he had served as a member of the New York Assembly longer than anyone in history. Early in his career he teamed with Brooklyn boss John H. McCooey, who turned Brooklyn into a solidly Democratic power base and dominated its politics for a quarter of a century until his death in 1934. Steingut thereafter became the de facto leader of the Brooklyn Democratic Party. Throughout almost all of his legislative career Republicans held a majority in the New York Assembly, and much of that time Steingut was the Minority Leader. In 1935 for the one year the Democrats had the majority, Steingut was Speaker of the Assembly.
Steingut stoutly defended the Democratic party machine in Brooklyn and when consistent with the Brooklyn machine's interests also Tammany. He faced spirited primary opposition several times by independent Democrats but never lost a race. He was a key legislative ally of both Governors Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert H. Lehman and considered his roles in the passage of unemployment relief under the former and the creation of Brooklyn College his greatest legislative achievements.
His son, Stanley Steingut, filled his Assembly seat at his death and became Speaker forty years after Irwin Steingut held the gavel. Brooklyn sent either Irwin or Stanley Steingut to the New York Assembly for 56 consecutive years.
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16th Maurice Z. Bungard* Democrat 17th Edward E. Fay* Republican 18th IrwinSteingut* Democrat 19th Jerome G. Ambro* Democrat 20th Frank A. Miller* Democrat...
1941, elected to fill vacancy 17th Fred G. Moritt* Dem./Am. Labor 18th IrwinSteingut* Dem./Am. Labor Minority Leader 19th Max M. Turshen* Democrat 20th Roy...
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Louis L. Friedman* Democrat 17th Fred G. Moritt* Dem./Am. Labor 18th IrwinSteingut* Dem./Am. Labor Minority Leader 19th Max M. Turshen* Democrat 20th Roy...
16th Maurice Z. Bungard* Democrat 17th Edward E. Fay Republican 18th IrwinSteingut* Democrat 19th Jerome G. Ambro Democrat 20th Frank A. Miller* Democrat...
Democrat 16th Frank J. Pino* Democrat 17th John J. Walsh* Democrat 18th IrwinSteingut* Democrat Minority Leader 19th Philip J. Schupler* Democrat 20th John...
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17th Frederick A. Wells* Republican Chairman of Military Affairs 18th IrwinSteingut Democrat 19th Charles L. Fasullo Democrat 20th Frank A. Miller Democrat...
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