Perry B. Duryea Jr.
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Perry Belmont Duryea Jr. | |
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114th Malcolm Wilson | |
Preceded by | Moses M. Weinstein |
Succeeded by | Stanley Steingut |
Member of the New York State Assembly | |
In office January 1, 1961 – December 31, 1978 | |
Preceded by | Irving L. Price Jr. |
Succeeded by | John L. Behan |
Constituency | 1st Suffolk district (1961–1965) 1st district (1966–1978) |
Personal details | |
Born | Montauk, New York, U.S. | October 18, 1921
Died | January 11, 2004 Southampton, New York, U.S. | (aged 82)
Cause of death | Car accident |
Spouse | Marie Therese Duryea |
Children | two |
Alma mater | Colgate University |
Perry Belmont Duryea Jr. (October 18, 1921 – January 11, 2004) was an American politician. A Republican, Duryea was a longtime member of the New York State Assembly. He served as speaker of the Assembly from 1969 to 1973 and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New York in 1978.
Life and career
Duryea was born on October 18, 1921, in Montauk, Suffolk County, New York, the son of Perry B. Duryea Sr. (1891–1968). Duryea Sr. ran a wholesale seafood business, and later was a state senator and State Conservation Commissioner. Duryea Jr. attended East Hampton High School and graduated from Colgate University in 1942.[1]
He attained the rank of
In 1944 Duryea married Elizabeth Ann Weed with whom he had two children, Lynn Duryea born in 1947 and Perry B. Duryea III born in 1949. The Duryeas divorced in 1990. Perry Duryea subsequently married Marie Therese Duryea.[2]
Duryea was a Republican member of the
Duryea was a delegate to the
Duryea was indicted for alleged election law violations in 1973, but charges were dropped. He was the defendant in People v. Duryea, 76 Misc.2d 948, 351 N.Y.S.2d 978 (1974), affirmed 44 A.D.2d 663, 354 N.Y.S.2d 129 (1974), a case about the right to anonymous free speech, later cited with approval in McIntyre v Ohio Election Commission (1995). [2]
In 1978, Duryea was the Republican candidate for Governor of New York, but lost to the incumbent Hugh Carey.[2] During the campaign, he had called for juveniles to be tried as adults for certain violent crimes, a move steadfastly opposed by Carey. The situation was dramatically altered, however, when Willie Bosket, a 15-year-old from Harlem, killed three people in the New York City Subway and was only sentenced to five years in a state youth facility. The outcry over such a lenient sentence led Carey to reverse course and support a law allowing juveniles as young as 13 to be tried as adults.
A New York State office building in Hauppauge, Long Island, was renamed the Perry B Duryea Jr State Office Building at the request of Suffolk County Court Judge, the Hon. Martin J Kerins.
The post office in Montauk, New York was renamed the Perry B. Duryea Jr. Post Office.
Duryea died on January 11, 2004, in
Sources
- ^ "Governor Signs Legislation Designating the Perry B. Duryea Jr. State office Building in Suffolk County". New York State Department of Transportation. October 29, 2003. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Lueck, Thomas J. (12 January 2004). "Perry Duryea Jr., Former Assembly Speaker, Dies at 82". The New York Times. p. B6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Considine, John L. (December 14, 1965). "Minority Leader Duryea Pledges Aggressive GOP" (PDF). The Citizen–Advertiser. Auburn. United Press International. p. 2. Retrieved July 22, 2020 – via fultonhistory.com.