Thomas W. Wallace
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Thomas W. Wallace (January 24, 1900 – July 17, 1943) was an American lawyer and
lieutenant governor of New York
in 1943, dying less than seven months into his only term.
He was corporation counsel of
New York state election, 1942, he defeated the incumbent Democrat, Lieutenant Governor Charles Poletti
.
Wallace took office on January 1, 1943, as
chicken pox from his two children. Two days later he began to suffer from pneumonia, and was placed in an oxygen tent at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady.[1] His condition rapidly deteriorated, and he died on July 17, 1943.[1] He was buried at the Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, New York.[2]
Political aftermath
His death raised the question if the revised
November 1943.[3]
On recommendation of Governor Dewey, the Legislature passed, and the voters approved, a constitutional amendment which prohibited any elections for lieutenant governor in any event except at the time of the election of a governor.
References
- ^ a b Lt. Gov. Wallace, 43, Dies Of Pneumonia, New York Times, 1943-07-18 at 1.
- ^ Political Graveyard (Wallace), accessed 2009-09-07.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8232-1652-9.