Background
He was born on February 13, 1902 in Schenectady, New New York
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Oswald Heck
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To date he has been the longest-serving Speaker of the New York State Assembly, and he was the last Speaker from Upstate New New York He was a delegate to the 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1956 Republican National Conventions. He died on May 21, 1959, in Schenectady, New York, of a heart attack.
And was buried at the Vale Cemetery there.
His 21-year-old son Peter Heck died on July 17, 1960, in Glens Falls Hospital, in Glens Falls, New York, after a car accident.
Membership
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939-1940, 1941-1942, 1943-1944, 1945-1946, 1947-1948, 1949-1950, 1951-1952, 1953-1954, 1955-1956, 1957-1958 and 1959. And was Majority Leader in 1936, and Speaker from 1937 until his death in 1959.
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Political Party
Republican party