As chairman of the 1972 Republican Assembly Campaign Committee, Kingston was indicted on December 13, 1973, for violation of Section 457 of State Election Law, along with Perry Duryea, the Speaker of the Assembly.[2][3] The committee had distributed letters that urged support for the Assembly candidate for the Liberal Party of New York where the Democrat had not been cross-endorsed by the Liberals, when they were actually generated by the Republican Party. The Committee argued that this was legal under the First Amendment of the United States. The indictment was ultimately dismissed on January 24, 1974, on grounds of "overbreadth" of Section 457 citing Dombrowski v. Pfister, Broadrick v. Oklahoma, Plummer v. City of Columbus, and Lovell v. City of Griffin.[4] The lower court dismissal of the indictment was upheld on appeal.[5]
He was a Judge of the Nassau County District Court through 1994, after first being elected in 1989, representing North Hempstead. In November 1994, he was elected to the New York Supreme Court, thereby having won elections in five different decades.[6] He remained on the bench until retiring shortly before his death.
He died on May 5, 1996;[7] and was buried at the Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington.
john, kingston, december, 1925, 1996, american, lawyer, politician, from, york, life, edithe, born, december, 1925, niagara, falls, york, family, moved, nassau, county, 1929, attended, mount, hermon, school, graduated, from, williams, college, 1948, graduated,. John E Kingston December 11 1925 May 5 1996 was an American lawyer and politician from New York Life editHe was born on December 11 1925 in Niagara Falls New York The family moved to Nassau County in 1929 He attended Mount Hermon School and graduated A B from Williams College in 1948 He graduated from New York University School of Law in 1950 was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Mineola 1 Kingston was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1960 to 1974 after winning a special election in 1959 He sat in the 172nd 173rd 174th 175th 176th 177th 178th 179th and 180th New York State Legislatures He was Majority Leader from 1969 to 1974 and almost 50 years later remains the last Republican Majority Leader of the Assembly As chairman of the 1972 Republican Assembly Campaign Committee Kingston was indicted on December 13 1973 for violation of Section 457 of State Election Law along with Perry Duryea the Speaker of the Assembly 2 3 The committee had distributed letters that urged support for the Assembly candidate for the Liberal Party of New York where the Democrat had not been cross endorsed by the Liberals when they were actually generated by the Republican Party The Committee argued that this was legal under the First Amendment of the United States The indictment was ultimately dismissed on January 24 1974 on grounds of overbreadth of Section 457 citing Dombrowski v Pfister Broadrick v Oklahoma Plummer v City of Columbus and Lovell v City of Griffin 4 The lower court dismissal of the indictment was upheld on appeal 5 He was a Judge of the Nassau County District Court through 1994 after first being elected in 1989 representing North Hempstead In November 1994 he was elected to the New York Supreme Court thereby having won elections in five different decades 6 He remained on the bench until retiring shortly before his death He died on May 5 1996 7 and was buried at the Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington References edit New York Red Book 1961 1972 pg 181 People v Duryea 76 Misc 2d 948 Casetext Search Citator Lynn Frank 14 December 1973 Duryea and Kingston Plead Not Guilty in Election Case The New York Times People v Duryea 76 Misc 2d 948 Casetext Search Citator People v Duryea 44 A D 2d 663 1974 Harvard Law School Retrieved January 26 2022 List of Supreme Court Justices at the Historical Society of the New York Courts KINGSTON JOHN E at Social Security Info New York State Assembly Preceded byGenesta M Strong New York State Assembly Nassau County 3rd District1960 1965 Succeeded bydistrict abolished Preceded bynew district New York State Assembly 16th District1966 Succeeded byGeorge J Farrell Jr Preceded byAbe Seldin New York State Assembly 17th District1967 1972 Succeeded byJoseph M Margiotta Preceded byEli Wager New York State Assembly 15th District1973 1974 Succeeded byAngelo F Orazio Political offices Preceded byMoses M Weinstein Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly1969 1974 Succeeded byAlbert H Blumenthal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John E Kingston amp oldid 1197067683, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,