John E. Kingston
John E. Kingston (December 11, 1925 – May 5, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He 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. 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. 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