Edwin Corning
Lieutenant Governor of New York
In office January 1, 1927 – December 31, 1928
Governor	Al Smith
Preceded by	Seymour Lowman
Succeeded by	Herbert H. Lehman
New York State Democratic Committee chairman
In office January 1926 – August 1928
Preceded by	Herbert C. Pell
Succeeded by	M. William Bray
Personal details
Born	(1883-09-30)September 30, 1883 Albany, New York, US
Died	August 7, 1934(1934-08-07) (aged 50) Bar Harbor, Maine, US
Political party	Democratic
Relations	Parker Corning (brother) Erastus Corning (grandfather) Amasa J. Parker (grandfather)
Children	Erastus Corning 2nd Louise Corning Harriet Corning Edwin Corning Jr.
Alma mater	Yale University
Profession	Business executive

Edwin Corning (September 30, 1883 – August 7, 1934) was an American businessman and politician fromNew York. He was thelieutenant governor of New York from 1927 to 1928.

Corning was born on September 30, 1883, inAlbany, New York. He was a son of Erastus Corning (1827–1897) and Mary (née Parker) Corning (1845–1899).^[1] His brother,Parker Corning served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives.^[2]

Both of his grandfathers,Erastus Corning andAmasa J. Parker, served in Congress, and Parker was also a justice of theNew York Supreme Court and founder ofAlbany Law School.^[3]

He was educated atThe Albany Academy and theGroton School,^[4] and graduated fromYale University in 1906.^[5]

After graduating from Yale, Corning served as an executive at the Ludlum Steel Company inWatervliet, New York, and became its president in 1910.^[6] He was also an officer of the Albany Felt Company, and served on the board of directors of several Albany banks. Corning was also a gentleman farmer, and bred prize winning horses, sheep and cows. In addition, he was a dog breeder, and became known for his champion Irish wolfhounds.^[7]

In the years immediately afterWorld War I, Corning collaborated withDaniel P. O'Connell to create a Democratic organization in Albany that could wrest control of the city from the Republican organization run byWilliam Barnes Jr.; their strategy was to run wealthy non-ethnic Protestants like Edwin Corning,William Stormont Hackett,Parker Corning, andErastus Corning 2nd for major offices including mayor andCongressman to enhance the respectability and credibility of a Democratic organization run by working classIrish-American,Catholic figures like O'Connell.^[8] Corning became chairman of theAlbany County Democratic Committee in 1912 and chairman of the county committee's executive committee in 1919. In the 1921 contest for mayor, the O'Connell/Corning organization succeeded in electing Hackett, the beginning of Democratic control of city hall that has remained in place ever since.^[7]

Corning was chairman of theNew York State Democratic Committee from 1926 to 1928.^[9] He wasLieutenant Governor of New York from 1927 to 1928, elected on theDemocratic ticket withGovernorAlfred E. Smith in1926.^[10] In 1928, when Smith planned to run for president, the Albany Democratic organization intended to run Hackett for governor. After Hackett's death in a car accident, Corning considered making the campaign, but declined because of ill health. After his term as lieutenant governor he retired from his business and political interests.^[11]

On November 25, 1908, he married Louise Maxwell,^[12] who was born to American parents in Cawnpore, India, where her father was serving as a missionary. Together, Louise and Edwin were the parents of:^[13]

• Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), who served asMayor of Albany for over 40 years.^[14][15]
• Louise Corning (1911–1954), who married Andrew Hamilton Ransom.^[16]
• Harriet Corning (1916–1966), who married Wharton Sinkle Jr. (1914–1953) in 1937.^[17] She later marriedSamuel E. Ewing.^[18]
• Edwin Corning Jr. (1919–1964), who was serving in theNew York State Assembly when he was involved in a 1959 car accident.^[19] He resigned his Assembly seat, and died without recovering fully.^[20][21][22]

Corning died at a hospital inBar Harbor, Maine on August 7, 1934, during a second leg amputation that was necessary because ofgangrene derived fromdiabetes.^[7] He was buried atAlbany Rural Cemetery inMenands, New York.^[23]

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