116th New York State Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
Term | January 1 – December 31, 1893 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 32 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. William F. Sheehan (D) | ||||
Temporary President | Jacob A. Cantor (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (17-14-1) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 128 | ||||
Speaker | William Sulzer (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (74-54) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 116th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to April 20, 1893, during the second year of Roswell P. Flower's governorship, in Albany.
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1846, 32 Senators and 128 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts; senators for a two-year term, assemblymen for a one-year term. The senatorial districts were made up of entire counties, except New York County (seven districts) and Kings County (three districts). The Assembly districts were made up of entire towns, or city wards, [1] forming a contiguous area, all within the same county.
On April 26, 1892, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate Districts and the number of assemblymen per county. Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Jefferson, Niagara, Oneida, Oswego, Otsego, Saratoga, Ulster, Washington and Wayne counties lost one seat each; St. Lawrence County lost two seats; Erie and Queens counties gained one seat each; and Kings and New York counties gained six seats each. [2]
At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Prohibition Party, the Socialist Labor Party and a "People's Party" also nominated tickets.
The New York state election, 1892 was held on November 8. The only statewide elective offices up for election was carried by Charles Andrews, a Republican who was endorsed by the Democrats. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, was: Republican/Democratic 1,253,000; Prohibition 39,000; Socialist Labor 18,000; and People's Party 17,000.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1893; and adjourned on April 20.
William Sulzer (D) was elected Speaker with 71 votes against 52 for George R. Malby (R). [3]
On January 17, the Legislature elected Edward Murphy Jr. (D) to succeed Frank Hiscock (R) as U.S. Senator from New York, for a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1893.
On January 27, the Legislature passed "An Act to amend chapter 398, of the Laws of 1892, entitled 'An Act to provide for a convention to revise and amend the Constitution'", calling a Constitutional Convention to meet in 1894. [4]
Note: The Senators in the 116th Legislature had been elected in November 1891 for a two-year term under the apportionment of 1879, as listed below. Although the 115th Legislature (1892) had re-apportioned the Senate districts, the only election under the new apportionment was held in November 1893, to elect the senators who sat in the 117th and 118th Legislatures.
Note: There are now 62 counties in the State of New York. The counties which are not mentioned in this list had not yet been established, or sufficiently organized, the area being included in one or more of the abovementioned counties.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | Edward Floyd-Jones* | Democrat | Chairman of Game Laws |
2nd | John McCarty* | Democrat | Chairman of State Prisons; and of Public Buildings |
3rd | Joseph Aspinall* | Republican | |
4th | Patrick H. McCarren* | Democrat | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation; and of Public Expenditures |
5th | William L. Brown* | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Cities; and of Grievances |
6th | John F. Ahearn* | Democrat | Chairman of Banks; and of Public Printing |
7th | George F. Roesch* | Democrat | Chairman of Judiciary; and of Privileges and Elections |
8th | Martin T. McMahon* | Democrat | Chairman of General Laws; and of Military Affairs |
9th | Edward P. Hagan | Democrat | Chairman of Claims; died on February 20, 1893 |
Thomas F. Cunningham | Democrat | elected on March 21 to fill vacancy [5] | |
10th | Jacob A. Cantor* | Democrat | President pro tempore; Chairman of Finance; and of Rules |
11th | George W. Plunkitt* | Democrat | Chairman of Miscellaneous Corporations; and of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
12th | Charles P. McClelland* | Democrat | Chairman of Insurance; and of Joint Library |
13th | William P. Richardson* | Republican | |
14th | Clarence E. Bloodgood* | Democrat | Chairman of Roads and Bridges; and of Poor Laws |
15th | Edward B. Osborne* | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Villages; and of Erection and Division of Towns and Counties; died on July 20, 1893 |
16th | John H. Derby* | Republican | |
17th | Amasa J. Parker Jr.* | Democrat | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment; and of Public Health |
18th | Harvey J. Donaldson* | Republican | |
19th | Louis W. Emerson* | Republican | |
20th | George Z. Erwin* | Republican | Minority Leader |
21st | Joseph Mullin* | Republican | |
22nd | Henry J. Coggeshall* | Republican | |
23rd | John E. Smith* | Republican | |
24th | Edmund O'Connor* | Republican | |
25th | John A. Nichols* | Democrat | Chairman of Manufacture of Salt; and of Agriculture |
26th | Thomas Hunter* | Republican | |
27th | Charles E. Walker | Democrat | Chairman of Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties; and of Manufactures; died on June 6, 1893 |
28th | Charles T. Saxton* | Republican | |
29th | Cornelius R. Parsons* | Republican | |
30th | Greenleaf S. Van Gorder* | Republican | |
31st | Matthias Endres* | Democrat | Chairman of Canals; and of Indian Affairs |
32nd | James T. Edwards* | Ind. Rep./Dem. | Chairman of Railroads; and of Public Education |
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes | |
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Albany | 1st | James Hilton | Democrat | Chairman of Agriculture |
2nd | Howard P. Foster | Republican | ||
3rd | Myer Nussbaum | Republican | ||
4th | George S. Rivenburgh | Republican | ||
Allegany | Marcus M. Congdon* | Republican | ||
Broome | Israel T. Deyo* | Republican | ||
Cattaraugus | William E. Wheeler* | Republican | ||
Cayuga | Charles Clinton Adams* | Republican | ||
Chautauqua | Egburt E. Woodbury* | Republican | ||
Chemung | John M. Diven | Republican | ||
Chenango | Charles H. Stanton* | Republican | ||
Clinton | Henry E. Barnard | Democrat | ||
Columbia | Charles M. Bell | Republican | died on May 6, 1893 [6] | |
Cortland | James H. Tripp* | Republican | ||
Delaware | DeWitt Griffin | Republican | ||
Dutchess | 1st | Edward H. Thompson | Republican | |
2nd | James A. Vanderwater* | Democrat | ||
Erie | 1st | John J. Clahan* | Democrat | Chairman of Canals |
2nd | Jacob Goldberg* | Democrat | Chairman of Excise | |
3rd | Joseph Lenhard | Democrat | ||
4th | Edward Gallagher* | Republican | ||
5th | Henry H. Guenther* | Democrat | Chairman of General Laws | |
6th | Frank D. Smith | Democrat | Chairman of Public Lands and Forestry | |
Essex | George A. Stevens | Republican | ||
Franklin | Allen S. Matthews* | Republican | ||
Fulton and Hamilton | Philip Keck | Republican | ||
Genesee | Charles N. Reed* | Republican | ||
Greene | James Stead | Republican | ||
Herkimer | William C. Prescott | Republican | ||
Jefferson | Harrison Fuller* | Republican | ||
Kings | 1st | William J. Plant* | Democrat | |
2nd | John Cooney* | Democrat | Chairman of Judiciary | |
3rd | John J. O'Connor* | Democrat | Chairman of Fisheries and Game | |
4th | Joseph J. Cahill* | Democrat | Chairman of Unfinished Business | |
5th | Hubert G. Taylor | Republican | ||
6th | Patrick McGowan | Democrat | died on April 17, 1893 [7] | |
7th | Thomas F. Byrnes* | Democrat | Chairman of Federal Relations | |
8th | John A. Hennessey | Democrat | ||
9th | John Kelly* | Democrat | Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply | |
10th | William E. Melody | Democrat | ||
11th | William E. Shields* | Democrat | Chairman of Revision; died on August 14, 1893 [8] | |
12th | Louis C. Ott* | Democrat | Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills | |
13th | James F. Quigley* | Democrat | Majority Leader; Chairman of Ways and Means | |
14th | Joseph Bender | Democrat | ||
15th | George H. Deitsch | Democrat | ||
16th | Walter L. Durack | Democrat | ||
17th | Michael E. Finnigan | Democrat | ||
18th | James Graham | Democrat | ||
Lewis | Hugh Hughes | Republican | ||
Livingston | Jesse Roberts* | Republican | ||
Madison | Clarence W. Dexter* | Republican | ||
Monroe | 1st | Samuel H. Stone | Republican | |
2nd | James M. E. O'Grady | Republican | ||
3rd | William H. Denniston* | Republican | ||
Montgomery | Edward J. Hand | Democrat | ||
New York | 1st | Patrick H. Duffy* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Health |
2nd | Timothy D. Sullivan* | Democrat | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation | |
3rd | Jacob A. Mittnacht | Democrat | ||
4th | Patrick H. Roche* | Democrat | Chairman of Insurance | |
5th | Samuel J. Foley* | Democrat | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment | |
6th | Moses Dinkelspiel* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Institutions | |
7th | Otto Kempner | Democrat | ||
8th | William H. Walker* | Democrat | Chairman of Claims | |
9th | Walter W. Bahan | Democrat | ||
10th | William Sulzer* | Democrat | elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules | |
11th | Percival Farquhar* | Democrat | Chairman of Military Affairs | |
12th | Frank A. O'Donnel | Democrat | ||
13th | James H. Southworth* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Education | |
14th | Daniel F. Martin* | Democrat | Chairman of Codes | |
15th | Louis Drypolcher* | Democrat | Chairman of Labor and Industries | |
16th | Joseph C. Wolff | Democrat | Chairman of Soldiers' Home | |
17th | John Kerrigan | Democrat | Chairman of Trades and Manufactures | |
18th | Thomas J. McManus* | Democrat | ||
19th | Thomas C. O'Sullivan | Democrat | Chairman of Privileges and Elections | |
20th | William H. McKeon | Democrat | ||
21st | Louis H. Hahlo* | Democrat | Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies | |
22nd | Morris Jacoby | Democrat | ||
23rd | William Bruce Ellison | Democrat | ||
24th | Frederick P. Hummel | Democrat | ||
25th | John Keleher | Democrat | ||
26th | Louis Davidson | Democrat | ||
27th | George P. Webster* | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Cities | |
28th | James F. Reilly | Democrat | ||
29th | Arthur C. Butts | Democrat | ||
30th | Charles C. Marrin | Democrat | ||
Niagara | Elton T. Ransom | Democrat | ||
Oneida | 1st | Cornelius Haley* | Dem./Labor | |
2nd | Chester W. Porter* | Republican | ||
Onondaga | 1st | Duncan W. Peck | Democrat | Chairman of Indian Affairs |
2nd | Jonathan Wyckoff | Republican | ||
3rd | William H. Hotaling | Republican | ||
Ontario | William L. Parkhurst | Republican | ||
Orange | 1st | Howard Thornton* | Republican | |
2nd | John Kinsila | Democrat | ||
Orleans | Adelbert J. McCormick* | Republican | ||
Oswego | Danforth E. Ainsworth | Republican | ||
Otsego | Walter L. Brown* | Republican | ||
Putnam | Hamilton Fish II | Republican | ||
Queens | 1st | James Robinson | Democrat | |
2nd | Samuel V. Searing | Democrat | ||
3rd | Solomon S. Townsend* | Democrat | Chairman of Railroads | |
Rensselaer | 1st | William M. Keenan | Democrat | |
2nd | John M. Chambers | Republican | ||
3rd | John J. Cassin* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Printing | |
Richmond | Hubbard R. Yetman* | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Villages | |
Rockland | Thomas Finegan* | Democrat | ||
St. Lawrence | George R. Malby* | Republican | Minority Leader | |
Saratoga | James Frank Terry | Republican | ||
Schenectady | Alvin J. Quackenbush* | Democrat | Chairman of Banks | |
Schoharie | Benjamin H. Avery | Democrat | ||
Schuyler | William H. Wait* | Republican | ||
Seneca | Henry Van De Mark | Democrat | ||
Steuben | 1st | Gordon M. Patchin* | Republican | |
2nd | Herman E. Buck* | Republican | ||
Suffolk | Richard Higbie | Republican | ||
Sullivan | Uriah S. Messiter | Republican | ||
Tioga | Edward G. Tracy* | Republican | ||
Tompkins | Albert H. Pierson* | Republican | ||
Ulster | 1st | Jacob Rice* | Democrat | Chairman of State Prisons |
2nd | James Lounsbery | Republican | unsuccessfully contested by George H. Bush (D) [9] | |
Warren | Howard Conkling* | Republican | ||
Washington | William R. Hobbie | Republican | ||
Wayne | John E. Hough | Republican | ||
Westchester | 1st | Thomas K. Fraser* | Democrat | Chairman of Internal Affairs |
2nd | Alfred Hennen Morris | Democrat | ||
3rd | Edgar L. Ryder | Democrat | ||
Wyoming | Milo H. Olin* | Republican | ||
Yates | Morris F. Sheppard | Republican | ||
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