119th 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, 1896 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 50 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. Charles T. Saxton (R) | ||||
Temporary President | Timothy E. Ellsworth (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican (36-14) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 150 | ||||
Speaker | Hamilton Fish II (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican (103-47) | ||||
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The 119th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to April 30, 1896, during the second year of Levi P. Morton's governorship, in Albany.
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, 50 Senators and 150 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 (twelve districts), Kings County (seven districts), Erie County (three districts) and Monroe County (two districts). The Assembly districts were made up of contiguous area, all within the same county.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Prohibition Party, the Socialist Labor Party and the People's Party also nominated tickets.
The New York state election, 1895 was held on November 5. The state officers and state senators were elected to an exceptional three-year term (for the sessions of 1896, 1897 and 1898), so that the election of these officers would be held, beginning in 1898, in even-numbered years, at the same time as the gubernatorial election.
All six statewide elective offices up for election was carried by the Republicans. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Secretary of State, was: Republican 601,000; Democratic 511,000; Prohibition 25,000; Socialist Labor 21,000; and People's Party 7,000.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 1, 1896; and adjourned on April 30.
Hamilton Fish II (R) was re-elected Speaker.
Timothy E. Ellsworth (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.
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. Richard Higbie, Frank Gallagher, George W. Brush, Albert A. Wray, Julius L. Wieman, Samuel J. Foley, Frank D. Pavey, J. Irving Burns, George R. Malby, Benjamin M. Wilcox, Edwin C. Stewart and Simon Seibert changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | Richard Higbie* | Republican | |
2nd | Theodore Koehler | Democrat | |
3rd | Frank Gallagher* | Democrat | |
4th | George W. Brush* | Republican | |
5th | Michael J. Coffey* | Democrat | re-elected |
6th | Peter H. McNulty | Democrat | |
7th | Patrick H. McCarren | Democrat | |
8th | Albert A. Wray* | Republican | |
9th | Julius L. Wieman* | Republican | |
10th | John F. Ahearn* | Democrat | re-elected |
11th | Timothy D. Sullivan* | Democrat | re-elected |
12th | Samuel J. Foley* | Democrat | |
13th | Bernard F. Martin | Democrat | |
14th | Thomas F. Grady | Democrat | |
15th | Frank D. Pavey* | Republican | |
16th | Louis Munzinger | Democrat | |
17th | Charles B. Page | Republican | |
18th | Maurice Featherson | Democrat | |
19th | John Ford | Republican | |
20th | Jacob A. Cantor* | Democrat | re-elected; Minority Leader |
21st | Charles L. Guy* | Democrat | re-elected |
22nd | J. Irving Burns* | Republican | |
23rd | Clarence Lexow* | Republican | re-elected |
24th | William C. Daley | Republican | |
25th | Charles Davis | Republican | |
26th | James Ballantine | Republican | died on May 4, 1896 [1] |
27th | Hobart Krum | Republican | |
28th | Edgar T. Brackett | Republican | |
29th | Myer Nussbaum | Republican | |
30th | LeGrand C. Tibbits | Republican | |
31st | George Chahoon | Republican | |
32nd | George R. Malby* | Republican | |
33rd | Walter L. Brown | Republican | |
34th | Henry J. Coggeshall* | Ind. Rep. | re-elected |
35th | Joseph Mullin* | Republican | re-elected |
36th | Horace White | Republican | |
37th | Nevada N. Stranahan | Republican | |
38th | William Elting Johnson | Republican | |
39th | Benjamin M. Wilcox* | Republican | |
40th | Edwin C. Stewart* | Republican | |
41st | John S. Sheppard | Republican | |
42nd | John Raines* | Republican | re-elected |
43rd | Cornelius R. Parsons* | Republican | re-elected |
44th | Henry Harrison | Republican | |
45th | Timothy E. Ellsworth | Republican | elected President pro tempore |
46th | Lester H. Humphrey | Republican | |
47th | Charles Lamy* | Republican | re-elected |
48th | Simon Seibert* | Republican | |
49th | George Allen Davis | Republican | |
50th | Frank W. Higgins* | Republican | re-elected |
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