123rd New York State Legislature

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123rd New York State Legislature
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New York State Capitol (1900)
Overview
Legislative body New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction New York, United States
TermJanuary 1 – December 31, 1900
Senate
Members50
President Lt. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff (R)
Temporary President Timothy E. Ellsworth (R)
Party controlRepublican (27-23)
Assembly
Members150
Speaker S. Frederick Nixon (R)
Party controlRepublican (93-57)
Sessions
1stJanuary 3 – April 6, 1900

The 123rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to April 6, 1900, during the second year of Theodore Roosevelt's governorship, in Albany.

Contents

Background

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.

Elections

The New York state election, 1899, was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1900, and adjourned on April 6.

S. Frederick Nixon (R) was re-elected Speaker, with 92 votes against 57 for J. Franklin Barnes (D).

State Senate

Districts

  • 1st District: Richmond and Suffolk counties
  • 2nd District: Queens and Nassau counties
  • 3rd District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
  • 4th District: 7th, 13th, 19th and 21st Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
  • 5th District: 8th, 10th, 12th and 30th Ward of Brooklyn, and the annexed former Town of Gravesend, as constituted in 1894
  • 6th District: 9th, 11th, 20th and 22nd Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
  • 7th District: 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
  • 8th District: 23rd, 24th, 25th and 29th Ward of Brooklyn; and the annexed former Town of Flatlands, as constituted in 1894
  • 9th District: 18th, 26th, 27th and 28th Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
  • 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st District: Parts of the City of New York, defined geographically by their bordering streets, regardless of Wards or Assembly districts
  • 22nd District: Westchester County
  • 23rd District: Orange and Rockland counties
  • 24th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam and counties
  • 25th District: Greene and Ulster counties
  • 26th District: Chenango, Delaware and Sullivan counties
  • 27th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery and Schoharie counties
  • 28th District: Saratoga, Schenectady and Washington counties
  • 29th District: Albany County
  • 30th District: Rensselaer County
  • 31st District: Clinton, Essex and Warren counties
  • 32nd District: Franklin and St. Lawrence counties
  • 33rd District: Otsego and Herkimer counties
  • 34th District: Oneida County
  • 35th District: Jefferson and Lewis counties
  • 36th District: Onondaga County
  • 37th District: Oswego and Madison counties
  • 38th District: Broome, Cortland and Tioga counties
  • 39th District: Cayuga and Seneca counties
  • 40th District: Chemung, Schuyler and Tompkins counties
  • 41st District: Steuben and Yates counties
  • 42nd District: Ontario and Wayne counties
  • 43rd District: 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th Ward of Rochester; and the towns of Brighton, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Menden, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Rush and Webster, in Monroe County
  • 44th District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 19th and 20th Ward of Rochester; and the towns of Chili, Clarkson, Gates, Greece, Hamlin, Ogden, Parma, Riga, Sweden and Wheatland, in Monroe County
  • 45th District: Genesee, Niagara and Orleans counties
  • 46th District: Allegany, Livingston and Wyoming counties
  • 47th District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Ward of Buffalo
  • 48th District: 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Ward of Buffalo
  • 49th District: 17th, 18th and 25th Ward of the City of Buffalo; and all area in Erie County outside Buffalo
  • 50th District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties

Note: In 1897, New York County (the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx), Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn), Richmond County (the borough of Staten Island) and the Western part of Queens County (the borough of Queens) were consolidated into the present-day City of New York. The Eastern part of Queens County (the non-consolidated part) was separated in 1899 as Nassau County. Parts of the 1st and 2nd Assembly districts of Westchester County were annexed by New York City in 1895, and became part of the Borough of the Bronx in 1898.

Members

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)..."

DistrictSenatorPartyNotes
1st John L. Havens*Democrat
2nd James Norton*Democrat
3rd Thomas H. Cullen*Democrat
4th David Floyd Davis*RepublicanChairman of Military Affairs
5th Michael J. Coffey*Democrat
6th William J. La Roche*Democrat
7th Patrick H. McCarren*Democrat
8th Henry Marshall*RepublicanChairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills
9th Joseph Wagner*Democrat
10th John F. Ahearn*Democrat
11th Timothy D. Sullivan*Democrat
12th Samuel J. Foley*Democrat
13th Bernard F. Martin*Democrat
14th Thomas F. Grady*DemocratMinority Leader
15th Nathaniel A. Elsberg*RepublicanChairman of Revision
16th Louis Munzinger*Democrat
17th George W. Plunkitt*Democrat
18th Maurice Featherson*Democrat
19th John Ford*RepublicanChairman of Commerce and Navigation
20th Thomas F. Donnelly*Democrat
21st Richard H. Mitchell*Democrat
22nd William J. Graney*Democrat
23rd Louis F. Goodsell*RepublicanChairman of Affairs of Villages
24th Henry S. Ambler*RepublicanChairman of Agriculture
25th Jacob Rice*Democrat
26th William L. Thornton*RepublicanChairman of Privileges and Elections
27th Hobart Krum*RepublicanChairman of Taxation and Retrenchment
28th Edgar T. Brackett*RepublicanChairman of Judiciary
29th Curtis N. Douglas*Democrat
30th Frank M. Boyce*Democrat
31st George Chahoon*RepublicanChairman of Trades and Manufactures
32nd George R. Malby*RepublicanChairman of Codes
33rd James D. Feeter*RepublicanChairman of Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties
34th Henry J. Coggeshall*RepublicanChairman of Miscellaneous Corporations
35th Elon R. Brown*RepublicanChairman of Forest, Fish, and Game Laws
36th Horace White*RepublicanChairman of Public Education
37th Nevada N. Stranahan*RepublicanChairman of Affairs of Cities
38th William Elting Johnson*RepublicanChairman of Public Health
39th Benjamin M. Wilcox*RepublicanChairman of Penal Institutions
40th Charles T. Willis*RepublicanChairman of Indian Affairs
41st Franklin D. Sherwood*RepublicanChairman of Public Printing
42nd John Raines*RepublicanChairman of Railroads
43rd Cornelius R. Parsons*RepublicanChairman of Insurance
44th William W. Armstrong*RepublicanChairman of Roads and Bridges
45th Timothy E. Ellsworth*RepublicanPresident pro tempore; Chairman of Rules
46th Lester H. Humphrey*RepublicanChairman of Banks
47th William F. Mackey*Democrat
48th Samuel J. Ramsperger*Democrat
49th George Allen Davis*RepublicanChairman of Canals
50th Frank W. Higgins*RepublicanChairman of Finance

Employees

State Assembly

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

Assemblymen

DistrictAssemblymenPartyNotes
Albany 1st William L. Coughtry*RepublicanChairman of Insurance
2nd James B. McEwan*RepublicanChairman of Banks
3rd George T. Kelly*Democrat
4th Edward McCreary Republican
Allegany Almanzo W. Litchard*RepublicanChairman of Agriculture
Broome 1st James T. Rogers*RepublicanChairman of Excise
2nd John H. Swift Republican
Cattaraugus 1st William E. Wheeler RepublicanChairman of Public Lands and Forestry
2nd Albert T. Fancher*RepublicanChairman of Indian Affairs
Cayuga 1st Ernest G. Treat Republican
2nd George S. Fordyce*RepublicanChairman of Public Printing
Chautauqua 1st J. Samuel Fowler*RepublicanChairman of State Prisons
2nd S. Frederick Nixon*Republicanre-elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules
Chemung Charles H. Knipp Republican
Chenango Jotham P. Allds*RepublicanMajority Leader; Chairman of Ways and Means
Clinton Charles E. Johnson Republican
Columbia Martin M. Kittel Republican
Cortland George S. Sands*Republican
Delaware Delos Axtell*RepublicanChairman of Fisheries and Game
Dutchess 1st John T. Smith*Republican
2nd William A. Tripp*RepublicanChairman of Public Institutions
Erie 1st John H. Bradley Democrat
2nd Henry W. Hill*RepublicanChairman of Canals
3rd George Geoghan Democrat
4th William Metzler Republican
5th Henry Streifler*Democrat
6th Nicholas J. Miller Republican
7th John K. Patton*RepublicanChairman of Federal Relations
8th Elijah Cook Republican
Essex Orlando Beede*Republican
Franklin Halbert D. Stevens Republican
Fulton and Hamilton William Harris Republican
Genesee John J. Ellis*RepublicanChairman of Affairs of Villages
Greene Sylvester B. Sage Democrat
Herkimer Erwin E. Kelley*Republican
Jefferson 1st Morgan Bryan*Republican
2nd Charles O. Roberts*Republican
Kings 1st John Hill Morgan Republican
2nd John McKeown*Democrat
3rd James J. McInerney*Democrat
4th Charles H. Cotton*RepublicanChairman of Military Affairs
5th Abram C. DeGraw*RepublicanChairman of Taxation and Retrenchment
6th John Harvey Waite Republican
7th John D. Holsten Democrat
8th Thomas J. Farrell*Democrat
9th John J. Cain*Democrat
10th Charles E. Fiske Democrat
11th Joseph A. Guider*Democrat
12th Frank J. Price Republican
13th George Siems*Democrat
14th Thomas P. Hawkins Democrat
15th Charles Juengst*Democrat
16th Edward C. Brennan*RepublicanChairman of Commerce and Navigation
17th Harris Wilson*Republican
18th Jacob D. Remsen Republican
19th Conrad Hasenflug Democrat
20th William F. Delaney Democrat
21st Joseph H. Adams Republican
Lewis John L. Smith Republican
Livingston Otto Kelsey*RepublicanChairman of Affairs of Cities
Madison Robert J. Fish*RepublicanChairman of Judiciary
Monroe 1st Merton E. Lewis*RepublicanChairman of Public Education
2nd Adolph J. Rodenbeck*RepublicanChairman of Claims
3rd Richard Gardiner*Republican
4th Benjamin F. Gleason*Republican
Montgomery Alphonso Walrath Republican
New York 1st Michael Halpin Democrat
2nd James A. Rierdon*Democrat
3rd Michael T. Sharkey*Democrat
4th Patrick H. Roche*Democrat
5th Nelson H. Henry*RepublicanChairman of Public Health
6th Timothy P. Sullivan*Democrat
7th John F. Maher*Democrat
8th Isidor Cohn Democrat
9th N. Taylor Phillips*Democrat
10th Julius Harburger*Democrat
11th John J. O'Connor*Democrat
12th Leon Sanders*Democrat
13th Patrick F. Trainor*Democrat
14th Louis Meister*Democrat
15th James E. Smith*Democrat
16th Samuel Prince Democrat
17th James J. Fitzgerald Democrat
18th Charles P. Dillon*Democrat
19th Perez M. Stewart Ind. Dem.
20th Henry C. Honeck Democrat
21st Edward H. Fallows*RepublicanChairman of Privileges and Elections
22nd Joseph Baum*Democrat
23rd Maurice M. Minton Democrat
24th John B. Fitzgerald*Democrat
25th John A. Weekes Jr. RepublicanChairman of Codes
26th John J. O'Connell*Democrat
27th Gherardi Davis*Republican
28th Joseph I. Green*Democrat
29th Moses R. Ryttenberg Democrat
30th Samuel F. Hyman Democrat
31stvacantAssemblyman-elect Edward C. Stone (D)
died on December 8, 1899 [1]
Samuel S. Slater Republicanelected on January 23 to fill vacancy
32nd John Poth Jr.*Democrat
33rd John J. Egan*Democrat
34th John J. Scanlon Democrat
35th William E. Morris Democrat
Niagara 1st John T. Darrison*RepublicanChairman of Unfinished Business
2nd Jay S. Rowe*Republican
Oneida 1st William J. Sullivan*Democrat
2nd Louis M. Martin*RepublicanChairman of Internal Affairs
3rd Edward M. Marson Republican
Onondaga 1st Edward V. Baker Republican
2nd William Herrick Democrat
3rd Abraham Z. Hyman Democrat
4th John T. Delaney*Republican
Ontario Jean L. Burnett*RepublicanChairman of General Laws
Orange 1st James G. Graham*Republican
2nd Louis Bedell*RepublicanChairman of Railroads
Orleans William W. Phipps Republican
Oswego 1st Thomas D. Lewis*RepublicanChairman of Trades and Manufactures
2nd Thomas M. Costello*RepublicanChairman of Labor and Industries
Otsego Andrew R. Smith Republican
Putnam William W. Everett Republican
Queens 1st Charles C. Wissel*Democrat
2nd Cyrus B. Gale*Democrat
Queens and Nassau George W. Doughty*Republican
Rensselaer 1st Hugh Galbraith Republican
2nd John F. Ahearn Republican
3rd Michael Russell*RepublicanChairman of Charitable and Religious Societies
Richmond George Metcalfe Democrat
Rockland Frank P. Demarest Democrat
St. Lawrence 1st Charles S. Plank Republican
2nd Benjamin A. Babcock*Republican
Saratoga George H. West*Republican
Schenectady Andrew J. McMillan*Republican
Schoharie Daniel D. Frisbie Democrat
Schuyler J. Franklin Barnes DemocratMinority Leader
Seneca Israel Y. Larzelere Republican
Steuben 1st Frank C. Platt RepublicanChairman of Soldiers' Home
2nd Hyatt C. Hatch*RepublicanChairman of Revision
Suffolk 1st Joseph N. Hallock*Republican
2nd Regis H. Post*Republican
Sullivan Edwin R. Dusinbery Republican
Tioga Daniel P. Witter*RepublicanChairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
Tompkins Benn Conger Republican
Ulster 1st Robert A. Snyder*RepublicanChairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills
2nd Thomas Snyder Republican
Warren Charles H. Hitchcock*Republican
Washington Samuel B. Irwin Republican
Wayne Frederick W. Griffith Republican
Westchester 1st John J. Sloane*Democrat
2nd Alford W. Cooley Republican
3rd James K. Apgar*Republican
Wyoming Charles J. Gardner Republican
Yates Edward M. Sawyer*Republican

Employees

Notes

  1. ↑ DEATH OF EDWARD C. STONE in NYT on December 9, 1899

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