136th New York State Legislature | |||||
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Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
Term | January 1 – December 31, 1913 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 51 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. Martin H. Glynn (D), until August 13 | ||||
Temporary President | Robert F. Wagner (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (33-16-2) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 150 | ||||
Speaker | Al Smith (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (104-42-4) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 136th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to December 12, 1913, while William Sulzer, and then Martin H. Glynn, were Governor of New York, in Albany.
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, re-apportioned in 1906 and 1907, 51 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 (eight 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 Progressive Party, the Socialist Party, the Independence League, the Prohibition Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets.
The New York state election, 1912, was held on November 5. Congressman William Sulzer and Martin H. Glynn were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor; both Democrats. The other seven statewide elective offices up for election were also carried by the Democrats. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for governor, was: Democrats 650,000; Republicans 444,000; Progressives-Independence League 393,000; Socialists 57,000; Prohibition 19,000; and Socialist Labor 4,000.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 1, 1913; and adjourned on May 2.
Al Smith (D) was elected Speaker with 102 votes against 42 for Harold J. Hinman (R) and 3 for Michael Schaap (P).
Robert F. Wagner (D) was re-elected President pro tempore of the State Senate.
The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on June 16. [1] This session was called by Governor Sulzer to try again to amend the primary election law. Instead, the legislators formed a committee to investigate Sulzer. [2] On August 13, Governor Sulzer was impeached by the Assembly with a vote of 79 to 45. [3] Lt. Gov. Glynn then claimed to be Acting Governor, but was contested by Sulzer. After some days, the courts recognized Glynn as Acting Governor, pending the verdict of the impeachment trial.
The Legislature took a recess on August 28; [4] and met again on September 17.
On September 18, 1913, the New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments met in the Senate chamber at the State Capitol in Albany. The trial ended on October 12 with the conviction, and removal from office, of Governor William Sulzer. Lt. Gov. Martin H. Glynn succeeded to the governor's office for the remainder of the term; and President pro tem Robert F. Wagner became Acting Lieutenant Governor.
The Legislature took a recess on October 22; met again on November 10 and took a recess the same day; met again on December 8; and finally adjourned on December 12. On the last day, a Workmen's Compensation Bill was passed. [5]
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. John C. Fitzgerald, James A. Foley, John J. Boylan, George A. Blauvelt, John D. Stivers, George H. Whitney, Clayton L. Wheeler, Thomas B. Wilson, John Seeley and Gottfried H. Wende changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | Thomas H. O'Keefe | Democrat | |
2nd | Bernard M. Patten | Democrat | |
3rd | Thomas H. Cullen* | Democrat | Chairman of Cities |
4th | Henry P. Velte | Democrat | |
5th | William J. Heffernan | Democrat | Chairman of Public Printing |
6th | William B. Carswell | Democrat | |
7th | Daniel J. Carroll | Democrat | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
8th | James F. Duhamel* | Democrat | Chairman of Privileges and Elections |
9th | Felix J. Sanner* | Democrat | Chairman of Conservation |
10th | Herman H. Torborg | Democrat | |
11th | Christopher D. Sullivan* | Democrat | Chairman of Miscellaneous Corporations |
12th | John C. Fitzgerald* | Democrat | |
13th | James D. McClelland* | Democrat | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |
14th | James A. Foley* | Democrat | Chairman of Railroads |
15th | John J. Boylan* | Democrat | |
16th | Robert F. Wagner* | Democrat | re-elected President pro tempore |
17th | Walter R. Herrick | Democrat | Chairman of Military Affairs |
18th | Henry W. Pollock* | Democrat | Chairman of Banks |
19th | Henry Salant | Progr./Ind. L. | contested; seat vacated on April 29 [6] |
George W. Simpson | Democrat | seated on April 29 | |
20th | James J. Frawley* | Democrat | Chairman of Finance |
21st | Stephen J. Stilwell* | Democrat | Chairman of Codes; seat vacated on May 24 upon conviction for bribery |
John Davidson | Democrat | elected to fill vacancy, took his seat on November 10: contested by Morris S. Schector (R) | |
22nd | Anthony J. Griffin* | Democrat | Chairman of Labor and Industry |
23rd | George A. Blauvelt* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Education |
24th | John F. Healy | Democrat | Chairman of Penal Institutions |
25th | John D. Stivers* | Republican | |
26th | Franklin D. Roosevelt* | Democrat | Chairman of Agriculture; resigned on March 17 to become Asst. US Secr. of the Navy |
James E. Towner | Republican | elected to fill vacancy, took his seat on December 8 | |
27th | Abraham J. Palmer | Progr./Rep. | |
28th | Henry M. Sage* | Republican | |
29th | John W. McKnight | Democrat | Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
30th | George H. Whitney* | Republican | |
31st | Loren H. White* | Democrat | Chairman of Internal Affairs |
32nd | Seth G. Heacock* | Republican | |
33rd | James A. Emerson* | Republican | |
34th | Herbert P. Coats* | Republican | |
35th | Elon R. Brown | Republican | Minority Leader |
36th | William D. Peckham | Democrat | |
37th | Ralph W. Thomas* | Republican | |
38th | J. Henry Walters* | Republican | |
39th | Clayton L. Wheeler* | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Villages |
40th | Charles J. Hewitt* | Republican | |
41st | John F. Murtaugh* | Democrat | Chairman of Judiciary |
42nd | Thomas B. Wilson* | Republican | |
43rd | John Seeley* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Health |
44th | Thomas H. Bussey* | Republican | |
45th | George F. Argetsinger* | Republican | |
46th | William L. Ormrod* | Republican | |
47th | George F. Thompson | Republican | |
48th | John F. Malone | Democrat | Chairman of Canals |
49th | Samuel J. Ramsperger* | Democrat | Chairman of Insurance |
50th | Gottfried H. Wende* | Democrat | Chairman of Revision |
51st | Frank N. Godfrey | Republican | |
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes | |
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Albany | 1st | Harold J. Hinman* | Republican | Minority Leader |
2nd | John G. Malone* | Republican | ||
3rd | William C. Baxter | Republican | ||
Allegany | Ransom L. Richardson* | Republican | ||
Broome | Mortimer B. Edwards | Republican | ||
Cattaraugus | Clare Willard | Democrat | ||
Cayuga | Michael Grace* | Republican | ||
Chautauqua | 1st | George W. Jude | Progressive | |
2nd | John Leo Sullivan* | Republican | ||
Chemung | Robert P. Bush* | Democrat | Chairman of Ways and Means | |
Chenango | Walter A. Shepardson* | Republican | ||
Clinton | Charles J. Vert* | Republican | ||
Columbia | Alexander W. Hover | Democrat | ||
Cortland | Niles Freeland Webb | Republican | ||
Delaware | John W. Telford | Democrat | ||
Dutchess | 1st | Myron Smith* | Republican | |
2nd | John Augustus Kelly | Democrat | ||
Erie | 1st | George Frederick Small | Democrat | |
2nd | Clinton T. Horton* | Republican | ||
3rd | Albert F. Geyer | Democrat | ||
4th | Edward D. Jackson* | Democrat | Chairman of Excise | |
5th | Richard F. Hearn* | Democrat | Chairman of Canals | |
6th | James M. Rozan* | Democrat | ||
7th | Joseph Vincent Fitzgerald | Democrat | a Manager at the impeachment trial | |
8th | George Geoghan | Democrat | ||
9th | John Dorst Jr. | Democrat | ||
Essex | Spencer G. Prime II* | Republican | ||
Franklin | Alexander Macdonald* | Republican | ||
Fulton and Hamilton | James H. Wood | Republican | ||
Genesee | Clarence Bryant* | Republican | ||
Greene | J. Lewis Patrie* | Democrat | Chairman of Labor and Industries | |
Herkimer | E. Bert Pullman | Democrat | ||
Jefferson | 1st | H. Edmund Machold* | Republican | |
2nd | John G. Jones* | Republican | ||
Kings | 1st | John Joseph Kelly | Democrat | |
2nd | William J. Gillen* | Democrat | Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply; a Manager at the impeachment trial | |
3rd | Frank J. Taylor | Democrat | ||
4th | Harry W. Kornobis | Democrat | ||
5th | Vincent A. O'Connor | Democrat | ||
6th | Lester D. Volk | Progressive | ||
7th | Daniel F. Farrell* | Democrat | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation | |
8th | John J. McKeon* | Democrat | ||
9th | Frederick S. Burr | Democrat | ||
10th | George E. Dennen | Democrat | ||
11th | Karl Soden Deitz | Democrat | ||
12th | William Pinkey Hamilton Jr. | Democrat | ||
13th | James H. Finnigan | Democrat | ||
14th | James J. Garvey* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Printing | |
15th | Thomas E. Willmott* | Democrat | Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies | |
16th | Jesse P. Larrimer | Democrat | ||
17th | Frederick Ulrich | Democrat | ||
18th | Joseph Henry Esquirol | Democrat | ||
19th | Jacob Schifferdecker* | Democrat | ||
20th | Cornelius J. Cronin | Democrat | ||
21st | Harry Heyman* | Democrat | Chairman of Banks | |
22nd | Joseph J. Monahan | Democrat | ||
23rd | Thomas L. Ingram | Democrat | ||
Lewis | James B. Van Woert | Democrat | ||
Livingston | Edward M. Magee | Republican | ||
Madison | Morell E. Tallett* | Republican | ||
Monroe | 1st | Jared W. Hopkins* | Republican | |
2nd | Simon L. Adler* | Republican | ||
3rd | August V. Pappert* | Republican | ||
4th | Cyrus W. Phillips* | Republican | ||
5th | Charles H. Gallup | Democrat | Chairman of Public Institutions | |
Montgomery | Walter A. Gage* | Republican | ||
Nassau | Thomas B. Maloney | Democrat | ||
New York | 1st | Thomas B. Caughlan* | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Cities |
2nd | Al Smith* | Democrat | elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules | |
3rd | Harry E. Oxford | Democrat | ||
4th | Aaron J. Levy* | Democrat | Majority Leader; a Manager at the impeachment trial | |
5th | Jimmy Walker* | Democrat | Chairman of Insurance | |
6th | Jacob Silverstein | Democrat | ||
7th | Peter P. McElligott* | Democrat | Chairman of General Laws | |
8th | Solomon Sufrin | Progressive | ||
9th | Charles D. Donohue | Democrat | ||
10th | Meyer Greenberg* | Democrat | ||
11th | John Kerrigan | Democrat | Chairman of Claims | |
12th | Joseph D. Kelly | Democrat | ||
13th | James C. Campbell* | Democrat | ||
14th | Robert Lee Tudor | Democrat | ||
15th | Theodore Hackett Ward | Democrat | a Manager at the impeachment trial | |
16th | Martin G. McCue* | Democrat | Chairman of Railroads | |
17th | Mark Eisner | Democrat | ||
18th | Mark Goldberg* | Democrat | Chairman of Judiciary | |
19th | Thomas F. Denney | Democrat | died on November 26, 1913 [7] | |
20th | Patrick J. McGrath* | Democrat | Chairman of Codes | |
21st | Thomas Kane | Democrat | ||
22nd | Edward Weil* | Democrat | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment | |
23rd | David Chester Lewis | Democrat | ||
24th | Owen M. Kiernan | Democrat | ||
25th | David H. Knott | Democrat | ||
26th | Abraham Greenberg | Democrat | a Manager at the impeachment trial | |
27th | Raymond B. Carver | Democrat | ||
28th | Salvatore A. Cotillo | Democrat | ||
29th | Charles J. Carroll | Democrat | ||
30th | Louis A. Cuvillier* | Democrat | Chairman of Military Affairs | |
31st | Michael Schaap | Progressive | Progressive Leader | |
32nd | Louis D. Gibbs | Democrat | ||
33rd | Thomas John Lane | Democrat | ||
34th | Patrick Joseph McMahon | Democrat | a Manager at the impeachment trial | |
35th | Ernest E. L. Hammer | Democrat | ||
Niagara | 1st | Frank Mead Bradley | Republican | |
2nd | Eugene A. McCollum | Democrat | ||
Oneida | 1st | Fred Frank Emden | Democrat | |
2nd | Herbert E. Allen* | Republican | ||
3rd | John Brayton Fuller* | Republican | ||
Onondaga | 1st | Patrick J. Kelly | Democrat | |
2nd | Stephen Gay Daley | Democrat | ||
3rd | Thomas K. Smith* | Republican | a Manager at the impeachment trial | |
Ontario | Herman Ferdinand Schnirel | Republican | a Manager at the impeachment trial | |
Orange | 1st | Caleb H. Baumes* | Republican | |
2nd | William Thomas Doty | Democrat | Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills | |
Orleans | Marc Wheeler Cole | Democrat | Chairman of Agriculture | |
Oswego | Thaddeus C. Sweet* | Republican | ||
Otsego | LaVerne P. Butts | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Villages | |
Putnam | John R. Yale* | Republican | ||
Queens | 1st | Samuel J. Burden | Democrat | |
2nd | Alfred J. Kennedy* | Democrat | Chairman of Privileges and Elections; resigned on May 12, to take office as Postmaster of Flushing | |
3rd | Alfred C. Benninger | Democrat | ||
4th | Howard Sutphin | Democrat | ||
Rensselaer | 1st | Charles Fred Schwarz* | Democrat | Chairman of Revision |
2nd | Tracey D. Taylor | Democrat | ||
Richmond | Ralph R. McKee* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Education | |
Rockland | Frederick George Grimme | Democrat | ||
St. Lawrence | 1st | Frank L. Seaker* | Republican | |
2nd | John A. Smith | Republican | ||
Saratoga | Gilbert T. Seelye | Republican | ||
Schenectady | Arthur Porter Squire | Democrat | ||
Schoharie | Edward A. Dox | Democrat | ||
Schuyler | John W. Gurnett* | Democrat | Chairman of Conservation | |
Seneca | Augustus S. Hughes | Democrat | ||
Steuben | 1st | Charles A. Brewster | Democrat | Chairman of Soldiers' Home |
2nd | James L. Seely Jr. | Democrat | ||
Suffolk | 1st | Stephen A. Fallon | Democrat | |
2nd | John J. Robinson | Democrat | ||
Sullivan | John K. Evans* | Democrat | Chairman of Internal Affairs | |
Tioga | John G. Pembleton* | Republican | ||
Tompkins | Minor McDaniels* | Democrat | Chairman of Public Health | |
Ulster | 1st | Lawrence M. Kenney | Democrat | |
2nd | Eldridge M. Gathright | Democrat | ||
Warren | Henry E. H. Brereton* | Republican | ||
Washington | Eugene R. Norton | Republican | ||
Wayne | Albert Yeomans* | Republican | ||
Westchester | 1st | Tracy P. Madden* | Democrat | Chairman of Penal Institutions; a Manager at the impeachment trial |
2nd | Verne Morgan Bovie | Democrat | ||
3rd | Wilson Randolph Yard | Democrat | ||
4th | Mortimer Charles O'Brien | Democrat | ||
Wyoming | John Knight | Republican | ||
Yates | Edward C. Gillett* | Republican | ||
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