26th New York State Legislature

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26th New York State Legislature
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The Old Albany City Hall (undated)
Overview
Legislative body New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction New York, United States
TermJuly 1, 1802 – June 30, 1803
Senate
Members32
President Lt. Gov. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (Dem.-Rep.)
Party controlDemocratic-Republican (19-11)
Assembly
Members100
Speaker Thomas Storm (Dem.-Rep.)
Party controlDemocratic-Republican
Sessions
1stJanuary 25 – April 6, 1803

The 26th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 25 to April 6, 1803, during the 2nd year of George Clinton's second tenure as Governor of New York, in Albany.

Contents

Background

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1777, amended by the Constitutional Convention of 1801, 32 Senators were elected on general tickets in the four senatorial districts for four-year terms. They were divided into four classes, and every year eight Senate seats came up for election. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually.

In 1797, Albany was declared the State capital, and all subsequent Legislatures have been meeting there ever since. In 1799, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the last Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor.

At this time the politicians were divided into two opposing political parties: the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. [1]

Elections

The State election was held from April 27 to 29, 1802. Senators John Schenck (Southern D.) and Solomon Sutherland (Middle D.) were re-elected. Joseph Annin, Matthias B. Tallmadge, George Tiffany (all three Western D.); and Assemblymen Abraham Adriance (Middle D.), Asa Danforth and Jacob Snell (both Western D.) were also elected to the Senate. All eight were Democratic-Republicans.

Sessions

The Legislature met at the Old City Hall in Albany on January 25, 1803; and adjourned on April 6.

Dem.-Rep. Thomas Storm was re-elected Speaker. Solomon Southwick (Dem.-Rep.) was elected Clerk of the Assembly with 42 votes against 31 for the incumbent James Van Ingen (Fed.).

On February 1, 1803, the Legislature elected Theodorus Bailey (Dem.-Rep.) to the U.S. Senate, to succeed Gouverneur Morris (Fed.).

On February 8, 1803, the Legislature elected Abraham G. Lansing (Dem.-Rep.) State Treasurer, to succeed Robert McClellan (Fed.).

State Senate

Districts

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.

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Abraham Adriance, Asa Danforth and Jacob Snell changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

DistrictSenatorsTerm leftPartyNotes
Southern Richard Hatfield*1 yearFederalist
William Denning*2 yearsDem.-Rep.
Benjamin Huntting*2 yearsDem.-Rep.
Ebenezer Purdy*2 yearsDem.-Rep.elected to the Council of Appointment
Ezra L'Hommedieu*3 yearsDem.-Rep.
John Schenck*4 yearsDem.-Rep.
Middle John Hathorn*1 yearDem.-Rep.
John Suffern*1 yearDem.-Rep.
John C. Hogeboom*2 yearsDem.-Rep.elected to the Council of Appointment
James W. Wilkin*2 yearsDem.-Rep.
Jacobus S. Bruyn*3 yearsDem.-Rep.
Peter A. Van Bergen*3 yearsDem.-Rep.
(Solomon Sutherland*)4 yearsDem.-Rep.died September 10, 1802, before the Legislature met [2]
Abraham Adriance*4 yearsDem.-Rep.
Eastern Zina Hitchcock*1 yearFederalist
Ebenezer Russell*1 yearFederalist
Edward Savage*1 yearDem.-Rep.
James Gordon*2 yearsFederalist
Jacobus Van Schoonhoven*3 yearsFederalistelected to the Council of Appointment
Abraham Van Vechten*3 yearsFederalistalso Recorder of the City of Albany
(Christopher Hutton*)3 yearsDem.-Rep./Fed.
Western Vincent Mathews*1 yearFederalist
Moss Kent*1 yearFederalist
Robert Roseboom*2 yearsDem.-Rep.
Jedediah Sanger*2 yearsFederalistalso First Judge of the Oneida County Court
Lemuel Chipman*3 yearsFederalist
Isaac Foote 3 yearsFederalist
Joseph Annin 4 yearsDem.-Rep.
Asa Danforth*4 yearsDem.-Rep.
Jacob Snell*4 yearsDem.-Rep.elected to the Council of Appointment
Matthias B. Tallmadge 4 yearsDem.-Rep.
George Tiffany 4 yearsDem.-Rep.

Employees

State Assembly

Districts

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.

Assemblymen

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature. Stephen Lush changed from the Senate to the Assembly.

DistrictAssemblymenPartyNotes
Albany Johann Jost Dietz*Federalist
John Frisby
Stephen Lush*Federalist
Maus Schermerhorn
Peter S. Schuyler*Federalist
Jacob Ten Eyck*Federalist
Cayuga Salmon Buell*
Silas Halsey Dem.-Rep.
Thomas Hewitt
Chenango James Green
Stephen Hoxie
Joel Thompson Federalistpreviously a member from Albany Co.
Uri Tracy Dem.-Rep.also Chenango County Clerk
Clinton Peter Sailly Dem.-Rep.
Columbia Samuel Edmonds Federalist
Aaron Kellogg Federalist
Moncrief Livingston Federalist
Peter Silvester Federalist
Delaware John Lamb
Elias Osborn Dem.-Rep.
Dutchess Joseph C. Field Dem.-Rep.
John Jewett Dem.-Rep.
John Martin Dem.-Rep.
Thomas Mitchell Dem.-Rep.
Philip Spencer Jr. Dem.-Rep.
Theodorus R. Van Wyck Dem.-Rep.
James Winchell Dem.-Rep.
Essex Thomas Stower
Genesee
and Ontario 		Thaddeus Chapin
Augustus Porter Dem.-Rep.
Polydore B. Wisner
Greene George Hale Federalist
Martin G. Schuneman Dem.-Rep.previously a member from Ulster Co.
Herkimer Stephen Miller Dem.-Rep.
George Widrig*Dem.-Rep.
Samuel Wright Dem.-Rep.
Kings John Hicks
Montgomery Henry Kennedy
John Roof
Alexander Sheldon*Dem.-Rep.
Daniel Walker
Charles Ward*Dem.-Rep.
New York John Brower
John Burger
William Few*Dem.-Rep.
William W. Gilbert Dem.-Rep.
Peter Irving
Cornelius C. Roosevelt
Ezekiel Robins*Dem.-Rep.
Thomas Storm*Dem.-Rep.re-elected Speaker
Daniel D. Tompkins Dem.-Rep.
Oneida James Dean Sr.
Abel French*Federalist
John Lay
Aaron Morse
Onondaga John Lamb Dem.-Rep.
John McWhorter Dem.-Rep.
Orange James Burt*Dem.-Rep.
William A. Clark
James Finch Jr.
Reuben Neely
Otsego Daniel Hawks
James Moore
Jedediah Peck*Dem.-Rep.
Luther Rich
Queens Stephen Carman Federalist
Abraham Monfoort*Dem.-Rep.
Henry O. Seaman Dem.-Rep.
Rensselaer John Green*Dem.-Rep.
Jonathan Rouse Dem.-Rep.
John Ryan Dem.-Rep.
John Woodworth Dem.-Rep.
vacant Nicholas Staats (Dem.-Rep.) and Arent Van Dyck (Fed.) were tied
in fifth place with 1,271 votes each, so there was "no choice". [3]
Richmond Paul I. Micheau*Federalist
Rockland Peter Denoyelles*Dem.-Rep.
Saratoga Samuel Clark*
Adam Comstock*Dem.-Rep.
Gideon Goodrich Dem.-Rep.
Othniel Looker Dem.-Rep.
Schoharie Henry Becker Dem.-Rep.
Lawrence Lawyer Jr.*Dem.-Rep.
Steuben James Faulkner Dem.-Rep.
Suffolk Israel Carll*Dem.-Rep.
Jonathan Dayton Dem.-Rep.
Josiah Reeve
Tioga Caleb Hyde*Dem.-Rep.
Ulster Moses Cantine Jr. Dem.-Rep.
James Kain
Cornelius Low Federalist
Elnathan Sears*Dem.-Rep.
Washington David Austin Dem.-Rep.
Kitchel Bishop*Dem.-Rep.
Alexander Cowan*Dem.-Rep.
Jason Kellogg*Dem.-Rep.
John McLean*Dem.-Rep.
Isaac Sargent*Dem.-Rep.
Westchester Abijah Gilbert*Dem.-Rep.
Abraham Odell*Dem.-Rep.
Thomas Thomas*Dem.-Rep.
Joseph Travis*Dem.-Rep.

Employees

Notes

  1. ↑ The Anti-Federalists called themselves "Republicans." However, at the same time, the Federalists called them "Democrats" which was meant to be pejorative. After some time both terms got more and more confused, and sometimes used together as "Democratic Republicans" which later historians have adopted (with a hyphen) to describe the party from the beginning, to avoid confusion with both the later established and still existing Democratic and Republican parties.
  2. ↑ see Burial place at Find a Grave
  3. ↑ Staats claimed the seat, but was not admitted; see A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1871; pg. 18f)

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