57th New York State Legislature | |||||
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Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
Term | January 1 – December 31, 1834 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 32 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. John Tracy (J) | ||||
Party control | Jacksonian (25-7) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 128 | ||||
Speaker | William Baker (J) | ||||
Party control | Jacksonian | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 57th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7 to May 6, 1834, during the second year of William L. Marcy's governorship, in Albany.
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1821, 32 Senators were elected on general tickets in eight 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.
At the time of the state election in 1833, there were three political parties: the Jacksonian Democrats, the Anti-Masonic Party, and the National Republican Party. The latter two parties had formed an Anti-Jacksonian bloc at the previous election.
The State election was held from November 4 to 6, 1833. State Senators Thomas Armstrong (7th D.) and Albert H. Tracy (8th D.) were re-elected. Leonard Maison (2nd D.), John C. Kemble (3rd D.), Isaac W. Bishop (4th D.), Ebenezer Mack (6th D.); and Assembly Speaker Charles L. Livingston (1st D.) and Assembly Clerk Francis Seger (5th D.) were also elected to the Senate. Tracy was an Anti-Jacksonian, the other seven were Jacksonians.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1834; and adjourned on May 6.
William Baker (J) was elected Speaker unopposed.
On February 7, the Legislature re-elected State Treasurer Abraham Keyser, Jr.
On January 15, Assemblyman Samuel S. Bowne introduced "An act to abolish capital punishment, and to provide for the punishment of certain crimes". On March 8, the Assembly rejected the bill, after much debate, with a vote of 49 to 37. [1]
About the time of the New York City election in April 1834, the Anti-Jacksonians assumed the name of Whig Party, and the Jacksonians became the Democratic Party.
The Whig state convention nominated State Senator William H. Seward for governor, and Silas M. Stilwell for lieutenant governor.
The Democratic state convention met on September 10 at Herkimer and nominated Gov. Marcy and Lt. Gov. Tracy for re-election.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Charles L. Livingston changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
District | Senators | Term left | Party | Notes |
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First | Jonathan S. Conklin* | 1 year | Jacksonian | |
Harman B. Cropsey* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
Myndert Van Schaick* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
Charles L. Livingston* | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Second | David M. Westcott* | 1 year | Jacksonian | |
Allan Macdonald* | 2 years | Jacksonian | also Postmaster of White Plains | |
John Sudam* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
Leonard Maison | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Third | Herman I. Quackenboss* | 1 year | Jacksonian | |
John W. Edmonds* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
Peter Gansevoort* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
John C. Kemble | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Fourth | William I. Dodge* | 1 year | Jacksonian | |
Josiah Fisk* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
Louis Hasbrouck* | 3 years | Anti-Jacksonian | died on August 20, 1834 | |
Isaac W. Bishop | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Fifth | Henry A. Foster* | 1 year | Jacksonian | |
Robert Lansing* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
John G. Stower* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
Francis Seger | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Sixth | Charles W. Lynde* | 1 year | Anti-Jacksonian | |
John G. McDowell* | 2 years | Jacksonian | also Postmaster of Chemung | |
John F. Hubbard* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
Ebenezer Mack | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Seventh | William H. Seward* | 1 year | Anti-Jacksonian | |
Jehiel H. Halsey* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
Samuel L. Edwards* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
Thomas Armstrong* | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Eighth | Trumbull Cary* | 1 year | Anti-Jacksonian | |
(John Birdsall*) | 2 years | Anti-Jacksonian | did not take his seat during this session, [2] and resigned on June 5, 1834 | |
John Griffin* | 3 years | Anti-Jacksonian | ||
Albert H. Tracy* | 4 years | Anti-Jacksonian | ||
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature.
The party affiliations follow the vote on State officers on February 7 and April 17. [3]
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