67th 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, 1844 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 32 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. Daniel S. Dickinson (D) | ||||
Temporary President | Henry A. Foster (D), from February 8 | ||||
Party control | Democratic (26-6) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 128 | ||||
Speaker | Elisha Litchfield (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (92-36) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 67th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to May 7, 1844, during the second year of William C. Bouck'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.
State Senator William Ruger died on May 21, 1843, leaving a vacancy in the Fifth District.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Whig Party. About this time began the split of the Democratic Party into Barnburners and Hunkers. The radical abolitionists appeared as the Liberty Party. In New York City the American Republican Party nominated a full ticket
The state election was held on November 7, 1843.
State Senator Morris Franklin (1st D.) was defeated for re-election.
District | Democrat | Whig | Liberty | American Republican | ||||
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First | David R. Floyd-Jones | 18,422 | Morris Franklin | 18,052 | Fan. | 119 | Mangle M. Quackenbos | 8,712 |
Second | Joshua B. Smith | 22,296 | Wells | 17,443 | 65 | |||
Third | Stephen C. Johnson | 24,479 | More | 21,608 | 710 | |||
Fourth | Orville Clark | 25,242 | George A. Simmons | 20,345 | Campbell | 2,093 | ||
Fifth | Thomas Barlow | 23,701 | Clark | 17,405 | Delong | 5,042 | ||
George C. Sherman | ||||||||
Sixth | Clark Burnham | 23,609 | Henry S. Walbridge | 20,611 | 1,824 | |||
Seventh | Albert Lester | 21,733 | Maynard | 19,271 | Bradley | 3,055 | ||
Eighth | Murphy | 18,928 | Frederick F. Backus | 22,143 | Plumb | 2,661 | ||
On January 1, the Democratic assemblymen met in caucus and nominated Elisha Litchfield (Hunker) for Speaker with 56 votes against 35 for Michael Hoffman (Barnburner).
The legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 2, 1844; and adjourned on May 7.
Elisha Litchfield (D) was elected Speaker with 90 votes against 28 for Samuel Stevens (W). James R. Rose (D) was elected Clerk of the Assembly with 89 votes against 33 for George W. Weed (W).
On February 5, the legislature re-elected State Treasurer Thomas Farrington (D).
On February 8, Henry A. Foster was elected president pro tempore of the Senate.
On May 6, the legislature enacted to reduce the number of canal commissioners from 6 to 4, and that the canal commissioners be elected statewide by popular ballot. This was the first time, since Independence, that any other office than governor and lieutenant governor was to be filled by a statewide popular election. [1]
On June 17, U.S. Senator Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W) resigned his seat, and was appointed as Governor of the Wisconsin Territory.
The Democratic state convention met on September 4 at Syracuse, Heman J. Redfield (Hunker) was chairman. They nominated U.S. Senator Silas Wright, Jr. for governor, Addison Gardiner for lieutenant governor; and an electoral ticket pledged to James K. Polk.
The Whig state convention met on September 11 at Syracuse, Francis Granger was chairman. They nominated Millard Fillmore for governor; Samuel J. Wilkin for lieutenant governor; and an electoral ticket pledged to Henry Clay.
U.S. Senator Silas Wright, Jr. (D) was elected Governor of New York, and resigned his seat in November 1844. On November 30, Gov. Bouck appointed Lt. Gov. Daniel S. Dickinson (D) and State Senator Henry A. Foster (D) to fill the two vacancies temporarily.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous legislature who continued in office as members of this legislature. David R. Floyd-Jones and Joshua B. Smith changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
District | Senators | Term left | Party | Notes |
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First | John B. Scott* | 1 year | Democrat/Barnburner | |
Isaac L. Varian* | 2 years | Democrat | ||
John A. Lott* | 3 years | Democrat/Hunker | ||
David R. Floyd-Jones* | 4 years | Democrat/Hunker | ||
Second | Robert Denniston* | 1 year | Democrat | |
Abraham Bockee* | 2 years | Democrat/Hunker | ||
Abraham A. Deyo* | 3 years | Democrat | ||
Joshua B. Smith* | 4 years | Democrat | ||
Third | Henry W. Strong* | 1 year | Democrat | resigned on December 3, 1844 |
Erastus Corning* | 2 years | Democrat/Hunker | ||
John C. Wright* | 3 years | Democrat | ||
Stephen C. Johnson | 4 years | Democrat | ||
Fourth | Sidney Lawrence* | 1 year | Democrat | |
Edmund Varney* | 2 years | Democrat | ||
Thomas B. Mitchell* | 3 years | Democrat/Hunker | ||
Orville Clark | 4 years | Democrat/Hunker | ||
Fifth | Henry A. Foster* | 1 year | Democrat/Hunker | on November 30, 1844, appointed a U.S. Senator from New York |
George C. Sherman | 2 years | Democrat/Barnburner | elected to fill vacancy, in place of William Ruger | |
Carlos P. Scovil* | 3 years | Democrat | ||
Thomas Barlow | 4 years | Democrat/Barnburner | also First Judge of the Madison County Court | |
Sixth | Nehemiah Platt* | 1 year | Whig | |
James Faulkner* | 2 years | Democrat | ||
Calvin T. Chamberlain* | 3 years | Democrat | ||
Clark Burnham | 4 years | Democrat | ||
Seventh | Elijah Rhoades* | 1 year | Whig | |
William Bartlit* | 2 years | Democrat/Hunker | ||
John Porter* | 3 years | Democrat | ||
Albert Lester | 4 years | Democrat | ||
Eighth | Samuel Works* | 1 year | Whig | |
Gideon Hard* | 2 years | Whig | ||
Harvey Putnam* | 3 years | Whig | ||
Frederick F. Backus | 4 years | Whig | ||
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous legislature who continued as members of this legislature.
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