106th New York State Legislature

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106th New York State Legislature
←105th 107th→
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New York State Capitol (2009)
Overview
Legislative bodyNew York State Legislature
JurisdictionNew York, United States
TermJanuary 1 – December 31, 1883
Senate
Members32
PresidentLt. Gov. David B. Hill (D)
Temporary PresidentJohn C. Jacobs (D)
Party controlDemocratic (18-14)
Assembly
Members128
SpeakerAlfred C. Chapin (D)
Party controlDemocratic (85-43)
Sessions
1stJanuary 2 – May 4, 1883

The 106th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to May 4, 1883, during the first year of Grover Cleveland's governorship, in Albany.

Background[]

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1846, 32 Senators and 128 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 (seven districts) and Kings County (three districts). The Assembly districts were made up of entire towns, or city wards,[1] forming a contiguous area, all within the same county.

At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. In New York City the Democrats were split into three factions: Tammany Hall, "Irving Hall" and the "County Democrats". The Prohibition Party and the Greenback Party also nominated tickets.

Elections[]

The 1882 New York state election was held on November 7. Democrats Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The other two 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: Democratic 535,000; Republican 342,000; Prohibition 26,000; and Greenback 12,000.

Sessions[]

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 2, 1883; and adjourned on May 4.

Alfred C. Chapin (D) was elected Speaker with 84 votes against 41 for Theodore Roosevelt (R).[2]

On January 11, John C. Jacobs (D) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.

On March 14, the Legislature elected (Dem.) as Superintendent of Public Instructions, with 94 votes against 52 for (Rep.), to succeed Gilmour for a term of three years.[3]

State Senate[]

Districts[]

  • 1st District: Queens and Suffolk counties
  • 2nd District: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th and 22nd Ward of the City of Brooklyn, and the towns of Flatbush, Gravesend and New Utrecht in Kings County
  • 3rd District: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 11th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 23rd Ward of the City of Brooklyn
  • 4th District: 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th Ward of the City of Brooklyn, and the towns of New Lots and Flatlands in Kings County
  • 5th District: Richmond County and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 14th and parts of the 4th and 9th Ward of New York City
  • 6th District: 7th, 11th, 13th and part of the 4th Ward of NYC
  • 7th District: 10th, 17th and part of the 15th, 18th and 21st Ward of NYC
  • 8th District: 16th and part of the 9th, 15th, 18th, 20th and 21st Ward of NYC
  • 9th District: Part of the 18th, 19th and 21st Ward of NYC
  • 10th District: Part of the 12th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Ward of NYC
  • 11th District: 23rd and 24th, and part of the 12th, 20th and 22nd Ward of NYC
  • 12th District: Rockland and Westchester counties
  • 13th District: Orange and Sullivan counties
  • 14th District: Greene, Schoharie and Ulster counties
  • 15th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties
  • 16th District: Rensselaer and Washington counties
  • 17th District: Albany County
  • 18th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga and Schenectady counties
  • 19th District: Clinton, Essex and Warren counties
  • 20th District: Franklin, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties
  • 21st District: Oswego and Jefferson counties
  • 22nd District: Oneida County
  • 23rd District: Herkimer, Madison and Otsego counties
  • 24th District: Chenango, Delaware and Broome counties
  • 25th District: Onondaga and Cortland counties
  • 26th District: Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins and Tioga counties
  • 27th District: Allegany, Chemung and Steuben counties
  • 28th District: Ontario, Schuyler, Wayne and Yates counties
  • 29th District: Monroe and Orleans counties
  • 30th District: Genesee, Livingston, Niagara and Wyoming counties
  • 31st District: Erie County
  • 32nd District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties

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.

District Senator Party Notes
1st James W. Covert* Democrat
2nd John J. Kiernan* Democrat
3rd Charles H. Russell* Republican
4th John C. Jacobs* Democrat on January 11, elected president pro tempore
5th * Democrat
6th Thomas F. Grady* Democrat
7th James Daly* Democrat
8th John W. Browning* Democrat
9th James Fitzgerald* Democrat
10th * Democrat
11th Frank P. Treanor* Democrat
12th Henry C. Nelson* Democrat
13th James Mackin* Democrat
14th Addison P. Jones* Democrat
15th Homer A. Nelson* Democrat
16th * Republican
17th Abraham Lansing* Democrat
18th * Democrat
19th Shepard P. Bowen* Republican
20th Dolphus S. Lynde* Republican
21st Frederick Lansing* Republican
22nd Robert H. Roberts* Democrat
23rd * Republican
24th Edward B. Thomas* Republican
25th Dennis McCarthy* Republican
26th David H. Evans* Republican
27th Sumner Baldwin* Republican
28th George P. Lord* Republican
29th Edmund L. Pitts* Republican
30th Timothy E. Ellsworth* Republican
31st Robert C. Titus* Democrat
32nd Norman M. Allen* Republican

Employees[]

  • Clerk: John W. Vrooman
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: John W. Corning
  • Doorkeeper: Charles F. Brady
  • Stenographer: Hudson C. Tanner

State Assembly[]

Assemblymen[]

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature.

District Assemblymen Party Notes
Albany 1st [4] Democrat
2nd Democrat
3rd Democrat
4th Dem./Labor Reform
Allegany Republican
Broome Democrat
Cattaraugus 1st Charles S. Cary Democrat
2nd * Republican
Cayuga 1st Democrat
2nd William Howland Republican
Chautauqua 1st Democrat
2nd Republican
Chemung Democrat
Chenango * Republican
Clinton * Republican
Columbia * Democrat
Cortland Democrat
Delaware Republican
Dutchess 1st Democrat
2nd Republican
Erie 1st Democrat
2nd Labor Reform/Rep.
3rd Republican
4th * Democrat
5th Democrat
Essex Republican
Franklin William T. O'Neil* Republican
Fulton and Hamilton Democrat
Genesee Democrat
Greene Democrat
Herkimer Democrat
Jefferson 1st * Republican
2nd Democrat
Kings 1st Michael E. Butler Democrat
2nd Republican
3rd Democrat
4th Democrat
5th * Ind. Dem. unsuccessfully contested by Michael J. Coffey (D)[5] and [6]
6th Patrick H. McCarren* Democrat
7th George H. Lindsay* Democrat
8th Republican unsuccessfully contested by (D)[7] and [8]
9th Alfred Hodges[9] Republican
10th Republican
11th Alfred C. Chapin* Democrat elected Speaker;
on November 6, 1883, elected New York State Comptroller
12th Mortimer C. Earl Democrat
Lewis Democrat
Livingston * Republican
Madison Republican
Monroe 1st Democrat
2nd Labor Reform/Dem.
3rd * Democrat
Montgomery Democrat
New York 1st Michael C. Murphy* Irving Hall Dem.
2nd * Tammany Dem.
3rd Tammany Dem.
4th Irving Hall Dem.
5th Dominick F. Mullaney Tammany Dem.
6th Timothy J. Campbell County/Irv. H. Dem.
7th * Republican
8th Republican
9th Republican
10th George F. Roesch County/Tam. Dem.
11th Walter Howe Republican
12th Tammany Dem.
13th County/Tam. Dem. unsuccessfully contested by (R)[10] and [11]
14th County/Tam. Dem.
15th Democrat
16th Francis B. Spinola Democrat
17th John Quinn County/Tam. Dem.
18th County Dem.
19th * Tam./Irv. Hall Dem.
20th James Haggerty* Democrat
21st Theodore Roosevelt* Republican Minority Leader
22nd County/Tam. Dem.
23rd * Republican
24th Tammany Dem.
Niagara 1st * Democrat
2nd Thomas Vincent Welch* Democrat
Oneida 1st William Townsend Democrat
2nd Democrat
3rd Democrat
Onondaga 1st Republican
2nd * Republican
3rd * Democrat
Ontario Frank Rice Democrat Chairman of Privileges and Elections
Orange 1st Democrat
2nd Democrat
Orleans * Republican
Oswego 1st * Democrat
2nd * Republican
Otsego 1st William Caryl Ely Democrat Chairman of Petitions of Aliens
2nd Democrat
Putnam Republican
Queens 1st Louis K. Church Democrat
2nd Democrat
Rensselaer 1st Democrat
2nd * Republican unsuccessfully contested by Isaac L. Van Vorst[12] and [13]
3rd * Democrat
Richmond Erastus Brooks* Democrat
Rockland Democrat
St. Lawrence 1st Abel Godard* Republican
2nd Republican
3rd George Z. Erwin* Republican
Saratoga 1st Republican
2nd Ind. Rep.
Schenectady Republican
Schoharie Democrat
Schuyler Democrat
Seneca Democrat
Steuben 1st * Democrat
2nd Democrat
Suffolk Democrat
Sullivan Democrat
Tioga Democrat
Tompkins Democrat
Ulster 1st Republican
2nd David M. De Witt Democrat
3rd * Democrat
Warren Republican
Washington 1st * Republican
2nd * Democrat
Wayne 1st * Republican
2nd Democrat unsuccessfully contested by (R);[14][15]
Westchester 1st * Democrat
2nd Samuel W. Johnson Democrat
3rd Democrat
Wyoming * Republican
Yates Republican

Employees[]

  • Clerk:
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: James H. Delaney
  • Doorkeeper: Jabez C. Pierce
  • First Assistant Doorkeeper: Edward Hinch
  • Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Edward Brodie
  • Stenographer: Spencer C. Rogers

Notes[]

  1. ^ Except New York City where the wards were apportioned into election districts, and then some whole wards and some election districts of other wards were gerrymandered together into Assembly districts.
  2. ^ LEGISLATORS AT WORK in NYT on January 3, 1883
  3. ^ SOME DEMOCRATIC METHODS in The New York Times on March 15, 1883
  4. ^ Daniel P. Winne, son of assemblyman (in 1831), and brother of assemblyman (in 1858)
  5. ^ see WHO SHALL HAVE THE SEAT in NYT on February 17, 1883
  6. ^ A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 609f)
  7. ^ see TAMMANY'S NEW SCHEME in NYT on March 30, 1883
  8. ^ A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 614–619)
  9. ^ Alfred Hodges (born 1846), son of assemblyman (in 1869); great-grandson of Congressman John Hathorn
  10. ^ The majority of seven members (3 Democrats and 4 Republicans) of the Committee on Elections submitted a report in favor of Sprague (R), concluding that a mistake was made while transcribing the returns; a minority of two (both Democrats) submitted a report in favor of Bliss (D). The minority report was adopted on March 8 by a vote of 67 to 52; see SPRAGUE REFUSED A SEAT in NYT on March 9, 1883
  11. ^ A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 606–609)
  12. ^ see IN ASSEMBLY AND SENATE in NYT on March 17, 1883
  13. ^ A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 610ff)
  14. ^ see IN ASSEMBLY AND SENATE in NYT on March 17, 1883
  15. ^ A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 612ff)

Sources[]

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