125th New York State Legislature

125th New York State Legislature
← 124th 126th →
New York State Capitol (1900)
Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York, United States
Term	January 1 – December 31, 1902
Senate
Members	50
President	Lt. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff (R)
Temporary President	Timothy E. Ellsworth (R)
Party control	Republican (35–15)
Assembly
Members	150
Speaker	S. Frederick Nixon (R)
Party control	Republican (106-42–2)
Sessions
1st January 1 – March 27, 1902

The 125th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to March 27, 1902, during the second year of Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.'s governorship, in Albany.

Background[]

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, 50 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 (seven 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.

Elections[]

The New York state election, 1901, was held on November 5. No statewide elective offices were up for election.

Sessions[]

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 1, 1902; and adjourned on March 27.

S. Frederick Nixon (R) was re-elected Speaker.

State Senate[]

Districts[]

Note: In 1897, New York County (the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx), Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn), Richmond County (the borough of Staten Island) and the Western part of Queens County (the borough of Queens) were consolidated into the present-day City of New York. The Eastern part of Queens County (the non-consolidated part) was separated in 1899 as Nassau County. Parts of the 1st and 2nd Assembly districts of Westchester County were annexed by New York City in 1895, and became part of the Borough of the Bronx in 1898.

Members[]

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Merton E. Lewis changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

Employees[]

• Clerk: James S. Whipple
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling
• Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William W. Adams
• Doorkeeper: John E. Gorss
• First Assistant Doorkeeper: R. C. Duell
• Stenographer: A. B. Sackett
• Assistant Clerk:
• Journal Clerk:
• Index Clerk:
• Clerk of the Finance Committee:

State Assembly[]

Assemblymen[]

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

Employees[]

• Clerk: Archie E. Baxter
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank J. Johnston
• Doorkeeper: Jacob Kemple
• First Assistant Doorkeeper: Andrew Kehn
• Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Charles C. Gray
• Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert
• Assistant Clerk: Ray B. Smith
• Chief of the Engrossing Department:

Notes[]

Sources[]

• The New York Red Book by Edgar L. Murlin (J. B. Lyon Co., Albany NY; 1902; see pg. 55–96 for senators' bios; between pg. 80 and 81 for senators' portraits; pg. 97–182 for assemblymen's bios; between pg. 112 and 113 for assemblymen's portraits; pg. 546 for senators; pg. 570ff for senate and assemblymen's committees; and pg. 575–578 for assemblymen)
• Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; see pg. 345f for assemblymen; and 364 for senators)
• Laws of the State of New York (125th Session) (1902)
• REPUBLICAN INCREASE IN THE ASSEMBLY; ...Republicans Elect ... Senators in the Thirtieth and Forty-third Districts to Fill Vacancies in NYT on November 6, 1901
• ASSEMBLYMEN ELECTED in NYT on November 6, 1901
• LEGISLATIVE CAUCUSES ARE HELD AT ALBANY in NYT on January 1, 1902
• OPENING DAY OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE in NYT on January 2, 1902