106th New York State Legislature explained

Number:106th
Start:January 1
End:December 31, 1883
Vp:Lt. Gov. David B. Hill (D)
Pro Tem:John C. Jacobs (D)
Speaker:Alfred C. Chapin (D)
Senators:32
Reps:128
S-Majority:Democratic (18-14)
H-Majority:Democratic (85-43)
Sessionnumber1:1st
Sessionstart1:January 2
Sessionend1:May 4, 1883
Previous:105th
Next:107th

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

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 William B. Ruggles (Dem.) as Superintendent of Public Instructions, with 94 votes against 52 for Neil Gilmour (Rep.), to succeed Gilmour for a term of three years.[3]

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.

DistrictSenatorPartyNotes
1stJames W. CovertDemocrat
2ndJohn J. KiernanDemocrat
3rdCharles H. RussellRepublican
4thJohn C. JacobsDemocraton January 11, elected president pro tempore
5thJohn G. BoydDemocrat
6thThomas F. GradyDemocrat
7thJames DalyDemocrat
8thJohn W. BrowningDemocrat
9thJames FitzgeraldDemocrat
10thJoseph KochDemocrat
11thFrank P. TreanorDemocrat
12thHenry C. NelsonDemocrat
13thJames MackinDemocrat
14thAddison P. JonesDemocrat
15thHomer A. NelsonDemocrat
16thCharles L. MacArthurRepublican
17thAbraham LansingDemocrat
18thAlexander B. BaucusDemocrat
19thShepard P. BowenRepublican
20thDolphus S. LyndeRepublican
21stFrederick LansingRepublican
22ndRobert H. RobertsDemocrat
23rdAlexander M. HolmesRepublican
24thEdward B. ThomasRepublican
25thDennis McCarthyRepublican
26thDavid H. EvansRepublican
27thSumner BaldwinRepublican
28thGeorge P. LordRepublican
29thEdmund L. PittsRepublican
30thTimothy E. EllsworthRepublican
31stRobert C. TitusDemocrat
32ndNorman M. AllenRepublican

Employees

State Assembly

Assemblymen

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

DistrictAssemblymenPartyNotes
Albany1stDaniel P. Winne[4] Democrat
2ndWarren S. KelleyDemocrat
3rdEdward A. MaherDemocrat
4thJoseph DelahantyDem./Labor Reform
AlleganyCharles S. HallRepublican
BroomeLewis Chester BartlettDemocrat
Cattaraugus1stCharles S. CaryDemocrat
2ndElijah R. SchoonmakerRepublican
Cayuga1stJosiah H. HamiltonDemocrat
2ndWilliam HowlandRepublican
Chautauqua1stCharles H. CorbettDemocrat
2ndOscar F. PriceRepublican
ChemungJeremiah J. O'ConnorDemocrat
ChenangoSilas W. BerryRepublican
ClintonBenjamin D. ClappRepublican
ColumbiaAbram L. SchermerhornDemocrat
CortlandJudson C. NelsonDemocrat
DelawareTimothy SandersonRepublican
Dutchess1stStorm EmansDemocrat
2ndEdgar A. BriggsRepublican
Erie1stCornelius DonohueDemocrat
2ndGodfrey ErnstLabor Reform/Rep.
3rdElias S. HawleyRepublican
4thTimothy W. JacksonDemocrat
5thDavid J. WilcoxDemocrat
EssexNathaniel C. BoyntonRepublican
FranklinWilliam T. O'NeilRepublican
Fulton and HamiltonRichard MurrayDemocrat
GeneseeRobert W. NicholDemocrat
GreeneFrank S. DeckerDemocrat
HerkimerGeorge W. SmithDemocrat
Jefferson1stIsaac L. Hunt Jr.Republican
2ndWilliam M. ThomsonDemocrat
Kings1stMichael E. ButlerDemocrat
2ndBernard J. MulhollandRepublican
3rdCharles J. HenryDemocrat
4thPatrick BurnsDemocrat
5thThomas J. SheridanInd. Dem.unsuccessfully contested by Michael J. Coffey (D)[5] and [6]
6thPatrick H. McCarrenDemocrat
7thGeorge H. LindsayDemocrat
8thDavid LindsayRepublicanunsuccessfully contested by Robert E. Connelly (D)[7] and [8]
9thAlfred Hodges[9] Republican
10thJames TaylorRepublican
11thAlfred C. ChapinDemocratelected Speaker;
on November 6, 1883, elected New York State Comptroller
12thMortimer C. EarlDemocrat
LewisFriend HoytDemocrat
LivingstonKidder M. ScottRepublican
MadisonGeorge H. BenjaminRepublican
Monroe1stLevi J. DeLandDemocrat
2ndDavid HealyLabor Reform/Dem.
3rdAlexander P. ButtsDemocrat
MontgomeryJames R. SnellDemocrat
New York1stMichael C. MurphyIrving Hall Dem.
2ndThomas MaherTammany Dem.
3rdPatrick N. OakleyTammany Dem.
4thPatrick H. RocheIrving Hall Dem.
5thDominick F. MullaneyTammany Dem.
6thTimothy J. CampbellCounty/Irv. H. Dem.
7thLucas L. Van AllenRepublican
8thGeorge H. WerfelmanRepublican
9thFrederick B. HouseRepublican
10thGeorge F. RoeschCounty/Tam. Dem.
11thWalter HoweRepublican
12thEmanuel A. SchwarzTammany Dem.
13thThales S. BlissCounty/Tam. Dem.unsuccessfully contested by Henry L. Sprague (R)[10] and [11]
14thJohn MurphyCounty/Tam. Dem.
15thJames F. HigginsDemocrat
16thFrancis B. SpinolaDemocrat
17thJohn QuinnCounty/Tam. Dem.
18thDaniel S. McElroyCounty Dem.
19thJohn McManusTam./Irv. Hall Dem.
20thJames HaggertyDemocrat
21stTheodore RooseveltRepublicanMinority Leader
22ndJacob F. MillerCounty/Tam. Dem.
23rdLeroy Bowers CraneRepublican
24thJohn J. ClarkeTammany Dem.
Niagara1stJoseph W. HigginsDemocrat
2ndThomas Vincent WelchDemocrat
Oneida1stWilliam TownsendDemocrat
2ndClarence E. WilliamsDemocrat
3rdThomas B. AllansonDemocrat
Onondaga1stJames GeddesRepublican
2ndElbert O. FarrarRepublican
3rdJohn LightonDemocrat
OntarioFrank RiceDemocratChairman of Privileges and Elections
Orange1stJ. Chauncey OdellDemocrat
2ndJacob H. DimmickDemocrat
OrleansHenry M. HardRepublican
Oswego1stWilliam A. PoucherDemocrat
2ndByron HelmRepublican
Otsego1stWilliam Caryl ElyDemocratChairman of Petitions of Aliens
2ndHartford D. NelsonDemocrat
PutnamJames Wilton BrooksRepublican
Queens1stLouis K. ChurchDemocrat
2ndGeorge E. BulmerDemocrat
Rensselaer1stWilliam V. ClearyDemocrat
2ndRichard A. DerrickRepublicanunsuccessfully contested by Isaac L. Van Vorst[12] and [13]
3rdRufus SweetDemocrat
RichmondErastus BrooksDemocrat
RocklandWilliam H. ThompsonDemocrat
St. Lawrence1stAbel GodardRepublican
2ndMorell D. BeckwithRepublican
3rdGeorge Z. ErwinRepublican
Saratoga1stWilliam B. ConsalusRepublican
2ndHenry S. ClementInd. Rep.
SchenectadyChristopher O. HamlinRepublican
SchoharieHadley SnyderDemocrat
SchuylerAdrian TuttleDemocrat
SenecaPatrick J. RogersDemocrat
Steuben1stOrange S. SearlDemocrat
2ndAndrew B. CraigDemocrat
SuffolkEdwin BaileyDemocrat
SullivanGeorge B. ChildsDemocrat
TiogaMyron B. FerrisDemocrat
TompkinsJohn E. CadyDemocrat
Ulster1stThomas H. TremperRepublican
2ndDavid M. De WittDemocrat
3rdThomas E. BenedictDemocrat
WarrenLorenzo R. LockeRepublican
Washington1stRobert Armstrong Jr.Republican
2ndGeorge NorthupDemocrat
Wayne1stOscar WeedRepublican
2ndLeman HotchkissDemocratunsuccessfully contested by William E. Greenwood (R);[14] [15]
Westchester1stEdwin R. KeyesDemocrat
2ndSamuel W. JohnsonDemocrat
3rdJohn HoagDemocrat
WyomingHenry N. PageRepublican
YatesStafford C. ClevelandRepublican

Employees

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. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/01/03/103433170.pdf LEGISLATORS AT WORK
  3. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/03/15/106247610.pdf SOME DEMOCRATIC METHODS
  4. Daniel P. Winne, son of assemblyman Peter W. Winne (in 1831), and brother of assemblyman Richard Winne (in 1858)
  5. see WHO SHALL HAVE THE SEAT in NYT on February 17, 1883
  6. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=617;num=609 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York
  7. see TAMMANY'S NEW SCHEME in NYT on March 30, 1883
  8. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=622;num=614 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York
  9. Alfred Hodges (born 1846), son of assemblyman Andrew B. Hodges (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. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=614;num=606 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York
  12. see IN ASSEMBLY AND SENATE in NYT on March 17, 1883
  13. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=618;num=610 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York
  14. see IN ASSEMBLY AND SENATE in NYT on March 17, 1883
  15. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=620;num=612 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York

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