| Number: | 137th |
| Start: | January 1 |
| End: | December 31, 1914 |
| Vp: | vacant |
| Pro Tem: | Robert F. Wagner (D) |
| Speaker: | Thaddeus C. Sweet (R) |
| Senators: | 51 |
| Reps: | 150 |
| S-Majority: | Democratic (33-18) |
| H-Majority: | Republican (81-48-21) |
| Sessionnumber1: | 1st |
| Sessionstart1: | January 7 |
| Sessionend1: | March 28, 1914 |
| Sessionnumber2: | 2nd |
| Sessionstart2: | May 4 |
| Sessionend2: | 20, 1914 |
| Previous: | 136th |
| Next: | 138th |
The 137th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7 to May 20, 1914, while Martin H. Glynn was Governor of New York, in Albany.
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, re-apportioned in 1906 and 1907, 51 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 (eight 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. The Progressive Party, the Socialist Party, the Independence League and the Prohibition Party also nominated tickets.
The New York state election, 1913, was held on November 4. The only two statewide elective offices up for election were two judgeships on the New York Court of Appeals. Democrat Willard Bartlett was elected Chief Judge, and Republican Frank H. Hiscock was elected an associate judge, which had been cross-endorsed by the Independence League. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Chief Judge, was: Democrats-Independence League 600,000; Republicans 597,000; Progressives 195,000; Socialists 62,000; and Prohibition 17,000.
Ex-Governor William Sulzer who had been impeached, and removed from office in September 1913, was elected on the Progressive ticket to the Assembly.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1914; and adjourned on March 28.[1]
Thaddeus C. Sweet (R) was elected Speaker with 81 votes against 48 for Al Smith (D) and 21 for Michael Schaap (P).[2]
John F. Murtaugh (D) was elected Majority Leader of the New York State Senate while Robert F. Wagner (D) continued as president pro tempore of the State Senate and Acting Lieutenant Governor.
On February 25, the Legislature elected Homer D. Call (P) as New York State Treasurer, to fill the vacancy caused by the suicide of John J. Kennedy (D). Call was elected by a combination of Democrats and Progressives with 98 votes against 96 for Republican William Archer.[3]
The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on May 4, 1914;[4] and adjourned on May 20.[5] This session was called because the Democratic Senate majority and the Republican Assembly majority were at odds over the State's budget, and did not approve the necessary financial appropriations during the regular session.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | Senator | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Thomas H. O'Keefe | Democrat | ||
| 2nd | Bernard M. Patten | Democrat | ||
| 3rd | Thomas H. Cullen | Democrat | Chairman of Cities | |
| 4th | Henry P. Velte | Democrat | ||
| 5th | William J. Heffernan | Democrat | Chairman of Public Printing | |
| 6th | William B. Carswell | Democrat | ||
| 7th | Daniel J. Carroll | Democrat | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation | |
| 8th | James F. Duhamel | Democrat | Chairman of Privileges and Elections | |
| 9th | Felix J. Sanner | Democrat | Chairman of Conservation | |
| 10th | Herman H. Torborg | Democrat | ||
| 11th | Christopher D. Sullivan | Democrat | Chairman of Miscellaneous Corporations | |
| 12th | John C. Fitzgerald | Democrat | ||
| 13th | James D. McClelland | Democrat | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment | |
| 14th | James A. Foley | Democrat | Chairman of Railroads | |
| 15th | John J. Boylan | Democrat | ||
| 16th | Robert F. Wagner | Democrat | President pro tempore | |
| 17th | Walter R. Herrick | Democrat | Chairman of Military Affairs | |
| 18th | Henry W. Pollock | Democrat | Chairman of Banks | |
| 19th | George W. Simpson | Democrat | ||
| 20th | James J. Frawley | Democrat | Chairman of Finance | |
| 21st | John Davidson | Democrat | ||
| 22nd | Anthony J. Griffin | Democrat | Chairman of Labor and Industry | |
| 23rd | George A. Blauvelt | Democrat | Chairman of Public Education | |
| 24th | John F. Healy | Democrat | Chairman of Penal Institutions | |
| 25th | John D. Stivers | Republican | ||
| 26th | James E. Towner | Republican | ||
| 27th | Abraham J. Palmer | Progr./Rep. | elected as a Progressive with Republican endorsement, joined the Republicans after the election of Call as Treasurer | |
| 28th | Henry M. Sage | Republican | ||
| 29th | John W. McKnight | Democrat | Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills | |
| 30th | George H. Whitney | Republican | ||
| 31st | Loren H. White | Democrat | Chairman of Internal Affairs | |
| 32nd | Seth G. Heacock | Republican | ||
| 33rd | James A. Emerson | Republican | ||
| 34th | Herbert P. Coats | Republican | ||
| 35th | Elon R. Brown | Republican | Minority Leader | |
| 36th | William D. Peckham | Democrat | ||
| 37th | Ralph W. Thomas | Republican | ||
| 38th | J. Henry Walters | Republican | ||
| 39th | Clayton L. Wheeler | Democrat | Chairman of Affairs of Villages | |
| 40th | Charles J. Hewitt | Republican | ||
| 41st | John F. Murtaugh | Democrat | Majority Leader; Chairman of Judiciary | |
| 42nd | Thomas B. Wilson | Republican | ||
| 43rd | John Seeley | Democrat | Chairman of Public Health | |
| 44th | Thomas H. Bussey | Republican | ||
| 45th | George F. Argetsinger | Republican | ||
| 46th | William L. Ormrod | Republican | ||
| 47th | George F. Thompson | Republican | ||
| 48th | John F. Malone | Democrat | Chairman of Canals | |
| 49th | Samuel J. Ramsperger | Democrat | Chairman of Insurance | |
| 50th | Gottfried H. Wende | Democrat | Chairman of Revision | |
| 51st | Frank N. Godfrey | Republican | ||
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 1st | Harold J. Hinman | Republican | Majority Leader | |
| 2nd | John G. Malone | Republican | Chairman of Excise | ||
| 3rd | William C. Baxter | Republican | Chairman of Social Welfare | ||
| Allegany | Elmer E. Ferry | Republican | |||
| Broome | Simon P. Quick | Republican | |||
| Cattaraugus | Clare Willard | Democrat | |||
| Cayuga | Charles H. Springer | Republican | |||
| Chautauqua | 1st | A. Morelle Cheney | Republican | ||
| 2nd | John Leo Sullivan | Republican | Chairman of Internal Affairs | ||
| Chemung | Wilmot E. Knapp | R/Progr./IL/Proh. | |||
| Chenango | Samuel A. Jones | Republican | |||
| Clinton | Alexander W. Fairbank | Republican | |||
| Columbia | Alexander W. Hover | Democrat | |||
| Cortland | Niles Freeland Webb | Republican | Chairman of Revision | ||
| Delaware | Edwin A. Mackey | Republican | |||
| Dutchess | 1st | Cornelius W. Garrison | Progr./Dem. | ||
| 2nd | Mark G. DuBois | Republican | |||
| Erie | 1st | William H. Warhus | Democrat | ||
| 2nd | Clinton T. Horton | Rep./Progr. | Chairman of Insurance | ||
| 3rd | Albert F. Geyer | Dem./Progr. | |||
| 4th | Patrick W. Quigley | Republican | |||
| 5th | Richard F. Hearn | Democrat | |||
| 6th | Leo F. Tucholka | Democrat | |||
| 7th | William P. Greiner | Democrat | |||
| 8th | Wallace Thayer | Progr./Dem. | |||
| 9th | Frank B. Thorn | Republican | Chairman of Codes | ||
| Essex | Raymond T. Kenyon | Republican | |||
| Franklin | Alexander Macdonald | Republican | Chairman of Ways and Means | ||
| Fulton and Hamilton | James H. Wood | Republican | |||
| Genesee | Louis H. Wells | Republican | |||
| Greene | George H. Chase | Republican | |||
| Herkimer | Franklin W. Cristman | Republican | |||
| Jefferson | 1st | H. Edmund Machold | Republican | Chairman of Agriculture | |
| 2nd | John G. Jones | Republican | Chairman of Conservation | ||
| Kings | 1st | R. Hunter McQuistion | Rep./I.L. | ||
| 2nd | William J. Gillen | Democrat | |||
| 3rd | Frank J. Taylor | Democrat | |||
| 4th | George Langhorst | Rep./I.L. | Chairman of Public Printing | ||
| 5th | Charles C. Lockwood | Rep./I.L. | |||
| 6th | George H. Ittleman | Progr./Rep./I.L. | |||
| 7th | Daniel F. Farrell | Democrat | |||
| 8th | John J. McKeon | Democrat | |||
| 9th | William J. McRoberts | Progr./Rep./I.L. | |||
| 10th | Fred M. Ahern | Rep./I.L. | Chairman of Claims | ||
| 11th | George R. Brennan | Republican | |||
| 12th | William T. Simpson | Rep./I.L. | |||
| 13th | Herman Kramer | Democrat | |||
| 14th | John Peter LaFrenz | Progr./Rep./I.L. | |||
| 15th | James J. Phelan | Democrat | |||
| 16th | Samuel R. Green | Republican | |||
| 17th | Alvah W. Burlingame Jr. | Republican | Chairman of Military Affairs | ||
| 18th | Almeth W. Hoff | Rep./I.L. | Chairman of Cities | ||
| 19th | Henry Scheidemann | Progr./Rep. | |||
| 20th | August C. Flamman | Republican | |||
| 21st | Henry C. Karpen | Progr./Rep./I.L. | |||
| 22nd | Edward R. W. Karutz | Republican | Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills | ||
| 23rd | William F. Mathewson | Republican | Chairman of Penal Institutions | ||
| Lewis | Henry L. Grant | Republican | |||
| Livingston | Edward M. Magee | Republican | |||
| Madison | Morell E. Tallett | Republican | Chairman of Public Education | ||
| Monroe | 1st | Horace B. Warner | Progressive | ||
| 2nd | Simon L. Adler | Republican | Chairman of Banks | ||
| 3rd | George A. Ritz | Democrat | |||
| 4th | Cyrus W. Phillips | Republican | Chairman of Judiciary | ||
| 5th | Charles H. Gallup | Democrat | |||
| Montgomery | Walter A. Gage | Republican | Chairman of Affairs of Villages | ||
| Nassau | LeRoy J. Weed | Progr./Dem./I.L. | |||
| New York | 1st | Thomas B. Caughlan | Democrat | ||
| 2nd | Al Smith | Democrat | Minority Leader | ||
| 3rd | John B. Golden | Democrat | |||
| 4th | Henry S. Schimmel | Dem./I.L. | |||
| 5th | Jimmy Walker | Democrat | |||
| 6th | William Sulzer | Ind. Progr. | |||
| 7th | Peter P. McElligott | Democrat | |||
| 8th | Solomon Sufrin | Progressive | |||
| 9th | Charles D. Donohue | Democrat | |||
| 10th | Leon Bleecker | Progr./Rep. | |||
| 11th | John Kerrigan | Democrat | |||
| 12th | Joseph D. Kelly | Dem./I.L. | |||
| 13th | James C. Campbell | Democrat | |||
| 14th | Robert Lee Tudor | Democrat | |||
| 15th | Abram Ellenbogen | Rep./I.L. | |||
| 16th | Martin G. McCue | Democrat | |||
| 17th | Mark Eisner | Dem./Progr. | |||
| 18th | Mark Goldberg | Democrat | |||
| 19th | Andrew F. Murray | Progr./I.L. | |||
| 20th | Patrick J. McGrath | Democrat | |||
| 21st | Dean Nelson | Rep./I.L. | Chairman of Soldiers' Home | ||
| 22nd | Benjamin E. Moore | Progr./Rep./I.L. | |||
| 23rd | Sidney C. Crane | Rep./I.L. | Chairman of Public Institutions | ||
| 24th | Owen M. Kiernan | Democrat | |||
| 25th | Francis R. Stoddard Jr. | Rep./I.L. | Chairman of Charitable and Religious Institutions | ||
| 26th | Abraham Greenberg | Dem./I.L. | seat contested | ||
| Joseph Steinberg | Progressive | seated on March 27, 1914[6] | |||
| 27th | Schuyler M. Meyer | Progr./Rep. | |||
| 28th | George E. Findlater | Progr./Rep./I.L. | |||
| 29th | Howard Conkling | Rep./I.L. | Chairman of Canals; and of Public Lands | ||
| 30th | Edward S. Boylston | Rep./Progr./I.L. | |||
| 31st | Michael Schaap | Progr./I.L. | Progressive Leader | ||
| Bronx | 32nd | Louis P. Grimler | Republican | ||
| 33rd | Thomas John Lane | Democrat | |||
| 34th | Otto Henschel | Progr./I.L. | contested by Patrick Joseph McMahon (D) | ||
| 35th | Henry D. Patton | Progr./Rep./I.L. | |||
| Niagara | 1st | William Bewley | Republican | ||
| 2nd | John W. Williams | Democrat | |||
| Oneida | 1st | Fred Frank Emden | Democrat | ||
| 2nd | Charles J. Fuess | Republican | |||
| 3rd | John Brayton Fuller | Republican | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation | ||
| Onondaga | 1st | Edward Arnts | Republican | ||
| 2nd | George M. Haight | Democrat | |||
| 3rd | Jacob R. Buecheler | Republican | |||
| Ontario | Heber E. Wheeler | Republican | |||
| Orange | 1st | James B. Montgomery | Republican | ||
| 2nd | Charles J. Boyd | Republican | |||
| Orleans | Coley P. Wright | Dem./Progr. | |||
| Oswego | Thaddeus C. Sweet | Republican | elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules | ||
| Otsego | George L. Bockes | Republican | |||
| Putnam | Hamilton Fish III | Progressive | |||
| Queens | 1st | Nicholas Nehrbauer Jr. | Democrat | ||
| 2nd | Peter J. McGarry | Dem./I.L. | |||
| 3rd | Conrad Garbe | Rep./I.L. | |||
| 4th | James Suydam Eadie | Rep./Progr. | |||
| Rensselaer | 1st | Charles Fred Schwarz | Democrat | ||
| 2nd | Tracey D. Taylor | Democrat | |||
| Richmond | Calvin D. Van Name | Democrat | |||
| Rockland | Beveridge C. Dunlop | Progressive | |||
| St. Lawrence | 1st | Frank L. Seaker | Republican | Chairman of Railroads | |
| 2nd | John A. Smith | Republican | Chairman of General Laws | ||
| Saratoga | Gilbert T. Seelye | Republican | Chairman of Public Health | ||
| Schenectady | Arthur Porter Squire | Democrat | |||
| Schoharie | Edward A. Dox | Democrat | |||
| Schuyler | Henry S. Howard | Republican | |||
| Seneca | William J. Maier | Republican | Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply | ||
| Steuben | 1st | Charles A. Brewster | Democrat | ||
| 2nd | James L. Seely Jr. | Democrat | |||
| Suffolk | 1st | DeWitt C. Talmage | Republican | Chairman of Labor and Industry | |
| 2nd | Henry A. Murphy | Republican | contested by James W. Eaton | ||
| Sullivan | George H. Smith | Democrat | |||
| Tioga | Wilson S. Moore | Republican | |||
| Tompkins | John W. Preswick | Republican | |||
| Ulster | 1st | Henry R. DeWitt | Republican | ||
| 2nd | Abram P. Lefevre | Republican | |||
| Warren | Henry E. H. Brereton | Republican | Chairman of Privileges and Elections | ||
| Washington | Charles O. Pratt | Republican | |||
| Wayne | Riley A. Wilson | Republican | |||
| Westchester | 1st | George Blakely | Republican | ||
| 2nd | August L. Martin | Democrat | |||
| 3rd | Walter W. Law Jr. | Republican | |||
| 4th | Floy D. Hopkins | Republican | |||
| Wyoming | John Knight | Republican | |||
| Yates | Edward C. Gillett | Republican | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment | ||