94th New York State Legislature explained

Number:94th
Imagename:The Old State Capitol
Imagedate:1879
Start:January 1
End:December 31, 1871
Vp:Lt. Gov. Allen C. Beach (D)
Speaker:William Hitchman (D)
Senators:32
Reps:128
S-Majority:Democratic (17-14)
H-Majority:Democratic (65-63)
Sessionnumber1:1st
Sessionstart1:January 3
Sessionend1:April 21, 1871
Previous:93rd
Next:95th

The 94th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to April 21, 1871, during the third year of John T. Hoffman'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 (five districts) and Kings County (two 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 Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

Elections

The New York state election, 1870 was held on November 8. Gov. John T. Hoffman and Lt. Gov. Allen C. Beach were re-elected. The other four 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: Democrats 399,000 and Republicans 366,000.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1871; and adjourned on April 21.

William Hitchman (D) was re-elected Speaker with 64 votes against 62 for James W. Husted (R).

On April 4, the Legislature re-elected Abram B. Weaver (D) to a second term of three years as Superintendent of Public Instruction.

On April 7, Assemblyman James Irving had an altercation with Assemblyman Smith M. Weed, during which Irving hit Weed forceful in the face. Subsequently, Irving resigned his seat, and the Democrats could not pass any bills anymore, a vote of 65 being required. After a week of deadlock, Republican Assemblyman Orange S. Winans voiced his opinion that the Democrats were entitled to a majority, and voted with them, thus passing the pending bills. Winans was denounced as a traitor, and disappeared from politics.[2]

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
1stSamuel H. FrostDemocrat
2ndJames F. PierceDemocrat
3rdHenry C. MurphyDemocrat
4thWilliam M. TweedDemocrat
5thMichael NortonDemocrat
6thThomas J. CreamerDemocrat
7thJohn J. BradleyDemocrat
8thHenry W. GenetDemocrat
9thWilliam CauldwellDemocrat
10thWilliam M. GrahamDemocrat
11thGeorge MorganDemocratuntil March 1871, also Mayor of Poughkeepsie
12thFrancis S. ThayerRepublican
13thA. Bleecker BanksDemocrat
14thJacob HardenberghDemocrat
15thvacantSenator Isaiah Blood died on November 29, 1870
16thChristopher F. NortonDemocrat
17thAbraham X. ParkerRepublican
18thNorris WinslowRepublican
19thGeorge H. SanfordDemocratdied on November 25, 1871
20thAugustus R. ElwoodRepublican
21stWilliam H. BrandRepublican
22ndGeorge N. KennedyRepublican
23rdJohn F. Hubbard Jr.Democrat
24thOrlow W. ChapmanRepublican
25thWilliam B. WoodinRepublicanalso Surrogate of Cayuga County
26thAbraham V. HarpendingRepublicandied on April 23, 1871
27thTheodore L. MinierRepublican
28thJarvis LordDemocrat
29thGeorge BowenRepublican
30thJames WoodRepublican
31stLoran L. LewisRepublican
32ndAllen D. ScottRepublican

Employees

State Assembly

Assemblymen

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

Party affiliations follow the vote for Speaker.

DistrictAssemblymenPartyNotes
Albany1stWilliam D. MurphyDemocrat
2ndRobert C. BlackallRepublican
3rdEdward CoyleDemocrat
4thWilliam D. SunderlinRepublican
AlleganyCharles N. FlenaginRepublican
BroomeWilliam M. ElyRepublican
Cattaraugus1stClaudius V. B. BarseRepublican
2ndStephen C. GreenRepublican
Cayuga1stCharles H. CurtisDemocrat
2ndStephen S. HewittRepublican
Chautauqua1stMatthew P. BemusRepublican
2ndOrange S. WinansRepublican
ChemungDavid B. HillDemocrat
ChenangoAndrew ShepardsonRepublican
ClintonSmith M. WeedDemocrat
Columbia1stBenjamin RayDemocrat
2ndPerkins F. CadyRepublican
CortlandHenry S. RandallDemocrat
Delaware1stAlpheus BoltRepublican
2ndJames H. GrahamRepublican
Dutchess1stJames A. SewardRepublican
2ndDavid H. MulfordRepublican
Erie1stGeorge ChambersDemocrat
2ndJohn HowellDemocrat
3rdFranklin A. AlbergerRepublican
4thHarry B. RansomDemocrat
5thJohn M. WileyDemocrat
EssexClayton H. DeLanoRepublican
FranklinJames H. PierceRepublican
Fulton and HamiltonMortimer WadeRepublican
GeneseeVolney G. KnappRepublican
GreeneHiram Van SteenburghDemocrat
HerkimerDaniel A. NorthupRepublican
Jefferson1stOliver C. WymanRepublican
2ndJames JohnsonRepublican
Kings1stDavid C. AitkenDemocrat
2ndSmith C. BaylisDemocrat
3rdDominick H. RocheDemocrat
4thWilliam W. MoseleyDemocrat
5thWilliam W. GoodrichRepublican
6thBernard HaverDemocrat
7thWilliam WainwrightDemocrat
8thSamuel F. ConselyeaDemocrat
9thJohn C. JacobsDemocrat
LewisJoseph PahudRepublican
LivingstonRichard JohnsonRepublican
Madison1stDavid L. FiskRepublican
2ndLeonard C. KilhamRepublican
Monroe1stRichard D. ColeDemocrat
2ndGeorge D. LordDemocrat
3rdVolney P. BrownRepublican
MontgomeryWebster WagnerRepublican
New York1stMichael MadiganDemocrat
2ndDennis BurnsDemocrat
3rdJohn HayesDemocrat
4thJohn J. BlairDemocrat
5thGeorge L. LoutrelDemocrat
6thTimothy J. CampbellDemocrat
7thJohn CareyDemocratunsuccessfully contested by Horatio N. Twombly (R)[3]
8thMartin NachtmannDemocrat
9thJames O'NeillDemocrat
10thChristopher FleckeDemocrat
11thLawrence O'BrienDemocrat
12thWilliam W. CookDemocrat
13thRichard FlanaganDemocrat
14thJohn Tyler KellyDemocrat
15thAlexander FrearDemocrat
16thJames IrvingDemocratresigned his seat on April 10
17thEdmond ConnellyDemocrat
18thLeander BuckDemocrat
19thThomas C. FieldsDemocrat
20thJohn Brown Democrat
21stWilliam HitchmanDemocratre-elected Speaker
Niagara1stJohn E. PoundRepublican
2ndLee R. SanbornRepublican
Oneida1stGeorge W. ChadwickRepublican
2ndSidney A. BunceRepublican
3rdThomas MulhallDemocrat
4thIsaac McDougalRepublican
Onondaga1stThomas G. AlvordRepublican
2ndPeter BurnsRepublican
3rdGustavus SniperRepublican
Ontario1stGeorge W. NicholasDemocrat
2ndDavid E. WilsonRepublican
Orange1stRobert H. StrahanRepublican
2ndIsaac V. MontanyeDemocrat
OrleansJohn BerryRepublican
Oswego1stDeWitt C. LittlejohnRepublican
2ndAbraham HoweDemocrat
3rdChauncey S. SageRepublican
Otsego1stAlfred ChamberlainDemocrat
2ndJ. Lee TuckerRepublican
PutnamSarles DrewDemocrat
Queens1stL. Bradford PrinceRepublican
2ndJames M. OakleyDemocrat
Rensselaer1stJohn L. FlaggDemocrat
2ndHorace C. GiffordRepublican
3rdSylvester WaterburyDemocrat
RichmondJohn DeckerDemocrat
RocklandJames M. NelsonDemocrat
St. Lawrence1stGeorge M. GleasonRepublican
2ndDolphus S. LyndeRepublican
3rdWilliam BradfordRepublican
Saratoga1stIsaiah FullerDemocrat
2ndJoseph W. HillRepublican
SchenectadyGershom BankerDemocrat
SchoharieSilas SweetDemocrat
SchuylerWilliam C. CoonDemocrat
SenecaSanford R. Ten EyckDemocrat
Steuben1stJames G. BennettDemocrat
2ndAlvin C. BarneyRepublican
SuffolkGeorge F. CarmanRepublican
SullivanFrank BuckleyDemocrat
TiogaBurnett B. BignallRepublican
TompkinsJohn H. SelkregRepublican
Ulster1stCyrus BurhansRepublican
2ndC. Meech WoolseyRepublican
3rdCharles H. KrackDemocrat
WarrenDuncan GriffinDemocrat
Washington1stThomas StevensonRepublican
2ndIsaac V. Baker Jr.Republican
Wayne1stAnson S. WoodRepublican
2ndHenry R. DurfeeRepublican
Westchester1stG. Hilton ScribnerRepublicanon November 7, 1871, elected Secretary of State of New York
2ndAlfred W. BartlettDemocrat
3rdJames W. HustedRepublican
WyomingHenry S. JoyDemocrat
YatesGeorge P. LordRepublican

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://books.google.com/books?id=JhJBLKdi38EC&pg=PA278 Thirty Years of New York Politics Up-to-date
  3. see A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1871; pg. 471–482)
  4. John Brown (born 1816), served previously in the Assembly of 1852, Naturalization Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas from 1853

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