116th New York State Legislature

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{{Infobox New York Legislature

|number = 116th

|image = NewYorkStateCapitol1893.jpg

|imagename =

|imagedate = 1893

|start = January 1

|end = December 31, 1893

|vp = Lt. Gov. William F. Sheehan (D)

|pro tem = Jacob A. Cantor (D)

|speaker = William Sulzer (D)

|senators = 32

|reps = 128

|s-majority = Democratic (17-14-1)

|h-majority = Democratic (74-54)

|sessionnumber1 = 1st

|sessionstart1 = January 3

|sessionend1 = April 20, 1893

|previous = 115th

|next = 117th

}}

The 116th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to April 20, 1893, during the second year of Roswell P. Flower'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,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. forming a contiguous area, all within the same county.

On April 26, 1892, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate Districts and the number of assemblymen per county. Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Jefferson, Niagara, Oneida, Oswego, Otsego, Saratoga, Ulster, Washington and Wayne counties lost one seat each; St. Lawrence County lost two seats; Erie and Queens counties gained one seat each; and Kings and New York counties gained six seats each.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/04/27/104125901.pdf WALKER'S FIRMNESS WINS] in The New York Times on April 27, 1892

At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Prohibition Party, the Socialist Labor Party and a "People's Party" also nominated tickets.

Elections

The 1892 New York state election was held on November 8. The only statewide elective offices up for election was carried by Charles Andrews, a Republican who was endorsed by the Democrats. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, was: Republican/Democratic 1,253,000; Prohibition 39,000; Socialist Labor 18,000; and People's Party 17,000.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1893; and adjourned on April 20.

William Sulzer (D) was elected Speaker with 71 votes against 52 for George R. Malby (R).[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/01/04/106859056.pdf THE LEGISLATURE OPENED] in The New York Times on January 4, 1893

On January 17, the Legislature elected Edward Murphy Jr. (D) to succeed Frank Hiscock (R) as U.S. Senator from New York, for a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1893.

On January 27, the Legislature passed "An Act to amend chapter 398, of the Laws of 1892, entitled 'An Act to provide for a convention to revise and amend the Constitution'", calling a Constitutional Convention to meet in 1894.[https://archive.org/stream/journalofconstit00newyrich#page/n8/mode/1up Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York 1894] (Albany, 1895; pg. 1)

State Senate

=Districts=

Note: The Senators in the 116th Legislature had been elected in November 1891 for a two-year term under the apportionment of 1879, as listed below. Although the 115th Legislature (1892) had re-apportioned the Senate districts, the only election under the new apportionment was held in November 1893, to elect the senators who sat in the 117th and 118th Legislatures.

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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.

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

class=wikitable

! District

! Senator

! Party

! Notes

1st

|Edward Floyd-Jones*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Game Laws

2nd

|John McCarty*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of State Prisons; and of Public Buildings

3rd

|Joseph Aspinall*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

4th

|Patrick H. McCarren*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Commerce and Navigation; and of Public Expenditures

5th

|William L. Brown*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Affairs of Cities; and of Grievances

6th

|John F. Ahearn*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Banks; and of Public Printing

7th

|George F. Roesch*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Judiciary; and of Privileges and Elections

8th

|Martin T. McMahon*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of General Laws; and of Military Affairs

rowspan="2" | 9th

|Edward P. Hagan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Claims; died on February 20, 1893

Thomas F. Cunningham

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|elected on March 21 to fill vacancy[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/03/22/106815815.pdf SENATOR THOMAS F. CUNNINGHAM] in The New York Times on March 22, 1893

10th

|Jacob A. Cantor*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|President pro tempore; Chairman of Finance; and of Rules

11th

|George W. Plunkitt*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Miscellaneous Corporations; and of Printed and Engrossed Bills

12th

|Charles P. McClelland*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Insurance; and of Joint Library

13th

|William P. Richardson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

14th

|Clarence E. Bloodgood*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Roads and Bridges; and of Poor Laws

15th

|Edward B. Osborne*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Affairs of Villages; and of Erection and Division
of Towns and Counties; died on July 20, 1893

16th

|John H. Derby*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

17th

|Amasa J. Parker Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment; and of Public Health

18th

|Harvey J. Donaldson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

19th

|Louis W. Emerson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

20th

|George Z. Erwin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Minority Leader

21st

|Joseph Mullin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

22nd

|Henry J. Coggeshall*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

23rd

|John E. Smith*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

24th

|Edmund O'Connor*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

25th

|John A. Nichols*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Manufacture of Salt; and of Agriculture

26th

|Thomas Hunter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

27th

|Charles E. Walker

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties;
and of Manufactures; died on June 6, 1893

28th

|Charles T. Saxton*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

29th

|Cornelius R. Parsons*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

30th

|Greenleaf S. Van Gorder*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

31st

|Matthias Endres*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Canals; and of Indian Affairs

32nd

|James T. Edwards*

|{{Party shading/Independent}} | Ind. Rep./Dem.

|Chairman of Railroads; and of Public Education

=Employees=

State Assembly

=Assemblymen=

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

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

class=wikitable

! colspan="2" | District

! Assemblymen

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="4" | Albany

|1st

|James Hilton

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Agriculture

2nd

|Howard P. Foster

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3rd

|Myer Nussbaum

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

4th

|George S. Rivenburgh

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Allegany

|Marcus M. Congdon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Broome

|Israel T. Deyo*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Cattaraugus

|William E. Wheeler*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Cayuga

|Charles Clinton Adams*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Chautauqua

|Egburt E. Woodbury*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Chemung

|John M. Diven

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Chenango

|Charles H. Stanton*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Clinton

|Henry E. Barnard

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Columbia

|Charles M. Bell

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|died on May 6, 1893{{Cite news|date=12 May 1893|title=Death of Hon. Charles M. Bell|volume=VI|page=5|work=Hillsdale Harbinger|issue=30|location=Hillsdale, N.Y.|url=http://copake.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&by=1893&bdd=1890&bm=5&bd=12&d=05121893-05121893&fn=hillsdale_harbinger_usa_new_york_hillsdale_18930512_english_5&df=1&dt=8|via=Digital Archives of the Roeliff Jansen Community Library}}

colspan="2" | Cortland

|James H. Tripp*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Delaware

|DeWitt Griffin

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Dutchess

|1st

|Edward H. Thompson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|James A. Vanderwater*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="6" | Erie

|1st

|John J. Clahan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Canals

2nd

|Jacob Goldberg*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Excise

3rd

|Joseph Lenhard

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

4th

|Edward Gallagher*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

5th

|Henry H. Guenther*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of General Laws

6th

|Frank D. Smith

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Public Lands and Forestry

colspan="2" | Essex

|George A. Stevens

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Franklin

|Allen S. Matthews*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Fulton and Hamilton

|Philip Keck

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Genesee

|Charles N. Reed*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Greene

|James Stead

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Herkimer

|William C. Prescott

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Jefferson

|Harrison Fuller*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="18" | Kings

|1st

|William J. Plant*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|John Cooney*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Judiciary

3rd

|John J. O'Connor*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Fisheries and Game

4th

|Joseph J. Cahill*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Unfinished Business

5th

|Hubert G. Taylor

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

6th

|Patrick McGowan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|died on April 17, 1893{{Cite news |date=17 April 1893 |title=An Assemblyman Dead |volume=53 |page=10 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |issue=106 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/50382516/ |via=Newspapers.com}}

7th

|Thomas F. Byrnes*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Federal Relations

8th

|John A. Hennessey

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

9th

|John Kelly*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply

10th

|William E. Melody

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

11th

|William E. Shields*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Revision; died on August 14, 1893{{Cite news|date=14 August 1893|title=Assemblyman Shields Dead|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/50390837/}}

12th

|Louis C. Ott*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills

13th

|James F. Quigley*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Majority Leader; Chairman of Ways and Means

14th

|Joseph Bender

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

15th

|George H. Deitsch

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

16th

|Walter L. Durack

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

17th

|Michael E. Finnigan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

18th

|James Graham

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Lewis

|Hugh Hughes

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Livingston

|Jesse Roberts*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Madison

|Clarence W. Dexter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="3" | Monroe

|1st

|Samuel H. Stone

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|James M. E. O'Grady

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3rd

|William H. Denniston*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Montgomery

|Edward J. Hand

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="30" | New York

|1st

|Patrick H. Duffy*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Public Health

2nd

|Timothy D. Sullivan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Commerce and Navigation

3rd

|Jacob A. Mittnacht

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

4th

|Patrick H. Roche*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Insurance

5th

|Samuel J. Foley*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment

6th

|Moses Dinkelspiel*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Public Institutions

7th

|Otto Kempner

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

8th

|William H. Walker*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Claims

9th

|Walter W. Bahan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

10th

|William Sulzer*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules

11th

|Percival Farquhar*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Military Affairs

12th

|Frank A. O'Donnel

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

13th

|James H. Southworth*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Public Education

14th

|Daniel F. Martin*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Codes

15th

|Louis Drypolcher*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Labor and Industries

16th

|Joseph C. Wolff

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Soldiers' Home

17th

|John Kerrigan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Trades and Manufactures

18th

|Thomas J. McManus*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

19th

|Thomas C. O'Sullivan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Privileges and Elections

20th

|William H. McKeon

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

21st

|Louis H. Hahlo*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies

22nd

|Morris Jacoby

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

23rd

|William Bruce Ellison

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

24th

|Frederick P. Hummel

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

25th

|John Keleher

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

26th

|Louis Davidson

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

27th

|George P. Webster*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Affairs of Cities

28th

|James F. Reilly

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

29th

|Arthur C. Butts

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

30th

|Charles C. Marrin

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Niagara

|Elton T. Ransom

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" | Oneida

|1st

|Cornelius Haley*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem./Labor

|

2nd

|Chester W. Porter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="3" | Onondaga

|1st

|Duncan W. Peck

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Indian Affairs

2nd

|Jonathan Wyckoff

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3rd

|William H. Hotaling

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Ontario

|William L. Parkhurst

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Orange

|1st

|Howard Thornton*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|John Kinsila

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Orleans

|Adelbert J. McCormick*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Oswego

|Danforth E. Ainsworth

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Otsego

|Walter L. Brown*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Putnam

|Hamilton Fish II

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="3" | Queens

|1st

|James Robinson

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|Samuel V. Searing

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

3rd

|Solomon S. Townsend*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Railroads

rowspan="3" | Rensselaer

|1st

|William M. Keenan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

2nd

|John M. Chambers

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3rd

|John J. Cassin*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Public Printing

colspan="2" | Richmond

|Hubbard R. Yetman*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Affairs of Villages

colspan="2" | Rockland

|Thomas Finegan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | St. Lawrence

|George R. Malby*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Minority Leader

colspan="2" | Saratoga

|James Frank Terry

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Schenectady

|Alvin J. Quackenbush*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Banks

colspan="2" | Schoharie

|Benjamin H. Avery

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Schuyler

|William H. Wait*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Seneca

|Henry Van De Mark

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" | Steuben

|1st

|Gordon M. Patchin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2nd

|Herman E. Buck*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Suffolk

|Richard Higbie

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Sullivan

|Uriah S. Messiter

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Tioga

|Edward G. Tracy*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Tompkins

|Albert H. Pierson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" | Ulster

|1st

|Jacob Rice*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of State Prisons

2nd

|James Lounsbery

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|unsuccessfully contested by George H. Bush (D)The Committee on Elections reported in favor of Bush on April 19, but Bush withdrew his claim, refusing to be seated on the last day of the session. The seating would have entitled him to receive the wages paid to the sitting members for the full session, but Bush would not accept "compensation for services not rendered"; see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=642;num=634 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York] (1899; pg. 634–644)

colspan="2" | Warren

|Howard Conkling*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Washington

|William R. Hobbie

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Wayne

|John E. Hough

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="3" | Westchester

|1st

|Thomas K. Fraser*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Chairman of Internal Affairs

2nd

|Alfred Hennen Morris

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

3rd

|Edgar L. Ryder

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

colspan="2" | Wyoming

|Milo H. Olin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

colspan="2" | Yates

|Morris F. Sheppard

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

=Employees=

  • Clerk: Charles R. DeFreest
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Michael B. Redmond
  • Doorkeeper: Edward A. Moore
  • Stenographer: Thomas Hassett

Notes

Sources

  • [https://archive.org/stream/newyorkredbook00unkngoog#page/n470/mode/1up The New York Red Book] compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; see pg. 384f for senate districts; pg. 404 for senators; pg. 410–417 for Assembly districts; and pg. 510 for assemblymen)
  • [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924087826669#page/n3/mode/2up New York State Legislative Souvenir for 1893 with Portraits of the Members of Both Houses] by Henry P. Phelps
  • [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/01/03/106858941.pdf MOVED LIKE CLOCKWORK] in The New York Times on January 3, 1893

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