116th New York State Legislature
{{Short description|New York state legislative session}}
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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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- 1st District: Queens and Suffolk counties
- 2nd District: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th and 22nd Ward of the City of Brooklyn, and the towns of Flatbush, Gravesend and New Utrecht in Kings County
- 3rd District: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 11th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 23rd Ward of the City of Brooklyn
- 4th District: 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th Ward of the City of Brooklyn, and the towns of New Lots and Flatlands in Kings County
- 5th District: Richmond County and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 14th and parts of the 4th and 9th Ward of New York City
- 6th District: 7th, 11th, 13th and part of the 4th Ward of NYC
- 7th District: 10th, 17th and part of the 15th, 18th and 21st Ward of NYC
- 8th District: 16th and part of the 9th, 15th, 18th, 20th and 21st Ward of NYC
- 9th District: Part of the 18th, 19th and 21st Ward of NYC
- 10th District: Part of the 12th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Ward of NYC
- 11th District: 23rd and 24th, and part of the 12th, 20th and 22nd Ward of NYC
- 12th District: Rockland and Westchester counties
- 13th District: Orange and Sullivan counties
- 14th District: Greene, Schoharie and Ulster counties
- 15th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties
- 16th District: Rensselaer and Washington counties
- 17th District: Albany County
- 18th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga and Schenectady counties
- 19th District: Clinton, Essex and Warren counties
- 20th District: Franklin, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties
- 21st District: Oswego and Jefferson counties
- 22nd District: Oneida County
- 23rd District: Herkimer, Madison and Otsego counties
- 24th District: Chenango, Delaware and Broome counties
- 25th District: Onondaga and Cortland counties
- 26th District: Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins and Tioga counties
- 27th District: Allegany, Chemung and Steuben counties
- 28th District: Ontario, Schuyler, Wayne and Yates counties
- 29th District: Monroe and Orleans counties
- 30th District: Genesee, Livingston, Niagara and Wyoming counties
- 31st District: Erie County
- 32nd District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties}}
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)..."
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! District ! Senator ! Party ! Notes |
1st
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Game Laws |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of State Prisons; and of Public Buildings |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Commerce and Navigation; and of Public Expenditures |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Affairs of Cities; and of Grievances |
6th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Banks; and of Public Printing |
7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Judiciary; and of Privileges and Elections |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of General Laws; and of Military Affairs |
rowspan="2" | 9th
|{{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
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |President pro tempore; Chairman of Finance; and of Rules |
11th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Miscellaneous Corporations; and of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Insurance; and of Joint Library |
13th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Roads and Bridges; and of Poor Laws |
15th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Affairs of Villages; and of Erection and Division |
16th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
17th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment; and of Public Health |
18th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
19th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
20th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Minority Leader |
21st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
22nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
23rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
24th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
25th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Manufacture of Salt; and of Agriculture |
26th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
27th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties; |
28th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
29th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
30th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
31st
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Canals; and of Indian Affairs |
32nd
|{{Party shading/Independent}} | Ind. Rep./Dem. |Chairman of Railroads; and of Public Education |
=Employees=
- Clerk: Charles T. Dunning
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Adelbert E. Tallmadge
- Doorkeeper: Joseph Jerge
- Stenographer: James M. Ruso
- Assistant Clerk: Charles W. Sutherland
- Librarian: James Oliver
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)..."
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! colspan="2" | District ! Assemblymen ! Party ! Notes |
rowspan="4" | Albany
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Agriculture |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Allegany
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Broome
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Cattaraugus
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Cayuga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Chautauqua
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Chemung
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Chenango
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Clinton
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Columbia
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
colspan="2" | Cortland
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Delaware
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Dutchess
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="6" | Erie
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Canals |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Excise |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of General Laws |
6th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Public Lands and Forestry |
colspan="2" | Essex
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Franklin
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Fulton and Hamilton
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Genesee
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Greene
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Herkimer
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Jefferson
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="18" | Kings
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Judiciary |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Fisheries and Game |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Unfinished Business |
5th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
6th
|{{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
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Federal Relations |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
9th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply |
10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
11th
|{{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
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Majority Leader; Chairman of Ways and Means |
14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
15th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
16th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
17th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Lewis
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Livingston
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Madison
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="3" | Monroe
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Montgomery
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="30" | New York
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Public Health |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Insurance |
5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |
6th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Public Institutions |
7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Claims |
9th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules |
11th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Military Affairs |
12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Public Education |
14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Codes |
15th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Labor and Industries |
16th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Soldiers' Home |
17th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Trades and Manufactures |
18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
19th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Privileges and Elections |
20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
21st
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies |
22nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
23rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
24th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
25th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
26th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
27th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Affairs of Cities |
28th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
29th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
30th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Niagara
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="2" | Oneida
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem./Labor | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="3" | Onondaga
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Indian Affairs |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Ontario
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Orange
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Orleans
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Oswego
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Otsego
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Putnam
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="3" | Queens
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Railroads |
rowspan="3" | Rensselaer
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Public Printing |
colspan="2" | Richmond
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Affairs of Villages |
colspan="2" | Rockland
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | St. Lawrence
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Minority Leader |
colspan="2" | Saratoga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Schenectady
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Banks |
colspan="2" | Schoharie
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Schuyler
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Seneca
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
rowspan="2" | Steuben
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Suffolk
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Sullivan
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Tioga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Tompkins
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="2" | Ulster
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of State Prisons |
2nd
|{{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
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Washington
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Wayne
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
rowspan="3" | Westchester
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Chairman of Internal Affairs |
2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
colspan="2" | Wyoming
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
colspan="2" | Yates
|{{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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