123rd New York State Legislature
{{Short description|New York state legislative session}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox New York Legislature
|number = 123rd
|image = New York State Capitol in 1900.jpg
|imagename = New York State Capitol
|imagedate = 1900
|start = January 1
|end = December 31, 1900
|vp = Lt. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff (R)
|pro tem = Timothy E. Ellsworth (R)
|speaker = S. Frederick Nixon (R)
|senators = 50
|reps = 150
|s-majority = Republican (27-23)
|h-majority = Republican (93-57)
|sessionnumber1 = 1st
|sessionstart1 = January 3
|sessionend1 = April 6, 1900
|previous = 122nd
|next = 124th
}}
The 123rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to April 6, 1900, during the second year of Theodore Roosevelt's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, 50 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 (seven 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.
Elections
The New York state election, 1899, was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1900, and adjourned on April 6.
S. Frederick Nixon (R) was re-elected Speaker, with 92 votes against 57 for J. Franklin Barnes (D).
State Senate
=Districts=
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- 1st District: Richmond and Suffolk counties
- 2nd District: Queens and Nassau counties
- 3rd District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
- 4th District: 7th, 13th, 19th and 21st Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
- 5th District: 8th, 10th, 12th and 30th Ward of Brooklyn, and the annexed former Town of Gravesend, as constituted in 1894
- 6th District: 9th, 11th, 20th and 22nd Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
- 7th District: 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
- 8th District: 23rd, 24th, 25th and 29th Ward of Brooklyn; and the annexed former Town of Flatlands, as constituted in 1894
- 9th District: 18th, 26th, 27th and 28th Ward of Brooklyn, as constituted in 1894
- 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st District: Parts of the City of New York, defined geographically by their bordering streets, regardless of Wards or Assembly districts
- 22nd District: Westchester County
- 23rd District: Orange and Rockland counties
- 24th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam and counties
- 25th District: Greene and Ulster counties
- 26th District: Chenango, Delaware and Sullivan counties
- 27th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery and Schoharie counties
- 28th District: Saratoga, Schenectady and Washington counties
- 29th District: Albany County
- 30th District: Rensselaer County
- 31st District: Clinton, Essex and Warren counties
- 32nd District: Franklin and St. Lawrence counties
- 33rd District: Otsego and Herkimer counties
- 34th District: Oneida County
- 35th District: Jefferson and Lewis counties
- 36th District: Onondaga County
- 37th District: Oswego and Madison counties
- 38th District: Broome, Cortland and Tioga counties
- 39th District: Cayuga and Seneca counties
- 40th District: Chemung, Schuyler and Tompkins counties
- 41st District: Steuben and Yates counties
- 42nd District: Ontario and Wayne counties
- 43rd District: 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th Ward of Rochester; and the towns of Brighton, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Menden, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Rush and Webster, in Monroe County
- 44th District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 19th and 20th Ward of Rochester; and the towns of Chili, Clarkson, Gates, Greece, Hamlin, Ogden, Parma, Riga, Sweden and Wheatland, in Monroe County
- 45th District: Genesee, Niagara and Orleans counties
- 46th District: Allegany, Livingston and Wyoming counties
- 47th District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Ward of Buffalo
- 48th District: 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Ward of Buffalo
- 49th District: 17th, 18th and 25th Ward of the City of Buffalo; and all area in Erie County outside Buffalo
- 50th District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties}}
Note: In 1897, New York County (the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx), Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn), Richmond County (the borough of Staten Island) and the Western part of Queens County (the borough of Queens) were consolidated into the present-day City of New York. The Eastern part of Queens County (the non-consolidated part) was separated in 1899 as Nassau County. Parts of the 1st and 2nd Assembly districts of Westchester County were annexed by New York City in 1895, and became part of the Borough of the Bronx in 1898.
=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
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Military Affairs |
| 5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 6th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 8th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
| 9th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 11th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Minority Leader |
| 15th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Revision |
| 16th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 17th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 18th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 19th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
| 20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 21st
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 22nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 23rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Affairs of Villages |
| 24th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Agriculture |
| 25th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 26th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Privileges and Elections |
| 27th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |
| 28th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Judiciary |
| 29th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 30th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 31st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Trades and Manufactures |
| 32nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Codes |
| 33rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties |
| 34th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Miscellaneous Corporations |
| 35th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Forest, Fish, and Game Laws |
| 36th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Education |
| 37th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Affairs of Cities |
| 38th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Health |
| 39th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Penal Institutions |
| 40th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Indian Affairs |
| 41st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Printing |
| 42nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Railroads |
| 43rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Insurance |
| 44th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Roads and Bridges |
| 45th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |President pro tempore; Chairman of Rules |
| 46th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Banks |
| 47th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 48th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 49th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Canals |
| 50th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Finance |
=Employees=
- Clerk: James S. Whipple
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Henry Jacquilard
- Doorkeeper: John E. Gorss
- Stenographer: A. B. Sackett
- Journal Clerk: Lafayette B. Gleason
- Index Clerk: Ernest A. Fay
- Clerk to the Committee on Finance: Girvease A. Matteson
State Assembly
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
=Assemblymen=
| class=wikitable
! colspan="2" | District ! Assemblymen ! Party ! Notes |
| rowspan="4" | Albany
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Insurance |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Banks |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Allegany
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Agriculture |
| rowspan="2" | Broome
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Excise |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="2" | Cattaraugus
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Lands and Forestry |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Indian Affairs |
| rowspan="2" | Cayuga
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Printing |
| rowspan="2" | Chautauqua
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of State Prisons |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules |
| colspan="2" | Chemung
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Chenango
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Majority Leader; Chairman of Ways and Means |
| colspan="2" | Clinton
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Columbia
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Cortland
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Delaware
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Fisheries and Game |
| rowspan="2" | Dutchess
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Institutions |
| rowspan="8" | Erie
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Canals |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 5th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 6th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 7th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Federal Relations |
| 8th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 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 |Chairman of Affairs of Villages |
| colspan="2" | Greene
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| colspan="2" | Herkimer
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="2" | Jefferson
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="21" | Kings
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Military Affairs |
| 5th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |
| 6th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 9th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 11th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 12th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 14th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 15th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 16th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
| 17th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 18th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 19th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 21st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Lewis
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Livingston
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Affairs of Cities |
| colspan="2" | Madison
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Judiciary |
| rowspan="4" | Monroe
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Education |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Claims |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Montgomery
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="36" | New York
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 4th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 5th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Health |
| 6th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 7th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 8th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 9th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 10th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 11th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 12th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 13th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 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 | |
| 19th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ind. Dem. | |
| 20th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 21st
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Privileges and Elections |
| 22nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 23rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 24th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 25th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Codes |
| 26th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 27th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 28th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 29th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 30th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| rowspan="2" | 31st
|vacant | |Assemblyman-elect Edward C. Stone (D) |
| Samuel S. Slater
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |elected on January 23 to fill vacancy |
| 32nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 33rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 34th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 35th
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| rowspan="2" | Niagara
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Unfinished Business |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="3" | Oneida
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Internal Affairs |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="4" | Onondaga
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 4th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Ontario
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of General Laws |
| rowspan="2" | Orange
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Railroads |
| colspan="2" | Orleans
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="2" | Oswego
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Trades and Manufactures |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Labor and Industries |
| colspan="2" | Otsego
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Putnam
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="2" | Queens
|1st |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| colspan="2" | Queens and Nassau
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="3" | Rensselaer
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies |
| colspan="2" | Richmond
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| colspan="2" | Rockland
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| rowspan="2" | St. Lawrence
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Saratoga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Schenectady
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Schoharie
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |
| colspan="2" | Schuyler
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Minority Leader |
| colspan="2" | Seneca
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="2" | Steuben
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Soldiers' Home |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Revision |
| rowspan="2" | Suffolk
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Sullivan
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Tioga
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply |
| colspan="2" | Tompkins
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| rowspan="2" | Ulster
|1st |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 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 | |
| 2nd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| 3rd
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Wyoming
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
| colspan="2" | Yates
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |
=Employees=
- Clerk: Archie E. Baxter
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank W. Johnston
- Doorkeeper: Thomas F. Murphy
- First Assistant Doorkeeper: Charles R. Hotaling
- Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Roswell P. Warren
- Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert
- Assistant Clerk: Ray B. Smith
- Librarian: John R. Yale
- Assistant Doorkeeper: Eugene L. Demers
Notes
Sources
- [https://archive.org/stream/newyorkredbook00unse_0#page/n6/mode/1up The New York Red Book] by Edgar L. Murlin (James B. Lyon, Albany, 1900; see: senators bios, pg. 59–95; assemblymen's bios, pg. 96–186; senators' portraits, after pg. 64; assemblymen's portraits, after pg. 96)
- [https://archive.org/stream/officialnewyorkf04fitc#page/340/mode/1up Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes] by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; see pg. 341ff for assemblymen; and 364 for senators)
- [https://archive.today/20130215130948/http://associate.com/library/new/The-World-Almanac-and-Encyclopedia--1900/The-World-Almanac-and-Encyclopedia--1900-447.html The World Almanac and Encyclopedia] (1900; pg. 447)
- [https://archive.today/20130215130837/http://associate.com/library/new/The-World-Almanac-and-Encyclopedia--1900/The-World-Almanac-and-Encyclopedia--1900-448.html The World Almanac and Encyclopedia] (1900; pg. 448)
- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/01/03/102422672.pdf NEW YORK LEGISLATURE] in NYT on January 3, 1900
- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/01/04/102422930.pdf THE LEGISLATURE MEETS] in NYT on January 4, 1900
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