56th New York State Legislature

{{Infobox New York Legislature

|number = 56th

|image = Old State Capitol at Albany NY.jpg

|imagename = The Old State Capitol

|imagedate = 1879

|start = January 1

|end = December 31, 1833

|vp = Lt. Gov. John Tracy (J)

|pro tem =

|speaker = Charles L. Livingston (J)

|senators = 32

|reps = 128

|s-majority = Jacksonian (25-7)

|h-majority = Jacksonian (101-27)

|sessionnumber1 = 1st

|sessionstart1 = January 1

|sessionend1 = April 30, 1833

|previous = 55th

|next = 57th

}}

The 56th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to April 30, 1833, during the first year of William L. Marcy's governorship, in Albany.

Background

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1821, 32 Senators were elected on general tickets in eight senatorial districts for four-year terms. They were divided into four classes, and every year eight Senate seats came up for election. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole Assembly being renewed annually.

At this time, there were three political parties: the Jacksonian Democrats, the Anti-Masonic Party, and the National Republican Party.

The Anti-Masonic state convention met on June 21, and nominated again Assemblyman Francis Granger for governor and Samuel Stevens, of New York City, for lieutenant governor. They also nominated a full ticket of presidential electors, apparently composed of some supporters of William Wirt, and some of Henry Clay, but not pledged to any candidate.

The National Republican state convention met on July 26, Ambrose Spencer was chairman. They endorsed The Anti-Masonic nominees Granger and Stevens. They also endorsed the ticket of presidential electors nominated by the Anti-Masons, who—if they won the election—should vote for Henry Clay if this would help to defeat Jackson, otherwise for Wirt. In effect, both parties were in the process of merging, forming an Anti-Jacksonian bloc which eventually became the Whig Party.

The Jacksonian state convention met on September 19 at Herkimer, Samuel Young was chairman. They nominated U.S. Senator William L. Marcy for governor, and Judge John Tracy for lieutenant governor.

Elections

The state election was held from November 5 to 7, 1832. William L. Marcy and John Tracy were elected governor and lieutenant governor; and the Andrew Jackson/Martin Van Buren electoral ticket won.

State Senator John F. Hubbard (6th D.) was re-elected. John Sudam (2nd D.), Peter Gansevoort (3rd D.), Louis Hasbrouck (4th D.), John G. Stower (5th D.), Samuel L. Edwards (7th D.), John Griffin (8th D.) and Assemblyman Myndert Van Schaick (1st D.) were also elected to the Senate. Griffin and Hasbrouck were Anti-Jacksonians, the other six were Jacksonians.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 1, 1833; and adjourned on April 30.

Charles L. Livingston (D) was re-elected Speaker with 99 votes against 22 for John C. Spencer (A-M).

On January 4, the Legislature elected State Comptroller Silas Wright, Jr. to the U.S. Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gov. Marcy. Wright resigned the office of Comptroller on January 7.

On January 11, the Legislature elected Secretary of State Azariah C. Flagg to succeed Wright as State Comptroller. Flagg resigned the office of Secretary of State on January 12.

On January 15, the Legislature elected Adjutant General John Adams Dix to succeed Flagg as Secretary of State.

On February 4, the Legislature re-elected State Treasurer Abraham Keyser, Jr.

On February 5, the Legislature elected State Senator Nathaniel P. Tallmadge to succeed Charles E. Dudley as U.S. Senator for a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1833.

On February 21, the Legislature passed "An act for the construction of the Chenango Canal".

On March 23, the Legislature passed "An act authorising the appointment of an additional Canal Commissioner", and on April 4, the Legislature elected Michael Hoffman as such.

State Senate

=Districts=

The First District (4 seats) consisted of Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond and Suffolk counties.
The Second District (4 seats) consisted of Delaware, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties.
The Third District (4 seats) consisted of Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties.
The Fourth District (4 seats) consisted of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Montgomery, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties.
The Fifth District (4 seats) consisted of Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida and Oswego counties.
The Sixth District (4 seats) consisted of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Otsego, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins counties.
The Seventh District (4 seats) consisted of Cayuga, Onondaga, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties.
The Eighth District (4 seats) consisted of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans counties.

{{refbegin}}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.{{refend}}

=Members=

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Myndert Van Schaick changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

class=wikitable

! District

! Senators

! Term left

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="4" | First

|Alpheus Sherman*

|1 year

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Jonathan S. Conklin*

|2 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Harman B. Cropsey*

|3 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Myndert Van Schaick*

|4 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Second

|Nathaniel P. Tallmadge*

|1 year

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

|on February 5, 1833, elected to the U.S. Senate,
and resigned his seat on February 20Tallmadge sent a letter of "acceptance", dated February 20, to the Senate, which was read on February 23. On March, 2 the vacancies on the standing committees, caused by his "resignation", are filled; see [https://books.google.com/books?id=rq8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA178 Journal of the Senate (56th Session)] (1833; pg. 133, 178 and 193)

David M. Westcott*

|2 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Allan Macdonald*

|3 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

|also Postmaster of White Plains

John Sudam

|4 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Third

|William Dietz*

|1 year

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Herman I. Quackenboss*

|2 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John W. Edmonds*

|3 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

|until February 1833, also Recorder of the City of Hudson

Peter Gansevoort

|4 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Fourth

|Isaac Gere*

|1 year

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

William I. Dodge*

|2 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Josiah Fisk*

|3 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Louis Hasbrouck

|4 years

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Fifth

|Alvin Bronson*

|1 year

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Henry A. Foster*

|2 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Robert Lansing*

|3 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John G. Stower

|4 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Sixth

|Levi Beardsley*

|1 year

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Charles W. Lynde*

|2 years

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

John G. McDowell*

|3 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

|also Postmaster of Chemung

John F. Hubbard*

|4 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Seventh

|Thomas Armstrong*

|1 year

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

|also Supervisor of Butler, and Chairman
of the Board of Supervisors of Wayne Co.

William H. Seward*

|2 years

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Jehiel H. Halsey*

|3 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Samuel L. Edwards

|4 years

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

|until February 1, 1833, also First Judge of Onondaga Co.

rowspan="4" | Eighth

|Albert H. Tracy*

|1 year

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Trumbull Cary*

|2 years

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

John Birdsall*

|3 years

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

John Griffin

|4 years

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

|until April 26, 1833, also First Judge of Allegany Co.

=Employees=

Clerk: John F. Bacon

State Assembly

=Districts=

Albany County (3 seats)
Allegany County (1 seat)
Broome County (1 seat)
Cattaraugus County (1 seat)
Cayuga County (4 seats)
Chautauqua County (2 seats)
Chenango County (3 seats)
Clinton County (1 seat)
Columbia County (3 seats)
Cortland County (2 seats)
Delaware County (2 seats)
Dutchess County (4 seats)
Erie County (2 seats)
Essex County (1 seat)
Franklin County (1 seat)
Genesee County (3 seats)
Greene County (2 seats)
Hamilton and Montgomery counties (3 seats)
Herkimer County (3 seats)
Jefferson County (3 seats)
Kings County (1 seat)
Lewis County (1 seat)
Livingston County (2 seats)
Madison County (3 seats)
Monroe County (3 seats)
The City and County of New York (11 seats)
Niagara County (1 seat)
Oneida County (5 seats)
Onondaga County (4 seats)
Ontario County (3 seats)
Orange County (3 seats)
Orleans County (1 seat)
Oswego County (1 seat)
Otsego County (4 seats)
Putnam County (1 seat)
Queens County (1 seat)
Rensselaer County (4 seats)
Richmond County (1 seat)
Rockland County (1 seat)
St. Lawrence County (2 seats)
Saratoga County (3 seats)
Schenectady County (1 seat)
Schoharie County (2 seats)
Seneca County (2 seats)
Steuben County (2 seats)
Suffolk County (2 seats)
Sullivan County (1 seat)
Tioga County (2 seats)
Tompkins County (3 seats)
Ulster County (2 seats)
Warren County (1 seat)
Washington (3 seats)
Wayne County (2 seats)
Westchester County (3 seats)
Yates County (1 seat)

=Assemblymen=

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

The party affiliations follow the vote on U.S. senators and other State officers on January 4, 11 and 15; February 4 and 5; and April 4.see [https://books.google.com/books?id=_SMbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA93 Journal of the Assembly (56th Session)] (1833, pg. 93f, 122f, 139, 239ff, 249ff and 646ff)

class=wikitable

! District

! Assemblymen

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="3" | Albany

|Edward Livingston

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Jacob Settle

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Israel Shear

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Allegany

|John B. Collins*

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Broome

|Vincent Whitney*

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Cattaraugus

|Chauncey J. Fox

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Cayuga

|John Beardsley*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

George H. Brinkerhoff*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Simon Lathrop

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John W. Sawyer*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Chautauqua

|Alvin Plumb

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Nathaniel Gray

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Chenango

|Abel Chandler

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Austin Hyde

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

William M. Patterson

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Clinton

|Miles Stevenson

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Columbia

|Anthony Boucher

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Bastian C. Lasher

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John Murdock

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Cortland

|Enos S. Halbert

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

David Mathews

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Delaware

|John Edgerton

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Stoddard Stevens

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Dutchess

|Daniel D. Akin

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Joel Brown

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Henry Conklin

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

George Lambert

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Erie

|Horace Clark*

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

William Mills*

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Essex

|Almerin Smith

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Franklin

|Jabez Parkhurst

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Genesee

|Peter Patterson

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Rufus Robertson

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Charles Woodworth

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Greene

|Henry Goslee

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

William Pierson

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Hamilton and
Montgomery

|William Carlisle

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Douw A. Fonda

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Cornelius Mabee

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Herkimer

|Dudley Burwell

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Joseph M. Prendergast

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Sherman Wooster

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Jefferson

|William H. Angel*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John Burch

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Jotham Ives

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Kings

|Coe S. Downing*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Lewis

|Eli Rogers Jr.

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Livingston

|George W. Patterson*

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Samuel W. Smith

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Madison

|Erastus Cleaveland

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John Davis

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Jesse Kilborn

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Monroe

|Timothy Childs

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Levi Pond

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Milton Sheldon

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="11" | New York

|Richard Cromwell

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Thomas Herttell

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Charles L. Livingston*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

|re-elected Speaker

John McKeon*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Robert H. Morris

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Mordecai Myers*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Gideon Ostrander*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Benjamin Ringgold

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Silas M. Stilwell*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Minthorne Tompkins

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Isaac L. Varian*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Niagara

|Henry Norton*

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="5" | Oneida

|Ichabod C. Baker

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Levi Buckingham

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John Dewey

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Squire Utley

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

David Wager

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Onondaga

|Asa Eastwood

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Elisha Litchfield*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Myron L. Mills

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Gabriel Tappen

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Ontario

|Ephraim W. Cleveland

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

John C. Spencer

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

James H. Woods

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Orange

|James Finch Jr.

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Ezra Keeler

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Isaac R. Van Duzer*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Orleans

|Asahel Byington

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Oswego

|Avery Skinner*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Otsego

|William Baker

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Philo Bennet

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Hiram Kinne

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Robert C. Lansing

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Putnam

|John Garrison

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Queens

|Thomas B. Jackson

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="4" | Rensselaer

|Alonzo G. Hammond

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

William P. Haskin

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John I. Kittle

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Seth Parsons

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Richmond

|Jacob Mersereau*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Rockland

|James D. L. Montanya

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | St. Lawrence

|William Allen*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Sylvester Butrick

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Saratoga

|Ebenezer Couch*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

George Reynolds

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Ephraim Stevens

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Schenectady

|Cornelius C. Van Vranken

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Schoharie

|Jacob L. Lawyer

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Martines Mattice

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Seneca

|Reuben D. Dodge*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

John De Mott

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Steuben

|William Hunter

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

William Kernan

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Suffolk

|David Hedges Jr.

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

William Wicks

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Sullivan

|James C. Curtis

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

|also Supervisor of Cochecton

rowspan="2" | Tioga

|Thomas Farrington

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Jacob Westlake

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Tompkins

|Thomas Bishop

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Daniel B. Swartwood

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Ira Tillotson

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Ulster

|Gordon Craig

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Joseph Jansen

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Warren

|Nicholas Roosevelt Jr.

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Washington

|Walter Cornell

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

Charles Rogers

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

David Abel Russell

|{{Party shading/National Republican}} | Anti-Jacksonian

rowspan="2" | Wayne

|James Humeston*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Ambrose Salisbury*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

rowspan="3" | Westchester

|Joseph H. Anderson

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Horatio Lockwood

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Israel H. Watson*

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

Yates

|Joshua Lee

|{{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

=Employees=

Clerk: Francis Seger
Sergeant-at-Arms: Cornelius A. Waldron
Doorkeeper: Alonzo Crosby
Assistant Doorkeeper: James Courter

Notes

Sources

[https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA129 The New York Civil List] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [pg. 109 and 441 for Senate districts; pg. 129 for senators; pg. 148f for Assembly districts; pg. 213f for assemblymen]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ij0OAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA424 The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to 1840] by Jabez D. Hammond (4th ed., Vol. 2, Phinney & Co., Buffalo, 1850; pg. 424 to 435)

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