92nd New York State Legislature

{{Infobox New York Legislature

|number = 92nd

|image = Old State Capitol at Albany NY.jpg

|imagename = The Old State Capitol

|imagedate = 1879

|start = January 1

|end = December 31, 1869

|vp = Lt. Gov. Allen C. Beach (D)

|pro tem = Charles J. Folger (R), from February 4;
Richard Crowley (R), on February 24

|speaker = Truman G. Younglove (R)

|senators = 32

|reps = 128

|s-majority = Republican (17-15)

|h-majority = Republican (75-53)

|sessionnumber1 = 1st

|sessionstart1 = January 5

|sessionend1 = May 11, 1869

|previous = 91st

|next = 93rd

}}

The 92nd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 5 to May 11, 1869, during the first 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,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.

According to the Constitution of 1846, twenty years after its elaboration the electorate was asked if they wanted a Constitutional Convention to be held, which was answered at the 1866 New York state election, in the affirmative. On April 23, 1867, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were elected, resulting in a Republican majority. On June 4, the Constitutional Convention met at Albany; adjourned on September 23; and met again on November 12. On February 28, 1868, the Constitutional Convention adjourned sine die. How to put the proposed amendments before the electorate was then debated throughout the 91st and the 92nd Legislature, and all amendments, except the re-organization of the judicial system, were eventually rejected by the voters at the 1869 New York state election.

At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

Elections

The 1868 New York state election was held on November 3. Mayor of New York City John T. Hoffman and Allen C. Beach (both Democrats) were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The other three 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 439,000 and Republicans 411,000.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 5, 1869; and adjourned on May 11.

Truman G. Younglove (R) was elected Speaker with 71 votes against 52 for William Hitchman (D).

On January 19, the Legislature elected Ex-Governor Reuben E. Fenton (R) to succeed Edwin D. Morgan as U.S. Senator from New York for a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1869.

On February 4, Charles J. Folger (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate "for this session."

On February 24, Richard Crowley (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate "for this day."

On April 29, the Legislature elected Henry Smith (R) as a Metropolitan Police Commissioner, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas C. Acton.

State Senate

=Districts=

1st District: Queens, Richmond and Suffolk counties
2nd District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 19th and 20th wards of the City of Brooklyn
3rd District: 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th wards of the City of Brooklyn; and all towns in Kings County
4th District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th wards of New York City
5th District: 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th wards of New York City
6th District: 10th, 11th and 17th wards of New York City
7th District: 18th, 20th and 21st wards of New York City
8th District: 12th, 19th and 22nd wards of New York City
9th District: Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties
10th District: Orange and Sullivan counties
11th District: Columbia and Dutchess counties
12th District: Rensselaer and Washington counties
13th District: Albany County
14th District: Greene and Ulster counties
15th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga and Schenectady counties
16th District: Clinton, Essex and Warren counties
17th District: Franklin and St. Lawrence counties
18th District: Jefferson and Lewis counties
19th District: Oneida County
20th District: Herkimer and Otsego counties
21st District: Madison and Oswego counties
22nd District: Onondaga and Cortland counties
23rd District: Chenango, Delaware and Schoharie counties
24th District: Broome, Tompkins and Tioga counties
25th District: Cayuga and Wayne counties
26th District: Ontario, Seneca and Yates counties
27th District: Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties
28th District: Monroe County
29th District: Genesee, Niagara and Orleans counties
30th District: Allegany, Livingston and Wyoming counties
31st District: Erie County
32nd District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua 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.

class=wikitable

! District

! Senator

! Party

! Notes

1st

|Lewis A. Edwards*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|James F. Pierce*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Henry C. Murphy*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

4th

|William M. Tweed*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

5th

|Michael Norton*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|also an Alderman of New York City

6th

|Thomas J. Creamer*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

7th

|John J. Bradley*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

8th

|Henry W. Genet*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

9th

|William Cauldwell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

10th

|William M. Graham*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

11th

|Abiah W. Palmer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

12th

|Francis S. Thayer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

13th

|A. Bleecker Banks

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

14th

|George Beach*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

15th

|Charles Stanford*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

16th

|Matthew Hale*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

17th

|Abraham X. Parker*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

18th

|John O'Donnell*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

19th

|Samuel Campbell*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

20th

|John B. Van Petten*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

21st

|Abner C. Mattoon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

22nd

|George N. Kennedy*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

23rd

|John F. Hubbard Jr.*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

24th

|Orlow W. Chapman*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

25th

|Stephen K. Williams*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

26th

|Charles J. Folger*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on February 4, elected president pro tempore

27th

|John I. Nicks*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

28th

|Lewis H. Morgan*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

29th

|Richard Crowley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|on February 24, elected president pro tempore

30th

|Wolcott J. Humphrey*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

31st

|Asher P. Nichols*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

32nd

|Lorenzo Morris*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

=Employees=

Clerk: James Terwilliger
Sergeant-at-Arms: John H. Kemper
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George H. Knapp
Doorkeeper: Charles V. Schram
Assistant Doorkeeper: Nathaniel Saxton
Assistant Doorkeeper: David L. Shields
Assistant Doorkeeper: Elisha T. Burdick

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.

class=wikitable

! colspan="2" | District

! Assemblymen

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="4" | Albany

|1st

|Hugh Conger

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Adam W. Smith

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|John M. Kimball

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

4th

|John Tighe

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Allegany

|Silas Richardson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Broome

|William M. Ely

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Cattaraugus

|1st

|Claudius V. B. Barse

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|William H. Stuart

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Cayuga

|1st

|Charles H. Weed*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Sanford Gifford*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Chautauqua

|1st

|Matthew P. Bemus*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Winfield S. Cameron*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Chemung

|Edward L. Patrick

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Chenango

|Charles Pearsall

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Clinton

|Daniel Stewart

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Columbia

|1st

|Edward Sturges

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Moses Y. Tilden

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Cortland

|Hiram Whitmarsh

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Delaware

|1st

|Benjamin J. Bassett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|John Ferris

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Dutchess

|1st

|David R. Gould

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|William W. Hegeman

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="5" | Erie

|1st

|George J. Bamler*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Philip H. Bender

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|James A. Chase

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

4th

|Charles B. Rich

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

5th

|Abbot C. Calkins

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Essex

|Samuel Root*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Franklin

|Edmund F. Sargent*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Fulton and Hamilton

|William F. Barker

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Genesee

|Edward C. Walker

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Greene

|Baldwin Griffin

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Herkimer

|Erasmus W. Day

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Jefferson

|1st

|Jay Dimick

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|William W. Butterfield

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="9" | Kings

|1st

|Hugh M. Clark

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Henry J. Cullen Jr.

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Dennis O'Keeffe

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

4th

|William W. Moseley

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

5th

|James R. Allaben

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

6th

|Andrew B. Hodges

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

7th

|George L. Fox

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

8th

|DeWitt C. Tower*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

9th

|John C. Jacobs*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Lewis

|Chester Ray

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Livingston

|Lewis E. Smith*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Madison

|1st

|Wesley M. Carpenter

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Leonard C. Kilham

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="3" | Monroe

|1st

|Charles S. Wright

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Nehemiah C. Bradstreet*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Andrew J. Randall

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Montgomery

|Darius V. Berry

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="23" | New York

|1st

|Michael C. Murphy*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Dennis Burns*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|Owen Cavanagh

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

4th

|John Galvin*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

5th

|Peter Mitchell

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

6th

|Timothy J. Campbell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|unsuccessfully contested by Frederick Zimmersee [https://books.google.com/books?id=6yMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA434 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York] (1871; pg. 434–438)

7th

|James A. Richmond

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

8th

|Martin Nachtmann

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

9th

|William G. Bergen*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

10th

|Anthony Hartman*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

11th

|Peter Trainer*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

12th

|Henry Woltman

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="2" | 13th

|William Halpin

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|contested, seat vacated on April 23see [https://books.google.com/books?id=6yMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA439 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York] (1871; pg. 439–448)

Alexander McLeod

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|seated on April 23

rowspan="2" | 14th

|Charles H. Whalen

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|contested; seat vacated on April 2see [https://books.google.com/books?id=6yMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA430 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York] (1871; pg. 430–434)

James McKiever

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|seated on April 2

15th

|Alexander Frear*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

16th

|James Irving*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

17th

|George W. Plunkitt

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

18th

|Lawrence D. Kiernan*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

19th

|Josiah Porter

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

20th

|John Keegan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

21st

|William Hitchman*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="2" | Niagara

|1st

|Ransom M. Skeels*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Benjamin Farley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="4" | Oneida

|1st

|Eli B. Avery

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Addison B. Tuttle

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|James Stevens*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

4th

|Erastus Ely

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="3" | Onondaga

|1st

|James V. Kendall

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Moses Summers

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|Miles B. Hackett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Ontario

|1st

|Henry Ray*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|George Cook

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Orange

|1st

|J. C. Bancroft Davis

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|seat vacated on March 26 upon appointment
as United States Assistant Secretary of State

2nd

|Thomas J. Lyon

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Orleans

|Marvin Harris

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="3" | Oswego

|1st

|Benjamin Doolittle

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|James D. Lasher*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|Nathan B. Smith

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Otsego

|1st

|William W. Campbell

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Clifford S. Arms

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Putnam

|Morgan Horton

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="2" | Queens

|1st

|James B. Pearsall

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|John B. Madden*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="3" | Rensselaer

|1st

|John L. Flagg*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Edward Akin

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|Harris B. Howard*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Richmond

|John Decker*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|contested; seat vacated on April 27see [https://books.google.com/books?id=6yMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA448 A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York] (1871; pg. 448–456)

Willett N. Hawkins

|seated on April 27

colspan="2" | Rockland

|James Suffern

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="3" | St. Lawrence

|1st

|George M. Gleason*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Julius M. Palmer*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

3rd

|Alexander H. Andrews*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Saratoga

|1st

|Truman G. Younglove*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|elected Speaker

2nd

|DeWitt C. Hoyt

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Schenectady

|Henry M. Crane

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Schoharie

|Peter R. Dyckman

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Schuyler

|George Clark*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Seneca

|Josiah T. Miller

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

rowspan="2" | Steuben

|1st

|Monroe Brundage

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Samuel Mitchell

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Suffolk

|William A. Conant

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Sullivan

|James L. La Moree

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

colspan="2" | Tioga

|Lyman Truman

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Tompkins

|John H. Selkreg*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="3" | Ulster

|1st

|Patrick J. Flynn

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Abraham E. Hasbrouck*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|James O. Schoonmaker

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Warren

|Nicholas B. La Bau*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Washington

|1st

|William J. Perry

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Isaac V. Baker Jr.

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="2" | Wayne

|1st

|Merritt Thornton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

2nd

|Elijah M. K. Glenn*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

rowspan="3" | Westchester

|1st

|Clairborne Ferris

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

2nd

|Edward D. Lawrence

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

3rd

|James W. Husted

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Wyoming

|Marcus A. Hull

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

colspan="2" | Yates

|Foster A. Hixson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

=Employees=

Clerk: Edward F. Underhill
Sergeant-at-Arms: Samuel C. Pierce
Doorkeeper: John Hancock
First Assistant Doorkeeper: Franklin Hutchinson
Second Assistant Doorkeeper: James Tanner
Stenographer: Hudson C. Tanner

Notes

Sources

[https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA444 The New York Civil List] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; see pg. 439 for Senate districts; pg. 444 for senators; pg. 450–463 for Assembly districts; pg. 510f for assemblymen)
[https://books.google.com/books?id=l95KAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 Journal of the Senate (92nd Session)] (1869)
[https://books.google.com/books?id=288aAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 Journal of the Assembly (92nd Session)] (1869; Vol. I)
[https://books.google.com/books?id=3M8aAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1153 Journal of the Assembly (92nd Session)] (1869; Vol. II)

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