128th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 128th January 1 December 31, 1905 Lt. Gov. M. Linn Bruce (R) John Raines (R) S. Frederick Nixon (R) 50 150 Republican (36-14) Republican (104-46) 1st January 4 May 5, 1905 2nd June 21 July 20, 1905 127th 129th The 128th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 4 to July 20, 1905, during the first year of Frank W. Higgins'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 areas, all within the same county. At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Social Democratic Party, the Prohibition Party, the Socialist Labor Party and the People's Party also nominated tickets. Elections The 1904 New York state election, was held on November 8. Lt. Gov. Frank W. Higgins was elected Governor; and Matthew Linn Bruce was elected Lieutenant Governor; both Republicans. Of the other seven statewide elective office up for election, six were carried by the Republicans, and one by a Democrat. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Republicans 813,000; Democrats 732,000; Social Democrats 36,000; Prohibition 21,000; Socialist Labor 9,000; and People's Party 6,000. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 4, 1905; and adjourned on May 5. S. Frederick Nixon (R) was re-elected Speaker. John Raines (R) was re-elected President pro tempore of the State Senate. On January 17, the Legislature re-elected Chauncey M. Depew (R) as U.S. Senator from New York for a second six-year term, beginning on March 4, 1905.ANOTHER TERM FOR DEPEW in NYT on January 18, 1905 Clerk of the Senate James S. Whipple was appointed Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner, and resigned on May 20. Assistant Clerk Lafayette B. Gleason was appointed by Lieutenant Governor M. Linn Bruce as Acting Clerk. The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany to consider the removal from office of New York Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker. Hooker was acquitted by the Legislature, remained on the bench and the Legislature adjourned July 20, 1905. On June 21, Gleason was elected Clerk of the Senate for the special session, and the session of 1906. State Senate Districts 30em 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. James J. Kehoe changed from the Assembly to the Senate. District Senator Party Notes1stCarll S. Burr Jr. Republican2ndLuke A. Keenan* Democratre-elected3rdThomas H. Cullen* Democratre-elected4thJohn Drescher Jr. Republican5thJames J. Kehoe* Democrat6thFrank J. Gardner Republican7thPatrick H. McCarren* Democratre-elected8thCharles Cooper Republican9thConrad Hasenflug Democrat10thDaniel J. Riordan* Democratre-elected11thJohn C. Fitzgerald* Democratre-elected12thSamuel J. Foley* Democratre-elected13thBernard F. Martin* Democratre-elected14thThomas F. Grady* Democratre-elected; Minority Leader15thNathaniel A. Elsberg* Republicanre-elected16thPeter J. Dooling* Democratre-elected; resigned on October 16, 1905Dooling resigned after his nomination for Clerk of New York County, and was elected to the office on November 7; Election to Fill Dooling's Seat in NYT on October 18, 190517thMartin Saxe Republican18thJacob Marks Democrat19thAlfred R. Page Republican20thJames J. Frawley* Democratre-elected21stJohn A. Hawkins* Democratre-elected22ndFrancis M. Carpenter* Republicanre-elected23rdLouis F. Goodsell* Republicanre-elected24thHenry S. Ambler* Republicanre-elected; died on September 17, 190525thJohn N. Cordts Republican26thJotham P. Allds* Republicanre-elected27thSpencer K. Warnick* Republicanre-elected28thEdgar T. Brackett* Republicanre-elected29thJames B. McEwan* Republicanre-elected30thWilliam D. Barnes* Republicanre-elected31stSpencer G. Prime* Republicanre-elected32ndGeorge R. Malby* Republicanre-elected33rdWalter L. Brown* Republicanre-elected34thHenry J. Coggeshall Republican35thGeorge H. Cobb Republican36thHorace White* Republicanre-elected37thFrancis H. Gates* Republicanre-elected38thHarvey D. Hinman Republican39thBenjamin M. Wilcox* Republicanre-elected40thOwen Cassidy Republican41stWilliam J. Tully Republican42ndJohn Raines* Republicanre-elected; re-elected President pro tempore43rdMerton E. Lewis* Republicanre-elected44thWilliam W. Armstrong* Republicanre-elected45thIrving L'Hommedieu* Republicanre-elected46thFrederick C. Stevens* Republicanre-elected47thHenry W. Hill* Republicanre-elected48thLouis Fechter, Sr. Republican49thGeorge Allen Davis* Republicanre-elected50thAlbert T. Fancher* Republicanre-elected Employees Clerk: James S. Whipple, resigned on May 20 Lafayette B. Gleason, elected on June 21 Sergeant-at-Arms: Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Everett Brown Doorkeeper: Assistant Doorkeeper: Stenographer: State Assembly Assemblymen District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stCharles W. Mead* Republican2ndAbram S. Coon* Republican3rdWilliam V. Cooke Democrat4thWilliam J. Grattan* Republican AlleganyJesse S. Phillips* Republican Broome1stJames T. Rogers* RepublicanMajority Leader2ndFred E. Allen* Republican Cattaraugus1stJasper E. Smith Republican2ndJames C. Sheldon* Republican Cayuga1stJudson W. Hapeman* Republican2ndJ. Guernsey Allen Republican Chautauqua1stArthur C. Wade* Republican2ndS. Frederick Nixon* Republicanre-elected Speaker; died on October 10, 1905 ChemungSherman Moreland* Republican ChenangoCharles L. Carrier Republican ClintonH. Wallace Knapp* Republican ColumbiaEdward W. Scovill* Republican CortlandCharles O. Newton Republican DelawareJames R. Cowan* Republican Dutchess1stJohn T. Smith* Republican2ndAugustus B. Gray Republican Erie1stCharles J. Quinn* Democrat2ndRobert L. Cox* Republican3rdFrank S. Burzynski Democrat4thWilliam C. Tenjost Republican5thCharles F. Brooks* Republican6thFrank W. Standart Republican7thJohn K. Patton* Republican8thLuther J. Shuttleworth Republican EssexFrank C. Hooper Republican FranklinCharles R. Matthews* Republican Fulton and HamiltonFrank C. Wood* Republican GeneseeS. Percy Hooker* Republican GreeneWilliam C. Brady Republican HerkimerAbram B. Steele* Republican Jefferson1stAlbert Foster Republican2ndJ. Frank La Rue* Republican Kings1stThomas O'Neill* Republican2ndJohn McKeown* Democrat3rdThomas P. Reilly* Democrat4thCharles H. Cotton Republican5thOtto G. Foelker Republican6thCharles J. Dodd Democrat7thMichael J. Grady Democrat8thJames A. Thompson Democrat9thJames J. Byrne Democrat10thCharles F. Murphy Republican11thWilliam S. Shanahan* Democrat12thOscar L. Thonet* Republican13thThomas F. Mathews* Democrat14thGeorge W. Kavanagh Democrat15thHarry H. Dale* Democrat16thRichard C. Perry* Republican17thEdward C. Dowling* Republican18thCharles H. Fuller Democrat19thJohn Wolf* Democrat20thWilliam H. Pendry Republican21stCharles H. Francisco Republican LewisH. Elias Slocum* Republican LivingstonJames Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. Republican MadisonRobert J. Fish* Republican Monroe1stDeWitt C. Becker Republican2ndCharles E. Ogden* Republican3rdCharles E. Callahan* Republican4thAlbert P. Beebe Republican MontgomeryWilliam B. Charles* Republican New York1stThomas B. Caughlan* Democrat2ndAl Smith* Democrat3rdRichard J. Malloy Democrat4thWilliam H. Burns* Democrat5thLeslie J. Tompkins Democrat6thCharles Anderson* Democrat7thPeter P. Sherry* Democrat8thLouis Freidel Republican9thPatrick H. Bird* Democrat10thFrederick J. Etzel Republican11thJohn J. Sammon Democrat12thEdward Rosenstein* Democrat13thJohn C. Hackett* Democrat14thAlbert C. Wiegand Democrat15thThomas J. McManus* Democrat16thGustave Hartman Republican17thMichael J. Sheehy Democrat18thEdward B. La Fetra Democrat19thMervin C. Stanley Republican20thPeter L. Fitzsimons* Democrat21stWilliam Young Republican22ndWilliam H. Hornidge* Democrat23rdRichard H. Smith Democrat24thJames J. Nugent Democrat25thEzra P. Prentice* Republican26thM. J. Machacek Democrat27thGeorge B. Agnew* Republican28thEmanuel S. Cahn* Democrat29thFrederic E. Perham* Republican30thRobert F. Wagner Democrat31stJoseph Beihilf Republican32ndLeopold Prince Democrat33rdJacob E. Salomon Democrat34thWilliam J. Ellis* Democrat35thPeter J. Everett* Democrat Niagara1stGeorge F. Thompson* Republican2ndJohn H. Leggett* Republican Oneida1stHenry L. Gates Republican2ndJay H. Pratt* Republican3rdJohn C. Evans* Republican Onondaga1stFrank X. Wood* Republican2ndEdward Schoeneck* Republican3rdMartin L. Cadin* Republican4thFred W. Hammond* Republican OntarioJean L. Burnett* Republican Orange1stWilliam G. Hastings Republican2ndLouis Bedell* Republican OrleansHenry V. Wilson Republican Oswego1stThomas D. Lewis* Republican2ndFred G. Whitney* Republican OtsegoDeloss E. Bass Republican PutnamJohn R. Yale* Republican Queens1stJoseph Sullivan* Democrat2ndTheo. P. Wilsnack Republican Queens and NassauWilliam G. Miller Republican Rensselaer1stFrank L. Stevens* Republican2ndWilliam V. Donovan* Democrat3rdCalvin A. Gardner* Republican RichmondArnold J. B. Wedemeyer Democrat RocklandMatthew Hurd* Republican St. Lawrence1stCharles S. Plank* Republican2ndEdwin A. Merritt Jr.* Republican SaratogaGeorge H. Whitney* Republican SchenectadyWilliam W. Wemple* Republican SchoharieGeorge M. Palmer* DemocratMinority Leader SchuylerJohn W. Gurnett Democrat SenecaWilliam J. Maier Republican Steuben1stFrank C. Platt* Republican2ndJerry E. B. Santee* Republican Suffolk1stWillis A. Reeve* Republican2ndOrlando Hubbs* Republican SullivanEdward Bisland Republican TiogaEdwin S. Hanford* Republican TompkinsGeorge E. Monroe* Republican Ulster1stCharles T. Coutant* Republican2ndWilliam D. Cunningham* Republican WarrenWilliam R. Waddell Republican WashingtonJames S. Parker* Republican WayneAddison P. Smith* Republican Westchester1stGeorge N. Rigby* Republican2ndJ. Mayhew Wainwright* Republican3rdJames K. Apgar* Republican WyomingElmer E. Charles* Republican YatesLeonidas D. West Republican Employees Clerk: Archie E. Baxter Assistant Clerk: Ray B. SmithMurlin Edgar L. https://books.google.com/books?id=YI5FAQAAMAAJ The New York Red Book J. B. Lyon Company 1905 Albany 579 en Sergeant-at-Arms: Doorkeeper: First Assistant Doorkeeper: Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Stenographer: Notes Sources Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; see pg. 350f for assemblymen; and 365f for senators) THE NEXT LEGISLATURE in NYT on November 9, 1904 Journal of the Senate (128th Session) (special session; 1905) LEGISLATURE OPENS TODAY in NYT on January 4, 1905 128 Category:1905 in New York (state) Category:1905 U.S. legislative sessions