103rd New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 103rd January 1 December 31, 1880 Lt. Gov. George G. Hoskins (R) William H. Robertson (R) George H. Sharpe (R) 32 128 Republican (25-7) Republican (93-35) 1st January 6 May 27, 1880 102nd 104th The 103rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to May 27, 1880, during the 1st year of Alonzo B. Cornell'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 23, 1879, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate districts; and the Assembly seats per county. Columbia, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Ontario and Oswego counties lost one seat each; Kings and New York counties gained three seats each.THE APPORTIONMENT BILL in NYT on April 21, 1879 At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Tammany Hall Boss John Kelly engaged in a fierce struggle against the Democratic majority led by Samuel J. Tilden and Lucius Robinson, and ran as a "spoiler candidate" to defeat Gov. Robinson who ran for re-election. The Prohibition Party, the Greenback Party, the Socialist Labor Party of America, the "Working Men" and the "Jeffersonian Democrats" also nominated tickets. Elections The 1879 New York state election was held on November 4. Republicans Alonzo B. Cornell and George G. Hoskins were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Of the other five statewide elective office up for election, four 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: Republican 419,000; Democratic 376,000; Tammany Hall 78,000; Greenback 20,000; and Prohibition 4,500. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1880; and adjourned on May 27. George H. Sharpe (R) was elected Speaker with 90 votes against 33 for John Shanley (D). William H. Robertson was re-elected President pro tempore of the State Senate. On April 6, the Legislature re-elected Superintendent of Public Instruction Neil Gilmour to a third term of three years.Journal of the Assembly (1880; pg. 755) State Senate Districts 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. Jacob Seebacher, Ferdinand Eidman, Robert H. Strahan and Waters W. Braman changed from the Assembly to the Senate. District Senator Party Notes1stJohn Birdsall Republican2ndWilliam H. Murtha Democrat3rdFrederick A. Schroeder Republican4thJohn C. Jacobs* Democratre-elected5thEdward Hogan* Democratre-elected6thJacob Seebacher* Democrat7thFerdinand Eidman* Republican8thRobert H. Strahan* Republicanunsuccessfully contested by John W. Browning (D)9thFrancis M. Bixby Democrat10thWilliam W. Astor Republican11thGeorge H. Forster Republican12thWilliam H. Robertson* Republicanre-elected; re-elected President pro tempore13thEdward M. Madden Republican14thCharles A. Fowler Democrat15thStephen H. Wendover* Republicanre-elected16thIsaac V. Baker Jr. Republican17thWaters W. Braman* Republican18thWebster Wagner* Republicanre-elected19thWilliam W. Rockwell* Republicanre-elected20thDolphus S. Lynde* Republicanre-elected21stBradley Winslow Republican22ndJames Stevens Democrat23rdAlbert M. Mills Republican24thEdwin G. Halbert* Republicanre-elected25thDennis McCarthy* Republicanre-elected26thWilliam B. Woodin Republican27thIra Davenport* Republicanre-elected28thGeorge P. Lord Republican29thEdmund L. Pitts Republican30thJames H. Loomis* Republicanre-elected31stBenjamin H. Williams Republican32ndLoren B. Sessions* Republicanre-elected; also Supervisor of the Town of Harmony Employees Clerk: John W. Vrooman Sergeant-at-Arms: John W. Corning Doorkeeper: James G. Caw Stenographer: Hudson C. Tanner 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. District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stWilliam H. Slingerland Republican2ndHiram Griggs* Republican3rdIgnatius Wiley Democrat 4thJoseph Hynes Democratcontested; seat vacated on March 11Thomas Liddle Republicanseated on March 11see A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 589–595) AlleganySamuel H. Morgan Republican BroomeAlexander E. Andrews Republican Cattaraugus1stZenas G. Bullock Republican2ndJoseph M. Congdon Republican Cayuga1stHarvey D. Ferris Republican2ndHector H. Tuthill Republican Chautauqua1stCharles P. Ingersoll* Republican2ndSmith Clark Republican ChemungHenry C. Hoffman Democrat ChenangoOscar H. Curtis* Republican ClintonWilliam P. Mooers* Republican ColumbiaJohn Elbert Gillette Republican CortlandSamuel A. Childs Republican DelawareRobert Beates Republican Dutchess1stIsaac S. Carpenter Republican2ndCornelius Pitcher* Republican Erie1stJules O'Brien Republicanunsuccessfully contested by John McLaughlin2ndFrank Sipp Republican3rdJames Ash Republican4thJames A. Roberts* Republican5thHarvey J. Hurd* Republican EssexWarren French Weston* Republican FranklinWilliam D. Brennan* Republican Fulton and HamiltonDavid A. Wells Republican GeneseeJohn Sanders* Republican GreeneAlbert Parker Democrat HerkimerWilliam D. Gorsline Republican Jefferson1stCharles R. Skinner* Republican2ndJohn D. Ellis Democrat Kings1stJohn Shanley Democrat2ndJohn McTernan Democrat3rdLawrence J. Tormey Democrat4thJohn M. Clancy* Democrat5thThomas J. Sheridan* Democrat6thPatrick J. Tully Democrat7thGeorge Wren Republican8thDavid Lindsay Republican9thCharles H. Russell Republican10thRichard J. Newman Democrat11thDaniel W. Tallmadge* Republican12thErastus D. Benedict Democrat LewisCharles A. Chickering* Republican LivingstonArchibald Kennedy Republican MadisonGerrit Smith Miller Republican Monroe1stGeorge Le Grand Seeley Republican2ndCharles S. Baker* Republican3rdFrederick P. Root Republican MontgomeryJohn Warner* Republican New York1stJames Fitzgerald Democrat2ndThomas P. Walsh Democrat3rdGeorge P. Gibbs Democrat4thJohn Henry McCarthy Democrat5thWarren C. Bennett Democrat6thPatrick O'Connor Democrat7thIsaac Israel Hayes* Republican8thJohn E. Brodsky Republican9thGeorge B. Deane, Sr.* Republican10thEdward Grosse Republican11thJames M. Varnum* Republican12thLouis Cohen Democrat13thCharles Holland Duell Republican14thJames J. Costello Democrat15thMichael J. Dougherty* Democrat16thEdward P. Hagan* Democrat17thFrank P. Treanor Democrat18thWilliam Cushing Democrat19thJoseph J. McAvoy Democrat20thFrederick Thilemann Jr. Democrat21stEdward Mitchell Republican22ndJohn T. McDonald Democrat23rdNathaniel B. Terpeny Democrat24thJames L. Wells* Republicanpreviously a member from Westchester Co. Niagara1stThomas N. Van Valkenburgh* Republican2ndJames Low* Republican Oneida1stHenry J. Cookinham Republican2ndJames A. Douglass Republican3rdDavid Gray Republican Onondaga1stThomas G. Alvord* Republican2ndAlbert Howland Republican3rdHenry L. Duguid* Republican OntarioCharles R. Case* Republican Orange1stMorgan Shuit* Republican2ndJames E. Waterbury Republican OrleansMarcus H. Phillips Republican Oswego1stPatrick W. Cullinan Republican2ndWilliam H. Steele* Republican Otsego1stAzro Chase* Republican2ndNathan Bridges* Republican PutnamGeorge McCabe Republican Queens1stWilliam J. Youngs* Republican2ndB. Valentine Clowes Republican Rensselaer1stLa Mott W. RhodesLa Mott W. Rhodes, of Troy, died March 1, 1890, in St. Helena, California Democrat2ndAlbert C. Comstock Republican3rdBarnis C. Strait Democrat RichmondOliver Fiske Republican RocklandJames W. Husted* Republican St. Lawrence1stDaniel Peck* Republican2ndWorth Chamberlain Republican3rdEbenezer S. Crapser Republican Saratoga1stBenjamin F. Baker Republican2ndDelcour S. Potter Republican SchenectadyArthur D. Mead Democrat SchoharieRobert Grant Havens Democrat SchuylerLewis Beach Republican SenecaDavid H. Evans* Republican Steuben1stJohn W. Davis Republican2ndRussell M. Tuttle Republican SuffolkEverett A. Carpenter Republican SullivanAlpheus Potts Republican TiogaEdward G. Nowlan Republican TompkinsCharles M. Titus* Republican Ulster1stGeorge H. Sharpe* Republicanelected Speaker2ndPeter D. Lefever Republican3rdThomas E. Benedict Democrat WarrenHenry P. Gwinup Democrat Washington1stHiram Sisson Republican2ndGeorge L. Terry* Republican Wayne1stAlfred P. Crafts Republican2ndJefferson Sherman* Republican Westchester1stDavid Ogden Bradley*David Ogden Bradley (born 1827), son of Henry Bradley, the Liberty Party candidate for Governor at the New York state election, 1846 Republican2ndWilliam H. Catlin Democrat3rdDavid W. Travis* Republican WyomingOrange L. Tozier* Republican YatesAsa P. Fish Republican Employees Clerk: Edward M. Johnson Sergeant-at-Arms: Sidney M. Robinson Doorkeeper: Henry Wheeler First Assistant Doorkeeper: Michael Maher Second Assistant Doorkeeper: John W. Wheeler Assistant Doorkeeper: John Christie Stenographer: Worden E. Payne Notes Sources Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; see pg. 276 for Senate districts; pg. 291 for senators; pg. 298–304 for Assembly districts; and pg. 379 for assemblymen) Journal of the Assembly (103rd Session) (1880) 103 Category:1880 in New York (state) Category:1880 U.S. legislative sessions