100th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 100th Old State Capitol at Albany NY.jpg The Old State Capitol 1879 January 1 December 31, 1877 Lt. Gov. William Dorsheimer (D) William H. Robertson (R) George B. Sloan (R) 32 128 Republican (19-13) Republican (71-57) 1st January 2 May 24, 1877 99th 101st The 100th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to May 24, 1877, during the first year of Lucius Robinson'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. At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Prohibition Party and the Greenback Party also nominated tickets. Elections The 1876 New York state election was held on November 7. The Democratic incumbent State Comptroller Lucius Robinson was elected Governor, and his running mate William Dorsheimer was re-elected 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: Democratic 520,000; Republican 489,000; Prohibition 3,400; and Greenback 1,400. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 2, 1877; and adjourned on May 24. George B. Sloan (R) was elected Speaker with 69 votes against 57 for Luke F. Cozans (D). On April 3, the Legislature re-elected Superintendent of Public Instruction Neil Gilmour to a term of three years.Journal of the Assembly (1877; pg. 692f) The Senate met for a special session at Saratoga Springs and adjourned on August 18. On August 17, Superintendent of the New York State Banking Department DeWitt C. Ellis was removed from office.see STATE SENATE - EXTRA SESSION in Auburn Daily Bulletin on August 18, 1877 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 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. District Senator Party Notes1stL. Bradford Prince* Republican2ndJohn R. Kennaday* Democrat3rdJohn C. Jacobs* Democrat4thJohn Morrissey* Anti-Tam. Dem.5thAlfred Wagstaff Jr. Democratelected to fill vacancy, in place of James W. Booth6thCaspar A. Baaden* Republican7thJames W. Gerard Jr.* Democrat8thFrancis M. Bixby* Anti-Tam. Dem.9thWilliam H. Robertson* RepublicanPresident pro tempore10thDaniel B. St. John* Democrat11thB. Platt Carpenter* Republican12thThomas Coleman* Republican13thHamilton Harris* Republican14thAugustus Schoonmaker Jr.* Democraton November 6, 1877, elected New York Attorney General15thWebster Wagner* Republican16thFranklin W. Tobey* Republican17thDarius A. Moore* Republican18thJames F. Starbuck* Democrat19thTheodore S. Sayre* Republican20thDavid P. Loomis* Democrat21stBenjamin Doolittle* Republican22ndDennis McCarthy* Republican23rdWilliam C. Lamont* Democrat24thJohn H. Selkreg* Republican25thWilliam B. Woodin* Republican26thStephen H. Hammond* Democrat27thGeorge B. Bradley* Democrat28thWilliam N. Emerson* Republican29thDan H. Cole* Republican30thAbijah J. Wellman* Republican31stE. Carleton Sprague Republicanelected to fill vacancy, in place of Sherman S. Rogers32ndCommodore P. Vedder* Republican Employees Clerk: Henry A. Glidden Sergeant-at-Arms: John W. Corning Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: James L. Hart Doorkeeper: Frederick M. Burton First Assistant Doorkeeper: Webster Howard Stenographer: Hudson C. Tanner Janitor and Keeper of the Senate Chamber: George A. Johnson Assistant Janitor and Keeper of the Senate Chamber: Robert McIntyre Assistant Postmaster: Henry L. Griswold Chaplain: Ebenezer Halley 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 Albany1stJohn Sager Democrat2ndJonathan R. Herrick Democrat3rdWilliam J. Maher* Democrat 4thEdward Curran Democratcontested; seat vacated on February 27Waters W. Braman Republicanseated on February 27see THE ASSEMBLY HALL DISGRACED in NYT on February 28, 1877 AlleganySumner Baldwin* Republican BroomeEdwin C. Moody Republican Cattaraugus1stThomas J. King Republican2ndEdgar Shannon* Republican Cayuga1stGeorge I. Post* Republican2ndJohn S. Brown* Republican Chautauqua1stSherman Williams Republican2ndTheodore A. Case* Republican ChemungHosea H. Rockwell Democrat ChenangoJ. Hudson Skillman Republican ClintonShepard P. Bowen* Republican Columbia1stJacob H. Proper Democrat2ndJohn T. Hogeboom* Republican CortlandDeloss McGraw Republican Delaware1stWilliam J. Welsh Republican2ndIsaac H. Maynard* Democrat Dutchess1stThomas Hammond* Republican2ndDeWitt Webb* Republican Erie1stJohn L. Crowley Democrat2ndJohn G. Langner Democrat3rdEdward Gallagher* Republican4thCharles F. Tabor* Democrat5thCharles A. Orr Republican EssexBenjamin D. Clapp Republican FranklinJohn I. Gilbert* Republican Fulton and HamiltonGeorge W. Fay Republican GeneseeEli Taylor Republican GreeneOscar T. Humphrey Democrat HerkimerMyron A. McKee* Republican Jefferson1stCharles R. Skinner Republican2ndHenry Spicer Republican Kings1stDaniel Bradley* Ind. Dem.2ndRichard Marvin Republican3rdJohn Shanley Democrat4thJames G. Tighe Democrat5thWilliam W. Stephenson Republican6thJohn A. Dillmeier Democrat7thCharles L. Lyon* Democrat8thAdrian M. Suydam* Republican9thJohn McGroarty* Democrat LewisWilliam W. Rice Democrat LivingstonJonathan B. Morey Republican Madison1stAlbert N. Sheldon Republican2ndMerchant Billington Republican Monroe1stWillard Hodges* Republican2ndJames S. Graham* Republican3rdWashington L. Rockwell Democrat MontgomeryEdward Wemple Democrat New York 1stJames Healey Democratdeath announced January 23John F. Berrigan Democratelected to fill vacancy, seated on February 272ndThomas F. Grady Democrat3rdWilliam H. Rooney Democrat4thJohn Galvin* Democrat5thPeter Mitchell Democrat6thMichael HealyMichael Healy, died 1882; see IRVING HALL DEMOCRACY'; ...announced the death of Ex-Assemblyman Michael Healy... in NYT on March 15, 1882 Democrat7thIsaac Israel Hayes* Republican8thMartin Nachtmann Democrat9thWilliam H. Corsa Republican10thChristopher Flecke Democrat11thElliot C. Cowdin Republican12thMaurice F. Holahan Democrat13thRobert H. Strahan* Republican14thLuke F. Cozans Democrat15thJames G. Dimond Democrat16thFrancis B. Spinola Democrat17thJames E. Coulter Democrat18thStephen J. O'Hare* Democrat19thThomas C. E. Ecclesine Democrat20thJoseph I. Stein Democrat21stJ. C. Julius Langbein Republican Niagara1stAmos A. Bissell* Democrat2ndSherburne B. Piper Democrat Oneida1stJames Corbett Republican2ndEverett Case Republican3rdBenjamin D. Stone Democrat4thJ. Robert Moore Republican Onondaga1stThomas G. Alvord Republican2ndCarroll E. Smith* Republican3rdC. Fred Herbst* Republican Ontario1stDwight B. Backenstose Republican2ndAmasa T. Winch Republican Orange1stJames G. Graham Republican 2ndStewart Terry Durland Democratdied on January 17 of pneumonia at the home of his brother, former Assemblyman Stewart T. Durland, in Middletown, NY. His brother Stewart then died 3 days later of heart disease.Tri-States Union, 23 January 1877 https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=tsu18770123-01.1.1&srpos=1&e=------187-en-20--1--txt-txIN-durland----1877---Orange--Stewart T. Durland, brother of Daniel T. Durland who was assemblyman in 1850; see HON. STEWART T. DURLAND in NYT on January 18, 1877John V. D. Benedict DemocratThe Evening Gazette, 8 February 1877 https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=teg18770208-01.1.1&srpos=9&e=------187-en-20--1--txt-txIN-durland----1877---Orange--elected to fill vacancy, seated on February 27 OrleansJoseph Drake Billings* Republican Oswego1stGeorge B. Sloan* Republicanelected Speaker2ndGeorge M. Case Republican3rdDeWitt C. Peck Republican Otsego1stJames S. Davenport* Democrat2ndSimeon R. Barnes Republican PutnamHamilton Fish II* Republican Queens1stElbert Floyd-Jones Democrat2ndGeorge E. Bulmer Democrat Rensselaer1stJohn H. Burns Democrat2ndJohn J. Filkin Republican3rdWilliam H. Sliter Democrat RichmondSamuel R. Brick Democrat RocklandGeorge W. Weiant* Democrat St. Lawrence1stDavid McFalls* Republican2ndA. Barton Hepburn* Republican3rdLewis C. Lang* Republican Saratoga1stGeorge W. Neilson Democrat2ndIsaac Noyes Jr.* Republican SchenectadyWalter T. L. Sanders Democrat SchoharieJames H. Brown Democrat SchuylerWilliam Gulick* Republican SenecaAlbert L. Childs Democrat Steuben1stWilliam B. Ruggles* Democrat2ndJerry E. B. Santee* Republican SuffolkFrancis Brill Democrat SullivanThornton A. Niven Democrat TiogaEugene B. Gere* Republican TompkinsSilas R. Wickes Republican Ulster1stThomas Hamilton* Democrat2ndNathan Keator Republican3rdIsaac W. Longyear Democrat WarrenRobert Waddell* Republican Washington1stTownsend J. Potter* Republican2ndIsaac V. Baker Jr. Republican Wayne1stJackson Valentine Republican2ndJeremiah Thistlethwaite Republican Westchester1stAmbrose H. Purdy Democrat2ndWilliam F. Moller Democrat3rdJames W. Husted* Republican WyomingArthur Clark* Republican YatesMason L. Baldwin Republican Employees Clerk: Edward M. Johnson Sergeant-at-Arms: George A. Goss Doorkeeper: Eugene L. Demers Assistant Doorkeeper: Francis Strickland Assistant Doorkeeper: Michael Maher Stenographer: Worden E. Payne Superintendent of Documents: DeWitt Griffin 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. 376f for assemblymen) OUR STATE GOVERNMENTAugust 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes in Newark Union on November 18, 1876 MR. SPEAKER SLOAN in NYT on January 2, 1877 The Legislature in The Madison Observer on January 10, 1877 Journal of the Assembly (100th Session) (1877) 100 Category:1877 in New York (state) Category:1877 U.S. legislative sessions