127th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 127th January 1 December 31, 1904 Lt. Gov. Frank W. Higgins (R) John Raines (R) S. Frederick Nixon (R) 50 150 Republican (29-21) Republican (97-52-1) 1st January 6 April 15, 1904 126th 128th The 127th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to April 15, 1904, during the fourth year of Benjamin B. Odell Jr.'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 area, all within the same county, . At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Socialist Party, the Prohibition Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets. Elections The 1903 New York state election, was held on November 3. The only statewide elective office up for election was a judgeship on the New York Court of Appeals. The incumbent Democrat Denis O'Brien was re-elected with Republican endorsement. The Socialist candidate received about 33,000 votes, the Prohibition candidate about 19,000. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1904; and adjourned on April 15. S. Frederick Nixon (R) was re-elected Speaker. 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. District Senator Party Notes1stEdwin Bailey Jr.* Democrat2ndLuke A. Keenan* Democrat3rdThomas H. Cullen* Democrat4thThomas C. Whitlock* Democrat5thJames H. McCabe* Democrat6thWalter C. Burton* Democrat7thPatrick H. McCarren* Democrat8thHenry Marshall* Republican9thJoseph Wagner* Democrat10thDaniel J. Riordan* Democrat11thJohn C. Fitzgerald* Democrat12thSamuel J. Foley* Democrat13thBernard F. Martin* Democrat14thThomas F. Grady* DemocratMinority Leader15thNathaniel A. Elsberg* Republican16thPeter J. Dooling* Democrat17thGeorge W. Plunkitt* Democrat18thVictor J. Dowling* Democraton November 8, 1904, elected to the New York Supreme Court19thJohn W. Russell* Democrat20thJames J. Frawley* Democrat21stJohn A. Hawkins* Democrat22ndFrancis M. Carpenter Republicanelected to fill vacancy, in place of Charles P. McClelland23rdLouis F. Goodsell* Republican24thHenry S. Ambler* Republican25thFrank J. Lefevre* Republican26thJotham P. Allds* Republican27thSpencer K. Warnick* Republican28thEdgar T. Brackett* Republican29thJames B. McEwan* Republican30thWilliam D. Barnes* Republican31stSpencer G. Prime* Republican32ndGeorge R. Malby* Republican33rdWalter L. Brown* Republican34thWilliam Townsend* Democrat35thElon R. Brown* Republican36thHorace White* Republican37thFrancis H. Gates* Republican38thGeorge E. Green* Republican39thBenjamin M. Wilcox* Republican40thEdwin C. Stewart* Republican41stFranklin D. Sherwood* Republican42ndJohn Raines* RepublicanPresident pro tempore43rdMerton E. Lewis* Republican44thWilliam W. Armstrong* Republican45thIrving L'Hommedieu* Republican46thFrederick C. Stevens* Republican47thHenry W. Hill* Republican48thSamuel J. Ramsperger* Democrat49thGeorge Allen Davis* Republican50thAlbert T. Fancher* Republican Employees Clerk: James S. Whipple Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: F. H. Adams Doorkeeper: Christopher Warren Assistant Doorkeeper: Charles H. Barnard Stenographer: A. B. Sackett State Assembly Assemblymen District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stCharles W. Mead* Republican2ndAbram S. Coon* Republican3rdEllsworth Carr Independent4thWilliam J. Grattan* Republican AlleganyJesse S. Phillips* Republican Broome1stJames T. Rogers* RepublicanMajority Leader2ndFred E. Allen* Republican Cattaraugus1stTheodore Hayden* Republican2ndJames C. Sheldon* Republican Cayuga1stJudson W. Hapeman Republican2ndCharles J. Hewitt* Republican Chautauqua1stArthur C. Wade Republican2ndS. Frederick Nixon* Republicanre-elected Speaker ChemungSherman Moreland* Republican ChenangoEdgar A. Pearsall* Republican ClintonH. Wallace Knapp* Republican ColumbiaEdward W. Scovill* Republican CortlandHenry A. Dickinson* Republican DelawareJames R. Cowan* Republican Dutchess1stJohn T. Smith* Republican2ndRobert W. Chanler Democrat Erie1stCharles J. Quinn Democrat2ndRobert L. Cox* Republican3rdAnthony F. Burke* Democrat4thCharles V. Lynch* Democrat5thCharles F. Brooks Republican6thGeorge Ruehl* Republican7thJohn K. Patton* Republican8thElijah Cook* Republican EssexJames M. Graeff* Republican FranklinCharles R. Matthews Republican Fulton and HamiltonFrank C. Wood Republican GeneseeS. Percy Hooker* Republican GreeneCharles E. Nichols* Republican HerkimerAbram B. Steele Republican Jefferson1stWilliam A. Denison* Republican2ndJ. Frank La Rue Rep./Dem. Kings1stThomas O'Neill Rep./Cit. U.2ndJohn McKeown* Democrat3rdThomas P. Reilly Democrat4thJohn E. Bullwinkel* Democrat5thFortescue C. Metcalfe* Democrat6thFrank J. Ulrich* Democrat7thWilliam Keegan* Democrat8thJohn C. L. Daly* Democrat9thJames J. Kehoe* Democrat10thFrank H. Cothren Rep./Cit. U.11thWilliam S. Shanahan* Democrat12thOscar L. Thonet Rep./Cit. U.13thThomas F. Mathews* Democrat14thJohn B. Ferre* Democrat15thHarry H. Dale* Democrat16thRichard C. Perry Republican17thEdward C. Dowling* Rep./Cit. U.18thJacob D. Remsen* Republican19thJohn Wolf* Democrat20thLouis J. Zettler* Democrat21stEdward A. Miller* Dem./Cit. U. LewisH. Elias Slocum Republican LivingstonWilliam Y. Robinson* Republican MadisonRobert J. Fish Republican Monroe1stMartin Davis* Republican2ndCharles E. Ogden Republican3rdCharles E. Callahan Republican4thJohn Pallace Jr.* Democrat MontgomeryWilliam B. Charles Republican New York1stThomas B. Caughlan Democrat2ndAl Smith Democrat3rdAnthony J. Barrett Democrat4thWilliam H. Burns* Democrat5thEdward R. Finch* Rep./Cit. U.6thCharles Anderson Democrat7thPeter P. Sherry* Democrat8thBennett E. Siegelstein Democrat9thPatrick H. Bird Democrat10thWilliam Sohmer Democrat11thHugh Dolan* Democrat12thEdward Rosenstein* Democrat13thJohn C. Hackett* Democrat14thAlbert C. Wiegand Democrat15thThomas J. McManus* Democrat16thSamuel Prince* Democrat17thJohn F. Curry* Democrat18thGeorge P. Richter* Democrat19thCharles F. Bostwick* Rep./Cit. U.20thPeter L. Fitzsimons Democrat21stJoseph H. Adams Republican22ndWilliam H. Hornidge* Democrat23rdJosiah T. Newcomb Rep./Cit. U.24thJohn F. Carew Democrat25thEzra P. Prentice Rep./Cit. U.26thCharles Leopold Democrat27thGeorge B. Agnew* Rep./Cit. U.28thEmanuel S. Cahn Democrat29thFrederic E. Perham Rep./Cit. U.30thGotthardt A. Litthauer* Democrat31stErnest H. Wallace Republican32ndJulius Brosen Democrat33rdJames O. Farrell* Democrat34thWilliam J. Ellis* Democrat35thPeter J. Everett* Democrat Niagara1stGeorge F. Thompson Republican2ndJohn H. Leggett* Republican Oneida1stThomas A. Mortimer* Democrat2ndJay H. Pratt Republican3rdJohn C. Evans* Republican Onondaga1stFrank X. Wood Republican2ndEdward Schoeneck Republican3rdMartin L. Cadin* Republican4thFred W. Hammond* Republican OntarioJean L. Burnett* Republican Orange1stJohn Orr* Republican2ndLouis Bedell* Republican OrleansCharles S. Bridgeman* Republican Oswego1stThomas D. Lewis* Republican2ndFred G. Whitney Republican OtsegoJohn B. Conkling* Republican PutnamJohn R. Yale* Republican Queens1stJoseph Sullivan* Democrat2ndWilliam A. De Groot Republican Queens and NassauWilliam W. Cocks Republicanon November 8, 1904, elected to the 59th U.S. Congress Rensselaer1stFrank L. Stevens Republican2ndWilliam V. Donovan Democrat3rdCalvin A. Gardner Republican RichmondGeorge Bechtel 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 SchuylerOlin T. Nye* Republican SenecaJohn Francis Crosby Republican Steuben1stFrank C. Platt* Republican2ndJerry E. B. Santee Republican Suffolk1stWillis A. Reeve* Republican2ndOrlando Hubbs* Republican SullivanJohn F. Simpson* Republican TiogaEdwin S. Hanford* Republican TompkinsGeorge E. Monroe* Republican Ulster1stCharles T. Coutant* Republican2ndWilliam D. Cunningham Republican WarrenLoyal L. Davis* Republican WashingtonJames S. Parker Republicanelected on December 29, 1903Assemblyman-elect William H. Hughes (R) committed suicide on November 11, 1903, see GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE in NYT on November 12, 1903; Parker was elected at a special election on December 29, 1903, see James S. Parker Elected to Assembly in NYT on December 30, 1903 WayneAddison P. Smith* Republican Westchester1stGeorge N. Rigby Republican2ndJ. Mayhew Wainwright* Republican3rdJames K. Apgar* Republican WyomingElmer E. Charles Republican YatesCyrus C. Harvey* Republican Employees Clerk: Archie E. Baxter Assistant Clerk: Ray B. SmithMurlin Edgar L. https://books.google.com/books?id=jwVDAQAAMAAJ The New York Red Book J. B. Lyon Company 1904 Albany 599 en Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank W. Johnston Doorkeeper: Frank Sherer Jr. First Assistant Doorkeeper: Andrew Kehn Second Assistant Doorkeeper: D. Cameron Easton Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert 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. 348f for assemblymen; and 365 for senators) COUNT ON LEGISLATURE in NYT on November 5, 1903 THE LEGISLATURE READY in NYT on January 6, 1904 NIXON OPPOSES ODELL in NYT on January 7, 1904 127 Category:1904 in New York (state) Category:1904 U.S. legislative sessions