111th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 111th January 1 December 31, 1888 Lt. Gov. Edward F. Jones (D) Henry R. Low (R) Fremont Cole (R) 32 128 Republican (21-11) Republican (72-56) 1st January 3 May 11, 1888 2nd July 17 20, 1888 110th 112th The 111th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to July 20, 1888, during the fourth year of David B. Hill'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. At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Three labor reform organizations nominated state tickets under the names of "United Labor", "Progressive Labor" and "Union Labor". The Prohibition Party, the Greenback Party, and a "Reform Party" also nominated tickets. Elections The 1887 New York state election was held on November 8. All five statewide elective offices up for election were carried by the Democrats. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Secretary of State, was: Democrats 470,000; Republicans 453,000; United Labor 70,000; and Prohibition 42,000. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1888; and adjourned on May 11. Fremont Cole (R) was elected Speaker against William F. Sheehan (D). Henry R. Low (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate. The Legislature met for a special session on July 17, and adjourned three days later. This session was called to consider the situation in the State prisons.POLITICS AND THE PRISONS; OPENING OF THE LEGISLATURE'S EXTRA SESSION in NYT on July 18, 1888 Three laws were passed at the special session.Laws of The State of New York (111th Session) (1888; pg. 1113ff) State Senate Districts 30em 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. George F. Langbein, Jacob A. Cantor, Eugene S. Ives, Michael F. Collins, George Z. Erwin, Frank B. Arnold and William L. Sweet changed from the Assembly to the Senate. District Senator Party Notes1stSimeon S. Hawkins Republican2ndJames F. Pierce* Democratre-elected3rdEugene F. O'Connor Republican4thJacob Worth* Republicanre-elected5thMichael C. Murphy* Democratre-elected6thEdward F. Reilly* Democratre-elected; on November 8, 1888, elected Clerk of New York County7thGeorge F. Langbein* Democrat8thCornelius Van Cott Republican9thCharles A. Stadler Democrat10thJacob A. Cantor* DemocratMinority Leader11thEugene S. Ives* Democrat12thWilliam H. Robertson Republican13thHenry R. Low* Republicanre-elected; elected president pro tempore; died on December 1, 188814thJohn J. Linson Democrat15thGilbert A. Deane Republican16thMichael F. Collins* Democrat17thHenry Russell Republican18thJohn Foley Democrat19thRowland C. Kellogg* Republicanre-elected20thGeorge Z. Erwin* Republican21stGeorge B. Sloan* Republicanre-elected22ndHenry J. Coggeshall* Republicanre-elected23rdFrank B. Arnold* Republican24thWilliam Lewis Republican25thFrancis Hendricks* Republicanre-elected26thWilliam L. Sweet* Republican27thJ. Sloat Fassett* Republicanre-elected28thJohn Raines* Republicanre-elected29thDonald McNaughton Democrat30thEdward C. Walker* Republicanre-elected31stJohn Laughlin Republican32ndCommodore P. Vedder* Republicanre-elected Employees Clerk: John S. Kenyon Sergeant-at-Arms: John W. Corning Doorkeeper: Charles V. Schram Assistant Doorkeeper: Hiram Van Tassel Stenographer: Harris A. Corell State Assembly Assemblymen The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature. District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stFrederick W. Conger Democrat2ndVreeland H. Youngman* Republican3rdWilliam J. Hill* Democrat4thJohn T. Gorman* Democrat AlleganyAlbert B. Cottrell Republican BroomeAlonzo D. Lewis Republican Cattaraugus1stHarrison Cheney Republican2ndJames S. Whipple Republican Cayuga1stJohn E. Savery Republican2ndCoral C. White* Republican Chautauqua1stS. Frederick Nixon Republican2ndGeorge H. Frost* Republican ChemungRobert P. Bush* Democrat ChenangoCharles A. Fuller Republican ClintonGeorge S. Weed* Democrat ColumbiaWilliam Dinehart Republican CortlandWayland D. Tisdale* Republican DelawareCharles J. Knapp Republicanon November 8, 1888, elected to the 51st U.S. Congress Dutchess1stWillard H. Mase* Republican2ndJohn I. Platt* Republican Erie1stWilliam F. Sheehan* DemocratMinority Leader2ndMatthias Endres Democrat3rdEdward Gallagher* Republican4thHenry H. Guenther* Democrat5thEdward K. Emery* Republican EssexSpencer G. Prime* Republican FranklinFloyd J. Hadley* Republican Fulton and HamiltonLewis Brownell Republican GeneseeJohn M. McKenzie Republican GreeneJohn H. Bagley Jr. Democrat HerkimerPatrick H. McEvoy* Republican Jefferson1stAnson S. Thompson* Republican2ndAndrew C. Comstock Republican Kings1stMoses J. Wafer* Democrat2ndWilliam H. McLaughlin* Democrat3rdPeter K. McCann* Democrat4thHenry F. Haggerty* Democrat5thDaniel B. Farrell Ind. Dem.6thThomas F. Magner Democraton November 8, 1888, elected to the 51st U.S. Congress7thJohn Reitz* Republican8thJohn H. Bonnington* Democrat9thWalter Mathison Republican10thJohn B. Longley* Democrat11thJoseph Aspinall Republican12thDaniel W. Tallmadge Republican LewisHugh Hughes Republican LivingstonJotham Clark Republican MadisonCharles E. Maynard Republican Monroe1stFletcher A. Defendorf* Democrat2ndP. Andrew Sullivan Democrat3rdWilliam S. Church Democrat MontgomeryRobert Wemple* Democrat New York1stDaniel E. Finn* Democrat2ndTimothy D. Sullivan* Democrat3rdThomas Smith Jr. Democrat4thJeremiah Hayes* Democrat5thMichael Brennan* Democrat6thWilliam J. McKenna* Democratvacated his seat before the special session upon appointment as cashier in the Internal Revenue Collector's officeAPPOINTED CHIEF SEARCHER in NYT on August 17, 18897thBankson T. Morgan Republican8thPhilip Wissig Democrat9thJohn Martin* Democrat10thGeorge F. Roesch Democrat11thRobert Ray Hamilton* Republican12thSolomon D. Rosenthal Democrat13thJ. Wesley Smith Democrat14thLouis P. Rannow Democrat15thCharles A. Herrmann Democrat16thEdward P. Hagan* Democrat17thWilliam Dalton* Democrat18thJoseph Gordon Democrat19thJohn Connelly Democrat20thWilliam H. Hornidge* Democrat21stErnest H. Crosby* Republican22ndJoseph Blumenthal Democrat23rdNicholas R. O'Connor Democrat24thJohn B. Shea* Democrat Niagara1stChristian F. Goerss* Republican2ndNelson D. Haskell Republican Oneida1stJoseph Harry Kent Democrat2ndGeorge G. McAdam Republican3rdGeorge Beatty Jr. Republican Onondaga1stHector B. Johnson* Republican2ndWilliam H. Gallup Republican3rdWalter W. Cheney Republican OntarioRobert Moody Republican Orange1stJohn C. Adams Republican2ndGeorge W. Greene* Democrat OrleansIra Edwards Republican Oswego1stS. Mortimer Coon Republican2ndDanforth E. Ainsworth* Republican Otsego1stJohn S. Newton Democrat2ndWalter L. Brown Republican PutnamHenry Mabie* Republican Queens1stJohn Cashow Democrat2ndJames L. Hogins Democrat Rensselaer1stGeorge O'Neil Democrat2ndJ. Irving Baucus* Republican3rdJames Ryan Jr.* Democrat RichmondGeorge Cromwell Republican RocklandFrank P. Demarest Democrat St. Lawrence1stN. Martin Curtis* Republican2ndWilliam H. Kimball* Republican3rdMichael H. Flaherty Republican Saratoga1stHarvey J. Donaldson Republican2ndBartlett B. Grippin* Republican SchenectadyAustin A. YatesAustin Andrew Yates (born 1836), nephew of Gov. Joseph C. Yates Republican SchoharieAlonzo B. Coons Democrat SchuylerFremont Cole* Republicanelected Speaker SenecaJames M. Martin Democrat Steuben1stAzariah C. Brundage* Republican2ndMilo M. Acker Republican SuffolkHenry E. Huntting Republican SullivanMartin A. Smith* Republican TiogaJonathan C. Latimer* Republican TompkinsFrank J. Enz Republican Ulster1stChristopher N. DeWitt Republican2ndJohn J. O'Reilly Democrat3rdCharles H. Weidner Democrat WarrenWilliam D. Aldrich Democrat Washington1stJ. Warren Fort* Republican2ndOrson W. Sheldon Democrat Wayne1stCharles T. Saxton* Republican2ndBarnet H. Davis* Republican Westchester1stJ. Irving Burns* Republican2ndBradford Rhodes Republican3rdJames W. Husted* Republican WyomingGreenleaf S. Van Gorder Republican YatesGeorge R. Cornwell* Republican Employees Clerk: Charles A. Chickering Sergeant-at-Arms: Isaac Scott Doorkeeper: Homer B. Webb First Assistant Doorkeeper: John P. Harlow Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Charles H. McNaughton Stenographer: William Loeb Jr. Notes Sources The New York Red Book compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; see pg. 384f for senate districts; pg. 403 for senators; pg. 410–417 for Assembly districts; and pg. 506 for assemblymen) Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1888) COLE NAMED FOR SPEAKER in NYT on January 3, 1888 111 Category:1888 in New York (state) Category:1888 U.S. legislative sessions