129th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 129th January 1 December 31, 1906 Lt. Gov. M. Linn Bruce (R) John Raines (R) James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) 50 150 Republican (36-14) Republican (108-36-6) 1st January 3 May 3, 1906 128th 130th The 129th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to May 3, 1906, during the second 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 area, all within the same county, . At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. In New York City, the Municipal Ownership League also nominated candidates. Elections The New York state election, 1905, was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election this time. Special elections were held to fill the vacancies in the 16thElection to Fill Dooling's Seat in NYT on October 18, 1905 and 24th senatorial districts. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1906; and adjourned on May 3. James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) was elected Speaker with 106 votes against 34 for George M. Palmer (D) and 6 for Thomas F. Long (M.O.L.). On April 27, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate districts, increasing the number to 51.see APPORTIONMENT PLAN MADE; ODELL BEATEN in NYT on April 27, 1906 The apportionment was then contested in the courts. The Legislature also re-apportioned the number of assemblymen per county. Nassau County was separated from the remainder of Queens County; Albany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego and Rensselaer counties lost one seat each; Erie, Monroe and Westchester gained one each; and Kings and Queens counties gained two each. On August 13, the new Senate apportionment was upheld by Supreme Court Justice Howard.APPORTIONMENT LEGAL, SAYS JUSTICE HOWARD in NYT on August 14, 1906 On April 3, 1907, the new Senate and Assembly apportionment was declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals.OLD APPORTIONMENT IS DECLARED VOID in NYT on April 4, 1907 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 Notes1stCarll S. Burr Jr.* Republican2ndLuke A. Keenan* Democrat3rdThomas H. Cullen* Democrat4thJohn Drescher Jr.* Republican5thJames J. Kehoe* Democrat6thFrank J. Gardner* Republican7thPatrick H. McCarren* Democrat8thCharles Cooper* Republican9thConrad Hasenflug* Democrat10thDaniel J. Riordan* Democraton November 6, 1906, elected to the 59th U.S. Congress11thJohn C. Fitzgerald* Democrat12thSamuel J. Foley* Democrat13thBernard F. Martin* Democrat14thThomas F. Grady* DemocratMinority Leader15thNathaniel A. Elsberg* Republican16thJohn M. Quinn Democratelected to fill vacancy, in place of Peter J. Dooling17thMartin Saxe* Republican18thJacob Marks* Democrat19thAlfred R. Page* Republican20thJames J. Frawley* Democrat21stJohn A. Hawkins* Democrat22ndFrancis M. Carpenter* Republican23rdLouis F. Goodsell* Republican24thSanford W. Smith Republicanelected to fill vacancy, in place of Henry S. Ambler25thJohn N. Cordts* Republican26thJotham P. Allds* Republican27thSpencer K. Warnick* Republican28thEdgar T. Brackett* Republican29thJames B. McEwan* Republican30thWilliam D. Barnes* Republican31stSpencer G. Prime* Republican32ndGeorge R. Malby* Republican33rdWalter L. Brown* Republican34thHenry J. Coggeshall* Republican35thGeorge H. Cobb* Republican36thHorace White* Republican37thFrancis H. Gates* Republican38thHarvey D. Hinman* Republican39thBenjamin M. Wilcox* Republican40thOwen Cassidy* Republican41stWilliam J. Tully* Republican42ndJohn Raines* RepublicanPresident pro tempore43rdMerton E. Lewis* Republican44thWilliam W. Armstrong* Republican45thIrving L'Hommedieu* Republican46thFrederick C. Stevens* Republican47thHenry W. Hill* Republican48thLouis Fechter, Sr.* Republican49thGeorge Allen Davis* Republican50thAlbert T. Fancher* Republican Employees Clerk: Lafayette B. Gleason Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Everett Brown Stenographer: James C. Marriott State Assembly Assemblymen District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stCharles W. Mead* Republican2ndAbram S. Coon* Republican3rdThomas F. Maher Republican4thWilliam J. Grattan* Republican AlleganyJesse S. Phillips* Republican Broome1stJames T. Rogers* Republican2ndFred E. Allen* Republican Cattaraugus1stJasper E. Smith Republican2ndJohn J. Volk Republican Cayuga1stJudson W. Hapeman* Republican2ndJ. Guernsey Allen* Republican Chautauqua1stArthur C. Wade* Republican2ndHenry K. Williams Republican ChemungSherman Moreland* RepublicanMajority Leader ChenangoCharles L. Carrier* Republican ClintonH. Wallace Knapp* Republican ColumbiaEdward W. Scovill* Republican CortlandFred A. Crosley Republican DelawareJames R. Cowan* Republican Dutchess1stMyron Smith Republican2ndAugustus B. Gray* Republican Erie1stCharles J. Quinn* Democrat2ndRobert L. Cox* Republican3rdFrank S. Burzynski* Democrat4thCharles V. Lynch Democrat5thLouis Dressing Democrat6thJames S. Keyes Democrat7thJohn K. Patton* Republican8thLuther J. Shuttleworth* Republican EssexFrank C. Hooper* Republican FranklinCharles R. Matthews* Republican Fulton and HamiltonWilliam Ellison Mills Republican GeneseeS. Percy Hooker* Republican GreeneWilliam C. Brady* Republican HerkimerAbram B. Steele* Republican Jefferson1stAlbert Foster* Republican2ndGary H. Wood Republican Kings1stThomas O'Neill* Rep./M.O.L.2ndPatrick Donohue Rep./M.O.L.3rdThomas P. Reilly* Democrat4thWilliam W. Colne Republican5thOtto G. Foelker* Rep./M.O.L.6thThomas J. Surpless Rep./M.O.L.7thMichael J. Grady* Democrat8thJames A. Thompson* Democrat9thThomas F. McGuire Democrat10thCharles F. Murphy* Rep./M.O.L.11thWilliam S. Shanahan* Dem./M.O.L.12thGeorge A. Green Rep./M.O.L.13thSamuel J. Palmer Rep./M.O.L.14thGeorge W. Kavanagh* Democrat15thCharles C. G. Sprenger Rep./M.O.L.16thCharles J. Weber Republican17thEdward C. Dowling* Republican18thWarren I. Lee Republican19thCharles Schmitt Rep./M.O.L.20thCharles Feth M.O.L.21stFrank E. Harvey M.O.L. LewisC. Fred Boshart Republican LivingstonJames Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.* Republicanelected Speaker MadisonRobert J. Fish* Republican Monroe1stDeWitt C. Becker* Republican2ndJames L. Whitley Republican3rdRobert Averill Republican4thAlbert P. Beebe* Republican MontgomeryWilliam B. Charles* Republican New York1stThomas B. Caughlan* Democrat2ndAl Smith* Democrat3rdJohn T. Eagleton Democrat4thWilliam H. Burns* Democrat5thLeslie J. Tompkins* Democrat6thJames Oliver Democrat7thThomas F. Long M.O.L./Rep.8thAbraham Harawitz Democrat9thPatrick H. Bird* Democrat10thSamuel Hoffman Rep./M.O.L.11thJohn J. Sammon* Democrat12thMax Eckmann M.O.L./Rep.13thJohn C. Hackett* Democrat14thJacob Fritz Democrat15thOwen W. Bohan Democrat16thGustave Hartman* Rep./M.O.L.17thChristopher Steffens Rep./M.O.L.18thEdward B. La Fetra* Democrat19thMervin C. Stanley* Rep./M.O.L.20thThomas A. Farnan Rep./M.O.L.21stWilliam Young* Rep./M.O.L.22ndThomas Rock Rep./M.O.L.23rdJames A. Francis Rep./M.O.L.24thJohn T. Story Rep./M.O.L.25thEzra P. Prentice* Republican26thRoger J. Brennan Rep./M.O.L.27thGeorge B. Agnew* Republican28thGeorge Schwegler Democrat29thFrederick D. Wells Rep./M.O.L.30thMaurice F. Smith M.O.L.31stJ. Sidney Bernstein Democraton December 27, 1906, appointed as Transfer Tax Appraiser by Comptroller-elect Martin H. GlynnThe appointment was made to take office on January 1, 1907; see MR. GLYNN ANNOUNCES CHIEF APPOINTMENTS32ndSamuel Krulewitch Rep./M.O.L.33rdJacob E. Salomon*Jacob E. Salomon (died 1922); see Jacob E. Salomon in NYT on July 29, 1922 Democrat34thCharles Campbell M.O.L.35thJohn P. Cohalan Democrat Niagara1stA. Edmund Lee Democrat2ndW. Levell Draper Republican Oneida1stHenry L. Gates* Republican2ndJay H. Pratt* Republican3rdJohn C. Evans* Republican Onondaga1stCharles H. Gregory Republican2ndEdward Schoeneck* Republican3rdGeorge L. Baldwin 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 Queens1stDennis J. Harte Democrat2ndWilliam A. De Groot Rep./M.O.L. Queens and NassauWilliam G. Miller* Republican Rensselaer1stFrederick C. Filley Republican2ndMichael D. Nolan Democrat3rdBradford R. Lansing Republican RichmondArnold J. B. Wedemeyer* Democrat RocklandGouverneur M. Carnochan Democrat St. Lawrence1stFred J. Gray 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 Steuben1stWilliam H. Chamberlain Republican2ndJerry E. B. Santee* Republican Suffolk1stJohn M. Lupton Republican2ndOrlando Hubbs* Republican SullivanEdward Bisland* Republican TiogaByram L. Winters Republican TompkinsWilliam R. Gunderman Republican Ulster1stJoseph M. Fowler Republican2ndWilliam D. Cunningham* Republican WarrenWilliam R. Waddell* Republican WashingtonEugene R. Norton Republican WayneEdson W. Hamn Republican Westchester1stWoodson R. Oglesby Ind. Dem.see M'CARREN-WARD DEAL TO CONTROL JUSTICES in NYT on January 28, 1906 2ndJ. Mayhew Wainwright* Republican3rdJames K. Apgar* Republican WyomingByron A. Nevins Republican YatesLeonidas D. West* Republican Employees Clerk: Archie E. Baxter Assistant Clerk: Ray B. SmithMurlin Edgar L. https://books.google.com/books?id=YG9IAAAAYAAJ The New York Red Book J. B. Lyon Company 1906 Albany 590 en Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank W. Johnston 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. 351ff for assemblymen; and 365f for senators) ODELL CLINCHES GRIP ON THE ASSEMBLY in NYT on November 9, 1905 WADSWORTH NAMED BY 75 CAUCUS VOTES in NYT on January 3, 1906 [States erroneously that "Wadsworth will be the youngest Speaker the Assembly has ever had." The youngest Speaker ever was Edmund L. Pitts in 1867.] WADSWORTH'S FIRST DAY BRINGS FIGHT ON RULES in NYT on January 4, 1906 SHAKE-UP BY WADSWORTH STIRS ASSEMBLY WRATH in NYT on January 11, 1906 129 Category:1906 in New York (state) Category:1906 U.S. legislative sessions