106th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 106th January 1 December 31, 1883 Lt. Gov. David B. Hill (D) John C. Jacobs (D) Alfred C. Chapin (D) 32 128 Democratic (18-14) Democratic (85-43) 1st January 2 May 4, 1883 105th 107th The 106th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met in Albany from January 2 to May 4, 1883, during the first year of administration of Grover Cleveland 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. In New York City the Democrats were split into three factions: Tammany Hall, "Irving Hall" and the "County Democrats". The Prohibition Party and the Greenback Party also nominated tickets. Elections The 1882 New York state election was held on November 7. Democrats Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The other two 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 535,000; Republican 342,000; Prohibition 26,000; and Greenback 12,000. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 2, 1883; and adjourned on May 4. Alfred C. Chapin (D) was elected Speaker with 84 votes against 41 for Theodore Roosevelt (R).LEGISLATORS AT WORK in NYT on January 3, 1883 On January 11, John C. Jacobs (D) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate. On March 14, the Legislature elected William B. Ruggles (Dem.) as Superintendent of Public Instructions, with 94 votes against 52 for Neil Gilmour (Rep.), to succeed Gilmour for a term of three years.SOME DEMOCRATIC METHODS in The New York Times on March 15, 1883 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. District Senator Party Notes1stJames W. Covert* Democrat2ndJohn J. Kiernan* Democrat3rdCharles H. Russell* Republican4thJohn C. Jacobs* Democraton January 11, elected president pro tempore5thJohn G. Boyd* Democrat6thThomas F. Grady* Democrat7thJames Daly* Democrat8thJohn W. Browning* Democrat9thJames Fitzgerald* Democrat10thJoseph Koch* Democrat11thFrank P. Treanor* Democrat12thHenry C. Nelson* Democrat13thJames Mackin* Democrat14thAddison P. Jones* Democrat15thHomer A. Nelson* Democrat16thCharles L. MacArthur* Republican17thAbraham Lansing* Democrat18thAlexander B. Baucus* Democrat19thShepard P. Bowen* Republican20thDolphus S. Lynde* Republican21stFrederick Lansing* Republican22ndRobert H. Roberts* Democrat23rdAlexander M. Holmes* Republican24thEdward B. Thomas* Republican25thDennis McCarthy* Republican26thDavid H. Evans* Republican27thSumner Baldwin* Republican28thGeorge P. Lord* Republican29thEdmund L. Pitts* Republican30thTimothy E. Ellsworth* Republican31stRobert C. Titus* Democrat32ndNorman M. Allen* Republican Employees Clerk: John W. Vrooman Sergeant-at-Arms: John W. Corning Doorkeeper: Charles F. Brady Stenographer: Hudson C. Tanner State Assembly Assemblymen The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature. District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stDaniel P. WinneDaniel P. Winne, son of assemblyman Peter W. Winne (in 1831), and brother of assemblyman Richard Winne (in 1858) Democrat2ndWarren S. Kelley Democrat3rdEdward A. Maher Democrat4thJoseph Delahanty Dem./Labor Reform AlleganyCharles S. Hall Republican BroomeLewis Chester Bartlett Democrat Cattaraugus1stCharles S. Cary Democrat2ndElijah R. Schoonmaker* Republican Cayuga1stJosiah H. Hamilton Democrat2ndWilliam Howland Republican Chautauqua1stCharles H. Corbett Democrat2ndOscar F. Price Republican ChemungJeremiah J. O'Connor Democrat ChenangoSilas W. Berry* Republican ClintonBenjamin D. Clapp* Republican ColumbiaAbram L. Schermerhorn* Democrat CortlandJudson C. Nelson Democrat DelawareTimothy Sanderson Republican Dutchess1stStorm Emans Democrat2ndEdgar A. Briggs Republican Erie1stCornelius Donohue Democrat2ndGodfrey Ernst Labor Reform/Rep.3rdElias S. Hawley Republican4thTimothy W. Jackson* Democrat5thDavid J. Wilcox Democrat EssexNathaniel C. Boynton Republican FranklinWilliam T. O'Neil* Republican Fulton and HamiltonRichard Murray Democrat GeneseeRobert W. Nichol Democrat GreeneFrank S. Decker Democrat HerkimerGeorge W. Smith Democrat Jefferson1stIsaac L. Hunt Jr.* Republican2ndWilliam M. Thomson Democrat Kings1stMichael E. Butler Democrat2ndBernard J. Mulholland Republican3rdCharles J. Henry Democrat4thPatrick Burns Democrat5thThomas J. Sheridan* Ind. Dem.unsuccessfully contested by Michael J. Coffey (D)see WHO SHALL HAVE THE SEAT in NYT on February 17, 1883 and A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 609f)6thPatrick H. McCarren* Democrat7thGeorge H. Lindsay* Democrat8thDavid Lindsay Republicanunsuccessfully contested by Robert E. Connelly (D)see TAMMANY'S NEW SCHEME in NYT on March 30, 1883 and A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 614–619)9thAlfred HodgesAlfred Hodges (born 1846), son of assemblyman Andrew B. Hodges (in 1869); great-grandson of Congressman John Hathorn Republican10thJames Taylor Republican11thAlfred C. Chapin* Democratelected Speaker; on November 6, 1883, elected New York State Comptroller12thMortimer C. Earl Democrat LewisFriend Hoyt Democrat LivingstonKidder M. Scott* Republican MadisonGeorge H. Benjamin Republican Monroe1stLevi J. DeLand Democrat2ndDavid Healy Labor Reform/Dem.3rdAlexander P. Butts* Democrat MontgomeryJames R. Snell Democrat New York1stMichael C. Murphy* Irving Hall Dem.2ndThomas Maher* Tammany Dem.3rdPatrick N. Oakley Tammany Dem.4thPatrick H. Roche Irving Hall Dem.5thDominick F. Mullaney Tammany Dem.6thTimothy J. Campbell County/Irv. H. Dem.7thLucas L. Van Allen* Republican8thGeorge H. Werfelman Republican9thFrederick B. House Republican10thGeorge F. Roesch County/Tam. Dem.11thWalter Howe Republican12thEmanuel A. Schwarz Tammany Dem.13thThales S. Bliss County/Tam. Dem.unsuccessfully contested by Henry L. Sprague (R)The majority of seven members (3 Democrats and 4 Republicans) of the Committee on Elections submitted a report in favor of Sprague (R), concluding that a mistake was made while transcribing the returns; a minority of two (both Democrats) submitted a report in favor of Bliss (D). The minority report was adopted on March 8 by a vote of 67 to 52; see SPRAGUE REFUSED A SEAT in NYT on March 9, 1883 and A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 606–609)14thJohn Murphy County/Tam. Dem.15thJames F. Higgins Democrat16thFrancis B. Spinola Democrat17thJohn Quinn County/Tam. Dem.18thDaniel S. McElroy County Dem.19thJohn McManus* Tam./Irv. Hall Dem.20thJames Haggerty* Democrat21stTheodore Roosevelt* RepublicanMinority Leader22ndJacob F. Miller County/Tam. Dem.23rdLeroy Bowers Crane* Republican24thJohn J. Clarke Tammany Dem. Niagara1stJoseph W. Higgins* Democrat2ndThomas Vincent Welch* Democrat Oneida1stWilliam Townsend Democrat2ndClarence E. Williams Democrat3rdThomas B. Allanson Democrat Onondaga1stJames Geddes Republican2ndElbert O. Farrar* Republican3rdJohn Lighton* Democrat OntarioFrank Rice DemocratChairman of Privileges and Elections Orange1stJ. Chauncey Odell Democrat2ndJacob H. Dimmick Democrat OrleansHenry M. Hard* Republican Oswego1stWilliam A. Poucher* Democrat2ndByron Helm* Republican Otsego1stWilliam Caryl Ely DemocratChairman of Petitions of Aliens2ndHartford D. Nelson Democrat PutnamJames Wilton Brooks Republican Queens1stLouis K. Church Democrat2ndGeorge E. Bulmer Democrat Rensselaer1stWilliam V. Cleary Democrat2ndRichard A. Derrick* Republicanunsuccessfully contested by Isaac L. Van Vorstsee IN ASSEMBLY AND SENATE in NYT on March 17, 1883 and A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 610ff)3rdRufus Sweet* Democrat RichmondErastus Brooks* Democrat RocklandWilliam H. Thompson Democrat St. Lawrence1stAbel Godard* Republican2ndMorell D. Beckwith Republican3rdGeorge Z. Erwin* Republican Saratoga1stWilliam B. Consalus Republican2ndHenry S. Clement Ind. Rep. SchenectadyChristopher O. Hamlin Republican SchoharieHadley Snyder Democrat SchuylerAdrian Tuttle Democrat SenecaPatrick J. Rogers Democrat Steuben1stOrange S. Searl* Democrat2ndAndrew B. Craig Democrat SuffolkEdwin Bailey Democrat SullivanGeorge B. Childs Democrat TiogaMyron B. Ferris Democrat TompkinsJohn E. Cady Democrat Ulster1stThomas H. Tremper Republican2ndDavid M. De Witt Democrat3rdThomas E. Benedict* Democrat WarrenLorenzo R. Locke Republican Washington1stRobert Armstrong Jr.* Republican2ndGeorge Northup* Democrat Wayne1stOscar Weed* Republican2ndLeman Hotchkiss Democratunsuccessfully contested by William E. Greenwood (R);A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1899; pg. 612ff) Westchester1stEdwin R. Keyes* Democrat2ndSamuel W. Johnson Democrat3rdJohn Hoag Democrat WyomingHenry N. Page* Republican YatesStafford C. Cleveland Republican Employees Clerk: Walter H. Bunn Sergeant-at-Arms: James H. Delaney Doorkeeper: Jabez C. Pierce First Assistant Doorkeeper: Edward Hinch Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Edward Brodie Stenographer: Spencer C. Rogers 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. 381f for assemblymen) Sketches of the Members of the Legislatures in The Evening Journal Almanac (1883) THE NEXT ASSEMBLY in NYT on November 9, 1882 CHAPIN FOR SPEAKER in NYT on January 2, 1883 106 Category:1883 in New York (state) Category:1883 U.S. legislative sessions