113th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 113th January 1 December 31, 1890 Lt. Gov. Edward F. Jones (D) Jacob Sloat Fassett (R) James W. Husted (R) 32 128 Republican (19-13) Republican (71-57) 1st January 7 May 9, 1890 112th 114th The 113th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7 to May 9, 1890, during the sixth 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. In New York City, the Democrats were split into two factions: Tammany Hall and the "County Democracy". The Prohibition Party and the Greenback Party also nominated state tickets. Elections The 1889 New York state election was held on November 5. All six statewide elective office up for election was carried by the Democrats. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Secretary of State, was: Democrats 506,000; Republicans 485,000; Prohibition 27,000; and Greenback 1,000. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1890; and adjourned on May 9. James W. Husted (R) was again elected Speaker, against William F. Sheehan (D). Jacob Sloat Fassett (R) was re-elected President pro tempore of the State Senate. 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. Patrick H. McCarren, George F. Roesch, Harvey J. Donaldson, Charles T. Saxton and Greenleaf S. Van Gorder changed from the Assembly to the Senate. District Senator Party Notes1stEdward Hawkins Democrat2ndJohn C. Jacobs Democrat3rdJames W. Birkett Republican4thPatrick H. McCarren* Democrat5thWilliam L. Brown Tammany Dem.6thJohn F. Ahearn County Dem.7thGeorge F. Roesch* Tammany Dem.8thLispenard Stewart Republican9thCharles A. Stadler* Tammany Dem.re-elected10thJacob A. Cantor* Tammany Dem.re-elected11thEugene S. Ives* Tammany Dem.re-elected12thWilliam H. Robertson* Republicanre-elected13thWilliam P. Richardson Republican14thJohn J. Linson* Democratre-elected15thGilbert A. Deane* Republicanre-elected16thMichael F. Collins* Democratre-elected; contested by James C. Rogers (R)17thNorton Chase Democratcontested by George H. Treadwell (R)18thHarvey J. Donaldson* Republican19thLouis W. Emerson Republican20thGeorge Z. Erwin* Republicanre-elected21stGeorge B. Sloan* Republicanre-elected22ndHenry J. Coggeshall* Republicanre-elected23rdTitus Sheard Republican24thEdmund O'Connor Republican25thFrancis Hendricks* Republicanre-elected26thThomas Hunter Republican27thJ. Sloat Fassett* Republicanre-elected; re-elected President pro tempore28thCharles T. Saxton* Republican29thDonald McNaughton* Democratre-elected30thGreenleaf S. Van Gorder* Republican31stJohn Laughlin* Republicanre-elected32ndCommodore P. Vedder* Republicanre-elected Employees Clerk: John S. Kenyon Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles V. Schram Doorkeeper: Edward R. Gibbons Stenographer: George H. Thornton State Assembly Assemblymen The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature. District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stMichael J. Nolan Democrat2ndWilliam B. Page Republican3rdGalen R. Hitt* Democrat 4thMichael C. Gillice Democratcontested; seat vacatedWilliam Burton LeRoy Republicanseated on April 15 AlleganyAddison S. Thompson Republican BroomeIsrael T. Deyo Republican Cattaraugus1stBurton B. Lewis Republican2ndJames S. Whipple* Republican Cayuga1stGeorge W. Dickinson Republican2ndLeander Fitts* Republican Chautauqua1stS. Frederick Nixon* Republican2ndGeorge E. Towne* Republican ChemungRobert P. Bush* Democrat ChenangoEdgar A. Pearsall* Republican ClintonAlfred Guibord Republican ColumbiaAaron B. Gardenier Republican CortlandRufus T. Peck* Republican DelawareJames Ballantine Republican Dutchess1stWillard H. Mase* Republican2ndJohnston de Peyster* Republican Erie1stWilliam F. Sheehan* DemocratMinority Leader2ndMatthias Endres* Democrat3rdLeroy Andrus* Republican4thHenry H. Guenther* Democrat5thWilliam B. Currier Republican EssexThomas J. Treadway* Republican FranklinWilliam C. Stevens* Republican Fulton and HamiltonJohn Christie Republican GeneseeFrancis T. Miller Republican GreeneOmar V. Sage Democrat HerkimerJohn D. HendersonJohn Dryden Henderson (born 1846), grandson of assemblymen Daniel C. Henderson (in 1827) and Stephen Ayres (in 1836), nephew of assemblyman Dryden Henderson (in 1853) Democrat Jefferson1stHenry J. Lane* Republican2ndIsaac Mitchell Republican Kings1stHugh A. McTernan Democrat2ndBernard J. McBride Democrat3rdJohn Cooney Democrat4thJohn J. O'Connor Democrat5thJohn Kelly* Democrat6thWilliam E. Shields Democrat7thAdam Schaaff* Democrat8thWilliam Blanchfield* Democrat9thGeorge Gretsinger Republican10thThomas F. Byrnes Democrat11thGeorge L. Weed Republican12thCharles J. Kurth Republican LewisLeRoy Crawford Republican LivingstonElias H. Davis Republican MadisonSamuel R. Mott Republican Monroe1stFrank M. Jones Republican 2nd(P. Andrew Sullivan) Democratdid not take his seat; death announced on January 15Robert Courtney DemocratJewish Tidings, 14 February 1890, page 6 https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=jts18900214-01.1.6&srpos=3&e=------189-en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Robert+Courtney%22-------Monroe--elected February 17 to fill vacancy; seated on February 263rdEdwin A. Loder* Republicandied on June 5, 1890 MontgomeryJohn Knox Stewart Republican New York1stPatrick H. Duffy* Tammany Dem.2ndTimothy D. Sullivan* Tammany Dem.3rdJames A. Monaghan County Dem.4thThomas Brady County Dem.5thDominick F. Mullaney* Tammany Dem.6thGustav Menninger County Dem.7thFrancis V. King* Republican8thPhilip Wissig County Dem.9thJohn Martin* Democrat10thWilliam Sohmer Tammany Dem.11thWilliam N. Hoag Republican12thMoses Dinkelspiel* County Dem./Rep.13thFrederick S. Gibbs* Republican14thWilliam Sulzer Tammany Dem.15thFrederick Haffner* Tammany Dem.16thWalter G. Byrne Tammany Dem.17thJohn Kerrigan* Democrat18thStephen J. O'Hare Tammany Dem.19thJohn Connelly* Tammany Dem.20thMyer J. SteinMyer J. Stein, brother of assemblyman Joseph I. Stein (in 1877) Tammany Dem.21stRichard J. Lewis Republican22ndJoseph Blumenthal* Tammany Dem.23rdGeorge P. Webster Tammany Dem.24thChristopher C. Clarke* Tammany Dem. Niagara1stRuthven Kill Democrat2ndJ. Marville Harwood* Democrat Oneida1stJames K. O'Connor Republican2ndJames L. Dempsey Democrat3rdRussell S. Johnson Republican Onondaga1stHoward G. White Republican2ndWillis B. Burns Republican3rdIgnatius Sawmiller Republican OntarioSanford W. Abbey Democrat Orange1stJohn C. Adams* Republican2ndGeorge W. Greene* Democrat OrleansWallace L'Hommedieu Republican Oswego1stNevada N. Stranahan Republican2ndWilbur H. Selleck Republican Otsego1stOscar F. Lane Democrat2ndNathan Bridges Republican PutnamHamilton Fish II* Republican Queens1stSolomon S. Townsend* Democrat2ndHenry C. Johnson Republican Rensselaer1stJames M. Riley Democrat2ndJoseph S. Saunders* Republican3rdJohn W. McKnight Democratcontested by James S. Rowley (R)see ONE ASSEMBLY SEAT TO BE CONTESTED in NYT on November 10, 1889 RichmondDaniel T. Cornell Democrat RocklandArthur S. Tompkins Republican St. Lawrence1stN. Martin Curtis* Republican2ndWilliam H. Kimball* Republican3rdWilliam Bradford Republican Saratoga1stCornelius R. Sheffer Republican2ndFrank M. Boyce Democrat SchenectadyGeorge W. Van Vranken Democrat SchoharieAlonzo B. Coons Democrat SchuylerCharles T. Willis Republican SenecaJohn H. Stevens Democrat Steuben1stPeter B. Pealer Democrat2ndMilo M. Acker* RepublicanChairman of Judiciary SuffolkJames H. Pierson Republican SullivanWilliam R. Rose Republican TiogaAbram I. Decker* Republican TompkinsNelson Stevens Republican Ulster1stJames H. Everett Republican2ndJacob Rice* Democrat3rdGeorge H. Bush* Democrat WarrenScott Barton* Republican Washington1stCharles W. Larmon* Republican2ndAlbert Johnson Republican Wayne1stJohn P. Bennett Republican2ndRichard P. Groat* Republican Westchester1stJ. Irving Burns Republican2ndBradford Rhodes* Republican3rdJames W. Husted* Republicanelected Speaker WyomingI. Sam Johnson Republican YatesCalvin J. Huson Democrat Employees Clerk: Charles A. Chickering Sergeant-at-Arms: James H. Manville Doorkeeper: Homer B. Webb Stenographer: Isaac H. Smith 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. 507f for assemblymen) Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1890) 113 Category:1890 in New York (state) Category:1890 U.S. legislative sessions