105th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 105th January 1 December 31, 1882 Lt. Gov. George G. Hoskins (R) vacant Charles E. Patterson (D) 32 128 unclearAt first there were 15 Republicans, 14 regular Democrats and 3 Tammany men. Republican Webster Wagner died on January 13, and there remained 14 Republicans, 14 regular Democrats and 3 Tammany man. The Senate was organized on February 20 without a President pro tempore, and the Republican Clerk was elected with the votes of the Tammany men. Democrat Alexander B. Baucus was elected to fill the vacancy on February 28, and seated in March, so that there were then 15 regular Democrats, 14 Republicans and 3 Tammany men. Democratic (67-61) 1st January 3 June 2, 1882 104th 106th The 105th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to June 2, 1882, during the third year of Alonzo B. Cornell'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 Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Greenback Party and the Prohibition Party also nominated tickets. Elections The 1881 New York state election was held on November 8. Of the statewide elective offices up for election, five were carried by the Republicans and one by a Democrat. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Secretary of State, was: Republican 417,000; Democratic 404,000; Greenback 16,000; and Prohibition 4,500. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1882; and adjourned on June 2. The Senate had 15 Republicans, 14 Democrats and 3 Tammany men; the Assembly had 61 Republicans, 59 Democrats and 8 Tammany men. In both Houses, the Tammany men were in a balance of power position, and deadlock ensued. Tammany Boss John Kelly objected to the election of John C. Jacobs as president pro tempore of the State Senate, and the office remained vacant throughout the session. On February 2, Charles E. Patterson (D) was elected Speaker with 59 votes against 51 for Thomas G. Alvord (R).YIELDING TO TAMMANY in NYT on February 3, 1882 On February 20, John W. Vrooman (R) was re-elected Clerk of the State Senate with the votes of the Tammany men;TAMMANY IN THE SENATE; HELPING TO ELECT THE CLERK in NYT on February 21, 1882 and the right to appoint the standing committees was transferred to Lt. Gov. George G. Hoskins (R).TAMMANY MEN EXULTANT; GIVEN IMPORTANT PLACES IN THE SENATE COMMITTEES in NYT on February 22, 1882 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. Charles H. Russell, John W. Browning and Shepard P. Bowen changed from the Assembly to the Senate. District Senator Party Notes1stJames W. Covert Democrat2ndJohn J. Kiernan Democrat3rdCharles H. Russell* Republican4thJohn C. Jacobs* Democratre-elected5thJohn G. Boyd Tammany6thThomas F. Grady Tammany7thJames Daly Democrat8thJohn W. Browning* Democrat9thJames Fitzgerald Democrat10thJoseph Koch Democrat11thFrank P. Treanor Tammany12thHenry C. Nelson Democrat13thJames Mackin Democrat14thAddison P. Jones Democrat15thHomer A. Nelson Democrat16thCharles L. MacArthur Republican17thAbraham Lansing Democrat 18thWebster Wagner* Republicanre-elected; died on January 13, 1882Alexander B. Baucus Democratelected on February 28, to fill vacancy19thShepard P. Bowen* Republican20thDolphus S. Lynde* Republicanre-elected21stFrederick Lansing Republican22ndRobert H. Roberts Democrat23rdAlexander M. Holmes Republican24thEdward B. Thomas Republican25thDennis McCarthy* Republicanre-elected26thDavid H. Evans Republican27thSumner Baldwin Republican28thGeorge P. Lord* Republicanre-elected29thEdmund L. Pitts* Republicanre-elected30thTimothy 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 Albany1stMichael J. Gorman Democrat2ndAaron Fuller Democrat3rdAmasa J. Parker Jr. Democrat4thJohn McDonough Democrat AlleganyWashington Moses Republican BroomeFrancis B. Smith Democrat Cattaraugus1stElisha M. JohnsonElisha Martin Johnson (born 1844), nephew of assemblymen James G. Johnson (in 1848), Marcus H. Johnson (in 1844 and 1848) and Elisha A. Martin (in 1848) Republican2ndElijah R. Schoonmaker Republican Cayuga1stThomas Hunter* Republican2ndWilliam Leslie Noyes Republican Chautauqua1stAlbert B. Sheldon* Republican2ndMilton M. Fenner* Republican ChemungOrville P. Dimon Democrat ChenangoSilas W. Berry Republican ClintonBenjamin D. Clapp Republican ColumbiaAbram L. Schermerhorn Democrat CortlandAlburtis A. Carley* Republican DelawareChester H. Treadwell Republican Dutchess1stAlfred Bonney Republican2ndJohn O'Brien Democrat Erie1stJeremiah Higgins* Democrat2ndFrank Sipp* Republican3rdArthur W. Hickman* Ind. Rep.4thTimothy W. Jackson Democrat5thJob Southwick Jr. Republican EssexJames W. Sheehy* Republican FranklinWilliam T. O'Neil Republican Fulton and HamiltonJames W. Green Democrat GeneseeJoseph W. Holmes* Republican GreeneSamuel H. Nichols Democrat HerkimerAlbert M. Ross Republican Jefferson1stIsaac L. Hunt Jr. Republican2ndHenry Binninger* Republican Kings1stJohn Shanley* DemocratChairman of Railroads2ndMichael J. Hannan Democrat3rdJames G. Tighe Democrat4thDaniel M. Kelly Democrat5thThomas J. Sheridan* Democrat6thPatrick H. McCarren Democrat7thGeorge H. Lindsay Democrat8thMoses Engle* Democrat9thJames W. Monk Republican10thRichard J. Newman* Democrat11thAlfred C. Chapin Democrat12thJaques J. Stillwell* Democrat LewisG. Henry P. Gould Democrat LivingstonKidder M. Scott* Republican MadisonLadurna Ballard Republican Monroe1stJudson F. Sheldon Republican2ndCharles S. Baker Republican3rdAlexander P. Butts Democrat MontgomeryCornelius Van Buren* Republican New York1stMichael C. Murphy* DemocratChairman of Affairs of Cities2ndThomas Maher Tammany3rdWilliam H. McIntyre Democrat4thJohn F. Ahearn Democrat5thThomas Bogan* Tammany6thMatthew Patten* Tammany7thLucas L. Van Allen Republican8thJohn E. Brodsky* Republican9thJames D. McClelland Democrat10thJohn C. NiglutschCapt. John C. Niglutsch (died 1887), see JOHN C. NIGLUTSCH'S SUICIDE in NYT on November 8, 1887 Republican11thJ. Hampden Robb Democrat12thDavid Gideon Democrat13thHenry L. Sprague Republican14thJames J. Costello Tammany15thJacob Cooper Democrat16thJames Edward Morrison Democrat17thMichael J. Costello Democrat18thJohn J. Cullen Tammany19thJohn McManus Tammany20thJames Haggerty TammanyChairman of Grievances21stTheodore Roosevelt Republican22ndEdward C. Sheehy Tammany23rdLeroy Bowers Crane Republican24thMatthew P. Breen Democrat Niagara1stJoseph W. Higgins Democrat2ndThomas Vincent Welch Democrat Oneida1stPatrick Griffin Republican2ndMorris R. Jones Democrat3rdFrank A. Edgerton Republican Onondaga1stThomas G. Alvord* RepublicanMinority Leader2ndElbert O. Farrar Republican3rdJohn Lighton Democrat OntarioJohn Raines* Republican Orange1stJoseph Lomas Democrat2ndWilliam Harvey Clark* Democrat OrleansHenry M. Hard Republican Oswego1stWilliam A. Poucher DemocratChairman of Judiciary2ndByron Helm Republican Otsego1stJ. Stanley Browne*J. Stanley Browne, see Bio until 1892 Democrat2ndHenry T. Harris Republican PutnamRobert A. Livingston Republican Queens1stTownsend D. Cock* Democrat2ndJohn J. Mitchell Democrat Rensselaer1stCharles E. Patterson* Democratelected Speaker2ndRichard A. Derrick* Republican3rdRufus Sweet Democrat RichmondErastus Brooks* DemocratChairman of Ways and Means RocklandJohn Cleary* Democrat St. Lawrence1stAbel Godard Republican2ndWorth Chamberlain* Republican3rdGeorge Z. Erwin Republican Saratoga1stBenjamin F. Baker* Republican2ndDelcour S. Potter* Republican SchenectadyJohn D. Campbell Democrat SchoharieEdwin D. Hager Democrat SchuylerMinor T. Jones Republican SenecaAlbert M. Patterson Republican Steuben1stOrange S. Searl Democrat2ndAllen A. Van Orsdale Republican SuffolkGeorge M. Fletcher Republican SullivanEdward H. Pinney* Democrat TiogaJacob B. Floyd Republican TompkinsJohn E. Beers Republican Ulster1stGeorge H. Sharpe* Republican2ndEugene F. Patten Democrat3rdThomas E. Benedict* Democrat WarrenNelson W. Van Dusen Democrat Washington1stRobert Armstrong Jr. Republican2ndGeorge Northup Democrat Wayne1stOscar Weed Republican2ndWilliam E. Greenwood Republican Westchester1stEdwin R. Keyes Democrat2ndWilliam H. Catlin* Democrat3rdGeorge W. Robertson Republican WyomingHenry N. Page Republican YatesJohn T. Andrews 2nd Republican Employees Clerk: Edward M. Johnson, from February 15 Sergeant-at-Arms: vacant Doorkeeper: Henry Wheeler Stenographer: James M. Ruso 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. 380f for assemblymen) Sketches of the Members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1882) THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES in The New York Times on February 15, 1882 105 Category:1882 in New York (state) Category:1882 U.S. legislative sessions