130th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 130th January 1 December 31, 1907 Lt. Gov. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (D) John Raines (R) James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) 51 150 Republican (32-19) Republican (99-51) 1st January 2 June 26, 1907 2nd July 8 26, 1907 129th 131st The 130th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to July 26, 1907, during the first year of Charles Evans Hughes's governorship, in Albany. Background Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, re-apportioned in 1906, 51 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 (eight districts), Erie County (three districts) and Monroe County (two districts). The Assembly districts were made up of contiguous area, all within the same county. On April 27, 1906, 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, 1906, the new Senate apportionment was upheld by Supreme Court Justice Howard.APPORTIONMENT LEGAL, SAYS JUSTICE HOWARD in NYT on August 14, 1906 At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Democrats and the Independence League nominated a fusion ticket headed by William Randolph Hearst. The Socialist Party, the Prohibition Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets. Elections The 1906 New York state election, was held on November 6. Republican Charles Evans Hughes was elected Governor with about 749,000 votes against 691,000 for Hearst. The other six statewide elective offices were carried by the nominees on the Democratic/Independence League fusion ticket with about 720,000 votes against 710,000 for the Republican candidates. The approximate strength of the other parties was: Socialist 22,000; Prohibition 16,000; and Socialist Labor 5,000. Sessions The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 2, 1907; and adjourned on June 26. James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) was re-elected Speaker. 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 The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on July 8, 1907; and adjourned on July 26. This session was called to enact a new legislative apportionment. The Legislature re-apportioned the Senate districts, and re-enacted the 1906 Assembly apportionment.see HUGHES WINS ON APPORTIONMENT in NYT on July 24, 1907 State Senate Districts 30em 1st District: Nassau and Suffolk counties 2nd District: Queens and Richmond counties 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th District: Parts of Kings County, i.e. the Borough of Brooklyn 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd District: Parts of New York County, i.e. the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx 23rd District: Westchester County 24th District: Orange and Rockland counties 25th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam and counties 26th District: Greene and Ulster counties 27th District: Chenango, Delaware and Sullivan counties 28th District: Albany County 29th District: Rensselaer County 30th District: Clinton, Essex and Washington counties 31st District: Saratoga and Schenectady counties 32nd District: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery and Warren counties 33rd District: Herkimer, Otsego and Schoharie counties 34th District: Franklin and St. Lawrence counties 35th District: Jefferson and Lewis counties 36th District: Oneida County 37th District: Oswego and Madison counties 38th District: Onondaga County 39th District: Broome, Cortland and Tioga counties 40th District: Chemung, Schuyler and Tompkins counties 41st District: Cayuga, Seneca and Yates counties 42nd District: Ontario and Wayne counties 43rd District: Steuben and Allegany counties 44th District: Genesee, Livingston and Wyoming counties 45th and 46th District: Monroe County 47th District: Niagara and Orleans counties 48th, 49th and 50th District: Erie County 51st District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties Members The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Dennis J. Harte, Otto G. Foelker, James A. Thompson, George B. Agnew, John P. Cohalan, William J. Grattan, H. Wallace Knapp, William W. Wemple, S. Percy Hooker changed from the Assembly to the Senate. District Senator Party Notes1stCarll S. Burr Jr.* Republicanre-elected2ndDennis J. Harte* Democrat3rdThomas H. Cullen* Democratre-elected4thOtto G. Foelker* Republican5thJames A. Thompson* Democrat6thEugene M. Travis Republican7thPatrick H. McCarren* Democratre-elected8thCharles H. Fuller Dem./Ind. L.9thConrad Hasenflug* Democratre-elected10thAlfred J. Gilchrist Republican11thDominick F. Mullaney Dem./Ind. L.12thWilliam Sohmer Dem./Ind. L.13thChristopher D. Sullivan Dem./Ind. L.14thThomas F. Grady* Dem./Ind. L.re-elected; Minority Leader15thThomas J. McManus Dem./Ind. L.16thJohn T. McCall Dem./Ind. L.17thGeorge B. Agnew* Republican18thMartin Saxe* Republicanre-elected19thAlfred R. Page* Republicanre-elected20thJames J. Frawley* Dem./Ind. L.re-elected21stJames Owens Democrat22ndJohn P. Cohalan* Dem./Ind. L.23rdFrancis M. Carpenter* Republicanre-elected24thJohn C. R. Taylor Democrat25thSanford W. Smith* Republicanre-elected26thJohn N. Cordts* Republicanre-elected27thJotham P. Allds* Republicanre-elected28thWilliam J. Grattan* Republican29thFrank M. Boyce Democrat30thH. Wallace Knapp* Republican31stWilliam W. Wemple* Republican32ndJames A. Emerson Republican33rdSeth G. Heacock Republican34thWilliam T. O'Neil Republican35thGeorge H. Cobb* Republicanre-elected36thJoseph Ackroyd Democrat37thFrancis H. Gates* Ind. R./D./I. L./P.Gates was voted down by the Republican 37th senatorial district convention, and ran on the Democratic, Independence League and Prohibition tickets for re-election, defeating the regular Republican candidate Thomas D. Lewis. Gates then voted with the Republicans in the Senate.re-elected38thHorace White* Republicanre-elected39thHarvey D. Hinman* Republicanre-elected40thOwen Cassidy* Republicanre-elected41stBenjamin M. Wilcox* Republicanre-elected42ndJohn Raines* Republicanre-elected; re-elected President pro tempore43rdWilliam J. Tully* Republicanre-elected44thS. Percy Hooker* Republican45thThomas B. Dunn Republican46thWilliam W. Armstrong* Republicanre-elected47thStanislaus P. Franchot Republican48thHenry W. Hill* Republicanre-elected49thSamuel J. Ramsperger Democrat50thGeorge Allen Davis* Republicanre-elected51stAlbert T. Fancher* Republicanre-elected Employees Clerk: Lafayette B. Gleason Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Everett Brown Principal Doorkeeper: Christopher Warren First Assistant Doorkeeper: Fred S. Maine Stenographer: James C. Marriott State Assembly Assemblymen District Assemblymen Party Notes Albany1stCharles W. Mead* Republican2ndThomas F. Maher* Republican3rdRobert B. Waters Republican AlleganyJesse S. Phillips* Republican BroomeJames T. Rogers* Republican CattaraugusJohn J. Volk* Republican CayugaFrederick A. Dudley Republican Chautauqua1stAugustus F. Allen Republican2ndCharles Mann Hamilton Republican ChemungSherman Moreland* Republicanunsuccessfully contested by John Deneen (D); Majority Leader ChenangoHubert C. Stratton Democrat ClintonAlonson T. Dominy Republican ColumbiaJohn B. Sinclair Republican CortlandCharles O. Newton Republican DelawareJames R. Stevenson Democrat Dutchess1stMyron Smith* Republican2ndFrederick Northrup Democrat Erie1stOrson J. Weimert Republican2ndJohn Lord O'Brian Republican3rdCharles F. Brooks Republican4thEdward D. Jackson Democrat5thJohn H. Mallon Democrat6thFrank S. Burzynski* Democrat7thGeorge W. Walters Democrat8thJohn K. Patton* Republican9thLuther J. Shuttleworth* Republican EssexFrank C. Hooper* Republican FranklinCharles R. Matthews* Republican Fulton and HamiltonWilliam Ellison Mills* Republican GeneseeFred B. Parker Republican GreeneWilliam C. Brady* Republican HerkimerThomas D. Ferguson Republican Jefferson1stAlfred D. Lowe Republican2ndGary H. Wood* Republican Kings1stD. Harry Ralston Republicanresigned his seat on July 26see Assemblyman Ralston Resigns in NYT on July 27, 19072ndJames Jacobs Democrat3rdMichael H. Baumann Democrat4thGeorge W. Brown Republican5thCharles J. Weber* Republican6thThomas J. Surpless* Republican7thThomas J. Geoghegan Democrat8thThomas J. Farrell Democrat9thGeorge A. Voss Republicanunsuccessfully contested by William Keegan (D)10thCharles F. Murphy* Republican11thWilliam W. Colne* Republican12thGeorge A. Green* Republican13thJohn H. Donnelly Democrat14thWilliam J. Donohue Democratcommitted suicide on January 31, 190715thDaniel J. Collins Independence L.16thCharles A. Conrady Republican17thEdward C. Dowling* Republican18thWarren I. Lee* Republican19thCharles Feth* Ind. L./Dem.20thHarrison C. Glore Republican21stSamuel A. Gluck Democrat22ndEdward Eichhorn Republican23rdWilliam L. Mooney Dem./Ind. L. LewisC. Fred Boshart* Republican LivingstonJames Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.* Republicanre-elected Speaker MadisonOrlando W. Burhyte Republican Monroe1stGeorge F. Harris Republican2ndJames L. Whitley* Republican3rdHenry R. Glynn Dem./Ind. L.4thRobert Averill* Republican5thHenry Morgan Republican MontgomeryT. Romeyn Staley Republican NassauWilliam G. Miller* Republican New York1stJames F. Cavanaugh Democrat2ndAl Smith* Democrat3rdJames Oliver* Dem./Ind. L.Minority Leader4thWilliam H. Burns* Dem./Ind. L.5thJohn T. Eagleton* Democrat6thAdolph Stern Dem./Ind. L.7thJoseph W. Keller Dem./Ind. L.8thAbraham Harawitz* Dem./Ind. L.9thJohn C. Hackett* Dem./Ind. L.10thCornelius Huth Dem./Ind. L.11thOwen W. Bohan* Dem./Ind. L.12thJames A. Foley Dem./Ind. L.13thJames J. Hoey Dem./Ind. L.14thJohn Loos Dem./Ind. L.15thMervin C. Stanley* Republicandied on February 1, 190716thMartin G. McCue Democrat17thWilliam Young* Republican18thMark Goldberg Democrat19thAlexander Brough Republican20thGeorge Schwegler* Dem./Ind. L.21stRobert S. Conklin Republican22ndRobert F. Wagner Dem./Ind. L.23rdJames A. Francis* Republican24thJames V. Ganly Dem./Ind. L.25thEzra P. Prentice* Republican26thLeopold Prince Dem./Ind. L.27thBeverley R. Robinson Republican28thEdward W. Buckley Dem./Ind. L.29thFrederick D. Wells* Republican30thLouis A. Cuvillier Democrat31stPhilip Reece Republican32ndWilloughby B. Dobbs Dem./Ind. L.33rdPhilip J. Schmidt Dem./Ind. L.34thGeorge M. S. Schulz Dem./Ind. L.35thJohn V. Sheridan Dem./Ind. L. Niagara1stCharles F. Foley Democrat2ndW. Levell Draper* Republican Oneida1stMerwin K. Hart Republican2ndLadd J. Lewis Jr. Republican3rdArthur G. Blue Republican Onondaga1stEdward Schoeneck* Republican2ndFred W. Hammond* Republican3rdGeorge L. Baldwin Republican OntarioJean L. Burnett* Republicandied on February 26, 1907 Orange1stWilliam G. Hastings* Republican2ndCharles E. Mance Republican OrleansMyron E. Eggleston Republican OswegoFred G. Whitney* Republican OtsegoCharles Smith Republican PutnamJohn R. Yale* Republican Queens1stThomas H. Todd Democrat2ndJoseph Flanagan Democrat3rdConrad Garbe Democrat4thWilliam A. De Groot* Republican Rensselaer1stFrederick C. Filley* Republican2ndBradford R. Lansing* Republican RichmondWilliam T. Croak Democrat RocklandMatthew Hurd Republican St. Lawrence1stFred J. Gray* Republican2ndEdwin A. Merritt Jr.* Republican SaratogaGeorge H. Whitney* Republican SchenectadyMiles R. Frisbie Republican SchoharieCharles H. Holmes Democrat SchuylerCharles A. Cole Republican SenecaWilliam B. Harper Democrat Steuben1stWilliam H. Chamberlain* Republican2ndCharles K. Marlatt Republican Suffolk1stJohn M. Lupton* Republican2ndOrlando Hubbs* Republican SullivanGeorge W. Murphy 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 Westchester1stHarry W. Haines Republican2ndHolland S. Duell Republican3rdJames K. Apgar* Republican4thJ. Mayhew Wainwright* 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=QHvKiNRxJpsC The New York Red Book J. B. Lyon Company 1907 Albany 593 en Sergeant-at-Arms: Stenographer: 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. 353f for assemblymen; and 366 for senators) Journal of the Senate (130th Session) (1907, Vol. I) STATE LEGISLATURE STILL REPUBLICAN in NYT on November 7, 1906 JIMMY OLIVER LEADER OF ASSEMBLY MINORITY in NYT on January 2, 1907 MURPHY'S WAR ON MAYOR IS STARTED AT ALBANY in NYT on January 3, 1907 130 Category:1907 in New York (state) Category:1907 U.S. legislative sessions