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105th New York State Legislature
104th 106th
The facade of the New York State Capitol building in bright daylight
Overview
Legislative bodyNew York State Legislature
JurisdictionNew York, United States
TermJanuary 1 – December 31, 1882
Senate
Members32
PresidentLt. Gov. George G. Hoskins (R)
Temporary Presidentvacant
Party controlDemocratic (17-15)
Assembly
Members128
SpeakerCharles E. Patterson (D)
Party controlDemocratic (67-61)
Sessions
1stJanuary 3 – June 2, 1882

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,[1] 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 New York state election, 1881 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, 1880; and adjourned on June 2.

On February 2, Charles E. Patterson (D) was elected Speaker.

State Senate

Districts

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  • 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

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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 Notes
1st James W. Covert D
2nd John J. Kiernan D
3rd Charles H. Russell* Republican
4th John C. Jacobs* Democrat re-elected
5th John G. Boyd Tammany
6th Thomas F. Grady Tammany
7th James Daly D
8th John W. Browning* Democrat
9th James Fitzgerald D
10th Joseph Koch D
11th Frank P. Treanor Tammany
12th Henry C. Nelson D
13th James Mackin Democrat
14th Addison P. Jones Democrat
15th Homer A. Nelson Democrat
16th Charles L. MacArthur R
17th Abraham Lansing Democrat
18th Webster Wagner* Republican re-elected; died on January 13, 1882
Alexander B. Baucus Republican elected to fill vacancy
19th Shepard P. Bowen* Republican
20th Dolphus S. Lynde* Republican re-elected
21st Frederick Lansing Republican
22nd Robert H. Roberts D
23rd Alexander M. Holmes R
24th Edward B. Thomas Republican
25th Dennis McCarthy* Republican re-elected
26th David H. Evans R
27th Sumner Baldwin R
28th George P. Lord* Republican re-elected
29th Edmund L. Pitts* Republican re-elected
30th Timothy E. Ellsworth Republican
31st Robert C. Titus D
32nd Norman 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
Albany 1st Michael J. Gorman D
2nd Aaron Fuller D
3rd Amasa J. Parker, Jr. D
4th John McDonough D
Allegany Washington Moses R
Broome Francis B. Smith D
Cattaraugus 1st Elisha M. Johnson[2] R
2nd Elijah R. Schoonmaker R
Cayuga 1st Thomas Hunter* Republican
2nd William Leslie Noyes R
Chautauqua 1st Albert B. Sheldon* Republican
2nd Milton M. Fenner* Republican
Chemung Orville P. Dimon D
Chenango Silas W. Berry R
Clinton Benjamin D. Clapp R
Columbia Abram L. Schermerhorn D
Cortland Alburtis A. Carley* Republican
Delaware Chester H. Treadwell R
Dutchess 1st Alfred Bonney R
2nd John O'Brien D
Erie 1st Jeremiah Higgins* Democrat
2nd Frank Sipp* Republican
3rd Arthur W. Hickman* Ind. Rep.
4th Timothy W. Jackson D
5th Job Southwick, Jr. R
Essex James W. Sheehy* Republican
Franklin William T. O'Neil R
Fulton and Hamilton James W. Green D
Genesee Joseph W. Holmes* Republican
Greene Samuel H. Nichols D
Herkimer Albert M. Ross R
Jefferson 1st Isaac L. Hunt, Jr. R
2nd Henry Binninger* Republican
Kings 1st John Shanley* Democrat
2nd Michael J. Hannan D
3rd James G. Tighe D
4th Daniel M. Kelly D
5th Thomas J. Sheridan* Democrat
6th Patrick H. McCarren D
7th George H. Lindsay D
8th Moses Engle* Democrat
9th James W. Monk R
10th Richard J. Newman* Democrat
11th Alfred C. Chapin D
12th Jaques J. Stillwell* Democrat
Lewis G. Henry P. Gould D
Livingston Kidder M. Scott* Republican
Madison Ladurna Ballard R
Monroe 1st Judson F. Sheldon R
2nd Charles S. Baker R
3rd Alexander P. Butts D
Montgomery Cornelius Van Buren* Republican
New York 1st Michael C. Murphy* Democrat
2nd Thomas Maher Tammany
3rd William H. McIntyre D
4th John F. Ahearn D
5th Thomas Bogan* Tammany
6th Matthew Patten* Tammany
7th Lucas L. Van Allen R
8th John E. Brodsky* Republican
9th James D. McClelland D
10th John C. Niglutsch R
11th J. Hampden Robb D John
12th David Gideon D
13th Henry L. Sprague R
14th James J. Costello Tammany
15th Jacob Cooper D
16th James Edward Morrison D
17th Michael J. Costello D
18th John J. Cullen Tammany
19th John McManus Tammany
20th James Haggerty Tammany
21st Theodore Roosevelt Republican
22nd Edward C. Sheehy Tammany
23rd Leroy Bowers Crane R
24th Matthew P. Breen D
Niagara 1st Joseph W. Higgins D
2nd Thomas V. Welch D
Oneida 1st Patrick Griffin R
2nd Morris R. Jones D
3rd Frank A. Edgerton R
Onondaga 1st Thomas G. Alvord* Republican
2nd Elbert O. Farrar R
3rd John Lighton D
Ontario John Raines* Republican
Orange 1st Joseph Lomas D
2nd William Harvey Clark* Democrat
Orleans Henry M. Hard R
Oswego 1st William A. Poucher D
2nd Byron Helm R Helme??
Otsego 1st J. Stanley Browne*[3] Democrat
2nd Henry T. Harris R
Putnam Robert A. Livingston R
Queens 1st Townsend D. Cock* Democrat
2nd John J. Mitchell D
Rensselaer 1st Charles E. Patterson* Democrat elected Speaker
2nd Richard A. Derrick* Republican
3rd Rufus Sweet D
Richmond Erastus Brooks* Democrat
Rockland John Cleary* Democrat
St. Lawrence 1st Abel Godard R
2nd Worth Chamberlain* Republican
3rd George Z. Erwin R
Saratoga 1st Benjamin F. Baker* Republican
2nd Delcour S. Potter* Republican
Schenectady John D. Campbell D
Schoharie Edwin D. Hager D
Schuyler Minor T. Jones R
Seneca Albert M. Patterson R
Steuben 1st Orange S. Searl D
2nd Allen A. Van Orsdale R
Suffolk George M. Fletcher R
Sullivan Edward H. Pinney* Democrat
Tioga Jacob B. Floyd R
Tompkins John E. Beers R
Ulster 1st George H. Sharpe* Republican
2nd Eugene F. Patten D
3rd Thomas E. Benedict* Democrat
Warren Nelson W. Van Dusen D
Washington 1st Robert Armstrong, Jr. R
2nd George Northup D Northrup??
Wayne 1st Oscar Weed R
2nd William E. Greenwood R
Westchester 1st Edwin R. Keyes D
2nd William H. Catlin* Democrat
3rd George W. Robertson R
Wyoming Henry N. Page R
Yates John T. Andrews 2nd R

Employees

  • Clerk: Edward M. Johnson, from February 15
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: vacant
  • Doorkeeper: Henry Wheeler
  • Stenographer: James M. Ruso

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Elisha 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)
  3. ^ J. Stanley Browne, see Bio until 1892

Sources