129th New York State Legislature
| 129th New York State Legislature | |||
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| Duration: January 1 – December 31, 1906 | |||
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| President of the State Senate: | Lt. Gov. M. Linn Bruce (R) | ||
| Temporary President of the State Senate: | John Raines (R) | ||
| Speaker of the State Assembly: | James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (R) | ||
| Members: | 50 Senators 150 Assemblymen |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican (36-14) | ||
| Assembly Majority: | Republican (108-36-6) | ||
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| 1st: January 3 – May 3, 1906 | |||
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The 129th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to May 3, 1906, during the second year of Frank W. Higgins's governorship, in Albany.
Contents
Background
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, 50 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 (seven districts), Erie County (three districts) and Monroe County (two districts). The Assembly districts were made up of contiguous area, all within the same county, .
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. In New York City, the Municipal Ownership League also nominated candidates.
Elections
The New York state election, 1905, was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election this time. Special elections were held to fill the vacancies in the 16th[1] and 24th senatorial districts.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1906; and adjourned on May 3.
James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (R) was elected Speaker with 106 votes against 34 for George M. Palmer (D) and 6 for Thomas F. Long (M.O.L.).
On April 27, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate districts, increasing the number to 51.[2] 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, the new Senate apportionment was upheld by Supreme Court Justice Howard.[3]
On April 3, 1907, the new Senate and Assembly apportionment was declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals.[4]
State Senate
Districts
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Note: In 1897, New York County (the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx), Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn), Richmond County (the borough of Staten Island) and the Western part of Queens County (the borough of Queens) were consolidated into the present-day City of New York. The Eastern part of Queens County (the non-consolidated part) was separated in 1899 as Nassau County. Parts of the 1st and 2nd Assembly districts of Westchester County were annexed by New York City in 1895, and became part of the Borough of the Bronx in 1898.
Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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| 1st | Carll S. Burr, Jr.* | Republican | |
| 2nd | Luke A. Keenan* | Democrat | |
| 3rd | Thomas H. Cullen* | Democrat | |
| 4th | John Drescher, Jr.* | Republican | |
| 5th | James J. Kehoe* | Democrat | |
| 6th | Frank J. Gardner* | Republican | |
| 7th | Patrick H. McCarren* | Democrat | |
| 8th | Charles Cooper* | Republican | |
| 9th | Conrad Hasenflug* | Democrat | |
| 10th | Daniel J. Riordan* | Democrat | on November 6, 1906, elected to the 59th U.S. Congress |
| 11th | John C. Fitzgerald* | Democrat | |
| 12th | Samuel J. Foley* | Democrat | |
| 13th | Bernard F. Martin* | Democrat | |
| 14th | Thomas F. Grady* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
| 15th | Nathaniel A. Elsberg* | Republican | |
| 16th | John M. Quinn | Democrat | elected to fill vacancy, in place of Peter J. Dooling |
| 17th | Martin Saxe* | Republican | |
| 18th | Jacob Marks* | Democrat | |
| 19th | Alfred R. Page* | Republican | |
| 20th | James J. Frawley* | Democrat | |
| 21st | John A. Hawkins* | Democrat | |
| 22nd | Francis M. Carpenter* | Republican | |
| 23rd | Louis F. Goodsell* | Republican | |
| 24th | Sanford W. Smith | Republican | elected to fill vacancy, in place of Henry S. Ambler |
| 25th | John N. Cordts* | Republican | |
| 26th | Jotham P. Allds* | Republican | |
| 27th | Spencer K. Warnick* | Republican | |
| 28th | Edgar T. Brackett* | Republican | |
| 29th | James B. McEwan* | Republican | |
| 30th | William D. Barnes* | Republican | |
| 31st | Spencer G. Prime* | Republican | |
| 32nd | George R. Malby* | Republican | |
| 33rd | Walter L. Brown* | Republican | |
| 34th | Henry J. Coggeshall* | Republican | |
| 35th | George H. Cobb* | Republican | |
| 36th | Horace White* | Republican | |
| 37th | Francis H. Gates* | Republican | |
| 38th | Harvey D. Hinman* | Republican | |
| 39th | Benjamin M. Wilcox* | Republican | |
| 40th | Owen Cassidy* | Republican | |
| 41st | William J. Tully* | Republican | |
| 42nd | John Raines* | Republican | President pro tempore |
| 43rd | Merton E. Lewis* | Republican | |
| 44th | William W. Armstrong* | Republican | |
| 45th | Irving L'Hommedieu* | Republican | |
| 46th | Frederick C. Stevens* | Republican | |
| 47th | Henry W. Hill* | Republican | |
| 48th | Louis Fechter, Sr.* | Republican | |
| 49th | George Allen Davis* | Republican | |
| 50th | Albert T. Fancher* | Republican |
Employees
- Clerk: Lafayette B. Gleason
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Everett Brown
- Stenographer: James C. Marriott
State Assembly
Assemblymen
Employees
- Clerk: Archie E. Baxter
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank W. Johnston
- Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert
Notes
- ↑ Election to Fill Dooling's Seat in NYT on October 18, 1905
- ↑ see APPORTIONMENT PLAN MADE; ODELL BEATEN in NYT on April 27, 1906
- ↑ APPORTIONMENT LEGAL, SAYS JUSTICE HOWARD in NYT on August 14, 1906
- ↑ OLD APPORTIONMENT IS DECLARED VOID in NYT on April 4, 1907
- ↑ The appointment was made to take office on January 1, 1907; see MR. GLYNN ANNOUNCES CHIEF APPOINTMENTS
- ↑ Jacob E. Salomon (died 1922); see Jacob E. Salomon in NYT on July 29, 1922
- ↑ see M'CARREN-WARD DEAL TO CONTROL JUSTICES in NYT on January 28, 1906
Sources
- Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; see pg. 351ff for assemblymen; and 365f for senators)
- ODELL CLINCHES GRIP ON THE ASSEMBLY in NYT on November 9, 1905
- WADSWORTH NAMED BY 75 CAUCUS VOTES in NYT on January 3, 1906 [States erroneously that "Wadsworth will be the youngest Speaker the Assembly has ever had." The youngest Speaker ever was Edmund L. Pitts in 1867.]
- WADSWORTH'S FIRST DAY BRINGS FIGHT ON RULES in NYT on January 4, 1906
- SHAKE-UP BY WADSWORTH STIRS ASSEMBLY WRATH in NYT on January 11, 1906
