The 112th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to May 16, 1889, during the fifth year of David B. Hill's governorship, in Albany.
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| Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
| Term | January 1 – December 31, 1889 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 32 | ||||
| President | Lt. Gov. Edward F. Jones (D) | ||||
| Temporary President | Jacob Sloat Fassett (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican (20-12) | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 128 | ||||
| Speaker | Fremont Cole (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican (79-49) | ||||
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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 Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The "United Labor" organization endorsed the Republican nominee for governor Warner Miller, but nominated own candidates for the other offices. The Prohibition Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated state tickets.
Elections
The New York state election, 1888 was held on November 6. Gov. David B. Hill and Lt. Gov. Edward F. Jones (both Dem.) were re-elected. The only other statewide elective office up for election was also carried by a Democrat. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for governor, was: Democrats 650,000; Republicans/United Labor 631,000; Prohibition 30,000; and Socialist Labor 3,500.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 1, 1889; and adjourned on May 16.
Fremont Cole (R) was re-elected Speaker with 76 votes against 47 for William F. Sheehan (D).
Jacob Sloat Fassett (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.
On January 18, a grand jury in Albany refused to indict Assemblyman Charles Smith for perjury. The New York City Reform Club had accused Smith of having obtained his election by buying votes.[2]
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.
| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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| 1st | Simeon S. Hawkins* | Republican | |
| 2nd | James F. Pierce* | Democrat | |
| 3rd | Eugene F. O'Connor* | Republican | |
| 4th | Jacob Worth* | Republican | |
| 5th | Michael C. Murphy* | Democrat | |
| 6th | Thomas F. Grady | Democrat | elected on December 28, 1888, to fill vacancy, in place of Edward F. Reilly[3] |
| 7th | George F. Langbein* | Democrat | |
| 8th | Cornelius Van Cott* | Republican | seat vacated on May 1, upon taking office as Postmaster of New York City |
| 9th | Charles A. Stadler* | Democrat | |
| 10th | Jacob A. Cantor* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
| 11th | Eugene S. Ives* | Democrat | |
| 12th | William H. Robertson* | Republican | |
| 13th | vacant | Henry R. Low (R) died on December 1, 1888 | |
| Peter Ward | Democrat | elected on January 29, 1889, to fill vacancy[4] | |
| 14th | John J. Linson* | Democrat | |
| 15th | Gilbert A. Deane* | Republican | |
| 16th | Michael F. Collins* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Henry Russell* | Republican | |
| 18th | John Foley* | Democrat | |
| 19th | Rowland C. Kellogg* | Republican | |
| 20th | George Z. Erwin* | Republican | |
| 21st | George B. Sloan* | Republican | |
| 22nd | Henry J. Coggeshall* | Republican | |
| 23rd | Frank B. Arnold* | Republican | |
| 24th | William Lewis* | Republican | |
| 25th | Francis Hendricks* | Republican | |
| 26th | William L. Sweet* | Republican | |
| 27th | J. Sloat Fassett* | Republican | elected President pro tempore |
| 28th | John Raines* | Republican | |
| 29th | Donald McNaughton* | Democrat | |
| 30th | Edward C. Walker* | Republican | |
| 31st | John Laughlin* | Republican | |
| 32nd | Commodore P. Vedder* | Republican |
Employees
- Clerk: John S. Kenyon
- Sergeant-at-Arms: John W. Corning
- Doorkeeper: Charles V. Schram
- Assistant Doorkeeper: Hiram Van Tassel
- Stenographer: Harris A. Corell
State Assembly
Assemblymen
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature.
| District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes | |
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| Albany | 1st | Jervis L. Miller | Democrat | |
| 2nd | Vreeland H. Youngman* | Republican | ||
| 3rd | Galen R. Hitt | Democrat | ||
| 4th | William Burton LeRoy | Republican | ||
| Allegany | Albert B. Cottrell* | Republican | ||
| Broome | Alonzo D. Lewis* | Republican | ||
| Cattaraugus | 1st | George N. West | Republican | |
| 2nd | James S. Whipple* | Republican | ||
| Cayuga | 1st | John E. Savery* | Republican | |
| 2nd | Leander Fitts | Republican | ||
| Chautauqua | 1st | S. Frederick Nixon* | Republican | |
| 2nd | George E. Towne | Republican | ||
| Chemung | Robert P. Bush* | Democrat | ||
| Chenango | Edgar A. Pearsall | Republican | ||
| Clinton | Stephen Moffitt | Republican | ||
| Columbia | William Dinehart* | Republican | ||
| Cortland | Rufus T. Peck | Republican | ||
| Delaware | George O. Mead | Republican | ||
| Dutchess | 1st | Willard H. Mase* | Republican | |
| 2nd | Johnston de Peyster | Republican | ||
| Erie | 1st | William F. Sheehan* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
| 2nd | Matthias Endres* | Democrat | ||
| 3rd | Leroy Andrus | Republican | ||
| 4th | Henry H. Guenther* | Democrat | ||
| 5th | Amos H. Baker | Republican | ||
| Essex | Thomas J. Treadway | Republican | ||
| Franklin | William C. Stevens | Republican | ||
| Fulton and Hamilton | Lewis Brownell* | Republican | ||
| Genesee | John M. McKenzie* | Republican | ||
| Greene | Francis G. Walters | Republican | ||
| Herkimer | DeWitt J. Mesick | Republican | ||
| Jefferson | 1st | Henry J. Lane | Republican | |
| 2nd | Andrew C. Comstock* | Republican | ||
| Kings | 1st | Robert H. Miley | Democrat | |
| 2nd | William H. McLaughlin* | Democrat | ||
| 3rd | Peter K. McCann* | Democrat | ||
| 4th | Henry F. Haggerty* | Democrat | ||
| 5th | John Kelly | Democrat | ||
| 6th | Patrick H. McCarren | Democrat | ||
| 7th | Adam Schaaff | Democrat | ||
| 8th | William Blanchfield | Democrat | ||
| 9th | Frank Sperry | Republican | ||
| 10th | John B. Longley* | Democrat | ||
| 11th | Joseph Aspinall* | Republican | ||
| 12th | James P. Graham | Democrat | ||
| Lewis | Hugh Hughes* | Republican | ||
| Livingston | Jotham Clark* | Republican | ||
| Madison | Charles E. Maynard* | Republican | ||
| Monroe | 1st | Judson F. Sheldon | Republican | |
| 2nd | Joseph Bauer | Republican | ||
| 3rd | Edwin A. Loder | Republican | ||
| Montgomery | W. Barlow Dunlap | Republican | ||
| New York | 1st | Patrick H. Duffy | Democrat | |
| 2nd | Timothy D. Sullivan* | Democrat | ||
| 3rd | Thomas Smith Jr.* | Democrat | ||
| 4th | Jeremiah Hayes* | Democrat | ||
| 5th | Dominick F. Mullaney | Democrat | ||
| 6th | Charles P. Blake | Democrat | ||
| 7th | Francis V. King | Republican | ||
| 8th | Charles Smith | Republican | ||
| 9th | John Martin* | Democrat | ||
| 10th | George F. Roesch* | Democrat | ||
| 11th | Robert Ray Hamilton* | Republican | ||
| 12th | Moses Dinkelspiel | Democrat | ||
| 13th | Frederick S. Gibbs | Republican | ||
| 14th | Thomas J. Creamer | Democrat | ||
| 15th | Frederick Haffner | Democrat | ||
| 16th | Edward P. Hagan* | Democrat | ||
| 17th | John Kerrigan | Democrat | ||
| 18th | William H. Newschafer | Democrat | ||
| 19th | John Connelly* | Democrat | ||
| 20th | William H. Hornidge* | Democrat | ||
| 21st | Ernest H. Crosby* | Republican | ||
| 22nd | Joseph Blumenthal* | Democrat | ||
| 23rd | Augustus Strassburg | Democrat | ||
| 24th | Christopher C. Clarke | Democrat | ||
| Niagara | 1st | John F. Little | Republican | |
| 2nd | J. Marville Harwood | Democrat | ||
| Oneida | 1st | Joseph Harry Kent* | Democrat | |
| 2nd | George G. McAdam* | Republican | ||
| 3rd | Abisha B. Baker | Republican | ||
| Onondaga | 1st | James W. Upson | Republican | |
| 2nd | William H. Gallup* | Republican | ||
| 3rd | Walter W. Cheney* | Republican | ||
| Ontario | Robert Moody* | Republican | ||
| Orange | 1st | John C. Adams* | Republican | |
| 2nd | George W. Greene* | Democrat | ||
| Orleans | Ira Edwards* | Republican | ||
| Oswego | 1st | S. Mortimer Coon* | Republican | |
| 2nd | Danforth E. Ainsworth* | Republican | ||
| Otsego | 1st | William E. Dante | Republican | |
| 2nd | Walter L. Brown* | Republican | ||
| Putnam | Hamilton Fish II | Republican | ||
| Queens | 1st | Solomon S. Townsend | Democrat | |
| 2nd | Philip T. Cronin | Democrat | ||
| Rensselaer | 1st | George O'Neil* | Democrat | |
| 2nd | Joseph S. Saunders | Republican | ||
| 3rd | James Ryan Jr.* | Democrat | ||
| Richmond | Hubbard R. Yetman | Democrat | ||
| Rockland | Frank P. Demarest* | Democrat | ||
| St. Lawrence | 1st | N. Martin Curtis* | Republican | |
| 2nd | William H. Kimball* | Republican | ||
| 3rd | Michael H. Flaherty* | Republican | ||
| Saratoga | 1st | Harvey J. Donaldson* | Republican | |
| 2nd | George S. Batcheller | Republican | seat vacated on April 1, upon appointment as Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Treasury | |
| Schenectady | Austin A. Yates*[5] | Republican | ||
| Schoharie | J. Edward Young | Democrat | ||
| Schuyler | Fremont Cole* | Republican | re-elected Speaker | |
| Seneca | William Harrison Dunham | Democrat | ||
| Steuben | 1st | Charles H. McMaster | Republican | |
| 2nd | Milo M. Acker* | Republican | ||
| Suffolk | Henry E. Huntting* | Republican | ||
| Sullivan | Martin A. Smith* | Republican | ||
| Tioga | Abram I. Decker | Republican | ||
| Tompkins | Frank J. Enz* | Republican | ||
| Ulster | 1st | George A. Davidson | Republican | |
| 2nd | Jacob Rice | Democrat | ||
| 3rd | George H. Bush | Democrat | ||
| Warren | Scott Barton | Republican | ||
| Washington | 1st | Charles W. Larmon | Republican | |
| 2nd | William H. Tefft | Republican | ||
| Wayne | 1st | Charles T. Saxton* | Republican | |
| 2nd | Richard P. Groat | Republican | ||
| Westchester | 1st | William Murray | Democrat | |
| 2nd | Bradford Rhodes* | Republican | ||
| 3rd | James W. Husted* | Republican | ||
| Wyoming | Greenleaf S. Van Gorder* | Republican | ||
| Yates | William A. Carson | Republican | ||
Employees
- Clerk: Charles A. Chickering
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Owel H. Willard
- Doorkeeper: Homer B. Webb
- First Assistant Doorkeeper: John R. Harlow
- Second Assistant Doorkeeper: W. B. Clark
- Stenographer: George H. Thornton
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. 507 for assemblymen)
- THE STATE LEGISLATURE in NYT on January 2, 1889
- THE EXCISE BILL PASSED in the New York Press on April 4, 1889