127th New York State Legislature
| 127th New York State Legislature | |||
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| Duration: January 1 – December 31, 1904 | |||
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| President of the State Senate: | Lt. Gov. Frank W. Higgins (R) | ||
| Temporary President of the State Senate: | John Raines (R) | ||
| Speaker of the State Assembly: | S. Frederick Nixon (R) | ||
| Members: | 50 Senators 150 Assemblymen |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican (29-21) | ||
| Assembly Majority: | Republican (97-52-1) | ||
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| 1st: January 6 – April 15, 1904 | |||
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The 127th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to April 15, 1904, during the fourth year of Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.'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. The Socialist Party, the Prohibition Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets.
Elections
The New York state election, 1903, was held on November 3. The only statewide elective office up for election was a judgeship on the New York Court of Appeals. The incumbent Democrat Denis O'Brien was re-elected with Republican endorsement. The Socialist candidate received about 33,000 votes, the Prohibition candidate about 19,000.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1904; and adjourned on April 15.
S. Frederick Nixon (R) was re-elected Speaker.
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 | Edwin Bailey, Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 2nd | Luke A. Keenan* | Democrat | |
| 3rd | Thomas H. Cullen* | Democrat | |
| 4th | Thomas C. Whitlock* | Democrat | |
| 5th | James H. McCabe* | Democrat | |
| 6th | Walter C. Burton* | Democrat | |
| 7th | Patrick H. McCarren* | Democrat | |
| 8th | Henry Marshall* | Republican | |
| 9th | Joseph Wagner* | Democrat | |
| 10th | Daniel J. Riordan* | Democrat | |
| 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 | Peter J. Dooling* | Democrat | |
| 17th | George W. Plunkitt* | Democrat | |
| 18th | Victor J. Dowling* | Democrat | on November 8, 1904, elected to the New York Supreme Court |
| 19th | John W. Russell* | Democrat | |
| 20th | James J. Frawley* | Democrat | |
| 21st | John A. Hawkins* | Democrat | |
| 22nd | Francis M. Carpenter | Republican | elected to fill vacancy, in place of Charles P. McClelland |
| 23rd | Louis F. Goodsell* | Republican | |
| 24th | Henry S. Ambler* | Republican | |
| 25th | Frank J. Lefevre* | 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 | William Townsend* | Democrat | |
| 35th | Elon R. Brown* | Republican | |
| 36th | Horace White* | Republican | |
| 37th | Francis H. Gates* | Republican | |
| 38th | George E. Green* | Republican | |
| 39th | Benjamin M. Wilcox* | Republican | |
| 40th | Edwin C. Stewart* | Republican | |
| 41st | Franklin D. Sherwood* | 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 | Samuel J. Ramsperger* | Democrat | |
| 49th | George Allen Davis* | Republican | |
| 50th | Albert T. Fancher* | Republican |
Employees
- Clerk: James S. Whipple
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: F. H. Adams
- Doorkeeper: Christopher Warren
- Assistant Doorkeeper: Charles H. Barnard
- Stenographer: A. B. Sackett
State Assembly
Assemblymen
Employees
- Clerk: Archie E. Baxter
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank W. Johnston
- Doorkeeper: Frank Sherer Jr.
- First Assistant Doorkeeper: Andrew Kehn
- Second Assistant Doorkeeper: D. Cameron Easton
- Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert
Notes
- ↑ Assemblyman-elect William H. Hughes (R) committed suicide on November 11, 1903, see GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE in NYT on November 12, 1903; Parker was elected at a special election on December 29, 1903, see James S. Parker Elected to Assembly in NYT on December 30, 1903
Sources
- Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; see pg. 348f for assemblymen; and 365 for senators)
- COUNT ON LEGISLATURE in NYT on November 5, 1903
- THE LEGISLATURE READY in NYT on January 6, 1904
- NIXON OPPOSES ODELL in NYT on January 7, 1904
