The 105th New York State Legislature, consisting of the

New York State Senate The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. Partisan com ...

and the

New York State Assembly The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Assem ...

, 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

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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, forming a contiguous area, all within the same county. At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the

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. The

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and the

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also nominated tickets.

Elections

The

1881 New York state election The 1881 New York state election was held on November 8, 1881, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all me ...

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, 1882; and adjourned on June 2. The Senate had 15 Republicans, 14 Democrats and 3 Tammany men; the Assembly had 61 Republicans, 59 Democrats and 8 Tammany men. In both Houses, the Tammany men were in a balance of power position, and deadlock ensued. Tammany Boss John Kelly objected to the election of John C. Jacobs as president pro tempore of the State Senate, and the office remained vacant throughout the session. On February 2,

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(D) was elected Speaker with 59 votes against 51 for Thomas G. Alvord (R). On February 20,

John W. Vrooman John Wright Vrooman (March 28, 1844 – November 24, 1929) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from New York. Life Vrooman was born on March 28, 1844, in German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, to Nicholas Vrooman and Christina (Wright ...

(R) was re-elected Clerk of the State Senate with the votes of the Tammany men; and the right to appoint the standing committees was transferred to Lt. Gov. George G. Hoskins (R).''TAMMANY MEN EXULTANT; GIVEN IMPORTANT PLACES IN THE SENATE COMMITTEES''
in NYT on February 22, 1882

State Senate

Districts

* 1st District:

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and

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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:

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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:

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and

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counties * 14th District: Greene, Schoharie and

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counties * 15th District:

Columbia Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in ...

, Dutchess and

Putnam Putnam may refer to: People * Putnam (surname) Places Canada * Putnam, Ontario, community in Thames Centre United States * Putnam, Alabama * Putnam, Connecticut, a New England town ** Putnam (CDP), Connecticut, the main village in the town ...

counties * 16th District: Rensselaer and Washington counties * 17th District: Albany County * 18th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga and

Schenectady Schenectady () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. The city is in eastern New Yo ...

counties * 19th District: Clinton,

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and Warren counties * 20th District: Franklin, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties * 21st District: Oswego and Jefferson counties * 22nd District: Oneida County * 23rd District: Herkimer,

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and Otsego counties * 24th District: Chenango,

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and Broome counties * 25th District:

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and Cortland counties * 26th District: Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins and Tioga counties * 27th District: Allegany, Chemung and Steuben counties * 28th District:

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, Schuyler, Wayne and Yates counties * 29th District: Monroe and Orleans counties * 30th District:

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, Livingston, Niagara and

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counties * 31st District: Erie County * 32nd District: Cattaraugus and

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counties Note: There are now 62 counties in the State of

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. 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.

Employees

* Clerk:

* 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.

Employees

* Clerk:

Edward M. Johnson Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

, from February 15 * Sergeant-at-Arms: vacant * Doorkeeper: Henry Wheeler * Stenographer: James M. Ruso

Notes

Sources

''Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York''
compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; see pg. 276 for Senate districts; pg. 291 for senators; pg. 298–304 for Assembly districts; and pg. 380f for assemblymen)
Sketches of the Members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1882)
''THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES''
in ''

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'' on February 15, 1882 {{NYLegislatures 105 1882 in New York (state) 1882 U.S. legislative sessions