The 119th New York State Legislature, consisting of the
New York State Senate and the
New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to April 30, 1896, during the second year of
Levi P. Morton's
governorship
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, in
Albany.
Background
Under the provisions of the
New York Constitution
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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
Prohibition Party, the
Socialist Labor Party
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and the
People's Party also nominated tickets.
Elections
The
New York state election, 1895 was held on November 5. The state officers and state senators were elected to an exceptional three-year term (for the sessions of 1896, 1897 and 1898), so that the election of these officers would be held, beginning in 1898, in even-numbered years, at the same time as the gubernatorial election.
All six statewide elective offices up for election was carried by the Republicans. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Secretary of State, was: Republican 601,000; Democratic 511,000; Prohibition 25,000; Socialist Labor 21,000; and People's Party 7,000.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in
Albany on January 1, 1896; and adjourned on April 30.
Hamilton Fish II
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(R) was re-elected
Speaker
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Timothy E. Ellsworth (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.
State Senate
Districts
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. Richard Higbie, Frank Gallagher, George W. Brush, Albert A. Wray, Julius L. Wieman, Samuel J. Foley, Frank D. Pavey, J. Irving Burns, George R. Malby, Benjamin M. Wilcox, Edwin C. Stewart and Simon Seibert changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
Employees
* Clerk:
John S. Kenyon
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Garret J. Benson
* Doorkeeper: Nathan Lewis
* Stenographer: Edward Shaughnessy
State Assembly
Assemblymen
Employees
* Clerk:
Archie E. Baxter
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Baxter was born on December 16, 1844, in Port Glasgow, Scotland. In 1850, his father Duncan brought the family to ...
*Financial Clerk:
William C. Stevens
* Sergeant-at-Arms:
Philip W. Reinhard, Jr.
* Doorkeeper:
Joseph Bauer
Joseph Bauer (April 18, 1845 – October 12, 1938) was a German-American labor organizer and politician.
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Bauer was born on April 18, 1845, in the Grand Duchy of Baden. When he was seven, he immigrated with his parents to America, settling i ...
* Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert
Notes
Sources
''The New York Red Book''compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; see senators' bios pg. 133–177; senators' portraits between pg. 136 and 137; pg. 404 for list of senators; pg. 512f for assemblymen; pg. 712–716 for senate districts)
''The Tribune Almanac''(1896)
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