The 123rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the

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and the

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, met from January 3 to April 6, 1900, during the second year of

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, in Albany.

Background

Under the provisions of the

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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

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and the Democratic Party.

Elections

The New York state election, 1899, was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1900, and adjourned on April 6. S. Frederick Nixon (R) was re-elected

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, with 92 votes against 57 for J. Franklin Barnes (D).

State Senate

Districts

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. Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

Employees

* Clerk:

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* Sergeant-at-Arms: Henry Jacquilard * Doorkeeper: John E. Gorss * Stenographer: A. B. Sackett * Journal Clerk: Lafayette B. Gleason * Index Clerk: Ernest A. Fay * Clerk to the Committee on Finance: Girvease A. Matteson

State Assembly

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

Assemblymen

Employees

* Clerk: Archie E. Baxter * Sergeant-at-Arms: Frank W. Johnston * Doorkeeper: Thomas F. Murphy * First Assistant Doorkeeper: Charles R. Hotaling * Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Roswell P. Warren * Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert * Assistant Clerk:

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* Librarian: John R. Yale * Assistant Doorkeeper: Eugene L. Demers

Notes

Sources

''The New York Red Book''
by Edgar L. Murlin (James B. Lyon, Albany, 1900; see: senators bios, pg. 59–95; assemblymen's bios, pg. 96–186; senators' portraits, after pg. 64; assemblymen's portraits, after pg. 96)
''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes''
by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; see pg. 341ff for assemblymen; and 364 for senators)

(1900; pg. 447)

(1900; pg. 448)
''NEW YORK LEGISLATURE''
in NYT on January 3, 1900
''THE LEGISLATURE MEETS''
in NYT on January 4, 1900 {{NYLegislatures 123 1900 in New York (state) 1900 U.S. legislative sessions