135th New York State Legislature New York state legislative session
The 135th New York State Legislature , consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly , met from January 3 to March 29, 1912, during the second year of John Alden Dix 's governorship , in Albany .
Background
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, re-apportioned in 1906 and 1907, 51 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 (eight 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 .
Elections
The New York state election, 1911, was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election. For the first time, a Socialist was elected to the Assembly.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1912; and adjourned on March 29.
Edwin A. Merritt Jr. (R) was elected Speaker with 95 votes against 45 for Al Smith (D).
On April 19, Bronx County was created by the Legislature, to be effectively separated from New York County on January 1, 1914. To date, this was the last county created in the State of New York.
State Senate
Districts
1st District: Nassau and Suffolk counties
2nd District: Queens County, i.e the Borough of Queens
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th District: Parts of Kings County, i.e. the Borough of Brooklyn
11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd District: Parts of New York County, i.e. the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx
23rd District: Richmond and Rockland counties
24th District: Westchester County
25th District: Orange and Sullivan counties
26th District: Columbia , Dutchess and Putnam and counties
27th District: Greene and Ulster counties
28th District: Albany County
29th District: Rensselaer County
30th District: Saratoga and Washington counties
31st District: Montgomery , Schenectady and Schoharie counties
32nd District: Lewis , Fulton , Hamilton and Herkimer counties
33rd District: Clinton , Essex and Warren counties
34th District: Franklin and St. Lawrence counties
35th District: Jefferson and Oswego counties
36th District: Oneida County
37th District: Chenango , Madison and Otsego counties
38th District: Onondaga County
39th District: Broome and Delaware counties
40th District: Cayuga , Cortland and Seneca counties
41st District: Chemung , Schuyler , Tioga and Tompkins counties
42nd District: Ontario , Wayne and Yates counties
43rd District: Steuben and Livingston counties
44th District: Allegany , Genesee and Wyoming counties
45th and 46th District: Monroe County
47th District: Niagara and Orleans counties
48th, 49th and 50th District: Erie County
51st District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties
Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District
Senator
Party
Notes
1st
James L. Long *
Democrat
2nd
Dennis J. Harte *
Democrat
3rd
Thomas H. Cullen *
Democrat
4th
Loring M. Black Jr. *
Democrat
5th
Barth S. Cronin *
Democrat
6th
Eugene M. Travis *
Republican
7th
Thomas C. Harden *
Democrat
8th
James F. Duhamel *
Democrat
9th
Felix J. Sanner *
Democrat
10th
James H. O'Brien *
Democrat
on November 5, 1912, elected to the 63rd U.S. Congress
11th
Christopher D. Sullivan *
Democrat
12th
Timothy D. Sullivan *
Democrat
on November 5, 1912, elected to the 63rd U.S. Congress
13th
James D. McClelland *
Democrat
14th
(Thomas F. Grady )*
Democrat
did not take his seat, and died on February 3, 1912
15th
Thomas J. McManus *
Democrat
16th
Robert F. Wagner *
Democrat
President pro tempore
17th
John G. Saxe *
Democrat
18th
Henry W. Pollock *
Democrat
19th
Josiah T. Newcomb *
Republican
20th
James J. Frawley *
Democrat
21st
Stephen J. Stilwell *
Democrat
22nd
Anthony J. Griffin *
Democrat
23rd
Howard R. Bayne *
Democrat
24th
J. Mayhew Wainwright *
Republican
25th
John B. Rose *
Republican
26th
Franklin D. Roosevelt *
Democrat
27th
William P. Fiero *
Democrat
28th
Henry M. Sage *
Republican
29th
Victor M. Allen *
Republican
30th
Edgar T. Brackett *
Republican
Minority Leader
31st
Loren H. White *
Democrat
32nd
Seth G. Heacock *
Republican
33rd
James A. Emerson *
Republican
34th
Herbert P. Coats *
Republican
35th
George H. Cobb *
Republican
36th
T. Harvey Ferris *
Democrat
37th
Ralph W. Thomas *
Republican
38th
J. Henry Walters *
Republican
39th
Harvey D. Hinman *
Republican
40th
Charles J. Hewitt *
Republican
41st
John F. Murtaugh *
Democrat
42nd
Frederick W. Griffith *
Republican
43rd
Frank C. Platt *
Republican
44th
Thomas H. Bussey *
Republican
45th
George F. Argetsinger *
Republican
46th
William L. Ormrod *
Republican
47th
Robert H. Gittins *
Democrat
on November 5, 1912, elected to the 63rd U.S. Congress
48th
Frank M. Loomis *
Democrat
49th
Samuel J. Ramsperger *
Democrat
50th
George B. Burd *
Democrat
51st
Charles Mann Hamilton *
Republican
on November 5, 1912, elected to the 63rd U.S. Congress
Employees
Clerk: Patrick E. McCabe
Sergeant-at-Arms: Harry E. Oxford
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: John J. Dillon
Principal Doorkeeper: Fred W. Theobold
Assistant Doorkeeper: Thomas Nolan
Stenographer: William E. Reynolds
State Assembly
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
Assemblymen
Employees
Notes
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