107th New York State Legislature
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| Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
| Term | January 1 – December 31, 1884 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 32 | ||||
| President | Lt. Gov. David B. Hill (D) | ||||
| Temporary President | Dennis McCarthy (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican (19-13) | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 128 | ||||
| Speaker | Titus Sheard (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican (72-56) | ||||
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The 107th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to May 16, 1884, during the second year of Grover Cleveland's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution 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,[1] forming a contiguous area, all within the same county.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. In New York City the Democrats were split into three factions: Tammany Hall, "Irving Hall" and the "County Democrats". The Prohibition Party and the Greenback Party also nominated tickets.
Elections
The New York state election, 1883 was held on November 6. Of the five statewide elective offices up for election, four were carried by the Democrats, and one by a Republican. The approximate party strength at this election was: Democratic 446,000; Republican 430,000; Prohibition 18,000; and Greenback 7,000.
Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 1, 1884; and adjourned on May 16.
Titus Sheard (R) was elected Speaker against Frank Rice (D).
Dennis McCarthy (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. Michael C. Murphy and Timothy J. Campbell changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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| 1st | James Otis | Republican | |
| 2nd | John J. Kiernan* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 3rd | Albert Daggett | Republican | |
| 4th | John C. Jacobs* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 5th | Michael C. Murphy* | County/Irv. H. Dem. | |
| 6th | Timothy J. Campbell* | County/Irv. H. Dem. | |
| 7th | James Daly* | County Dem. | re-elected |
| 8th | Frederick S. Gibbs | Republican | |
| 9th | John J. Cullen | Tammany Dem. | |
| 10th | J. Hampden Robb | Democrat | |
| 11th | George W. Plunkitt | Tammany Dem. | |
| 12th | Henry C. Nelson* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 13th | Henry R. Low | Republican | |
| 14th | John Van Schaick | Democrat | |
| 15th | Thomas Newbold | Democrat | |
| 16th | Albert C. Comstock | Republican | |
| 17th | John B. Thacher | Democrat | |
| 18th | James Arkell | Republican | |
| 19th | Shepard P. Bowen* | Republican | re-elected |
| 20th | John I. Gilbert | Republican | |
| 21st | Frederick Lansing* | Republican | re-elected |
| 22nd | Henry J. Coggeshall | Republican | |
| 23rd | Andrew Davidson | Republican | |
| 24th | Edward B. Thomas* | Republican | re-elected |
| 25th | Dennis McCarthy* | Republican | re-elected; elected President pro tempore |
| 26th | Edward S. Esty | Republican | |
| 27th | J. Sloat Fassett | Republican | |
| 28th | Thomas Robinson | Republican | |
| 29th | Charles S. Baker | Republican | on November 4, 1884, elected to the 49th U.S. Congress |
| 30th | Timothy E. Ellsworth* | Republican | re-elected |
| 31st | Robert C. Titus* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 32nd | Commodore P. Vedder | Republican |
Employees
- Clerk: John W. Vrooman
- Sergeant-at-Arms: George A. Goss
- Doorkeeper: David W. Bogert
- Stenographer: Hudson C. Tanner
- Postmaster: A. E. Darrow
- Janitor: A. L. Neidick
- Chaplain: S. V. Leech
State Assembly
Assemblymen
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature.
Employees
- Clerk: Charles A. Chickering
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Henry Wheeler
- Doorkeeper: Michael Maher
- First Assistant Doorkeeper: James Robinson
- Second Assistant Doorkeeper: John P. Earl
- Stenographer: Emory P. Close
Notes
- ^ Except New York City where the wards were apportioned into election districts, and then some whole wards and some election districts of other wards were gerrymandered together into Assembly districts.
- ^ James Kent (born 1854 NYC), grandson of Chancellor James Kent
- ^ George Clinton (born 1846 in Buffalo), son of Mayor George W. Clinton; see The Clinton Family
- ^ Alfred Hodges (born 1846), son of assemblyman Andrew B. Hodges (in 1869); great-grandson of Congressman John Hathorn
- ^ Henry Drew Clapp (born 1859), son of Assemblyman William S. Clapp (in 1873)
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. 382 for assemblymen)
- Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1884)
- MR. SHEARD TO BE SPEAKER in NYT on January 1, 1884
- THE LEGISLATURE OF 1884 in NYT on January 2, 1884
