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The 53rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 5 to April 20, 1830, during the second year of Enos T. Throop's governorship, in Albany.
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
Term | January 1 – December 31, 1830 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 32 | ||||
Temporary President | William M. Oliver (J) | ||||
Party control | Jacksonian | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 128 | ||||
Speaker | Erastus Root (J) | ||||
Party control | Jacksonian | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1821, 32 senators were elected on general tickets in eight senatorial districts for four-year terms. They were divided into four classes, and every year eight Senate seats came up for election. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole Assembly being renewed annually.
State Senator Robert Bogardus resigned on May 4, 1829, leaving a vacancy in the First District.
At this time, there were three political parties: the "Jacksonians" (supporting President Andrew Jackson; led by U.S. Secretary of State Martin Van Buren), the "Anti-Jacksonians" (the former supporters of John Quincy Adams, opposing Jackson and the Albany Regency), and the "Anti-Masons". In New York City, a Workingmen's Party appeared, and polled a large number of votes, winning a seat in the Assembly. In 1830, the Anti-Jacksonians re-organized as the National Republican Party (supporting Henry Clay for the presidency).
The state election was held from November 2 to 4, 1829. Alpheus Sherman, Jonathan S. Conklin (both 1st D.), Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (2nd D.), William Dietz (3rd D.), Isaac Gere (4th D.), Alvin Bronson (5th D.), Levi Beardsley (6th D.), Albert H. Tracy (8th D.) and Assemblyman Thomas Armstrong (7th D.) were elected to the Senate. Tracy was an Anti-Mason; the other eight were Jacksonians.
The legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 5, 1830, and adjourned on April 20.
Erastus Root (J) was again elected Speaker, receiving 93 votes against 30 for Francis Granger (A-M); and William M. Oliver (J) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.
On January 8, Conklin and Sherman drew lots to decide which one of the two senators elected in the 1st District would serve the short term, and which one the full term. Conklin drew the short term, and Sherman the full term.[1]
On February 12, the legislature re-elected State Treasurer Abraham Keyser, Jr. (J).
On April 13, a caucus of Jacksonian legislators, chaired by President pro tem William M. Oliver, resolved to call a state convention, to meet on September 8 at Herkimer, to nominate candidates for governor and lieutenant governor.[2]
On April 16, a meeting of working men at the Old State Capitol in Albany nominated Speaker Erastus Root for governor. Root did neither accept nor decline the nomination for the time being, expecting either to be nominated by Jacksonians and decline, or to be slighted by the Jacksonians and accept. In June, a meeting of the Workingmen's Party at New York City endorsed the Albany nomination, but asked Root to state his position. Root declined, stating that he would support the Jacksonian nominee. The Workingmen then nominated Ezekiel Williams for governor, and Isaac S. Smith for lieutenant governor.
The Anti-Masonic state convention met in August at Utica, and nominated Assemblyman Francis Granger for governor, and Samuel Stevens, of New York City, for lieutenant governor.
The Jacksonian state convention met on September 8 at Herkimer and nominated Gov. Throop for re-election, and Edward P. Livingston for lieutenant governor.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Thomas Armstrong changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
District | Senators | Term left | Party | Notes |
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First | Jonathan S. Conklin | 1 year | Jacksonian | elected to fill vacancy, in place of Robert Bogardus |
John I. Schenck* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
Stephen Allen* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
Alpheus Sherman | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Second | Benjamin Woodward* | 1 year | Jacksonian | also Postmaster of Mount Hope |
Walker Todd* | 2 years | Jacksonian | also Postmaster of Carmel | |
Samuel Rexford* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Third | John McCarty* | 1 year | Jacksonian | |
Moses Warren* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
Lewis Eaton* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
William Dietz | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Fourth | Duncan McMartin Jr.* | 1 year | Nat. Rep. | |
Reuben Sanford* | 2 years | Nat. Rep. | also Postmaster of Wilmington | |
John McLean Jr.* | 3 years | Nat. Rep. | ||
Isaac Gere | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Fifth | Truman Enos* | 1 year | Jacksonian | |
Nathaniel S. Benton* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
William H. Maynard* | 3 years | Anti-Mason | ||
Alvin Bronson | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Sixth | Thomas G. Waterman* | 1 year | Jacksonian | |
Grattan H. Wheeler* | 2 years | Jacksonian[3] | in November 1830, elected to the 22nd U.S. Congress | |
John F. Hubbard* | 3 years | Jacksonian | ||
Levi Beardsley | 4 years | Jacksonian | ||
Seventh | William M. Oliver* | 1 year | Jacksonian | elected President pro tempore |
George B. Throop* | 2 years | Jacksonian | ||
Hiram F. Mather* | 3 years | Anti-Mason | ||
Thomas Armstrong* | 4 years | Jacksonian | also Supervisor of Butler, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Wayne Co. | |
Eighth | George H. Boughton* | 1 year | Anti-Mason | |
Timothy H. Porter* | 2 years | Anti-Mason | ||
Moses Hayden* | 3 years | Anti-Mason | died on February 13, 1830 | |
Albert H. Tracy | 4 years | Anti-Mason | ||
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous legislature who continued as members of this legislature.
The party affiliations follow the vote on state treasurer on February 12, and the participation in the Jacksonian caucus on April 13.[4]
District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes |
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Albany | Peter Gansevoort | Jacksonian | |
Samuel S. Lush | Nat. Rep. | ||
Erastus Williams | |||
Allegany | Daniel Ashley | Anti-Mason | |
Broome | Peter Robinson* | Jacksonian | |
Cattaraugus | Stephen Crosby | Anti-Mason | |
Cayuga | Ephraim Hammond* | Jacksonian | |
Solomon Love | Jacksonian | ||
William H. Noble* | Jacksonian | ||
Richard L. Smith | Jacksonian | ||
Chautauqua | Abner Hazeltine* | Anti-Mason | |
Squire White | Anti-Mason | ||
Chenango | John Latham | ||
Jarvis K. Pike | |||
Charles Squires | |||
Clinton | Heman Cady | Jacksonian | |
Columbia | Jonathan Lapham | Jacksonian | |
Aaron Vanderpoel | Jacksonian | ||
Oliver Wiswall | Jacksonian | ||
Cortland | Chauncey Keep | ||
Henry Stephens | |||
Delaware | Matthew Halcott | Jacksonian | |
Erastus Root | Jacksonian | elected Speaker; in November 1830, elected to the 22nd U.S. Congress | |
Dutchess | James Hughson | Jacksonian | |
George P. Oakley | Jacksonian | ||
Jacob Van Ness | Jacksonian | ||
Philo M. Winchell | Jacksonian | ||
Erie | Millard Fillmore* | Anti-Mason | |
Edmund Hull | Anti-Mason | ||
Essex | William Kirby | Jacksonian | |
Franklin | Luther Bradish* | Nat. Rep. | |
Genesee | Calvin P. Bailey* | ||
Timothy Fitch | Anti-Mason | ||
Stephen Griswold | Anti-Mason | ||
Greene | Jonathan Miller | Jacksonian | |
Herman I. Quackenboss | Jacksonian | ||
Hamilton and Montgomery |
Thomas R. Benedict | Jacksonian | |
Henry I. Diefendorf | Jacksonian | ||
Daniel Stewart | Jacksonian | ||
Herkimer | Frederick P. Bellinger | Jacksonian | |
Russel Hopkins | Jacksonian | ||
Abijah Mann, Jr.* | Jacksonian | from May 28, 1830, also Postmaster of Fairfield | |
Jefferson | Curtis G. Brooks | Jacksonian | |
Aaron Brown | Jacksonian | ||
Charles Orvis | Jacksonian | ||
Kings | Coe S. Downing | Jacksonian | |
Lewis | Joseph O. Mott* | Jacksonian | |
Livingston | Philo C. Fuller* | Anti-Mason | |
Titus Goodman Jr.* | Anti-Mason | ||
Madison | William K. Fuller* | Jacksonian | |
William Manchester | Jacksonian | ||
John M. Messinger | Jacksonian | ||
Monroe | Ezra Sheldon Jr. | Anti-Mason | |
Joseph Randall | Anti-Mason | ||
Thurlow Weed | Anti-Mason | ||
New York | Jacob S. Bogert* | Jacksonian | |
Abraham Cargill* | Jacksonian | ||
George Curtis[5] | Jacksonian | ||
Ebenezer Ford | Workingmen | ||
Charles L. Livingston | Jacksonian | ||
Dennis McCarthy | Jacksonian | ||
Gideon Ostrander | Jacksonian | ||
Silas M. Stilwell | Jacksonian | ||
Peter S. Titus* | Jacksonian | ||
Gideon Tucker | Jacksonian | ||
John Van Beuren* | Jacksonian | ||
Niagara | Samuel De Veaux | Anti-Mason | |
Oneida | Arnon Comstock | Jacksonian | |
Linus Parker | Jacksonian | ||
Elisha Pettibone | Jacksonian | ||
Eli Savage* | Jacksonian | ||
Ithai Thompson | Jacksonian | ||
Onondaga | Timothy Brown | Jacksonian | |
Thomas J. Gilbert | Jacksonian | ||
Johnson Hall* | Jacksonian | ||
Dorastus Lawrence | Jacksonian | ||
Ontario | John Dickson* | Anti-Mason | |
Francis Granger | Anti-Mason | ||
Robert C. Nicholas* | Anti-Mason | ||
Orange | Abraham Cuddeback | Jacksonian | |
Abraham M. Smith | Jacksonian | ||
Phineas Tuthill | Jacksonian | ||
Orleans | John H. Tyler | Anti-Mason | |
Oswego | Hiram Hubbell | Jacksonian | |
Otsego | William Baker | Jacksonian | |
Archibald Dixson | |||
Samuel M. Ingalls | Jacksonian | ||
Jesse Ross | Jacksonian | ||
Putnam | James Towner | Jacksonian | |
Queens | Thomas Tredwell | Nat. Rep. | contested by Henry Floyd-Jones (J) who took the seat on January 28[6] |
Rensselaer | Abiel Buckman | Jacksonian | |
George R. Davis | Jacksonian | from February 1, 1830, also a Bank Commissioner | |
Ziba Hewitt | Jacksonian | ||
Abraham C. Lansing | Jacksonian | ||
Richmond | John T. Harrison | Jacksonian | |
Rockland | George S. Allison* | Jacksonian | |
St. Lawrence | Jonah Sanford* | Jacksonian | |
Asa Sprague Jr. | Jacksonian | ||
Saratoga | Seth Perry | Jacksonian | |
William Shepherd | Jacksonian | ||
Samuel Stewart | |||
Schenectady | Alonzo C. Paige* | Jacksonian | also Reporter of the New York Court of Chancery |
Schoharie | Abraham L. Lawyer | Jacksonian | |
Charles Watson | Jacksonian | ||
Seneca | Samuel Blain | Anti-Mason | |
Septimus Evans | Anti-Mason | ||
Steuben | Andrew B. Dickinson | Jacksonian | |
Josiah Dunlap | Anti-Mason | ||
Suffolk | Samuel Strong | Jacksonian | |
Noah Youngs | Jacksonian | ||
Sullivan | Herman M. Hardenburgh | ||
Tioga | John G. McDowell | Jacksonian | |
Wright Dunham | Jacksonian | ||
Tompkins | Elijah Atwater | Jacksonian | |
Jonathan B. Gosman* | Jacksonian | ||
Ebenezer Mack | Jacksonian | ||
Ulster | Green Miller | Jacksonian | |
Matthew Oliver | Jacksonian | ||
Warren | Norman Fox | Jacksonian | |
Washington | David Abel Russell | Anti-Mason | |
David Sill | Anti-Mason | ||
Robert Wilcox | Anti-Mason | ||
Wayne | Luther Chapin | ||
Seth Eddy | |||
Westchester | Aaron Brown* | Jacksonian | |
Lawrence Davenport* | Jacksonian | ||
Abel Smith* | Jacksonian | ||
Yates | Morris F. Sheppard* | Anti-Mason | |
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