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The 72nd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to April 11, 1849, during the first year of Hamilton Fish'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, 1849 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 32 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. George W. Patterson (W) | ||||
Temporary President | Samuel J. Wilkin (W), from April 11 | ||||
Party control | Whig (24-6-2) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 128 | ||||
Speaker | Amos K. Hadley (W) | ||||
Party control | Whig (106-15-7) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1846, 32 Senators were elected in single-seat senatorial districts for a two-year term, the whole Senate being renewed biennially. The senatorial districts (except those in New York City) were made up of entire counties. 128 Assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts to a one-year term, the whole Assembly being renewed annually. The Assembly districts were made up of entire towns, or city wards, forming a contiguous area, all in the same county. The City and County of New York was divided into four senatorial districts, and 16 Assembly districts.
State Senator Allen Ayrault resigned on June 2, 1848, leaving a vacancy in the 29th District.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Whig Party. The Democratic Party was split into two factions: the "Barnburners" and the "Hunkers." The Barnburners walked out of the 1848 Democratic state convention and formed with a small faction of anti-slavery Whigs and a part of the Liberty Party the Free Soil Party. The uncompromising radical abolitionists ran their own tickets as the Liberty Party.
The New York state election, 1848 was held on November 7.
Whigs Hamilton Fish and George W. Patterson were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor; and the other two statewide elective offices were also carried by the Whigs.
State Comptroller Millard Fillmore was elected United States Vice President.
106 Whigs, 15 Free Soilers and 7 Hunkers were elected to the State Assembly. One Whig was elected to fill the vacancy in the State Senate.
The Legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 2, 1849; and adjourned on April 11.
Amos K. Hadley (W) was re-elected Speaker with 101 votes against 13 for Frederick P. Bellinger (Barnb.) and 6 for Charles C. Noble (Hunker).
On January 31, State Comptroller Millard Fillmore sent a letter to the Legislature, resigning the office, to take effect on February 20.
On February 6, the Legislature elected William H. Seward (W) to succeed John A. Dix (Barnb.) as U.S. Senator, for a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1849.
On February 17, the Legislature elected Washington Hunt (W) to succeed Millard Fillmore as State Comptroller on February 20.
On April 11, Samuel J. Wilkin was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | John G. Floyd* | Democrat/Barnburner | |
2nd | David A. Bokee* | Whig | on November 7, 1848, elected to the 31st U.S. Congress[1] |
3rd | William Hall* | Whig | |
4th | John L. Lawrence* | Whig | |
5th | Samuel Frost* | Whig | |
6th | William Samuel Johnson* | Whig | |
7th | Saxton Smith* | Democrat/Barnburner | |
8th | Alexander J. Coffin* | Whig | |
9th | Samuel J. Wilkin* | Whig | on April 11, 1849, elected president pro tempore |
10th | Platt Adams* | Democrat/Hunker | |
11th | Valentine Treadwell* | Whig | |
12th | Albert R. Fox* | Whig | |
13th | James M. Cook* | Whig | |
14th | James S. Whallon* | Democrat/Barnburner | |
15th | John Fine* | Democrat/Barnburner | |
16th | Thomas Burch* | Whig | |
17th | John M. Betts* | Democrat/Barnburner | |
18th | David H. Little* | Whig | |
19th | Thomas E. Clark* | Whig | |
20th | Thomas H. Bond* | Whig | |
21st | John W. Tamblin* | Democrat/Hunker | |
22nd | George Geddes* | Whig | |
23rd | Samuel H. P. Hall* | Whig | |
24th | William J. Cornwell* | Whig | |
25th | Timothy S. Williams* | Whig | died on March 11, 1849 |
26th | William M. Hawley* | Democrat/Barnburner | |
27th | Jerome Fuller* | Whig | |
28th | A. Hyde Cole* | Whig | |
29th | Charles Colt | Whig | elected to fill vacancy, in place of Allen Ayrault |
30th | John W. Brownson* | Whig | |
31st | John T. Bush* | Whig | |
32nd | Frederick S. Martin* | Whig | |
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature.
Party affiliations follow the vote on Speaker, U.S. Senator and USNY Regent.[2]
District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes | |
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Albany | 1st | Hiram Barber[3] | Democrat/Hunker | |
2nd | David Van Auken | Whig | ||
3rd | Robert H. Pruyn* | Whig | ||
4th | Joel A. Wing | Whig | ||
Allegany | 1st | Orville Boardman | Whig | |
2nd | Erastus H. Willard | Whig | ||
Broome | John O. Whittaker | Whig | ||
Cattaraugus | 1st | Seth R. Crittenden | Whig | |
2nd | Horace C. Young | Whig | ||
Cayuga | 1st | James D. Button | Free Soil | |
2nd | John I. Brinckerhoff* | Whig | ||
3rd | Hector C. Tuthill* | Whig | ||
Chautauqua | 1st | Silas Terry | Whig | |
2nd | Ezekiel B. Gurnsey | Whig | ||
Chemung | Alvan Nash | Free Soil | ||
Chenango | 1st | James Clark | Whig | |
2nd | Alonzo Johnson | Whig | ||
Clinton | Albert G. Carver | Whig | ||
Columbia | 1st | James M. Strever | Whig | |
2nd | Daniel S. Curtis | Whig | ||
Cortland | Ira Skeel | Whig | ||
Delaware | 1st | James E. Thompson | Free Soil | |
2nd | Luther Butts | Democrat/Hunker | ||
Dutchess | 1st | Edgar Vincent* | Whig | |
2nd | Wesley Butts | Whig | ||
3rd | James Hammond* | Whig | ||
Erie | 1st | Benoni Thompson | Whig | |
2nd | Augustus Raynor | Whig | ||
3rd | Marcus McNeal | Whig | ||
4th | Luther Buxton | Whig | ||
Essex | George W. Goff | Whig | ||
Franklin | George B. R. Gove | Whig | ||
Fulton and Hamilton | John Culbert | Whig | ||
Genesee | 1st | Tracy Pardee* | Whig | |
2nd | Martin C. Ward | Whig | ||
Greene | 1st | Alexander H. Bailey | Whig | |
2nd | Albert Tuttle | Whig | ||
Herkimer | 1st | Frederick P. Bellinger | Free Soil | |
2nd | Asa Wilcox | Free Soil | ||
Jefferson | 1st | George Gates | Whig | |
2nd | John L. Marsh | Free Soil | ||
3rd | Bernard Bagley | Whig | ||
Kings | 1st | Joseph Boughton | Whig | |
2nd | Edwards W. Fiske* | Whig | ||
3rd | John A. Cross* | Whig | ||
Lewis | Diodate Pease | Whig | ||
Livingston | 1st | Archibald H. McLean | Whig | |
2nd | Philip Woodruff | Whig | ||
Madison | 1st | David Maine | Whig | |
2nd | Robert G. Stewart | Whig | ||
Monroe | 1st | Levi Kelsey | Whig | |
2nd | L. Ward Smith | Whig | ||
3rd | Elisha Harmon | Whig | ||
Montgomery | 1st | Frothingham Fish | Whig | |
2nd | Lewis Averill | Whig | ||
New York | 1st | Ephraim H. Hudson | Whig | |
2nd | James Bowen* | Whig | ||
3rd | Henry J. Allen | Democrat/Hunker | ||
4th | George J. Cornell | Whig | ||
5th | Samuel T. McKinney | Whig | ||
6th | James W. Beekman | Whig | ||
7th | Abraham Van Orden | Whig | ||
8th | William Dodge | Whig | ||
9th | Charles Perley | Whig | ||
10th | Garret H. Striker | Whig | ||
11th | Robert B. Folger | Whig | ||
12th | Daniel B. Taylor | Democrat/Hunker | ||
13th | Joseph B. Varnum Jr. | Whig | ||
14th | Robert G. Campbell* | Whig | ||
15th | Merwin R. Brewer* | Whig | ||
16th | Albert Gilbert | Whig | ||
Niagara | 1st | Hollis White | Whig | |
2nd | Morgan Johnson* | Whig | ||
Oneida | 1st | Oliver Prescott | Whig | |
2nd | Nehemiah N. Pierce | Whig | ||
3rd | James M. Elwood | Free Soil | ||
4th | Chauncey Stevens | Free Soil | ||
Onondaga | 1st | Joseph J. Glass | Whig | |
2nd | Myron Wheaton | Free Soil | ||
3rd | Joseph Slocum | Whig | ||
4th | Samuel Hart | Whig | ||
Ontario | 1st | Dolphin Stephenson | Whig | |
2nd | Josiah Porter | Whig | ||
Orange | 1st | David C. Bull | Whig | |
2nd | David H. Moffatt Jr. | Whig | ||
3rd | Maurice Hoyt | Whig | ||
Orleans | Reuben Roblee | Whig | ||
Oswego | 1st | Henry Fitzhugh | Whig | |
2nd | Edward W. Fox | Free Soil | ||
Otsego | 1st | L. Mortimer Gilbert | Whig | |
2nd | David B. St. John | Democrat/Hunker | ||
3rd | Charles C. Noble | Democrat/Hunker | ||
Putnam | James J. Smalley | Democrat/Hunker | ||
Queens | Wessell S. Smith* | Whig | ||
Rensselaer | 1st | Amos K. Hadley* | Whig | re-elected Speaker |
2nd | Benajah Allen | Whig | ||
3rd | William H. Budd | Whig | ||
Richmond | Gabriel P. Disosway | Whig | ||
Rockland | Matthew D. Bogart | Free Soil | ||
St. Lawrence | 1st | Harlow Godard | Free Soil | |
2nd | Justus B. Picket | Free Soil | ||
3rd | Noble S. Elderkin | Free Soil | ||
Saratoga | 1st | Roscius R. Kennedy | Whig | |
2nd | William W. Rockwell | Whig | ||
Schenectady | Israel R. Green | Whig | ||
Schoharie | 1st | David B. Danforth | Whig | |
2nd | Austin Sexton | Whig | ||
Seneca | Jacob G. Markell | Whig | ||
Steuben | 1st | Abraham J. Quackenboss | Free Soil | |
2nd | John G. Mersereau* | Whig | ||
3rd | John K. Hale | Whig | ||
Suffolk | 1st | Edwin Rose* | Whig | |
2nd | Nathaniel Miller[4] | Whig | ||
Sullivan | James F. Bush* | Whig | ||
Tioga | Ezra S. Sweet | Whig | ||
Tompkins | 1st | Darius Hall | Whig | |
2nd | Charles J. Rounseville | Whig | ||
Ulster | 1st | Peter Crispell Jr. | Whig | |
2nd | James G. Graham | Whig | ||
Warren | Reuben Wells | Whig | ||
Washington | 1st | LeRoy Mowry | Whig | |
2nd | Alexander Robertson | Whig | ||
Wayne | 1st | Isaac Leavenworth | Whig | |
2nd | Peter Boyce | Whig | ||
Westchester | 1st | William H. Robertson | Whig | |
2nd | Harvey Kidd | Whig | ||
Wyoming | Paul Richards* | Whig | ||
Yates | John Wisewell | Whig | ||
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