137th New York State Legislature

137th New York State Legislature
137th New York State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York, United States
Term	January 1 – December 31, 1914
Senate
Members	51
President	vacant
Temporary President	Robert F. Wagner (D)
Party control	Democratic (33-18)
Assembly
Members	150
Speaker	Thaddeus C. Sweet (R)
Party control	Republican (81-48-21)
Sessions
1st
1st	January 7 – March 28, 1914
2nd	May 4 – 20, 1914

The 137th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7 to May 20, 1914, while Martin H. Glynn was Governor of New York, in Albany.

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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. The Progressive Party, the Socialist Party, the Independence League and the Prohibition Party also nominated tickets.

The New York state election, 1913, was held on November 4. The only two statewide elective offices up for election were two judgeships on the New York Court of Appeals. Democrat Willard Bartlett was elected Chief Judge, and Republican Frank H. Hiscock was elected an associate judge, which had been cross-endorsed by the Independence League. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Chief Judge, was: Democrats-Independence League 600,000; Republicans 597,000; Progressives 195,000; Socialists 62,000; and Prohibition 17,000.

Ex-Governor William Sulzer who had been impeached, and removed from office in September 1913, was elected on the Progressive ticket to the Assembly.

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1914; and adjourned on March 28.^[1]

Thaddeus C. Sweet (R) was elected Speaker with 81 votes against 48 for Al Smith (D) and 21 for Michael Schaap (P).^[2]

John F. Murtaugh (D) was elected Majority Leader of the New York State Senate while Robert F. Wagner (D) continued as president pro tempore of the State Senate and Acting Lieutenant Governor.

On February 25, the Legislature elected Homer D. Call (P) as New York State Treasurer, to fill the vacancy caused by the suicide of John J. Kennedy (D). Call was elected by a combination of Democrats and Progressives with 98 votes against 96 for Republican William Archer.^[3]

The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on May 4, 1914;^[4] and adjourned on May 20.^[5] This session was called because the Democratic Senate majority and the Republican Assembly majority were at odds over the State's budget, and did not approve the necessary financial appropriations during the regular session.

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 and 20th District: Parts of New York County, i.e. the Borough of Manhattan
21st and 22nd District: Parts of Bronx County, i.e. the Borough of 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.

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

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District	Senator	Party	Notes
1st	Thomas H. O'Keefe*	Democrat
2nd	Bernard M. Patten*	Democrat
3rd	Thomas H. Cullen*	Democrat	Chairman of Cities
4th	Henry P. Velte*	Democrat
5th	William J. Heffernan*	Democrat	Chairman of Public Printing
6th	William B. Carswell*	Democrat
7th	Daniel J. Carroll*	Democrat	Chairman of Commerce and Navigation
8th	James F. Duhamel*	Democrat	Chairman of Privileges and Elections
9th	Felix J. Sanner*	Democrat	Chairman of Conservation
10th	Herman H. Torborg*	Democrat
11th	Christopher D. Sullivan*	Democrat	Chairman of Miscellaneous Corporations
12th	John C. Fitzgerald*	Democrat
13th	James D. McClelland*	Democrat	Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment
14th	James A. Foley*	Democrat	Chairman of Railroads
15th	John J. Boylan*	Democrat
16th	Robert F. Wagner*	Democrat	President pro tempore
17th	Walter R. Herrick*	Democrat	Chairman of Military Affairs
18th	Henry W. Pollock*	Democrat	Chairman of Banks
19th	George W. Simpson*	Democrat
20th	James J. Frawley*	Democrat	Chairman of Finance
21st	John Davidson*	Democrat
22nd	Anthony J. Griffin*	Democrat	Chairman of Labor and Industry
23rd	George A. Blauvelt*	Democrat	Chairman of Public Education
24th	John F. Healy*	Democrat	Chairman of Penal Institutions
25th	John D. Stivers*	Republican
26th	James E. Towner*	Republican
27th	Abraham J. Palmer*	Progr./Rep.	elected as a Progressive with Republican endorsement, joined the Republicans after the election of Call as Treasurer
28th	Henry M. Sage*	Republican
29th	John W. McKnight*	Democrat	Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills
30th	George H. Whitney*	Republican
31st	Loren H. White*	Democrat	Chairman of Internal Affairs
32nd	Seth G. Heacock*	Republican
33rd	James A. Emerson*	Republican
34th	Herbert P. Coats*	Republican
35th	Elon R. Brown*	Republican	Minority Leader
36th	William D. Peckham*	Democrat
37th	Ralph W. Thomas*	Republican
38th	J. Henry Walters*	Republican
39th	Clayton L. Wheeler*	Democrat	Chairman of Affairs of Villages
40th	Charles J. Hewitt*	Republican
41st	John F. Murtaugh*	Democrat	Majority Leader; Chairman of Judiciary
42nd	Thomas B. Wilson*	Republican
43rd	John Seeley*	Democrat	Chairman of Public Health
44th	Thomas H. Bussey*	Republican
45th	George F. Argetsinger*	Republican
46th	William L. Ormrod*	Republican
47th	George F. Thompson*	Republican
48th	John F. Malone*	Democrat	Chairman of Canals
49th	Samuel J. Ramsperger*	Democrat	Chairman of Insurance
50th	Gottfried H. Wende*	Democrat	Chairman of Revision
51st	Frank N. Godfrey*	Republican

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Employees

Clerk: Patrick E. McCabe
Sergeant-at-Arms: Henry W. Doll
Stenographer: William F. MacReynolds

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

Assemblymen

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District		Assemblymen	Party	Notes
Albany	1st	Harold J. Hinman*	Republican	Majority Leader
	2nd	John G. Malone*	Republican	Chairman of Excise
	3rd	William C. Baxter*	Republican	Chairman of Social Welfare
Allegany		Elmer E. Ferry	Republican
Broome		Simon P. Quick	Republican
Cattaraugus		Clare Willard*	Democrat
Cayuga		Charles H. Springer	Republican
Chautauqua	1st	A. Morelle Cheney	Republican
Chautauqua	2nd	John Leo Sullivan*	Republican	Chairman of Internal Affairs
Chemung		Wilmot E. Knapp	R/Progr./IL/Proh.
Chenango		Samuel A. Jones	Republican
Clinton		Alexander W. Fairbank	Republican
Columbia		Alexander W. Hover*	Democrat
Cortland		Niles Freeland Webb*	Republican	Chairman of Revision
Delaware		Edwin A. Mackey	Republican
Dutchess	1st	Cornelius W. Garrison	Progr./Dem.
Dutchess	2nd	Mark G. DuBois	Republican
Erie	1st	William H. Warhus	Democrat
	2nd	Clinton T. Horton*	Rep./Progr.	Chairman of Insurance
	3rd	Albert F. Geyer*	Dem./Progr.
	4th	Patrick W. Quigley	Republican
	5th	Richard F. Hearn*	Democrat
	6th	Leo F. Tucholka	Democrat
	7th	William P. Greiner	Democrat
	8th	Wallace Thayer	Progr./Dem.
	9th	Frank B. Thorn	Republican	Chairman of Codes
Essex		Raymond T. Kenyon	Republican
Franklin		Alexander Macdonald*	Republican	Chairman of Ways and Means
Fulton and Hamilton		James H. Wood*	Republican
Genesee		Louis H. Wells	Republican
Greene		George H. Chase	Republican
Herkimer		Franklin W. Cristman	Republican
Jefferson	1st	H. Edmund Machold*	Republican	Chairman of Agriculture
Jefferson	2nd	John G. Jones*	Republican	Chairman of Conservation
Kings	1st	R. Hunter McQuistion	Rep./I.L.
	2nd	William J. Gillen*	Democrat
	3rd	Frank J. Taylor*	Democrat
	4th	George Langhorst	Rep./I.L.	Chairman of Public Printing
	5th	Charles C. Lockwood	Rep./I.L.
	6th	George H. Ittleman	Progr./Rep./I.L.
	7th	Daniel F. Farrell*	Democrat
	8th	John J. McKeon*	Democrat
	9th	William J. McRoberts	Progr./Rep./I.L.
	10th	Fred M. Ahern	Rep./I.L.	Chairman of Claims
	11th	George R. Brennan	Republican
	12th	William T. Simpson	Rep./I.L.
	13th	Herman Kramer	Democrat
	14th	John Peter LaFrenz	Progr./Rep./I.L.
	15th	James J. Phelan	Democrat
	16th	Samuel R. Green	Republican
	17th	Alvah W. Burlingame Jr.	Republican	Chairman of Military Affairs
	18th	Almeth W. Hoff	Rep./I.L.	Chairman of Cities
	19th	Henry Scheidemann	Progr./Rep.
	20th	August C. Flamman	Republican
	21st	Henry C. Karpen	Progr./Rep./I.L.
	22nd	Edward R. W. Karutz	Republican	Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills
	23rd	William F. Mathewson	Republican	Chairman of Penal Institutions
Lewis		Henry L. Grant	Republican
Livingston		Edward M. Magee*	Republican
Madison		Morell E. Tallett*	Republican	Chairman of Public Education
Monroe	1st	Horace B. Warner	Progressive
	2nd	Simon L. Adler*	Republican	Chairman of Banks
	3rd	George A. Ritz	Democrat
	4th	Cyrus W. Phillips*	Republican	Chairman of Judiciary
	5th	Charles H. Gallup*	Democrat
Montgomery		Walter A. Gage*	Republican	Chairman of Affairs of Villages
Nassau		LeRoy J. Weed	Progr./Dem./I.L.
New York	1st	Thomas B. Caughlan*	Democrat
	2nd	Al Smith*	Democrat	Minority Leader
	3rd	John B. Golden	Democrat
	4th	Henry S. Schimmel	Dem./I.L.
	5th	Jimmy Walker*	Democrat
	6th	William Sulzer	Ind. Progr.
	7th	Peter P. McElligott*	Democrat
	8th	Solomon Sufrin*	Progressive
	9th	Charles D. Donohue*	Democrat
	10th	Leon Bleecker	Progr./Rep.
	11th	John Kerrigan*	Democrat
	12th	Joseph D. Kelly*	Dem./I.L.
	13th	James C. Campbell*	Democrat
	14th	Robert Lee Tudor*	Democrat
	15th	Abram Ellenbogen	Rep./I.L.
	16th	Martin G. McCue*	Democrat
	17th	Mark Eisner*	Dem./Progr.
	18th	Mark Goldberg*	Democrat
	19th	Andrew F. Murray	Progr./I.L.
	20th	Patrick J. McGrath*	Democrat
	21st	Dean Nelson	Rep./I.L.	Chairman of Soldiers' Home
	22nd	Benjamin E. Moore	Progr./Rep./I.L.
	23rd	Sidney C. Crane	Rep./I.L.	Chairman of Public Institutions
	24th	Owen M. Kiernan*	Democrat
	25th	Francis R. Stoddard Jr.	Rep./I.L.	Chairman of Charitable and Religious Institutions
	26th	Abraham Greenberg*	Dem./I.L.	seat contested
	26th	Joseph Steinberg	Progressive	seated on March 27, 1914^[6]
	27th	Schuyler M. Meyer	Progr./Rep.
	28th	George E. Findlater	Progr./Rep./I.L.
	29th	Howard Conkling	Rep./I.L.	Chairman of Canals; and of Public Lands
	30th	Edward S. Boylston	Rep./Progr./I.L.
	31st	Michael Schaap*	Progr./I.L.	Progressive Leader
Bronx	32nd	Louis P. Grimler	Republican
	33rd	Thomas John Lane*	Democrat
	34th	Otto Henschel	Progr./I.L.	contested by Patrick Joseph McMahon (D)
	35th	Henry D. Patton	Progr./Rep./I.L.
Niagara	1st	William Bewley	Republican
Niagara	2nd	John W. Williams	Democrat
Oneida	1st	Fred Frank Emden*	Democrat
	2nd	Charles J. Fuess	Republican
	3rd	John Brayton Fuller*	Republican	Chairman of Commerce and Navigation
Onondaga	1st	Edward Arnts	Republican
	2nd	George M. Haight	Democrat
	3rd	Jacob R. Buecheler	Republican
Ontario		Heber E. Wheeler	Republican
Orange	1st	James B. Montgomery	Republican
Orange	2nd	Charles J. Boyd	Republican
Orleans		Coley P. Wright	Dem./Progr.
Oswego		Thaddeus C. Sweet*	Republican	elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules
Otsego		George L. Bockes	Republican
Putnam		Hamilton Fish III	Progressive
Queens	1st	Nicholas Nehrbauer Jr.	Democrat
	2nd	Peter J. McGarry	Dem./I.L.
	3rd	Conrad Garbe	Rep./I.L.
	4th	James Suydam Eadie	Rep./Progr.
Rensselaer	1st	Charles Fred Schwarz*	Democrat
Rensselaer	2nd	Tracey D. Taylor*	Democrat
Richmond		Calvin D. Van Name	Democrat
Rockland		Beveridge C. Dunlop	Progressive
St. Lawrence	1st	Frank L. Seaker*	Republican	Chairman of Railroads
St. Lawrence	2nd	John A. Smith*	Republican	Chairman of General Laws
Saratoga		Gilbert T. Seelye*	Republican	Chairman of Public Health
Schenectady		Arthur Porter Squire*	Democrat
Schoharie		Edward A. Dox*	Democrat
Schuyler		Henry S. Howard	Republican
Seneca		William J. Maier	Republican	Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
Steuben	1st	Charles A. Brewster*	Democrat
Steuben	2nd	James L. Seely Jr.*	Democrat
Suffolk	1st	DeWitt C. Talmage	Republican	Chairman of Labor and Industry
Suffolk	2nd	Henry A. Murphy	Republican	contested by James W. Eaton
Sullivan		George H. Smith	Democrat
Tioga		Wilson S. Moore	Republican
Tompkins		John W. Preswick	Republican
Ulster	1st	Henry R. DeWitt	Republican
Ulster	2nd	Abram P. Lefevre	Republican
Warren		Henry E. H. Brereton*	Republican	Chairman of Privileges and Elections
Washington		Charles O. Pratt	Republican
Wayne		Riley A. Wilson	Republican
Westchester	1st	George Blakely	Republican
	2nd	August L. Martin	Democrat
	3rd	Walter W. Law Jr.	Republican
	4th	Floy D. Hopkins	Republican
Wyoming		John Knight*	Republican
Yates		Edward C. Gillett*	Republican	Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment

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Employees

Clerk: Fred W. Hammond
Sergeant-at-Arms: Harry W. Haines
Principal Doorkeeper: Fred R. Smith
First Assistant Doorkeeper: James B. Hulse
Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Michael Kehoe
Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert
Postmaster: James H. Underwood^[7]

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TAMMANY CAPTURES POSTS FROM GLYNN in NYT on March 28, 1914
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REPUBLICANS RULE THE NEW ASSEMBLY in NYT on January 8, 1914
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CHOOSE HOMER CALL AS STATE TREASURER in NYT on February 26, 1914
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LEGISLATURE MEETS WITH STRIFE ABLAZE in NYT on May 5, 1914
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LEGISLATURE ENDS, AVERTS DIRECT TAX in NYT on May 21, 1914
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$1,500 for a Day in Assembly in The New York Times on March 28, 1914
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Murlin, Edgar L. (1914). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 649 – via Google Books.

MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE (for the next two sessions), in The Cornell Daily Sun (Volume XXXIII, Number 76) on December 21, 1912
VOTERS' GUIDE FOR THE NEW ASSEMBLY in The New York Times on October 26, 1913
GREATER NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND VOTE in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on November 5, 1913
REPUBLICANS' MARGIN IN NEXT ASSEMBLY 20 in the New York Tribune on November 6, 1913
CAUCUS CHOOSES SWEET FOR SPEAKER in The New York Times on January 7, 1914
COMMITTEE PLUMS GO TO BARNES MEN in The New York Times on January 20, 1914
POLICE BILL KILLED BY ASSEMBLY VOTE in The New York Times on March 25, 1914
FEW GOOD WORDS FOR ASSEMBLYMEN in The New York Times on August 13, 1914

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TAMMANY CAPTURES POSTS FROM GLYNN in NYT on March 28, 1914

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REPUBLICANS RULE THE NEW ASSEMBLY in NYT on January 8, 1914

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CHOOSE HOMER CALL AS STATE TREASURER in NYT on February 26, 1914

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LEGISLATURE MEETS WITH STRIFE ABLAZE in NYT on May 5, 1914

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LEGISLATURE ENDS, AVERTS DIRECT TAX in NYT on May 21, 1914

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$1,500 for a Day in Assembly in The New York Times on March 28, 1914

[7] [7]
Murlin, Edgar L. (1914). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 649 – via Google Books.

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