{{Short description|New York state legislative session}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox New York Legislature |number = 117th |image = NewYorkStateCapitol1893.jpg |imagename = |imagedate = 1893 |start = January 1 |end = December 31, 1894 |vp = Lt. Gov. William F. Sheehan (D) |pro tem = Charles T. Saxton (R) |speaker = George R. Malby (R) |senators = 32 |reps = 128 |s-majority = Republican (19-13) |h-majority = Republican (75-53) |sessionnumber1 = 1st |sessionstart1 = January 2 |sessionend1 = April 27, 1894 |previous = 116th |next = 118th }}
The '''117th New York State Legislature''', consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to April 27, 1894, during the third year of Roswell P. Flower'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. On April 26, 1892, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate Districts and the number of assemblymen per county.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/04/27/104125901.pdf ''WALKER'S FIRMNESS WINS''] in NYT on April 27, 1892</ref> The senatorial districts were made up of entire counties, except New York County (nine districts), Kings County (five districts) and Erie County (two districts). The Assembly districts were made up of entire towns, or city wards,<ref>Except New York City where the 19th and the 22nd Ward were divided into several districts.</ref> forming a contiguous area, all within the same county.
On January 27, 1893, the Legislature passed "An Act to amend chapter 398, of the Laws of 1892, entitled 'An Act to provide for a convention to revise and amend the Constitution'", calling a Constitutional Convention to meet in 1894.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/journalofconstit00newyrich#page/n8/mode/1up ''Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York 1894''] (Albany, 1895; pg. 1)</ref>
At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Prohibition Party, the Socialist Labor Party and a "People's Party" also nominated tickets.
==Elections== The 1893 New York state election was held on November 7. All six statewide elective offices up for election were carried by the Republicans. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Secretary of State, was: Republican 545,000; Democratic 521,000; Prohibition 34,000; Socialist Labor 20,000; and People's Party 17,000.
Also elected were 175 delegates to the Constitutional Convention; five delegates in each senatorial district, and 15 delegates-at-large elected statewide.
This was the only election of State Senators under the apportionment of 1892.
==Sessions== The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 2, 1894; and adjourned on April 27.
George R. Malby (R) was elected Speaker.
Charles T. Saxton (R) was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate.
The Constitutional Convention met at the State Capitol in Albany on May 8; and adjourned on September 29. Joseph H. Choate (R) was elected president; and Thomas G. Alvord (R) First Vice President.
The new Constitution increased the number of state senators from 32 to 50, and the number of assemblymen from 128 to 150; and re-apportioned the Senate districts, and the number of assemblymen per county. Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St. Lawrence and Suffolk counties gained one seat each; Erie County gained two; Kings County three; and New York County five. The new Constitution also shortened the governor's and lieutenant governor's term to two years; and moved the election of state officers and state senators from odd-numbered to even-numbered years.
The new Constitution was submitted to the voters at the New York state election, 1894, and was adopted.
==State Senate== ===Districts=== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1st District: Queens and Suffolk counties * 2nd District: 7th, 9th, 10th, 12th and 22nd Ward of Brooklyn * 3rd District: 13th, 19th, 21st, 23rd and 25th Ward of Brooklyn * 4th District: 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 27th Ward of Brooklyn * 5th District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th and 20th Ward of Brooklyn * 6th District: 8th, 24th, 26th and 28th Ward of the City of Brooklyn; all towns in Kings County; and Richmond County * 7th District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 9th and 16th Ward of NYC * 8th District: 4th, 6th, 7th, 11th and 13th Ward of NYC * 9th District: 10th, 14th, 15th and 17th Ward of New York City * 10th District: 18th, 20th and 21st Ward of NYC * 11th District: Southern parts of the 19th and 22nd Ward of NYC * 12th District: Middle parts of the 19th and 22nd Ward of NYC * 13th District: Northern parts of the 19th and 22nd; and 23rd Ward of NYC * 14th District: Northeastern part of the 19th Ward of NYC * 15th District: 24th Ward of NYC; and Putnam and Westchester counties * 16th District: Dutchess, Orange and Rockland counties * 17th District: Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties * 18th District: Columbia and Rensselaer counties * 19th District: Albany County * 20th District: Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga and Schenectady counties * 21st District: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Warren and Washington counties * 22nd District: Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties * 23rd District: Lewis, Oneida County and Otsego counties * 24th District: Madison and Onondaga counties * 25th District: Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and Tioga counties * 26th District: Cayuga, Ontario, Tompkins, Wayne and Yates counties * 27th District: Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca and Steuben counties * 28th District: Monroe County * 29th District: Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties * 30th District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th and 20th Ward of the City of Buffalo * 31st District: 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th Ward of Buffalo; and the remaining area of Erie County * 32nd District: Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties}}
<small>'''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.</small>
===Members=== The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Timothy D. Sullivan, Frank A. O'Donnel, Joseph C. Wolff, Thomas C. O'Sullivan and Jacob Rice changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
{| class=wikitable ! District ! Senator ! Party ! Notes |- |1st |John Lewis Childs |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |2nd |Michael J. Coffey |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by William H. Quinn (R) |- |3rd |William H. Reynolds |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |4th |George A. Owens |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |5th |Daniel Bradley |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ind. Dem. | |- |rowspan="2" | 6th |John McCarty* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |re-elected; contested; seat vacated |- |Henry Wolfert<ref>Henry Wolfert (1826–1898), see [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/12/18/105966930.pdf ''DEATH LIST OF A DAY; Henry Wolfert''] in NYT on December 18, 1898</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |seated in February |- |7th |Martin T. McMahon* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |re-elected |- |8th |John F. Ahearn* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |re-elected |- |9th |Timothy D. Sullivan* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |10th |Frank A. O'Donnel* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |11th |Joseph C. Wolff* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |12th |Thomas C. O'Sullivan* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |13th |Charles L. Guy |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |14th |Jacob A. Cantor* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |re-elected; Minority Leader |- |15th |George W. Robertson |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |16th |Clarence Lexow |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |17th |Jacob Rice* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |18th |Michael F. Collins |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Sheppard Tappan (R) |- |19th |Amasa J. Parker Jr.* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |re-elected |- |20th |Harvey J. Donaldson* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected |- |21st |Frederick D. Kilburn |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |22nd |Joseph Mullin* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected |- |23rd |Henry J. Coggeshall* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected |- |24th |Charles W. Stapleton |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |25th |Edmund O'Connor* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected |- |26th |Charles T. Saxton* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected; elected president pro tempore; <br>on November 6, 1894, elected Lieutenant Governor of New York |- |27th |Baxter T. Smelzer |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |28th |Cornelius R. Parsons* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |re-elected |- |29th |Cuthbert W. Pound |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |30th |Charles Lamy |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |31st |Henry H. Persons |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |32nd |Frank W. Higgins |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |}
===Employees=== * Clerk: John S. Kenyon * Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles V. Schram * Doorkeeper: Edward Dowling * Stenographer: Lucius A. Waldo
==State Assembly== ===Assemblymen=== The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature.
'''Note:''' For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
{| class=wikitable ! colspan="2" | District ! Assemblymen ! Party ! Notes |- |rowspan="4" | Albany |1st |William Lasch |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Frank Bloomingdale (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=655;num=647 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 647f)</ref> |- |2nd |William A. Carroll |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |3rd |James Brennan |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |4th |Curtis N. Douglas |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Amos J. Ablett (R)<ref>The Committee on Elections reported in favor of Ablett, but no action was taken by the Assembly; see {{cite book|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=744;num=736 |title=A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York|date =1899|pages = 736–760|author = New York (State)}}</ref> |- |colspan="2" | Allegany |Fred A. Robbins |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Broome |Joseph H. Brownell |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Cattaraugus |Charles W. Terry |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Indian Affairs |- |colspan="2" | Cayuga |Benjamin M. Wilcox |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Chautauqua |S. Frederick Nixon |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Institutions |- |colspan="2" | Chemung |Robert P. Bush |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |colspan="2" | Chenango |David Sherwood |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Clinton |Everett C. Baker |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Prisons |- |colspan="2" | Columbia |Jacob H. Hoysradt |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |colspan="2" | Cortland |Benjamin F. Lee |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Delaware |Wesley Gould |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Military Affairs |- |rowspan="2" | Dutchess |1st |Edward H. Thompson* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Banks |- |2nd |Augustus B. Gray |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Federal Relations |- |rowspan="6" | Erie |1st |Cornelius Coughlin |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Jules O'Brien (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=732;num=724 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 724–731)</ref> |- |2nd |Simon Seibert |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |3rd |Charles Braun |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |- |4th |Joseph L. Whittet |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |5th |Philip Gerst |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Canals |- |6th |Charles F. Schoepflin |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Printing |- |colspan="2" | Essex |George A. Stevens* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Lands and Forestry |- |colspan="2" | Franklin |Allen S. Matthews* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |- |colspan="2" | Fulton and Hamilton |Philip Keck* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of General Laws |- |colspan="2" | Genesee |Thomas B. Tuttle |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Greene |Ira B. Kerr |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |colspan="2" | Herkimer |William C. Prescott* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Codes |- |colspan="2" | Jefferson |Harrison Fuller* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Trades and Manufactures |- |rowspan="20" | Kings |1st |William J. Plant* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by William Dwyer (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=693;num=685 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 685–689)</ref> |- |2nd |John A. Hennessey* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |3rd |John F. Houghton |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |4th |Joseph J. Cahill* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |5th |John H. Burtis |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies |- |6th |Michael E. Finnigan* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |rowspan="2" | 7th |William Hughes |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |contested; seat vacated on April 4<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=712;num=704 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 704–718)</ref> |- |Stillman F. Kneeland |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |seated on April 4 |- |8th |John J. Cain |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |9th |William E. Melody* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by George R. Pasfield (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=741;num=733 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 733f)</ref> |- |10th |Frank F. Schulz |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Unfinished Business |- |11th |Harry Schulz |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |12th |Joseph F. Loonan |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Thomas W. Campbell (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=656;num=648 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 648f)</ref> |- |13th |Francis E. Clark |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |14th |James Taylor |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Health |- |15th |Albert A. Wray |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |rowspan="2" | 16th |James Graham* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |contested; seat vacated on February 21<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=697;num=689 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 689–704)</ref> |- |William H. Friday<ref>William H. Friday (died 1915), see [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/11/05/104656390.pdf ''WILLIAM H. FRIDAY DIES''] in NYT on November 5, 1915</ref> |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |seated on February 21 |- |17th |James Scanlon |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |18th |Julius L. Wieman |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Lewis |Melville W. Van Amber |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Fisheries and Game |- |colspan="2" | Livingston |Otto Kelsey |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Madison |Lambert B. Kern |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |rowspan="3" | Monroe |1st |Samuel H. Stone* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Claims |- |2nd |James M. E. O'Grady* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Public Education |- |3rd |William H. Denniston* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Excise |- |colspan="2" | Montgomery |E. Watson Gardiner |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |rowspan="30" | New York |1st |John H. G. Vehslage |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |2nd |Michael J. Callahan |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |3rd |Jacob A. Mittnacht* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |4th |Patrick H. Roche* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |5th |Samuel J. Foley* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Albert W. Baillie (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=653;num=645 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 645ff)</ref> |- |6th |Moses Dinkelspiel* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |7th |John C. Stein |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |8th |Thomas J. O'Donnell |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Charles La Maida (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=727;num=719 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 719–724)</ref> |- |9th |John F. McDermott |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |10th |William Sulzer* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |Minority Leader; <br>on November 6, 1894, elected to the 54th U.S. Congress |- |11th |James R. Sheffield |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |12th |Edward B. La Fetra |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |13th |James H. Southworth* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |14th |John P. Corrigan |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |15th |Adolph Schillinger |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Seth Wilks (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=742;num=734 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 734ff)</ref> |- |16th |Victor J. Dowling |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |17th |Patrick F. Trainor |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Robert Miller (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=732;num=724 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 724ff)</ref> |- |18th |Daniel J. Gleason |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |19th |Patrick J. Kerrigan |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Edward R. Duffy (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=688;num=680 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 680–685)</ref> |- |20th |William H. McKeon* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |21st |Moses Herrman |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |22nd |Michael F. Tobin |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |unsuccessfully contested by Henry B. Page (R)<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=739;num=731 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 731f)</ref> |- |23rd |Judson Lawson |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |24th |Robert V. Stadtfeld |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |25th |John Keleher* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |26th |Louis Davidson* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |27th |Thomas H. Robertson |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |28th |James F. Reilly* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |29th |Arthur C. Butts* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |30th |Charles C. Marrin* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |colspan="2" | Niagara |John H. Clark |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |rowspan="2" | Oneida |1st |Henry P. Hoefler |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |2nd |Joseph Porter |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Soldiers' Home |- |rowspan="3" | Onondaga |1st |J. Emmett Wells |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |2nd |Jonathan Wyckoff* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Agriculture |- |3rd |William H. Hotaling* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Labor and Industries |- |colspan="2" | Ontario |William L. Parkhurst* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Railroads |- |rowspan="2" | Orange |1st |Howard Thornton* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Judiciary |- |2nd |Joseph Dean |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Orleans |Samuel W. Smith |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Oswego |Danforth E. Ainsworth* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Majority Leader; Chairman of Ways and Means |- |colspan="2" | Otsego |John J. Rider |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Putnam |Hamilton Fish II* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Affairs of Cities |- |rowspan="3" | Queens |1st |James Robinson* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |2nd |James S. Fairbrother |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |3rd |Eugene F. Vacheron |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |rowspan="3" | Rensselaer |1st |William M. Keenan* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |2nd |John M. Chambers* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Affairs of Villages |- |3rd |John J. Cassin* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Richmond |Michael McGuire |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat |contested; seat vacated on April 4 |- |Michael Conklin |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |seated on April 4<ref>see [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.35112102507417;page=root;seq=657;num=649 ''A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York''] (1899; pg. 649–680)</ref> |- |colspan="2" | Rockland |Otis H. Cutler |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | St. Lawrence |George R. Malby* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules |- |colspan="2" | Saratoga |James Frank Terry* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Revision |- |colspan="2" | Schenectady |John C. Myers |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |colspan="2" | Schoharie |Charles Chapman |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |colspan="2" | Schuyler |George A. Snyder |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Seneca |Harry M. Glen |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |rowspan="2" | Steuben |1st |Willoughby W. Babcock |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |2nd |Merritt F. Smith |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Suffolk |Richard Higbie* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |- |colspan="2" | Sullivan |Uriah S. Messiter* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Internal Affairs |- |colspan="2" | Tioga |Epenetus Howe |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Tompkins |Edwin C. Stewart |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |rowspan="2" | Ulster |1st |Henry McNamee |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |2nd |James Lounsbery* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water Supply |- |colspan="2" | Warren |Taylor J. Eldredge |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Washington |William R. Hobbie* |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Insurance |- |colspan="2" | Wayne |George S. Horton |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman of Privileges and Elections |- |rowspan="3" | Westchester |1st |John C. Harrigan |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |2nd |John Berry |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |3rd |Edgar L. Ryder* |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat | |- |colspan="2" | Wyoming |Reuben J. Tilton |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |colspan="2" | Yates |A. Flagg Robson |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | |- |}
===Employees=== * Clerk: George W. Dunn * Assistant Clerk: Haines D. Cunningham *Financial Clerk: William C. Stevens * Sergeant-at-Arms: James H. Manville * Doorkeeper: Joseph Bauer * Stenographer: Henry F. Gilson
==Notes== <references/>
==Sources== *[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924072650975#page/n5/mode/2up ''New York State Legislative Souvenir for 1894 with Portraits of the Members of Both Houses''] by Henry P. Phelps *[https://archive.org/stream/newyorkredbook00unkngoog#page/n470/mode/1up ''The New York Red Book''] compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; see pg. 385 for senate districts; pg. 404 for senators; pg. 410–417 for Assembly districts; and pg. 510f for assemblymen) *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/11/09/109732710.pdf ''LEGISLATURE REPUBLICAN''] in NYT on November 9, 1893 *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/01/03/106092099.pdf ''THE LEGISLATURE AT WORK''] in NYT on January 3, 1894 *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/02/07/106866570.pdf ''FINAL PROTEST BY SHEEHAN''] in NYT on February 7, 1894 *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/02/22/106095007.pdf ''THE WORK OF M'KANE UNDONE''] in NYT on February 22, 1894 *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/04/04/109717992.pdf ''McGUIRE AND HUGHES MUST GO''] in NYT on April 4, 1894 *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/04/28/106829633.pdf ''LEGISLATURE'S WORK IS DONE'' and ''RECORD OF THE LEGISLATURE''] in NYT on April 28, 1894
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