# 37th New York State Legislature

The 37th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 25 to April 15, 1814, during the seventh year of Daniel D. Tompkins's governorship, in Albany.

## Background

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1777, amended by the Constitutional Convention of 1801, 32 Senators were elected on general tickets in the four 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.
In 1797, Albany was declared the State capital, and all subsequent Legislatures have been meeting there ever since. In 1799, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the last Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor.
In 1812, Putnam County was split from Dutchess County, and in 1813 was apportioned 1 seat in the Assembly, taken from Dutchess. In 1813, Warren County was split from Washington County, but both remained together in one Assembly district.
On February 4, 1813, a caucus of 48 Democratic-Republican legislators nominated unanimously Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins for re-election. State Senator John Tayler was nominated for Lieutenant Governor with 32 votes against 16 for the incumbent DeWitt Clinton.
On February 11, 1813, a Federalist caucus, presided over by Egbert Benson, nominated Stephen Van Rensselaer for Governor, and Assemblyman George Huntington for Lieutenant Governor.
At this time the politicians were divided into two opposing political parties: the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.

## Elections

The State election was held from April 27 to 29, 1813. Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins was re-elected; and State Senator John Tayler was elected Lieutenant Governor; both were Democratic-Republicans.
Jonathan Dayton (Southern D.), Lucas Elmendorf, Samuel G. Verbryck (both Middle D.), James Cochran, Samuel Stewart (both Eastern D.), Henry Bloom, Perley Keyes and Farrand Stranahan (all three Western D.) were elected to the Senate. Cochran and Stewart were Federalists, the other six were Democratic-Republicans.

## Sessions

The Legislature met at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 25, 1814; and adjourned on April 15.
James Emott (Fed.) was elected Speaker with 58 votes against 48 for William Ross (Dem.-Rep.). John F. Bacon (Dem.-Rep.) was elected Clerk of the Senate.

## State Senate
### Districts

* The Southern District (5 seats) consisted of Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and Westchester counties.
* The Middle District (7 seats) consisted of Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, Columbia, Delaware, Rockland, Greene, Sullivan and Putnam counties.
* The Eastern District (8 seats) consisted of Washington, Clinton, Rensselaer, Albany, Saratoga, Essex, Montgomery, Franklin, Schenectady and Warren counties.
* The Western District (12 seats) consisted of Herkimer, Ontario, Otsego, Tioga, Onondaga, Schoharie, Steuben, Chenango, Oneida, Cayuga, Genesee, Seneca, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Allegany, Broome, Madison, Niagara, Cortland, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties.

### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
| District | Senators | Term left | Party | Notes |
| Southern | Ebenezer White* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Southern | Nathan Sanford* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | also United States Attorney for the District of New York |
| Southern | Elbert H. Jones* | 3 years | Federalist | elected to the Council of Appointment |
| Southern | Peter W. Radcliff* | 3 years | Federalist | |
| Southern | Jonathan Dayton | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Morgan Lewis* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | elected to the Council of Appointment |
| Middle | James W. Wilkin* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Erastus Root* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | William Taber* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Martin Van Buren* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Lucas Elmendorf | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Samuel G. Verbryck | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | Henry Yates Jr.* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | Elisha Arnold* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | Kitchel Bishop* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | Ruggles Hubbard* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | vacant | 2 years | | John Tayler was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York |
| Eastern | Gerrit Wendell* | 3 years | Federalist | |
| Eastern | James Cochran | 4 years | Federalist | |
| Eastern | Samuel Stewart | 4 years | Federalist | elected to the Council of Appointment |
| Western | Reuben Humphrey* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Nathan Smith* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Philetus Swift* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Henry A. Townsend* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | elected to the Council of Appointment |
| Western | Casper M. Rouse* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Russell Attwater* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Francis A. Bloodgood* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Archibald S. Clarke* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Henry Hager* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Henry Bloom | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Perley Keyes | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Farrand Stranahan | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | |

### Employees

* Clerk: John F. Bacon

## State Assembly
### Districts

* Albany County (4 seats)
* Allegany and Steuben counties (1 seat)
* Broome County (1 seat)
* Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Niagara counties (1 seat)
* Cayuga County (3 seats)
* Chenango County (3 seats)
* Clinton and Franklin counties (1 seat)
* Columbia County (4 seats)
* Cortland County (1 seat)
* Delaware County (2 seats)
* Dutchess County (5 seats)
* Essex County (1 seat)
* Genesee County (1 seat)
* Greene County (2 seats)
* Herkimer County (3 seats)
* Jefferson County (2 seats)
* Kings County (1 seat)
* Lewis County (1 seat)
* Madison County (3 seats)
* Montgomery County (5 seats)
* The City and County of New York (11 seats)
* Oneida County (5 seats)
* Onondaga County (2 seats)
* Ontario County (5 seats)
* Orange County (4 seats)
* Otsego County (4 seats)
* Putnam County (1 seat)
* Queens County (3 seats)
* Rensselaer County (4 seats)
* Richmond County (1 seat)
* Rockland County (1 seat)
* St. Lawrence County (1 seat)
* Saratoga County (4 seats)
* Schenectady County (2 seats)
* Schoharie County (2 seats)
* Seneca County (1 seat)
* Suffolk County (3 seats)
* Sullivan and Ulster counties (4 seats)
* Tioga County (1 seat)
* Warren and Washington counties (5 seats)
* Westchester County (3 seats)

### Assemblymen

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature.
| District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes |
| Albany | Harmanus Bleecker | Federalist | |
| Albany | Johann Jost Dietz | Federalist | |
| Albany | Moses Smith | Federalist | |
| Albany | John L. Winne | | |
| Allegany and Steuben | Daniel Cruger | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Broome | John H. Avery | | |
| Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Niagara | Jonas Williams* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Cayuga | William C. Bennet* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Cayuga | Silas Bowker | | |
| Cayuga | William Satterlee* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Chenango | James Houghteling | | |
| Chenango | John Noyes | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Chenango | Hascall Ransford | | |
| Clinton and Franklin | Allen R. Moore* | Federalist | |
| Columbia | Henry Rockefeller | | |
| Columbia | John L. Van Alen Jr. | | |
| Columbia | Jacob R. Van Rensselaer* | Federalist | also Secretary of State of New York |
| Columbia | Elisha Williams* | Federalist | |
| Cortland | William Mallery | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Delaware | John T. More | | |
| Delaware | Isaac Ogden | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Dutchess | William Alexander Duer | Federalist | |
| Dutchess | James Emott | Federalist | elected Speaker |
| Dutchess | Samuel Mott | Federalist | |
| Dutchess | Joseph Potter | Federalist | |
| Dutchess | Jesse Thompson | Federalist | |
| Essex | Levi Thompson | Federalist | |
| Genesee | James Ganson* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Greene | William Fraser | | |
| Greene | Abraham Van Dyck | | |
| Herkimer | Christopher P. Bellinger | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Herkimer | Jonas Cleland | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Herkimer | Aaron Hackley, Jr. | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Jefferson | Clark Allen* | Federalist | |
| Jefferson | Ethel Bronson | Federalist | |
| Kings | Jeremiah Lott | Federalist | |
| Lewis | Chillus Doty | | |
| Madison | Stephen F. Blackstone | | |
| Madison | Elisha Carrington | | |
| Madison | Abraham D. Van Horne | | |
| Montgomery | Samuel A. Gilbert | | |
| Montgomery | James Knox | | |
| Montgomery | Gabriel Manny | | |
| Montgomery | Sylvanus Wilcox | | |
| Montgomery | Andrew Zabriskie | | |
| New York | John B. Coles | Federalist | |
| New York | Isaac S. Douglass* | Federalist | |
| New York | Gabriel Furman | Federalist | |
| New York | Richard Hatfield Jr.* | | |
| New York | Samuel Jones Jr.* | Federalist | |
| New York | Charles King | Federalist | |
| New York | Elisha W. King | | |
| New York | David B. Ogden | Federalist | |
| New York | James Palmer | | |
| New York | Abraham Russell* | Federalist | |
| New York | James Smith* | Federalist | |
| Oneida | Isaac Brayton | Federalist | |
| Oneida | Laurens Hull | | |
| Oneida | James Lynch | Federalist | |
| Oneida | Henry McNeil | Federalist | |
| Oneida | Theodore Sill | Federalist | |
| Onondaga | Barnet Mooney | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Onondaga | Moses Nash | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Ontario | Hugh McNair | | |
| Ontario | Stephen Phelps | | |
| Ontario | David Sutherland* | | |
| Ontario | Joshua Vanfleet | | |
| Ontario | Asahel Warner* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Orange | William Ross* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Orange | Joshua Sayre | | |
| Orange | Benjamin Strong | | |
| Orange | Benjamin Webb | | |
| Otsego | Erastus Crafts* | | |
| Otsego | Abel DeForest* | | |
| Otsego | Samuel Griffin* | | |
| Otsego | James Hyde* | Federalist | |
| Putnam | Joshua Barnum Jr. | | |
| Queens | Stephen Carman* | Federalist | |
| Queens | John Fleet* | Federalist | |
| Queens | Daniel Kissam | Federalist | |
| Rensselaer | William Bradley | Federalist | |
| Rensselaer | Burton Hammond | Federalist | |
| Rensselaer | Bethel Mather | Federalist | |
| Rensselaer | Barent Van Vleck | Federalist | |
| Richmond | James Guyon, Jr.* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Rockland | Peter S. Van Orden* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| St. Lawrence | Louis Hasbrouck | | also Clerk of St. Lawrence Co. |
| Saratoga | Nicholas W. Angle | | |
| Saratoga | John Dunning | | |
| Saratoga | Avery Starkweather | | |
| Saratoga | Samuel Young | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Schenectady | Abraham Van Ingen | Federalist | |
| Schenectady | Lawrence Vrooman | Federalist | |
| Schoharie | William C. Bouck | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Schoharie | William Dietz | | |
| Seneca | James McCall* | | |
| Suffolk | Jonathan S. Conklin | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Suffolk | Thomas S. Lester | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Suffolk | Nathaniel Potter | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Sullivan and Ulster | Coenrad Bevier | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Sullivan and Ulster | Daniel Clark | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Sullivan and Ulster | John Kiersted | | |
| Sullivan and Ulster | Green Miller | | |
| Tioga | Caleb Baker | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Warren and Washington | Paul Dennis | | |
| Warren and Washington | Samuel Gordon | | |
| Warren and Washington | John Richards | Dem.-Rep. | contested; seat vacated |
| Warren and Washington | John Savage | Dem.-Rep. | also District Attorney of the 4th District |
| Warren and Washington | Charles Starbuck | | |
| Warren and Washington | John White | | seated on February 17, 1814, in place of John Richards |
| Westchester | William Barker* | Federalist | |
| Westchester | Abraham Miller* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Westchester | Richard Valentine Morris | Federalist | |

### Employees

* Clerk: James Van Ingen
* Sergeant-at-Arms: David Olmstead
* Doorkeeper: Benjamin Whipple