# 132nd New York State Legislature

The 132nd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to April 30, 1909, during the third year of Charles Evans Hughes's governorship, in Albany.

## Background

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.
On April 27, 1906, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate districts, increasing the number to 51. The apportionment was then contested in the courts.
The Legislature also re-apportioned the number of assemblymen per county. Nassau County was separated from the remainder of Queens County; Albany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego and Rensselaer counties lost one seat each; Erie, Monroe and Westchester gained one each; and Kings and Queens counties gained two each.
On April 3, 1907, the new Senate and Assembly apportionment was declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals.
On July 26, 1907, the Legislature again re-apportioned the Senate districts, and re-enacted the 1906 Assembly apportionment.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Independence League, the Socialist Party, the Prohibition Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets.

## Elections

The 1908 New York state election, was held on November 3. Gov. Charles Evans Hughes was re-elected; and State Senator Horace White was elected Lieutenant Governor; both Republicans. The other six statewide elective offices up for election were also carried by the Republicans. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Republican 805,000; Democratic 735,000; Independence League 43,000; Socialists 34,000; Prohibition 19,000; and Socialist Labor 4,000.

## Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1909; and adjourned on April 30.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) was re-elected Speaker.
John Raines (R) was re-elected President pro tempore of the State Senate.
On January 19, the Legislature elected U.S. Secretary of State Elihu Root (R) to succeed Thomas C. Platt (R) as U.S. Senator from New York for a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1909.

## State Senate
### Districts

* 1st District: Nassau and Suffolk counties
* 2nd District: Queens County
* 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, 20th, 21st and 22nd District: Parts of New York County, i.e. the boroughs of Manhattan and 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. Orlando Hubbs, Robert F. Wagner, George M. S. Schulz, J. Mayhew Wainwright, George L. Meade and Charles Mann Hamilton changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
| 1st | Orlando Hubbs* | Republican | Chairman of Affairs of Villages |
| 2nd | Dennis J. Harte* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 3rd | Thomas H. Cullen* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 4th | Reuben L. Gledhill | Republican | |
| 5th | Barth S. Cronin | Democrat | |
| 6th | Eugene M. Travis* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Banks |
| 7th | Patrick H. McCarren* | Democrat | re-elected; died on October 23, 1909 |
| 8th | Alvah W. Burlingame Jr. | Republican | |
| 9th | John Kissel | Republican | |
| 10th | Charles Alt | Republican | |
| 11th | Christopher D. Sullivan* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 12th | Timothy D. Sullivan | Democrat | |
| 13th | William J. A. Caffrey | Democrat | |
| 14th | Thomas F. Grady* | Democrat | re-elected; re-elected Minority Leader |
| 15th | Thomas J. McManus* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 16th | Robert F. Wagner* | Democrat | |
| 17th | George B. Agnew* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Printed and Engrossed Bills |
| 18th | Alexander Brough | Republican | |
| 19th | Josiah T. Newcomb | Republican | Chairman of Indian Affairs |
| 20th | James J. Frawley* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 21st | Stephen J. Stilwell | Democrat | |
| 22nd | George M. S. Schulz* | Democrat | |
| 23rd | Howard R. Bayne | Democrat | |
| 24th | J. Mayhew Wainwright* | Republican | Chairman of Miscellaneous Corporations |
| 25th | John B. Rose | Republican | Chairman of Military Affairs |
| 26th | John F. Schlosser | Republican | Chairman of Privileges and Elections |
| 27th | John N. Cordts* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
| 28th | William J. Grattan* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Insurance |
| 29th | Victor M. Allen | Republican | Chairman of Canals |
| 30th | Edgar T. Brackett | Republican | |
| 31st | William A. Gardner | Democrat | |
| 32nd | Seth G. Heacock* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties |
| 33rd | James A. Emerson* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Penal Institutions |
| 34th | William T. O'Neil* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Revision; died on May 5, 1909 |
| 35th | George H. Cobb* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Railroads |
| 36th | Frederick M. Davenport | Republican | |
| 37th | Jotham P. Allds* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Finance |
| 38th | Hendrick S. Holden | Republican | |
| 39th | Harvey D. Hinman* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Affairs of Cities |
| 40th | Charles J. Hewitt | Republican | Chairman of Public Printing |
| 41st | Benn Conger | Republican | Chairman of Trades and Manufactures |
| 42nd | John Raines* | Republican | re-elected; re-elected President pro tempore; Chairman of Rules; died on December 16, 1909 |
| 43rd | Frank C. Platt | Republican | Chairman of Agriculture |
| 44th | George H. Witter | Republican | Chairman of Public Health |
| 45th | George L. Meade* | Republican | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |
| 46th | Charles J. White | Republican | |
| 47th | James P. Mackenzie | Republican | |
| 48th | Henry W. Hill* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Codes |
| 49th | Samuel J. Ramsperger* | Democrat | re-elected |
| 50th | George Allen Davis* | Republican | re-elected; Chairman of Judiciary |
| 51st | Charles Mann Hamilton* | Republican | Chairman of Forest, Fish and Game |

### Employees

* Clerk: Lafayette B. Gleason
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles R. Hotaling
* General Committee Clerk: William S. Coffey

## State Assembly
### Assemblymen

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes |
| Albany | 1st | J. Newton Fiero | Republican | |
| Albany | 2nd | William E. Nolan* | Republican | |
| Albany | 3rd | Robert B. Waters* | Republican | Chairman of State Prisons |
| Allegany | Allegany | Jesse S. Phillips* | Republican | Chairman of Judiciary |
| Broome | Broome | Harry C. Perkins* | Republican | |
| Cattaraugus | Cattaraugus | Ellsworth J. Cheney | Republican | |
| Cayuga | Cayuga | William B. Reed | Republican | |
| Chautauqua | 1st | Augustus F. Allen* | Republican | |
| Chautauqua | 2nd | John Leo Sullivan | Republican | |
| Chemung | Chemung | Seymour Lowman | Republican | |
| Chenango | Chenango | Julien C. Scott* | Republican | |
| Clinton | Clinton | William R. Weaver | Republican | |
| Columbia | Columbia | Albert S. Callan | Republican | |
| Cortland | Cortland | Charles F. Brown* | Republican | |
| Delaware | Delaware | Henry J. Williams* | Republican | |
| Dutchess | 1st | Myron Smith* | Republican | |
| Dutchess | 2nd | Everett H. Travis | Republican | |
| Erie | 1st | Orson J. Weimert* | Republican | Chairman of Indian Affairs |
| Erie | 2nd | John Lord O'Brian* | Republican | |
| Erie | 3rd | Leo J. Neupert | Democrat | |
| Erie | 4th | Edward D. Jackson | Democrat | |
| Erie | 5th | Edward P. Costello* | Democrat | |
| Erie | 6th | James M. Rozan | Democrat | |
| Erie | 7th | Gottfried H. Wende | Democrat | |
| Erie | 8th | Clarence MacGregor* | Republican | Chairman of Military Affairs |
| Erie | 9th | Frank B. Thorn* | Republican | |
| Essex | Essex | James Shea* | Republican | |
| Franklin | Franklin | Harry H. Hawley* | Republican | |
| Fulton and Hamilton | Fulton and Hamilton | Scott Partridge | Democrat | |
| Genesee | Genesee | Fred B. Parker* | Republican | |
| Greene | Greene | William C. Brady* | Republican | Chairman of Affairs of Villages |
| Herkimer | Herkimer | Charles F. Fellows | Republican | |
| Jefferson | 1st | Alfred D. Lowe* | Republican | Chairman of Public Lands and Forestry |
| Jefferson | 2nd | Gary H. Wood* | Republican | Chairman of Public Health |
| Kings | 1st | Henry S. Goodspeed | Republican | |
| Kings | 2nd | William J. Gillen | Democrat | |
| Kings | 3rd | Michael A. O'Neil | Democrat | |
| Kings | 4th | George W. Brown | Republican | |
| Kings | 5th | Charles J. Weber* | Republican | |
| Kings | 6th | Thomas J. Surpless* | Republican | Chairman of Revision |
| Kings | 7th | Thomas J. Geoghegan* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 8th | John J. McKeon | Democrat | |
| Kings | 9th | George A. Voss* | Republican | Chairman of Labor and Industries |
| Kings | 10th | Charles F. Murphy* | Republican | Chairman of Codes |
| Kings | 11th | William W. Colne* | Republican | Chairman of Canals |
| Kings | 12th | George A. Green* | Republican | Chairman of General Laws |
| Kings | 13th | John H. Donnelly* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 14th | James E. Fay* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 15th | John J. Schutta* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 16th | Robert H. Clarke | Republican | |
| Kings | 17th | John R. Farrar* | Republican | |
| Kings | 18th | Warren I. Lee* | Republican | Chairman of Public Institutions |
| Kings | 19th | Felix J. Sanner | Democrat | |
| Kings | 20th | Harrison C. Glore* | Republican | |
| Kings | 21st | Samuel A. Gluck* | Democrat | |
| Kings | 22nd | Albert Lachman | Republican | |
| Kings | 23rd | Isaac Sargent* | Republican | |
| Lewis | Lewis | C. Fred Boshart* | Republican | Chairman of Agriculture |
| Livingston | Livingston | James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.* | Republican | re-elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules |
| Madison | Madison | Orlando W. Burhyte* | Republican | |
| Monroe | 1st | Edward H. White | Republican | |
| Monroe | 2nd | James L. Whitley* | Republican | |
| Monroe | 3rd | Louis E. Lazarus | Republican | |
| Monroe | 4th | Cyrus W. Phillips | Republican | |
| Monroe | 5th | John J. McInerney | Republican | |
| Montgomery | Montgomery | T. Romeyn Staley* | Republican | |
| Nassau | Nassau | William G. Miller* | Republican | Chairman of Commerce and Navigation |
| New York | 1st | Thomas B. Caughlan* | Democrat | |
| New York | 2nd | Al Smith* | Democrat | |
| New York | 3rd | James Oliver* | Democrat | |
| New York | 4th | Aaron J. Levy* | Democrat | |
| New York | 5th | John T. Eagleton* | Democrat | |
| New York | 6th | Adolph Stern* | Democrat | |
| New York | 7th | Peter P. McElligott | Democrat | |
| New York | 8th | Moritz Graubard* | Democrat | |
| New York | 9th | John C. Hackett* | Democrat | |
| New York | 10th | Harold Spielberg | Democrat | |
| New York | 11th | Owen W. Bohan | Democrat | |
| New York | 12th | James A. Foley* | Democrat | |
| New York | 13th | James J. Hoey* | Democrat | |
| New York | 14th | John J. Herrick* | Democrat | |
| New York | 15th | William M. Bennett* | Republican | |
| New York | 16th | Martin G. McCue* | Democrat | |
| New York | 17th | Frederick R. Toombs* | Republican | |
| New York | 18th | Mark Goldberg* | Democrat | |
| New York | 19th | Andrew F. Murray | Republican | |
| New York | 20th | Patrick J. McGrath* | Democrat | |
| New York | 21st | Robert S. Conklin* | Republican | |
| New York | 22nd | George W. Baumann | Democrat | |
| New York | 23rd | James A. Francis* | Republican | Chairman of Banks |
| New York | 24th | Thomas A. Brennan | Democrat | |
| New York | 25th | Artemas Ward Jr.* | Republican | |
| New York | 26th | Irving J. Joseph | Democrat | |
| New York | 27th | Beverley R. Robinson* | Republican | |
| New York | 28th | Jacob Levy | Democrat | |
| New York | 29th | Lindon Bates Jr. | Republican | |
| New York | 30th | Louis A. Cuvillier* | Democrat | |
| New York | 31st | Samuel Marks | Republican | |
| New York | 32nd | Jesse Silbermann* | Democrat | |
| New York | 33rd | Phillip J. Schmidt* | Democrat | |
| New York | 34th | Charles Stein | Democrat | |
| New York | 35th | John V. Sheridan* | Democrat | |
| Niagara | 1st | Joseph A. Jordan | Democrat | |
| Niagara | 2nd | W. Levell Draper* | Republican | Chairman of Privileges and Elections |
| Oneida | 1st | John W. Manley | Democrat | |
| Oneida | 2nd | Ladd J. Lewis Jr.* | Republican | |
| Oneida | 3rd | C. Robert Edwards | Republican | |
| Onondaga | 1st | John C. McLaughlin* | Republican | |
| Onondaga | 2nd | Fred W. Hammond* | Republican | Chairman of Affairs of Cities |
| Onondaga | 3rd | J. Henry Walters* | Republican | |
| Ontario | Ontario | George B. Hemenway* | Republican | |
| Orange | 1st | Caleb H. Baumes | Republican | |
| Orange | 2nd | Charles A. Evans | Democrat | |
| Orleans | Orleans | Frank J. Murphy | Republican |
| Oswego | Oswego | Frank L. Smith | Republican | |
| Otsego | Otsego | Charles Smith* | Republican | |
| Putnam | Putnam | John R. Yale* | Republican | Chairman of Electricity, Gas and Water |
| Queens | 1st | Thomas H. Todd* | Democrat | |
| Queens | 2nd | William Klein* | Democrat | |
| Queens | 3rd | Conrad Garbe* | Democrat | |
| Queens | 4th | William A. De Groot* | Republican | Chairman of Claims |
| Rensselaer | 1st | Frederick C. Filley* | Republican | Chairman of Public Education |
| Rensselaer | 2nd | Bradford R. Lansing* | Republican | Chairman of Charitable and Religious Societies |
| Richmond | Richmond | Thomas J. Lanahan | Democrat | |
| Rockland | Rockland | Rutledge I. Odell | Republican | |
| St. Lawrence | 1st | Fred J. Gray* | Republican | Chairman of Excise |
| St. Lawrence | 2nd | Edwin A. Merritt Jr.* | Republican | Majority Leader; Chairman of Ways and Means |
| Saratoga | Saratoga | George H. Whitney* | Republican | Chairman of Internal Affairs |
| Schenectady | Schenectady | Loren H. White | Democrat | |
| Schoharie | Schoharie | Daniel D. Frisbie | Democrat | Minority Leader |
| Schuyler | Schuyler | William E. Leffingwell | Democrat | |
| Seneca | Seneca | Alexander C. Martin | Republican | |
| Steuben | 1st | John L. Miller | Republican | Chairman of Soldiers' Home |
| Steuben | 2nd | Charles K. Marlatt* | Republican | Chairman of Unfinished Business |
| Suffolk | 1st | John M. Lupton* | Republican | Chairman of Fisheries and Game |
| Suffolk | 2nd | George L. Thompson | Republican | |
| Sullivan | Sullivan | Calvin Millen | Republican | |
| Tioga | Tioga | Frank L. Howard* | Republican | |
| Tompkins | Tompkins | William R. Gunderman* | Republican | Chairman of Trades and Manufactures |
| Ulster | 1st | Joseph M. Fowler* | Republican | Chairman of Public Printing |
| Ulster | 2nd | Edward Young | Republican | |
| Warren | Warren | William R. Waddell* | Republican | Chairman of Taxation and Retrenchment |
| Washington | Washington | James S. Parker* | Republican | Chairman of Railroads |
| Wayne | Wayne | Edson W. Hamn* | Republican | Chairman of Insurance |
| Westchester | 1st | Harry W. Haines* | Republican | |
| Westchester | 2nd | Holland S. Duell | Republican | Chairman of Federal Relations |
| Westchester | 3rd | Frank L. Young | Republican | |
| Westchester | 4th | George W. Mead | Republican | |
| Wyoming | Wyoming | Robert M. McFarlane* | Republican | |
| Yates | Yates | Llewellyn J. Barden | Republican | |

### Employees

* Clerk: Ray B. Smith
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Bernard J. Haggarty