# 33rd New York State Legislature

The 33rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 30 to April 6, 1810, during the third 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 sessions would meet on the last Tuesday of January each year, unless called earlier by the governor.
In 1808, Cortland County was separated from Onondaga County, and in 1809, it was allocated one seat in the Assembly, taken from Onondaga. In 1809, Schenectady County was split from Albany County, and was apportioned 2 seats in the Assembly, taken from Albany. Also in 1809, Sullivan County was split from Ulster County, but both remained in a joint Assembly district.
At this time the politicians were divided into two opposing political parties: the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
At this time the major political controversy was the Embargo Act of 1807 which was supported by the Democratic-Republicans, but opposed by the Federalists. The Embargo was very unpopular and led to a revival of the Federalist Party which had been reduced to a small minority (without any member in the Senate from 1806 to 1808), but at the State election in April 1809 already won a majority of the Assembly seats.

## Elections

The State election was held from April 25 to 27, 1809. Israel Carll (Southern D.), Johannes Bruyn, Samuel Haight (both Middle D.), Daniel Paris, John Stearns, (both Eastern D.), Amos Hall, Seth Phelps and Jonas Platt (all three Western D.) were elected to the Senate. Carll, Bruyn and Haight were Democratic-Republicans, the other five were Federalists.

## Sessions

The Legislature met at the Old City Hall in Albany on January 30, 1810; and adjourned on April 6.
William North (Fed.) was elected Speaker with 59 votes against 45 for William Livingston (Dem.-Rep.). James Van Ingen (Fed.) was elected Clerk of the Assembly with 59 votes against 47 for the incumbent Daniel Rodman (Dem.-Rep.). The incumbent Thomas D. Donnelly (Dem.-Rep.) was re-elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly with 55 votes against 49 for Jacob C. Cuyler (Fed.).
On February 8, the Legislature elected Abraham G. Lansing (Fed.) to succeed David Thomas (Dem.-Rep.) as New York State Treasurer.
On March 13, 1810, State Senator Jonas Platt presented his project for a bipartisan Canal Commission to the State Legislature, and two days later the Legislature appointed Gouverneur Morris, Assemblyman Stephen Van Rensselaer, Speaker William North, Thomas Eddy (all four Fed.), State Senator DeWitt Clinton, Surveyor General Simeon DeWitt and Congressman Peter B. Porter (all three Dem.-Rep.) a "Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report".

## 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 and Sullivan counties.
* The Eastern District (8 seats) consisted of Washington, Clinton, Rensselaer, Albany, Saratoga, Essex, Montgomery, Franklin and Schenectady 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 and Cortland 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 | Jonathan Ward* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Southern | DeWitt Clinton* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | until February 2, 1810, also Mayor of New York City; on March 15, 1810, appointed to the Erie Canal Commission |
| Southern | Benjamin Coe* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Southern | William W. Gilbert* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Southern | Israel Carll | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | elected to the Council of Appointment |
| Middle | Elisha Barlow* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | James Burt* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Joshua H. Brett* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Robert Williams* | 2 years | Federalist | elected to the Council of Appointment |
| Middle | Edward P. Livingston* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Johannes Bruyn | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Middle | Samuel Haight | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | Jacob Snell* | 1 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | Isaac Kellogg* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | John McLean* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | Charles Selden* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | John Tayler* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Eastern | David Hopkins* | 3 years | Federalist | |
| Eastern | Daniel Paris | 4 years | Federalist | elected to the Council of Appointment |
| Eastern | John Stearns | 4 years | Federalist | |
| Western | John Ballard* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Salmon Buell* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Jacob Gebhard* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Nathan Smith* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Alexander Rea* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Francis A. Bloodgood* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Walter Martin* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Luther Rich* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Sylvanus Smalley* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Western | Amos Hall | 4 years | Federalist | elected to the Council of Appointment |
| Western | Seth Phelps | 4 years | Federalist | |
| Western | Jonas Platt | 4 years | Federalist | |

### Employees

* Clerk: Sebastian Visscher

## State Assembly
### Districts

* Albany County (4 seats)
* Allegany and Steuben counties (1 seat)
* Broome County (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 (6 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)
* Niagara County (1 seat)
* Oneida County (5 seats)
* Onondaga County (2 seats)
* Ontario County (5 seats)
* Orange County (4 seats)
* Otsego County (4 seats)
* 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)
* Washington County (5 seats)
* Westchester County (3 seats)

### Assemblymen

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature. Nathaniel Locke changed from the Senate to the Assembly.
| District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes |
| Albany | John Colvin | Federalist | |
| Albany | Abel French | Federalist | |
| Albany | Stephen Van Rensselaer* | Federalist | on March 15, 1810, appointed to the Erie Canal Commission |
| Albany | Abraham Van Vechten* | Federalist | from February 2, 1810, also New York Attorney General |
| Allegany and Steuben | John Knox | Federalist | |
| Broome | James Pumpelly | Federalist | |
| Cayuga | Henry Bloom* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Cayuga | Stephen Close | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Cayuga | Charles Kellogg* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Chenango | Nathaniel Locke* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Chenango | John Noyes | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Chenango | Ebenezer Wakley* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Clinton and Franklin | Gates Hoit | Federalist | |
| Columbia | Thomas P. Grosvenor | Federalist | from February 1810, also District Attorney of the 3rd District |
| Columbia | Henry W. Livingston | Fed./Dem.-Rep. | Livingston was a Federalist, but ran on both tickets |
| Columbia | William Lusk | Federalist | |
| Columbia | Anson Pratt | Federalist | |
| Cortland | Ephraim Fish | | |
| Delaware | John T. More | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Delaware | Elias Osborn | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Dutchess | David Brooks | Federalist | from February 9, 1810, also Dutchess County Clerk |
| Dutchess | Lemuel Clift | Federalist | |
| Dutchess | Koert Dubois | Federalist | |
| Dutchess | Ebenezer Haight* | Federalist | |
| Dutchess | Alexander Neely | Federalist | |
| Dutchess | Isaac Van Wyck | Federalist | |
| Essex | Benjamin Pond* | Dem.-Rep. | in April 1810, elected to the 12th United States Congress |
| Genesee | Chauncey Loomis | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Greene | Benjamin Chapman | | |
| Greene | Ira Day | Federalist | |
| Herkimer | Christopher P. Bellinger | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Herkimer | Rudolph Devendorff | Federalist | |
| Herkimer | Thomas Manly | Federalist | |
| Jefferson | Ethel Bronson | Federalist | |
| Jefferson | Moss Kent | Federalist | |
| Kings | Jeremiah Johnson* | Federalist | |
| Lewis | Lewis Graves | | |
| Madison | John W. Bulkley* | Federalist | |
| Madison | Amos B. Fuller | Federalist | |
| Madison | Daniel Van Horne | Federalist | |
| Montgomery | James Allen | Federalist | |
| Montgomery | Daniel Cady* | Federalist | |
| Montgomery | John Greene* | Federalist | |
| Montgomery | Richard Van Horne* | Federalist | |
| Montgomery | David J. Zeilly | Federalist | |
| New York | John P. Anthony* | | |
| New York | Abraham E. Brouwer | | |
| New York | Thomas Farmar* | | |
| New York | Adrian Hegeman | | |
| New York | Samuel L. Mitchill | Dem.-Rep. | in April 1810, elected to the 11th United States Congress |
| New York | Caleb Pell* | | |
| New York | Ichabod Prall | | |
| New York | Samuel Tooker | Dem.-Rep. | |
| New York | Solomon Townsend* | | |
| New York | Beekman M. Van Buren* | | |
| New York | Augustus Wright | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Niagara | Archibald S. Clarke* | Dem.-Rep. | also Surrogate of Niagara County |
| Oneida | Levi Carpenter Jr. | | |
| Oneida | Samuel Chandler | | |
| Oneida | John Humaston | | |
| Oneida | David Ostrom* | Federalist | |
| Oneida | John Storrs* | Federalist | |
| Onondaga | Jacobus Dupuy* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Onondaga | Barnet Mooney* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Ontario | Valentine Brother | Federalist | |
| Ontario | Israel Chapin | | |
| Ontario | David Dorsey | | |
| Ontario | William Markham | | |
| Ontario | Gideon Pitts | | |
| Orange | James Finch Jr. | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Orange | Joseph Morrell | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Orange | John Nicholson | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Orange | Selah Strong | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Otsego | Joseph Bowne | | |
| Otsego | Erastus Crafts | | |
| Otsego | Abel DeForest | | |
| Otsego | Benjamin Gilbert | | |
| Queens | Stephen Carman* | Federalist | |
| Queens | David Kissam* | Federalist | |
| Queens | William Townsend* | Federalist | |
| Rensselaer | Timothy Leonard | Federalist | |
| Rensselaer | Henry Platt* | Federalist | |
| Rensselaer | Cornelius I. Schermerhorn* | Federalist | |
| Rensselaer | Jeremiah Schuyler | Federalist | |
| Richmond | Richard Connor | Federalist | |
| Rockland | Peter S. Van Orden | Dem.-Rep. | |
| St. Lawrence | Roswell Hopkins | Federalist | |
| Saratoga | Joel Lee | | |
| Saratoga | Samuel Lewis | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Saratoga | Daniel L. Van Antwerp* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Saratoga | Calvin Wheeler | | |
| Schenectady | Henry Glen | Federalist | |
| Schenectady | William North | Federalist | elected Speaker; on March 15, 1810, appointed to the Erie Canal Commission |
| Schoharie | John Ingold Jr.* | Federalist | |
| Schoharie | John Rice* | Federalist | |
| Seneca | Oliver C. Comstock | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Suffolk | Abraham Rose* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Suffolk | John Rose | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Suffolk | Tredwell Scudder | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Sullivan and Ulster | Benjamin Bevier | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Sullivan and Ulster | John Conklin | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Sullivan and Ulster | Abraham Hardenbergh | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Sullivan and Ulster | Abraham J. Hasbrouck | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Tioga | Emanuel Coryell* | Federalist | |
| Washington | Kitchel Bishop* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Washington | John Gale | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Washington | Jason Kellogg | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Washington | William Livingston | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Washington | Roger Skinner* | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Westchester | William Barker* | Federalist | |
| Westchester | Abraham Odell* | Federalist | |
| Westchester | Samuel Youngs* | Federalist | |

### Employees

* Clerk: James Van Ingen
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas Donnelly
* Doorkeeper: Benjamin Whipple