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135th 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, 1912
Senate
Members	51
President	Lt. Gov. Thomas F. Conway (D)
Temporary President	Robert F. Wagner (D)
Party control	Democratic (29-21)
Assembly
Members	150
Speaker	Edwin A. Merritt Jr. (R)
Party control	Republican (100-48-1)
Sessions
1st January 3 – March 29, 1912

The 135th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to March 29, 1912, during the second year of John Alden Dix'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.

At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

Elections

The New York state election, 1911, was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election. For the first time, a Socialist was elected to the Assembly.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1912; and adjourned on March 29.

Edwin A. Merritt Jr. (R) was elected Speaker with 95 votes against 45 for Al Smith (D).

On April 19, Bronx County was created by the Legislature, to be effectively separated from New York County on January 1, 1914. To date, this was the last county created in the State of New York.

State Senate

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, 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.

Employees

• Clerk: Patrick E. McCabe
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Harry E. Oxford
• Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: John J. Dillon
• Principal Doorkeeper: Fred W. Theobold
• Assistant Doorkeeper: Thomas Nolan
• Stenographer: William E. Reynolds

State Assembly

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

Assemblymen

Employees

• Clerk: Fred W. Hammond
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Harry W. Haines
• Principal Doorkeeper: Michael Kehoe
• First Assistant Doorkeeper: James B. Hulse
• Second Assistant Doorkeeper: D. C. Easton
• Stenographer: Henry C. Lammert
• Postmaster: James H. Underwood

Notes

1. Assemblyman B. R. Lansing in NYT on February 5, 1912
2. Murlin, Edgar L. (1912). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 675 – via Google Books.

Sources

• Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; see pg. 367 for senators)
• Journal of the Senate (135th Session) (1912; Vol. I)
• Journal of the Assembly (135th Session) (1912; Vol. I; from January 3 to March 20)
• Journal of the Assembly (135th Session) (1912; Vol. II; from March 20 to 29)
• REPUBLICANS SEE BIG GAINS AHEAD in NYT on October 29, 1911
• COMMITTEE PLUMS GO TO MERRITT BACKERS in NYT on January 11, 1912

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