116th New York State Legislature

The 116th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to April 20, 1893, during the second 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. The senatorial districts were made up of entire counties, except New York County (seven districts) and Kings County (three districts). The Assembly districts were made up of entire towns, or city wards, forming a contiguous area, all within the same county.

On April 26, 1892, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate Districts and the number of assemblymen per county. Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Jefferson, Niagara, Oneida, Oswego, Otsego, Saratoga, Ulster, Washington and Wayne counties lost one seat each; St. Lawrence County lost two seats; Erie and Queens counties gained one seat each; and Kings and New York counties gained six seats each.

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 New York state election, 1892 was held on November 8. The only statewide elective offices up for election was carried by Charles Andrews, a Republican who was endorsed by the Democrats. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, was: Republican/Democratic 1,253,000; Prohibition 39,000; Socialist Labor 18,000; and People's Party 17,000.

Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1893; and adjourned on April 20.

William Sulzer (D) was elected Speaker with 71 votes against 52 for George R. Malby (R).

On January 17, the Legislature elected Edward Murphy Jr. (D) to succeed Frank Hiscock (R) as U.S. Senator from New York, for a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1893.

On January 27, 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.

Districts
Note: The Senators in the 116th Legislature had been elected in November 1891 for a two-year term under the apportionment of 1879, as listed below. Although the 115th Legislature (1892) had re-apportioned the Senate districts, the only election under the new apportionment was held in November 1893, to elect the senators who sat in the 117th and 118th Legislatures.

• 1st District: Queens and Suffolk counties

• 2nd District: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th and 22nd Ward of the City of Brooklyn, and the towns of Flatbush, Gravesend and New Utrecht in Kings County

• 3rd District: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 11th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 23rd Ward of the City of Brooklyn

• 4th District: 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th Ward of the City of Brooklyn, and the towns of New Lots and Flatlands in Kings County

• 5th District: Richmond County and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 14th and parts of the 4th and 9th Ward of New York City

• 6th District: 7th, 11th, 13th and part of the 4th Ward of NYC

• 7th District: 10th, 17th and part of the 15th, 18th and 21st Ward of NYC

• 8th District: 16th and part of the 9th, 15th, 18th, 20th and 21st Ward of NYC

• 9th District: Part of the 18th, 19th and 21st Ward of NYC

• 10th District: Part of the 12th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Ward of NYC

• 11th District: 23rd and 24th, and part of the 12th, 20th and 22nd Ward of NYC

• 12th District: Rockland and Westchester counties

• 13th District: Orange and Sullivan counties

• 14th District: Greene, Schoharie and Ulster counties

• 15th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties

• 16th District: Rensselaer and Washington counties

• 17th District: Albany County

• 18th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga and Schenectady counties

• 19th District: Clinton, Essex and Warren counties

• 20th District: Franklin, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties

• 21st District: Oswego and Jefferson counties

• 22nd District: Oneida County

• 23rd District: Herkimer, Madison and Otsego counties

• 24th District: Chenango, Delaware and Broome counties

• 25th District: Onondaga and Cortland counties

• 26th District: Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins and Tioga counties

• 27th District: Allegany, Chemung and Steuben counties

• 28th District: Ontario, Schuyler, Wayne and Yates counties

• 29th District: Monroe and Orleans counties

• 30th District: Genesee, Livingston, Niagara and Wyoming counties

• 31st District: Erie County

• 32nd District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties

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.

Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

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

Employees

 * Clerk: Charles T. Dunning
 * Sergeant-at-Arms: Adelbert E. Tallmadge
 * Doorkeeper: Joseph Jerge
 * Stenographer: James M. Ruso
 * Assistant Clerk: Charles W. Sutherland
 * Librarian: James Oliver

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)..."

Employees

 * Clerk: Charles R. DeFreest
 * Sergeant-at-Arms: Michael B. Redmond
 * Doorkeeper: Edward A. Moore
 * Stenographer: Thomas Hassett