33rd New York State Legislature
33rd New York State Legislature | |||
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Duration: July 1, 1809 – June 30, 1810 | |||
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President of the State Senate: | Lt. Gov. John Broome (Dem.-Rep.) | ||
Temporary President of the State Senate: | |||
Speaker of the State Assembly: | William North (Fed.) | ||
Members: | 32 Senators 112 Assemblymen |
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Senate Majority: | Democratic-Republican (25-7) | ||
Assembly Majority: | Federalist (60-47) | ||
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Sessions | |||
1st: January 30 – April 6, 1810 | |||
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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.
Contents
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 1808, Cortland County was split from Onondaga County, and in 1809 was apportioned 1 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.[1]
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.
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.
District | Senators | Term left | Party | Notes |
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Southern | Jonathan Ward* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
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 |
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Benjamin Coe* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
William W. Gilbert* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Israel Carll | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | elected to the Council of Appointment | |
Middle | Elisha Barlow* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
James Burt* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Joshua H. Brett* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Robert Williams* | 2 years | Federalist[2] | elected to the Council of Appointment | |
Edward P. Livingston* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Johannes Bruyn | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Samuel Haight | 4 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Eastern | Jacob Snell* | 1 years | Dem.-Rep. | |
Isaac Kellogg* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
John McLean* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Charles Selden* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
John Tayler* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
David Hopkins* | 3 years | Federalist | ||
Daniel Paris | 4 years | Federalist | elected to the Council of Appointment | |
John Stearns | 4 years | Federalist | ||
Western | John Ballard* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | |
Salmon Buell* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Jacob Gebhard* | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Nathan Smith*[3] | 1 year | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Alexander Rea* | 2 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Francis A. Bloodgood* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Walter Martin* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Luther Rich* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Sylvanus Smalley* | 3 years | Dem.-Rep. | ||
Amos Hall | 4 years | Federalist | elected to the Council of Appointment | |
Seth Phelps | 4 years | Federalist | ||
Jonas Platt | 4 years | Federalist |
Employees
- Clerk: Sebastian Visscher
State Assembly
Districts
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.
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.
Employees
- Clerk: James Van Ingen
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas Donnelly
- Doorkeeper: Benjamin Whipple
Notes
- ↑ The Anti-Federalists called themselves "Republicans." However, at the same time, the Federalists called them "Democrats" which was meant to be pejorative. After some time both terms got more and more confused, and sometimes used together as "Democratic Republicans" which later historians have adopted (with a hyphen) to describe the party from the beginning, to avoid confusion with both the later established and still existing Democratic and Republican parties.
- ↑ Williams had been elected as a Democratic-Republican in 1807, but combined with the Federalists at this session: He was elected to the Council of Appointment by the Federalist majority, and then joined the other two Federalist councillors to outvote Carll and Gov. Tompkins. Since there were no Federalists from the Southern and the Middle districts, the Federalist Assembly majority had to choose 2 Democratic-Republicans who with Gov. Tompkins would have retained a majority in the Council. With Williams's help the Federalists proceeded to remove most of the Dem.-Rep. office-holders, and Williams's son-in-law Thomas J. Oakley was appointed Surrogate Dutchess Co. to succeed James Tallmadge, Jr.
- ↑ Nathan Smith (ca. 1769-1836), of Fairfield, First Judge of the Herkimer County Court 1814-1821; see bio in A History of Herkimer County by Nathaniel S. Benton (pages 357ff)
- ↑ John Colvin (1752 Scotland - 1814 Coeymans), great-grandfather of Verplanck Colvin, see bio in Schenectady History
- ↑ Jeremiah Johnson (1766-1852), brother of Jeromus Johnson
- ↑ Richard Van Horne (b. ca. 1770, d. March 12, 1823 Danube)
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [see pg. 108f for Senate districts; pg. 120f for senators; pg. 148f for Assembly districts; pg. 183f for assemblymen]
- The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to 1840 by Jabez D. Hammond (4th ed., Vol. 1, H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown, 1846; pages 276-284)
- Election result Assembly, Albany Co. at project "A New Nation Votes", compiled by Phil Lampi, hosted by Tufts University Digital Library
- Election result Assembly, Allegany and Steuben Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Broome Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Chenango Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Columbia Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Delaware Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Dutchess Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Essex Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Genesee Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Greene Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Herkimer Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Jefferson Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Kings Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Madison Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Montgomery Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Onondaga Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Orange Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Queens Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Rensselaer Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Richmond Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Rockland Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, St. Lawrence Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Schenectady Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Schoharie Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Seneca Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Suffolk Co. at project "A New Nation Votes" [gives wrong party affiliation for Scudder]
- Election result Assembly, Sullivan and Ulster Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Washington Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Assembly, Westchester Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Senate, Southern D. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Senate, Middle D. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Senate, Eastern D. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result Senate, Western D. at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result, Assembly Speaker at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result, Assembly Clerk at project "A New Nation Votes"
- Election result, Assembly Sergeant-at-Arms at project "A New Nation Votes"