73rd New York State Legislature
NewYork state legislative session
The 73rd New York State Legislature, which were members of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1, 1850, to April 10, 1850, in the second year of Hamilton Fish being the governor of New York. They met in Albany.
State Senate
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change- 1st District: Queens, Richmond and Suffolk counties
- 2nd District: Kings County
- 3rd District: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th wards of New York City
- 4th District: 7th, 10th, 13th and 17th wards of New York City
- 5th District: 8th, 9th and 14th wards of New York City
- 6th District: 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd wards of New York City
- 7th District: Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties
- 8th District: Columbia and Dutchess counties
- 9th District: Orange and Sullivan counties
- 10th District: Greene and Ulster counties
- 11th District: Albany and Schenectady counties
- 12th District: Rensselaer County
- 13th District: Saratoga and Washington counties
- 14th District: Clinton, Essex and Warren counties
- 15th District: Franklin and St. Lawrence counties
- 16th District: Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and Montgomery counties
- 17th District: Delaware and Schoharie counties
- 18th District: Chenango and Otsego counties
- 19th District: Oneida County
- 20th District: Madison and Oswego counties
- 21st District: Jefferson and Lewis counties
- 22nd District: Onondaga County
- 23rd District: Broome, Cortland and Tioga counties
- 24th District: Cayuga and Wayne counties
- 25th District: Seneca, Tompkins and Yates counties
- 26th District: Chemung and Steuben counties
- 27th District: Monroe County
- 28th District: Genesee, Niagara and Orleans counties
- 29th District: Livingston and Ontario counties
- 30th District: Allegany and Wyoming counties
- 31st District: Erie County
- 32nd District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties
Members
change| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | William Horace Brown | Democrat | |
| 2nd | John A. Cross* | Whig | |
| 3rd | Richard S. Williams | Whig | |
| 4th | Clarkson Crolius | Whig | |
| 5th | James W. Beekman* | Whig | |
| 6th | Edwin D. Morgan | Whig | |
| 7th | Benjamin Brandreth | Democrat | |
| 8th | John Snyder | Democrat | |
| 9th | James C. Curtis | Democrat | |
| 10th | Marius Schoonmaker | Whig | on November 5, 1850, elected to the 32nd U.S. Congress |
| 11th | Stephen H. Johnson | Whig | |
| 12th | Thomas B. Carroll | Democrat | |
| 13th | James M. Cook* | Whig | on April 9, elected president pro tempore |
| 14th | Thomas Crook | Democrat | |
| 15th | William A. Dart | Democrat | |
| 16th | George H. Fox | Democrat | |
| 17th | Sidney Tuttle | Democrat | |
| 18th | John Noyes[1] | Democrat | |
| 19th | Charles A. Mann | Democrat | |
| 20th | Asahel C. Stone | Democrat | |
| 21st | Alanson Skinner | Democrat | |
| 22nd | George Geddes* | Whig | |
| 23rd | Levi Dimmick | Whig | |
| 24th | William Beach | Whig | |
| 25th | Henry B. Stanton | Democrat | |
| 26th | George B. Guinnip | Democrat | |
| 27th | Samuel Miller | Whig | |
| 28th | Alonzo S. Upham | Whig | |
| 29th | Charles Colt* | Whig | |
| 30th | Charles D. Robinson | Whig | |
| 31st | George R. Babcock | Whig | |
| 32nd | Robert Owen Jr. | Whig |
Employees
change- Clerk: William H. Bogart
- Sergeant-at-Arms: George W. Bull
- Doorkeeper: Ransom Van Valkenburgh
- Assistant Doorkeeper: George A. Loomis
State Assembly
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change- Clerk: James R. Rose
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Samuel Reynolds
- Doorkeeper: John K. Anderson
- First Assistant Doorkeeper: Matthew Higgins
- Second Assistant Doorkeeper: Thomas Hollenbeck
Notes
change- ↑ John Noyes (c. 1798–1852), son of State Senator John Noyes (c. 1769–1830); see History of Preston, NY
- ↑ see A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1871; pg. 228–240)
Sources
change- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [pg. 109 for Senate districts; pg. 136 for senators; pg. 148–157 for Assembly districts; pg. 238ff for assemblymen]
- Journal of the Senate (73rd Session) (1850)