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The 140th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to October 2, 1917, during the third year of Charles S. Whitman'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. The Socialist Party, the Prohibition Party, the Progressive Party, the Independence League, the Socialist Labor Party and the American Party also nominated tickets.

Elections

The New York state election, 1916, was held on November 7. Charles S. Whitman and Edward Schoeneck were re-elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor; both Republicans. The other eight statewide elective offices were also carried by Republicans. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Republicans 836,000; Democrats 687,000; Socialists 63,000; Prohibition 22,000; Progressives 7,000; Independence League 5,000; Socialist Labor 4,000; and American 2,000.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1917; and adjourned on May 10.

The Legislature redistricted the Senate seats,^[1] and re-apportioned the number of assemblymen per county. Bronx County—which had been part of New York County at the time of the previous apportionment and occupied roughly the area of four Assembly districts—was properly separated, and was apportioned eight seats. New York County (without the Bronx) lost eight seats; and Erie, Jefferson and Ulster counties lost one seat each. Queens County gained two seats; and Broome, Nassau, Richmond, Schenectady and Westchester counties gained one seat each.^[2]

The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on July 31, 1917. This session was called to enact food control legislation, which would regulate the seizure and shipping of food to the Allies in Europe, helping them with their war effort against Germany during World War I.^[3]

On August 24, the Food Control Bill was passed by the Legislature. The bill established a three-member Food Control Commission. The Legislature took a recess until September 6.^[4]

On September 7, the State Senate rejected the nomination of George Walbridge Perkins as Chairman of the Food Control Commission, and took a recess until September 25.^[5]

On October 2, the State Senate rejected again the nomination of Perkins; and then confirmed the appointment of John Mitchell, Jacob Gould Schurman and Charles A. Wieting to the Food Control Commission. The Legislature then adjourned sine die.^[6]

State Senate

Districts

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Salvatore A. Cotillo, John Knight, Ross Graves and Leonard W. H. Gibbs changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

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

Employees

State Assembly

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

Assemblymen

Employees

Notes

1. ^For the exact boundaries of the senate districts see [https://archive.org/stream/manualforuseleg01unkngoog#page/n599/mode/1up Manual for the Use of the Legislature] (1921; pg. 549–560)
2. ^For the number of assemblymen per county, and the exact boundaries of the Assembly districts, see [https://archive.org/stream/manualforuseleg01unkngoog#page/n644/mode/1up Manual for the Use of the Legislature] (1921; pg. 596–633)
3. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/08/01/96263114.pdf LEGISLATURE MEETS TO PASS FOOD ACT] in NYT on August 1, 1917
4. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/08/25/102642329.pdf FOOD BILL WINS IN LEGISLATURE] in NYT on August 25, 1917
5. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/09/08/96266762.pdf REJECTS PERKINS FOR FOOD BOARD] in NYT on September 8, 1917
6. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/10/03/96271836.pdf PERKINS REJECTED; MITCHELL CHOSEN] in NYT on October 3, 1917
7. ^[https://archive.org/stream/journal90senagoog#page/n7/mode/1up Journal of the Senate (140th Session)] (1918; pg. 3f)
8. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/08/01/96263173.pdf MILLS QUITS STATE SENATE] in NYT on August 1, 1917
9. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/01/11/118130040.pdf COMMITTEE ON CITY NAMED] in NYT on January 11, 1917
10. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/01/06/118129047.pdf State Senator Spring Is Dying] in NYT on January 6, 1917
11. ^Mendelsohn claimed that Whitehorn was ineligible because he was not a resident of the 21st District. Whitehorn admitted that he resided in the 6th District of Kings County, but the Assembly Committee on the Judiciary rejected Mendelsohn's claim, upholding previous decisions in similar cases: while the voters were legally required to reside within the district where they vote, the candidates were not; see [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/04/06/102329655.pdf Whitehorn Keeps His Place] in NYT on April 6, 1917

Background

Elections

Sessions

State Senate

Districts

Members

Employees

State Assembly

Assemblymen

Employees

Notes

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