10th New York State Legislature

10th New York State Legislature
	The Old Royal Exchange, in New York City, where the Legislature met from 1785 to 1787. (undated)
Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York, United States
Term	July 1, 1786 – June 30, 1787
Senate
Members	24
President	Lt. Gov. Pierre Van Cortlandt
Assembly
Members	70 (de facto 65)
Speaker	Richard Varick
Sessions
1st	January 12, 1787 – April 21, 1787

The 10th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 12 to April 21, 1787, during the tenth year of George Clinton's governorship, at the Old Royal Exchange in New York City.

Background

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1777, the State Senators were elected on general tickets in the senatorial districts, and were then divided into four classes. Six senators each drew lots for a term of 1, 2, 3 or 4 years and, beginning at the election in April 1778, every year six Senate seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually.

In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned.

Elections

The State election was held from April 25 to 27, 1786. Gov. George Clinton and Lt. Gov. Pierre Van Cortlandt were re-elected to a fourth term. Senators Lewis Morris (Southern D.), John Williams (Eastern D.) and Abraham Yates Jr. (Western D.) were re-elected; and John Hathorn (Middle D.), Peter Schuyler (Western D.) and Assemblyman John Vanderbilt (Southern D.), were elected to the Senate.

Sessions

The State Legislature was to meet on January 2, 1787, at the Old Royal Exchange in New York City, but the Assembly first assembled a quorum on January 12, the Senate on January 13; both Houses adjourned on April 21, 1787.

State Senate

Districts

The Southern District (9 seats) consisted of Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and Westchester counties.
The Middle District (6 seats) consisted of Dutchess, Orange and Ulster counties.
The Eastern District (3 seats) consisted of Washington, Cumberland and Gloucester counties.
The Western District (6 seats) consisted of Albany and Montgomery 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. John Vanderbilt changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

District	Senators	Term left	Notes
Southern	Isaac Stoutenburgh*	1 year
	Samuel Townsend*	1 year
	Stephen Ward*	1 year
	William Floyd*	2 years	elected to the Council of Appointment
	Ezra L'Hommedieu*	2 years
	vacant	2 years	Alexander McDougall died on June 9, 1786.
	Thomas Tredwell*	3 years
	Lewis Morris*	4 years
	John Vanderbilt*	4 years
Middle	Joseph Gasherie*	1 year
	Jacobus Swartwout*	1 year
	Arthur Parks*	2 years
	John Haring*	3 years
	Cornelius Humfrey*	3 years
	John Hathorn	4 years	elected to the Council of Appointment
Eastern	Ebenezer Russell*	2 years	elected to the Council of Appointment
	David Hopkins*	3 years
	John Williams*	4 years
Western	Andrew Finck*	1 year
	Peter Van Ness*	2 years
	Volkert P. Douw*	3 years
	Philip Schuyler*	3 years
	Peter Schuyler	4 years	elected to the Council of Appointment
	Abraham Yates Jr.*	4 years

Employees

Clerk: Abraham B. Bancker

State Assembly

Districts

The City and County of Albany (10 seats)
Cumberland County (3 seats)
Dutchess County (7 seats)
Gloucester County (2 seats)
Kings County (2 seats)
Montgomery County) (6 seats)
The City and County of New York (9 seats)
Orange County (4 seats)
Queens County (4 seats)
Richmond County (2 seats)
Suffolk County (5 seats)
Ulster County (6 seats)
Washington County (4 seats)
Westchester County (6 seats)

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.

County	Assemblymen	Notes
Albany	Leonard Bronck*
	Henry Glen*
	James Gordon*
	John Lansing Jr.*	also Mayor of Albany
	John Livingston*
	William Powers
	Thomas Sickles
	John Tayler*
	Matthew Visscher
	Peter Vrooman*
Cumberland	none	No election returns from these counties[1]
Gloucester	none	No election returns from these counties[1]
Dutchess	Dirck Brinckerhoff*
	John DeWitt Jr.
	Lewis DuBois*
	Jacob Griffin*
	Henry Ludington*
	Brinton Paine*
	Matthew Patterson*
Kings	Charles Doughty*
Kings	Cornelius Wyckoff
Montgomery	Zephaniah Batchelor
	James Cannon
	Josiah Crane
	John Frey*
	William Harper*
	James Livingston*
New York	Evert Bancker*
	Nicholas Bayard
	David Brooks
	William Denning*
	Alexander Hamilton
	Robert C. Livingston
	William Malcom*
	John Ray
	Richard Varick	elected Speaker; also Recorder of New York City
Orange	Robert Armstrong
	Jeremiah Clark
	Gilbert Cooper*
	Peter Taulman
Queens	Samuel Jones*
	John Schenck
	Richard Thorne
	James Townsend*
Richmond	John C. Dongan*
Richmond	Thomas Frost
Suffolk	Jonathan N. Havens
	David Hedges*
	Daniel Osborn
	Caleb Smith
	John Smith
Ulster	John Cantine
	Ebenezer Clark
	David Galatian*
	Cornelius C. Schoonmaker*
	Nathan Smith*
	Johannis Snyder*
Washington	Adam Martin
	Ichabod Parker*
	Edward Savage
	Peter B. Tierce*
Westchester	Ebenezer Lockwood*
	Ebenezer Purdy
	Nathan Rockwell
	Joseph Strang
	Thomas Thomas*
	Jonathan G. Tompkins*

Employees

Clerk: John McKesson

Notes

Cumberland and Gloucester counties seceded from the Province of New York in January 1777, and became part of the Vermont Republic, while the Constitutional Convention was still debating the new Constitution. The New York Constitution was approved in April 1777, not recognizing the secession. Neither county did file any election returns with the Secretary of State of New York in 1786.

Sources

The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [see pg. 108 for Senate districts; pg. 113 for senators; pg. 148f for Assembly districts; pg. 163 for assemblymen]

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[1] Cumberland and Gloucester counties seceded from the Province of New York in January 1777, and became part of the Vermont Republic, while the Constitutional Convention was still debating the new Constitution. The New York Constitution was approved in April 1777, not recognizing the secession. Neither county did file any election returns with the Secretary of State of New York in 1786.