Year | District | Name | Party | Residence | Notes | Image |
1848 - 1849 | 10th | Platt Adams | Democratic (Hunker) | Durham | This marked the beginning of single-member districs in the NY State Senate. | Image? |
1850 - 1851 | 10th | Marius Schoonmaker | Whig | Kingston | Later elected to US Congress. | ![]() |
1852 - 1853 | 10th | George T. Pierce | Democratic (Barnburner) | Esopus | Notes? | Image? |
1854 - 1855 | 10th | Eliakim Sherrill | Whig | Shandaken | Previously served as U.S. Congressman from 1847 -1849. Later he fough in the Civil War and died at Gettysburg. | ![]() |
1856 - 1857 | 10th | George S. Nichols | American | Athens | Served in the Civil War. | ![]() |
1858 - 1859 | 10th | George W. Pratt | Democratic | Kingston | Originally from Windham, son of former Congressman Zack Pratt. He later fought and died in the Civil War. | ![]() |
1860 - 1861 | 10th | Joshua Fiero, Jr. | Republican | Catskill | Grew up in Saugerties after being adopted by his uncle, Joshua Fiero. | ![]() |
1862 - 1863 | 10th | Jacob S. Freer | Democratic | Ellenville | Notes? | Image? |
1864 - 1865 | 10th | George Beach | Democratic | Jewett | Served as Town Supervisor of Jewett from 1855 - 1858. | Image? |
1866 - 1867 | 10th | George Chambers | Democratic | Stone Ridge | Notes? | Image? |
1868 - 1869 | 14th | George Beach | Democratic | Jewett | See above. | Image? |
1870 - 1872 | 14th | Jacob Hardenbergh | Democratic | Kingston | Reelected, but died in office in April of that year. | Image? |
1872 - 1873 | 14th | William F. Scoresby | Liberal Republican; Democratic | Ellenville | Served at one point as President of the Village of Ellenville. After his State Senate term, he served as Town Supervisor of Wawarsing from 1877 to 1878. | Image? |
1874 - 1875 | 14th | Henry C. Connelly | Republican | Esopus | Notes? | Image? |
1876 - 1877 | 14th | Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. | Democratic | Kingston | Born in the Town of Rochester. Later served as NY Attorney General from 1878 - 1879. | ![]() |
1878 - 1879 | 14th | Addison P. Jones | Democratic | Catskill | Notes? | ![]() |
1880 - 1881 | 14th | Charles A. Fowler | Democratic | Kingston | Notes? | Image? |
1882 - 1883 | 14th | Addison P. Jones | Democratic | Catskill | Notes? | ![]() |
1884 - 1885 | 14th | John F. Van Schaik | Democratic | Cobleskill | Notes? | Image? |
1886 - 1887 | 14th | Henry C. Connelly | Republican | Esopus | Notes? | Image? |
1888 - 1890 | 14th | John J. Linson | Democratic | Kingston | Notes? | Image? |
1891 - 1892 | 14th | Clarence E Bloodgood | Democratic | Catskill | Notes? | ![]() |
1894 - 1895 | 17th | Jacob Rice | Democratic | Rondout | Born in Prussia. | ![]() |
1896 - 1898 | 25th | Charles Davis | Republican | Saugerties | His brother, John C. Davis, was the first owner of the Orpheum Theater in Saugerties. | Image? |
1899 - 1900 | 25th | Jacob Rice | Democratic | Rondout | See above. | ![]() |
1901 - 1902 | 25th | William S.C. Wiley | Republican | Catskill | Notes? | ![]() |
1903 - 1904 | 25th | Frank J. LeFevre | Republican | New Paltz | LeFevre later served as U.S. Congressman from 1905 - 1907.
Photo from The History of Ulster County, New York by Alphonso Clearwater. |
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1905 - 1910 | 25th (1905 - 1906); 26th (1907 - 1908); 27th (1909 - 1910) |
John N. Cordts | Republican | Kingston | Photo from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume XVII. | ![]() |
1911 - 1912 | 27th | William P. Fiero | Democratic | Catskill | Son of former State Senator Joshua Fiero, Jr.
Photo taken from the 1911 Saugerties Old Home Week pamphlet. |
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1913 - 1914 | 27th | Abraham J. Palmer | Progressive Republican | Kingston | Minister at St. James in Kingston, submitted a bill to repeal all public utility enterprises in 1913.
Photograph from the collection of the Library of Congress. |
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1915 - 1922 | 27th (1915 - 1918); 29th (1919 - 1922) |
Charles W. Walton | Republican | Kingston | Photo taken from the Oct 29 1918 edition of the Kingston Daily Freeman. | ![]() |
1923 - 1926 | 29th | Arthur F. Bouton | Republican | Roxbury | Photo taken from the Dec 15 1922 edition of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. | ![]() |
1927 - 1956 | 42nd (1927 - 1942); 34th (1943 - 1956) |
Arthur H. Wicks | Republican | Kingston | At times endorsed by the Socialist Party (for example, 1938). Briefly served as Lt. Gov of NY in 1953, forced to step down because he was meeting with a labor leader who was imprisoned at Sing Sing. Photograph taken from the Nov 5 1952 edition of the Kingston Daily Freeman. |
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1957 - 1966 | 34th | E. Ogden Bush | Republican | Walton | Photograph from his 1956 senatorial nomination event, taken from the Feb 24 1956 edition of the Kingston Daily Freeman. | ![]() |
1967 - 1972 | 38th | Jay P. Rolison, Jr. | Republican | Poughkeepsie | Photograph, from 1970, taken from the Aug 30 2007 edition of the Poughkeepsie Journal. | ![]() |
1973 - 1978 | 48th | Edwyn Mason | Republican | Hobart | Image from the SUNY Albany archives. | ![]() |
1979 - 1998 | 48th (1979 - 1982); 40th (1983 - 1998); |
Charles D. Cook | Republican | Delhi | Notes? | ![]() |
1999 - 2018 | 40th (1999 - 2002); 42nd (2003 - 2018) |
John Bonacic | Republican | Mount Hope | Notes? | ![]() |
2019 - 2020 | 46th | George Amedore | Republican | Rotterdam | Notes? | ![]() |
2021 - Present | 46th (2021 - 2022); 41st (2023 - present) |
Michelle Hinchey | Democratic | Saugerties | Daughter of former US Congressman Maurice Hinchey, and by my reckoning, the first Saugertisian state senator to represent Saugerties in 120 years. | ![]() |
A brief disclaimer: I am not a scholar or historian in an official sense, and my findings have not been subjected to academic scrutiny. However, I have a lot of fun compiling the information here, with no intent to mislead, and I hope it can be of some use or interest to anyone who would like to know more about Saugerties history! If you have relevant information or images you would like to share, please do not hesitate to reach out at iandouglasbyrne at gmail.com :-)