▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁S ources ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Civil ▁List ▁compiled ▁by ▁Franklin ▁Benjamin ▁H ough ▁( We ed , ▁Par s ons ▁and ▁Co ., ▁ 1 8 5 8 ) ▁[ pg . ▁ 1 0 9 ▁and ▁ 4 4 1 ▁for ▁Senate ▁districts ; ▁pg . ▁ 1 2 8 ▁for ▁sen ators ; ▁pg . ▁ 1 4 8 f ▁for ▁Assembly ▁districts ; ▁pg . ▁ 2 0 9 f ▁for ▁assembly men ] ▁ ▁The ▁History ▁of ▁Political ▁Part ies ▁in ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁New - Y ork , ▁from ▁the ▁Rat ification ▁of ▁the ▁Federal ▁Constitution ▁to ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁by ▁J abe z ▁D . ▁Hamm ond ▁( 4 th ▁ed ., ▁Vol . ▁ 2 , ▁Ph in ney ▁& ▁Co ., ▁Buff alo , ▁ 1 8 5 0 ; ▁pg . ▁ 3 1 5 ▁to ▁ 3 3 6 ) ▁▁ 0 5 3 ▁Category : 1 8 3 0 ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁( state ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Alfred ▁Pot ier ▁ ▁( 1 1 ▁May ▁ 1 8 4 0 , ▁in ▁Paris ▁– ▁ 8 ▁May ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁in ▁Paris ) ▁was ▁a ▁French ▁poly math ▁who ▁contributed ▁to ▁many ▁theoretical ▁and ▁practical ▁fields ▁of ▁science ▁when ▁this ▁was ▁rapidly ▁expand ing . ▁His ▁interests ▁covered ▁mainly ▁mathematical ▁physics , ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁light ▁and ▁the ▁ ether , ▁ge ology , ▁electric ity ▁and ▁magnet ism ▁and ▁their ▁practical ▁applications