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1872 New York state election

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FieldValue
election_name1872 New York gubernatorial election
countryNew York
flag_imageFile:Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1870 New York state election
previous_year1870
next_election1874 New York state election
next_year1874
election_dateNovember 3, 1872
image_sizex150px
image1File:John Adams Dix.jpg
nominee1**John Adams Dix**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**445,801**
percentage1**53.19%**
image2File:Francis Kernan - Brady-Handy (1).jpg
nominee2Francis Kernan
party2Democratic Party (United States)
alliance2Liberal Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2392,350
percentage246.81%
map_image1872 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_captionCounty results
titleGovernor
before_electionJohn T. Hoffman
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionJohn Adams Dix
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

Dix:

Kernan:
The 1872 New York state election was held on November 5, 1872, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a Canal Commissioner, an Inspector of State Prisons and a U.S. Representative-at-large, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.

History

The Republican state convention met on August 21 at Utica, New York. William A. Wheeler was president. John Adams Dix was nominated for governor by acclamation. John C. Robinson was nominated for lieutenant governor, Lyman Tremain for U.S. Representative-at-large, Reuben W. Stroud for Canal Commissioner and Ezra Graves for Prison Inspector.

The Democratic state convention met on September 4 at Wieting Hall in Syracuse, New York. Lester B. Faulkner was temporary chairman until George M. Beebe was elected as president. The Liberal Republican state conventions met on the same day at Shakespeare Hall in Syracuse, New York. Reuben E. Fenton and John Cochrane were the most influential delegates. Truman G. Younglove was temporary chairman. DeWitt C. Littlejohn was to be president, but had not arrived. During the day, haggling with the Democratic delegates about the state ticket continued, then the convention adjourned. On September 5, the conference committees of both conventions agreed upon a division of the slate, and the Democrats proceeded to nominate Francis Kernan for governor in the middle of taking a second ballot (on the first ballot, Sanford E. Church had received 15 to 20 votes), and John F. Hubbard Jr. for Canal Commissioner. The Liberal Republicans then nominated Chauncey M. Depew for lieutenant governor by acclamation.

Result

The whole Republican ticket was elected. None of the incumbents ran for re-election.

A large Republican majority was elected to the State Assembly for 1873.

OfficeRepublican ticketDemocratic/Liberal Republican ticket
Governor**John Adams Dix****445,801**
Lieutenant Governor**John C. Robinson****443,775**
Canal Commissioner**Reuben W. Stroud****443,555**
Inspector of State Prisons**Ezra Graves****443,668**
U.S. Representative-at-large**Lyman Tremain****437,941**

Notes

Sources

References

  1. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/08/22/79188330.pdf ''THE CONVENTION''] in NYT on August 22, 1872
  2. Lester B. Faulkner (1837–1889), son of State Senator [[James Faulkner (Livingston County, NY). James Faulkner]]
  3. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/09/05/82403678.pdf ''Proceedings of the Democratic State Convention''] in NYT on September 5, 1872
  4. in the press referred to as "Greeleyites" or "Soreheads"
  5. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/09/05/82403677.pdf ''SYRACUSE.; The Coalition Convention Meets in Two Separate Halls''] in NYT on September 5, 1872
  6. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/11/07/82731979.pdf ''THE ASSEMBLY''] in NYT on November 7, 1872
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