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1874 New York state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1874 New York gubernatorial election
country	New York
flag_image	File:Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1872 New York state election
previous_year	1872
next_election	1876 New York state election
next_year	1876
election_date	November 3, 1874
image_size	x150px
image1	File:SamuelJonesTilden.jpg
nominee1	Samuel J. Tilden
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	416,374
percentage1	52.43%
image2	File:John Adams Dix.jpg
nominee2	John Adams Dix
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	366,065
percentage2	46.09%
map_image	1874 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_caption	County results
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title	Governor
before_election	John Adams Dix
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Samuel Tilden
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

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The 1874 New York state election was held on November 3, 1874, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and one member of the New York State Senate.

History

The Prohibition state convention met on June 23 at Auburn, New York. James L. Bagg was temporary chairman until the choice of Charles C. Leigh as president. Myron H. Clark was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Clark 81, Horace V. Howland 27, Charles C. Leigh 9). James L. Bagg for lieutenant governor, Horace V. Howland for Judge of the Court of Appeals, Daniel Walford for Canal Commissioner, and Ira Bell for Prison Inspector, were nominated by acclamation.

The Democratic state convention met on September 16 and 17 at Syracuse, New York. Samuel J. Tilden was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Tilden 252, Amasa J. Parker 126, Lucius Robinson 6, J. McQuade 3, George G. Bradley 1). William Dorsheimer was nominated for lieutenant governor on the first ballot (vote: Dorsheimer 193, Smith M. Weed 135, Stephen T. Hayt 34, Edward F. Jones 15, George W. Schuyler 11). Adin Thayer was nominated for Canal Commissioner on the first ballot (vote: Thayer 196, Isaiah Fuller 148, Nathaniel P. Milliman 5). George Wagener was nominated for Prison Inspector during the first ballot when he had 118 votes and George W. Millspaugh 35. Theodore Miller was nominated for Judge of the Court of Appeals on the first ballot (vote: Miller 196, Robert Earl 115).

The Republican state convention met on September 23 at the Opera House in Utica, New York. Theodore M. Pomeroy was temporary chairman until the choice of Ex-Governor Edwin D. Morgan as president. The incumbents Governor John A. Dix, Lieutenant Governor John C. Robinson, Judge Alexander S. Johnson, Canal Commissioner Alexander Barkley and Prison Inspector Thomas Kirkpatrick were re-nominated by acclamation.

The Liberal Republican state convention met on September 29 at Tweddle Hall in Albany, New York. Charles Hughes was president. The convention did not nominate a ticket.

Result

The whole Democratic ticket was elected, defeating all the incumbents.

The seat in the New York State Senate was won by Democrat Albert P. Laning.

75 Democrats and 53 Republicans were elected for the session of 1875 to the New York State Assembly.

Office	Republican ticket	Prohibition ticket
Governor	Samuel J. Tilden	416,374	John Adams Dix
Lieutenant Governor	William Dorsheimer	416,714	John C. Robinson
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Theodore Miller	410,172	Alexander S. Johnson
Canal Commissioner	Adin Thayer	417,023	Alexander Barkley
Inspector of State Prisons	George Wagener	415,253	Thomas Kirkpatrick

Notes

Sources

The tickets: THE STATE ELECTION.; CANDIDATES TO BE VOTED FOR TO-DAY in NYT on November 3, 1874
Result for governor, Senate and Assembly: NEW-YORK ELECTIONS.; RESULTS OF THE OFFICIAL CANVASS FOR THE VARIOUS OFFICERS in NYT on November 19, 1874
Results: The Tribune Almanac 1875

References

to fill a vacancy in the 31st District
Charles C. Leigh, member of the State Assembly 1855
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1874/06/24/79073924.pdf ''POLITICAL CONVENTION.; THE NEW-YORK PROHIBITIONIST STATE CONVENTION''] in NYT on June 24, 1874
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1874/09/18/79082313.pdf ''REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS''] in NYT on September 18, 1874
Johnson had been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873). Rufus W. Peckham, Sr.]] in 1873
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1874/09/24/82411836.pdf ''THE STATE CONVENTION.; RENOMINATION OF THE WHOLE STATE TICKET''] in NYT on September 24, 1874
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1874/09/30/82412067.pdf ''COCHRANE'S CONVENTION''] in NYT on September 30, 1874
James L. Bagg, a lawyer and banker from Syracuse, NY, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/02/13/105758825.pdf Obit] in NYT on February 13, 1901
Horace V. Howland, of Cayuga County
Ira Bell of St. Lawrence County, ran also in 1875 for Canal Commissioner

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