1889 New York state election

History

The Prohibition state convention met on September 4 and 5 at Shakespeare Hall in Syracuse, New York. Prof. Alphonso A. Hopkins presided. Jesse H. Griffen, a Quaker of Yorktown, was nominated for Secretary of State; Joseph W. Bruce for Treasurer; Benjamin L. Rand, a 30-year-old banker of Tonawanda, for Treasurer; Alpheus B. Kenyon, a professor of Alfred University, for State Engineer; and Coleridge A. Hart, a 35-year-old lawyer of New York City, for Attorney General; and Walter Farrington for the Court of Appeals.

The Republican state convention met on September 25 at Saratoga Springs, New York, and nominated John I. Gilbert, of Franklin County, for Secretary of State; Martin W. Cooke, of Monroe County, for Comptroller; Ira M. Hedges, of Rockland County, for Attorney General; James M. Varnum, of New York City, for Treasurer; William V. Van Rensselaer for State Engineer; and Albert Haight for the Court of Appeals.

The Democratic state convention met on October 1 at the Alhambra in Syracuse, New York. Lt. Gov. Edward F. Jones was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. Frank Rice was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. Comptroller Edward Wemple was re-nominated on the first ballot (vote: Wemple 265, Edward A. Maher 115½). Wemple's nomination was not "made unanimous." Attorney General Charles F. Tabor was re-nominated on the first ballot (vote: Tabor 266, John Foley 115). State Engineer John Bogart was re-nominated by acclamation. Ex-Attorney General Denis O'Brien (in office 1884–1887) was nominated unanimously for the Court of Appeals after the name of Edward S. Rapallo had been proposed but withdrawn considering the ballots for Comptroller and Attorney General. The ticket, composed by Gov. David B. Hill and ordered to be pushed through the convention, had actually been published two days before the delegates met.

Members of the disbanding Greenback Party met on October 21 at the Grand Central Hotel in New York City. George O. Jones presided. They nominated Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State; J. Madison Hall, of Madison County, for Treasurer; John B. Sullivan, of Westchester County, for Comptroller; and James Wright, of Wayne County, for Attorney General.

Results

The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

The incumbents Wemple, Tabor and Bogart were re-elected.

Notes

Sources

• The tickets: LIST OF ALL THE CANDIDATES TO BE VOTED FOR IN NEW-YORK CITY ON TUESDAY in NYT on November 3, 1889
• The Democratic candidates: THE CANDIDATES in NYT on October 2, 1889
• Result: OFFICIAL VOTE OF NEW-YORK STATE CAST AT THE ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOV. 5, 1889 in NYT on December 6, 1889
• Result in New York City: THE CITY VOTE in NYT on November 21, 1889
• The ballot reform, and how to vote: BALLOT REFORM APPLIED TO THIS ELECTION in NYT on November 4, 1889

References

1. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/09/06/102830394.pdf ''THIS TICKET IS UNIQUE.; PROHIBITIONISTS READY FOR ANOTHER CAMPAIGN''] in NYT on September 6, 1889
2. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/10/02/100973103.pdf ''YIELDING ALL TO HILL''] in NYT on October 2, 1889
3. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/09/29/100972755.pdf ''DELEGATES TO SYRACUSE''] in NYT on September 29, 1889
4. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/10/22/109324164.pdf ''POLITICAL ODDS AND ENDS''] in NYT on October 22, 1889
5. Rev. Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900), of [[Elmira, New York. Elmira]], brother of [[Henry Ward Beecher]], ran also in 1883 and 1887, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/03/15/102500934.pdf Obit] in NYT on March 15, 1900
6. James Wright, lawyer of [[Wayne County, New York. Wayne County]], ran also in 1879 (lived then in [[Elmira, New York. Elmira]]); and for Secretary of State in 1893 (lived then in [[Weedsport, New York. Weedsport]])
7. Ira M. Hedges, of [[Rockland County, New York. Rockland County]], ran also in 1891
8. Joseph W. Bruce (b. 1820 [[Lenox, New York. Lenox]]), retired farmer, co-owner of the Bruce Opera House in [[Canastota, New York. Canastota]], ran also for Governor in 1891
9. James Madison Hall, of [[Madison County, New York. Madison County]], ran also in 1887
10. Capt. William V. Van Rensselaer, of [[Seneca Falls (town), New York. Seneca Falls]], Division Engineer of the Middle Division of the State Canals under Superintendent of Public Works [[Silas B. Dutcher]], assemblyman 1898, ran also in 1885, sketch of the candidate: [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/10/02/103637334.pdf ''STATE ENGINEER''] in NYT on October 2, 1885
11. Col. Leonard Henkle, of [[Rochester, New York. Rochester]], ran for Congress in 1880, a pioneer of electricity supply, see: [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/03/19/109777000.pdf ''COL. HENKLE'S ELECTRIC SYSTEM''] in NYT on March 19, 1884
12. Walter Farrington (ca. 1830 - Nov 25., 1920), of [[Poughkeepsie, New York. Poughkeepsie]], lawyer, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1881 and 1884; for Attorney General in 1879 and 1906; and for Chief Judge in 1892