1891 New York state election

Party Conventions

Democratic Party

The Democratic state convention met on September 15 and 16 at Saratoga Springs, New York. George Raines was temporary and permanent chairman. Roswell P. Flower was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Flower 334, Alfred C. Chapin 43). William F. Sheehan for lieutenant governor, Secretary of State Frank Rice, Frank Campbell for comptroller, Treasurer Elliott Danforth, Simon W. Rosendale for attorney general and Martin Schenck for state engineer, were nominated by acclamation.

Republican Party

The Republican state convention met on September 9 at Rochester, New York. W. W. Goodrich was temporary chairman until the choice of James M. Varnum as permanent chairman. Jacob S. Fassett was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Fassett 514, James W. Wadsworth 85, Stewart L. Woodford 83, Philip Becker 52, Joseph B. Carr 33, Andrew D. White 1). John W. Vrooman for lieutenant governor; Eugene F. O'Connor, of Brooklyn, for secretary of state; Arthur C. Wade, of Jamestown, for comptroller; Ira M. Hedges for treasurer; William A. Sutherland, of Rochester for attorney general; and Verplanck Colvin for state engineer, were nominated by acclamation.

Socialist Labor Party

The Socialist Labor state convention met on May 18 in Albany, New York, and nominated Daniel De Leon for governor; Frank Gesser, of Utica, for lieutenant governor; Frederick Bennets for secretary of state; James Withers, of Brooklyn, for treasurer; Henry Vitalius, of Troy, for comptroller; H. G. Wilshire, of New York City, for attorney general; and Charles Wilson, of New York City, for state engineer.

Prohibition Party

The Prohibition state convention met on September 2 and 3 at Albany, New York. Henry Clay Bascom was temporary chairman. They nominated Joseph W. Bruce for governor; George W. Hallock for lieutenant governor; William E. Booth, of Geneseo, for secretary of state; Francis Crawford, of Mount Vernon, for treasurer; William W. Smith for comptroller; Henry P. Forbes, of St. Lawrence County, for state engineer; and Calvin S. Grosser, of Buffalo, for attorney general.

Results

The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

The incumbents Rice and Danforth were re-elected.

Attorney General Simon W. Rosendale was the first Jew elected to a state office in New York.

Notes

Sources

• Results in New York Red Book (1892; see pg. 480 for Governor; pg. 481 for Lieutenant Governor; pg. 482 for Secretary of State; and pg. 483 for Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General and Engineer)
• Result: The Tribune Almanac 1892
• Result in New York City: As Declared by the Aldermen.; The Official Statement of the Vote of the County of New-York in The New York Times on November 21, 1891
• The Republican candidates: The Candidates in The New York Times on September 10, 1891

References

1. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/17/103334747.pdf ''The Convention at Work.; How the Democratic Standard Bearers Were Nominated''] in ''The New York Times'' on September 17, 1891
2. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/10/103333974.pdf ''Work of the Convention.; How Pltat's Orders Were Carried Out by his Henchmen''] in ''The New York Times'' on September 10, 1891
3. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/05/19/103307989.pdf "The Socialist Convention"] in ''The New York Times'' on May 19, 1891
4. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/02/103332603.pdf ''The Prohibition Convention''] in ''The New York Times'' on September 2, 1891
5. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/04/103333008.pdf ''The Prohibitionists Nominate''] in ''The New York Times'' on September 4, 1891
6. 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 Treasurer in 1889
7. George W. Hallock (d. 1895), of [[Orient, New York. Orient]], [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/02/11/102507201.pdf Death notice] in ''The New York Times'' on February 11, 1895
8. This number includes 1,930 votes for "Frederick Gesser", from 12 counties where none for "Frank Gesser" were cast.
9. Frederick Bennetts, of [[Yonkers, New York. Yonkers]], ran also for Attorney General in 1893, and for Lieutenant Governor in 1896
10. This number includes 1,831 votes for "Frederick Bennett", from 18 counties where none for "Frederick Bennetts" were cast.
11. William W. Smith, of [[Poughkeepsie, New York. Poughkeepsie]], ran also for Treasurer in 1887, for Secretary of State in 1895, and for Governor in 1896
12. Ira M. Hedges, of [[Rockland County, New York. Rockland County]], ran also in 1889
13. James Withers, ran also for Comptroller in 1893
14. Charles F. Wilson, ran also in 1893