1895 New York state election

History

The Socialist Labor state convention met on July 6 at Troy, New York, and nominated Erasmus Pellenz, of Syracuse, for Secretary of State; Patrick Murphy, of New York City, for Comptroller; William F. Steer, of Albany, for Treasurer; Morris Berman, of Monroe County, for State Engineer; John H. Moore, of Staten Island, for Attorney General; and Henry Gray, of Westchester County, for the Court of Appeals.

The Republican state convention met on September 17 at Saratoga Springs, New York. The incumbent state officers, elected in 1893, were re-nominated, and Celora E. Martin was nominated for the Court of Appeals.

The Democratic state convention met on September 24 and 25 at Syracuse, New York. Perry Belmont was Tempoarary Chairman until the choice of Ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower (in office 1892–1894) as Permanent Chairman. John D. Teller for the Court of Appeals, and Horatio C. King for Secretary of State, were nominated by acclamation. John B. Judson was nominated for Comptroller on the first ballot (vote: Judson 311, John E. Ashe 99). Norton Chase for Attorney General, and De Witt C. Dow for Treasurer, were nominated by acclamation. Russell R. Stuart was nominated for State Engineer during the first ballot.

Lawrence J. McParlin was nominated by the People's Party for Attorney General, but declined to run. He ran instead for Surrogate of Niagara County.

Results

The whole Republican ticket was elected. This was one of the very rare occasions when all incumbent state cabinet officers were re-nominated and re-elected.

The incumbents Palmer, Roberts, Hancock, Colvin and Adams were re-elected.

Obs.: "Defective, blank and scattering" votes: 19,618 (Comptroller); 19,536 (Secretary)

Due to the adoption of the new State Constitution in 1894, the state officers and state senators were elected for an exceptional three-year term to serve 1896 to 1898, so that from 1898 on the Governor, the state officers and the state senators would be elected at the same time and serve concurrently a two-year term. Thus, this was the last regular election of state officers in an odd-numbered year. Until 1938, in odd-numbered years only the members of the New York State Assembly (which continued to serve a one-year term) were elected, and vacancies were filled, including the judgeships of the New York Court of Appeals which did not occur regularly but depended on the birth year of the incumbents (if age-limited), the year when elected (if the term expired), deaths in office, or resignations.

Notes

Sources

• The tickets: STATE ELECTIONS NOV. 5 in NYT on October 28, 1895
• The Republican candidates: STATE OFFICERS ELECTED; Sketches of Republicans Who Were Victorious in New-York in NYT on November 6, 1895
• The Democratic candidates: SKETCHES OF THE CANDIDATES in NYT on September 26, 1895
• Result in Westchester County: CORRECT VOTE OF WESTCHESTER in NYT on November 8, 1895
• Result in New York City: VOTE AT LAST ELECTION in NYT on November 26, 1895
• Result for Secretary of State and Comptroller, with estimated number in Kings County: THE TOTAL VOTE OF NEW YORK STATE in NYT on December 6, 1895
• Result: The Tribune Almanac 1896
• Vote totals from The New York Red Book 1896

References

1. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/07/07/105980957.pdf ''Socialists Name a State Ticket''] in NYT on July 7, 1895
2. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/09/18/106068532.pdf ''PLATT YIELDS TO THE RURAL STATESMEN; The Saratoga Convention Declares for the Enforcement of the Sunday Excise Laws''] in NYT on September 18, 1895
3. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/09/25/102473657.pdf ''FAIR TREATMENT OF ALL DEMOCRATS; The Convention at Syracuse Controlled by a Determination to Establish Party Unity''] in NYT on September 25, 1895
4. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/09/26/102473912.pdf ''NOMINATING A TICKET''] in NYT on September 26, 1895
5. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/16/103374138.pdf ''McParlin Declines to be Sacrificed''] in NYT on October 16, 1895
6. William W. Smith, of [[Poughkeepsie, New York. Poughkeepsie]], ran also for Treasurer in 1887, for Comptroller in 1891, and for Governor in 1896
7. Thaddeus Burr Wakeman (1834–1913), lawyer, author, ran also for Attorney General in 1887 and 1893, and for the Court of Appeals in 1894
8. John Brown Judson (b. Aug. 20, 1861 [[Gloversville, New York. Gloversville]]), glove manufacturer, Secretary of the Democratic State Committee, ran also in 1900 for Treasurer
9. Elias Root, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1896
10. De Witt Clinton Dow (b. 1852 [[Fulton, Schoharie County, New York. Fulton]]), [[Schoharie County, New York. Schoharie County]] Treasurer
11. William F. Steer, of [[Albany, New York. Albany]], ran also for Treasurer in 1893, and for Lieutenant Governor in 1894
12. Russell R. Stuart (b. 1847 [[Erie County, New York. Erie County]]), Division Engineer of the Middle Division of the State Canals 1892–93, ran also in 1900
13. John D. Teller (b. 1845 [[Kingsbury, New York. Kingsbury]]), of [[Auburn, New York. Auburn]], Surrogate of [[Cayuga County, New York. Cayuga County]] 1884–87
14. Edwin C. English, ran also for Attorney General in 1893