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1896 New York state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1896 New York gubernatorial election
election_date	November 3, 1896
previous_election	1894 New York gubernatorial election
previous_year	1894
next_election	1898 New York gubernatorial election
next_year	1898
ongoing	no
type	presidential
country	New York
flag_image	Flag of New York (1896–1901).svg
image_size	150x150px
image1	File:Frank S Black.jpg
nominee1	Frank S. Black
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	787,516
percentage1	55.28%
image2	Wilbur F. Porter (Mayor of Watertown, NY).jpg
nominee2	Wilbur F. Porter
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
alliance2	People's Party (United States)
popular_vote2	574,524
percentage2	40.33%
title	Governor
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
before_election	Levi P. Morton
after_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Frank S. Black
map_image	1896 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results

Black:

Porter: The 1896 New York state election was held on November 3, 1896, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly. Besides, a constitutional amendment on forestry was proposed, and rejected with 321,486 votes for and 710,505 against it.

History

The Democratic state convention met on September 17 at Buffalo, New York, and endorsed the Free Silver platform of the Democratic national convention. Mayor of Albany John Boyd Thacher, a Gold Democrat, was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Thacher 332, William Sulzer (Free Silver) 88, Wilbur F. Porter 20). Wilbur F. Porter (Free Silver) for lieutenant governor, and Robert C. Titus for the Court of Appeals, were nominated by acclamation. Thacher declined to run, and the Democratic State Committee met on September 28 at the Hotel Bartholdi in New York City, Elliott Danforth presided. They moved Porter one step up, and substituted Frederick C. Schraub (Free Silver) on the ticket for lieutenant governor.

Result

The whole Republican ticket was elected.

The incumbent Vann was re-elected.

At this time, automatic "ballot status" required 10,000 votes, which was reached by all parties.

A total of 9,497 blank, void, and scattering ballots are excluded from the infobox below:

Office	Democratic ticket	National Democratic ticket	Socialist Labor ticket	Prohibition ticket	People's ticket
Governor	Frank S. Black	787,516	Wilbur F. Porter	574,524	Daniel G. Griffin	26,698
Lieutenant Governor	Timothy L. Woodruff	793,845	Frederick C. Schraub	565,063	Frederick W. Hinrichs	25,593
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Irving G. Vann	799,122	Robert C. Titus	555,942	Spencer Clinton	23,585

Obs.: For candidates nominated on more than one ticket, the numbers are the total votes on all tickets.

Notes

Sources

A ballot from Orange County at Hudson River Valley Heritage
The tickets: ALL STATES WILL VOTE in NYT on November 2, 1896
The candidates: CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION in NYT on November 1, 1896
Result in New York City: CITY'S OFFICIAL COUNT in NYT on November 22, 1896
Result: THE VOTE OF NEW YORK; DECLARED BY THE STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS in NYT on December 16, 1896
Result: The Tribune Almanac 1897

References

[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/09/18/108247905.pdf ''THACHER ON FIRST BALLOT''] in NYT on September 18, 1896
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/09/18/108247714.pdf ''FOR THACHER AND SILVER; Gold Candidate Placed on a Popocratic Platform''] in NYT on September 18, 1896
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/09/29/108250786.pdf ''W.F. PORTER IS MOVED UP''] in NYT on September 29, 1896
Wilbur F. Porter (b. ca. 1841), lawyer, five times Mayor of [[Watertown, New York. Watertown]]
Daniel G. Griifin (b. 1848), lawyer, of [[Watertown, New York. Watertown]]
William W. Smith, of [[Poughkeepsie, New York. Poughkeepsie]], ran also for Treasurer in 1887, for Comptroller in 1891, and for Secretary of State in 1895
Frederick C. Schraub (b. ca. 1856), lawyer, of [[Lowville (town), New York. Lowville]], D.A. of [[Lewis County, New York. Lewis County]] 1880, State Dairy Commissioner under Gov. Hill, State Commissioner of Agriculture 1893-96
Frederick William Hinrichs (Sept. 12, 1851 [[Brooklyn]] - Nov 25, 1935), lawyer, Register of Arrears of Brooklyn 1894-95
Frederick Bennets, of [[Yonkers, New York. Yonkers]], ran also for Secretary of State in 1891, and for Attorney General in 1893
The name was thus printed on the ballot.
These votes were not allowed to be counted, considering that there were over 500,000 votes with the name "Frederick C. Schraub". The "Fred" votes were returned as "defective" and, as it did not make any difference to the result, nobody objected.
Spencer Clinton (b. 1839 [[Buffalo, New York. Buffalo]]), grandson of [[DeWitt Clinton]], lawyer
Theodore F. Cuno, ran also for Chief Judge in 1897
Elias Root, ran also for Attorney General in 1895
Lawrence Jermain McParlin (b. Nov. 14, 1848 [[Lockport (city), New York. Lockport]]), lawyer, ran also in 1881, 1886, 1888 and 1893; and for Chief Judge in 1882 and 1892

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