1902 New York state election

History

The "Liberal Democratic" state convention met at Cooper Union in Manhattan. This party was composed of Bryan Democrats, Chicago Platform Democrats and former Populists which were fiercely opposed to Democratic boss David B. Hill. Judge Samuel Seabury was Permanent Chairman. They nominated Edgar L. Ryder for Governor; J. C. Corbin, of St. Lawrence County, for Lieutenant Governor; John B. Howarth, of Buffalo, for Secretary of State; De Myre S. Fero for Comptroller; Daniel B. Casley, of Westchester County, for Treasurer; Dennis Spellissey, of New York City, for Attorney General; John E. Dugan, of Albany County, for State Engineer; and Robert Stewart, of Brooklyn, for the Court of Appeals.

The Social Democratic state convention met on July 4 at 64, East Fourth Street in Manhattan. They nominated Benjamin Hanford for Governor; William Thurston Brown, of Rochester, for Lieutenant Governor; Leonard D. Abbott for Secretary of State; Gen. Lawrence Mayes, of New York City, for Attorney General; Warren Atkinson, of Brooklyn, for Comptroller; Joel Moses, of Rochester, for Treasurer; Everitt Holmes, of Peekskill, for State Engineer; and John F. Clarke, of New York City, for the Court of Appeals.

The Socialist Labor state convention met on August 30 at Utica, New York.

The Prohibition state convention met on September 5 at Saratoga Springs, New York. Alfred L. Manierre, of New York City, was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Alphonso A. Hopkins as Permanent Chairman. They nominated Manierre for Governor; Alfred A. Hartman, of Albion, for Lieutenant Governor; Alden W. Young, of Oswego, for Secretary of State; Samuel Mitchell, of Hornellsville, for Treasurer; James McNeil, of Hudson, for Comptroller; Emmett F. Smith for State Engineer; Erwin J. Baldwin, of Elmira, for the Court of Appeals; and endorsed Democrat John Cunneen for Attorney General.

The Republican state convention met on September 23 and 24 at Saratoga Springs. Timothy E. Ellsworth was Permanent Chairman. Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., was re-nominated after a roll call in which all votes were cast for him. All other state officers were nominated by acclamation.

The Democratic state convention met on September 30 and October 1 at Saratoga Springs. Martin W. Littleton was Permanent Chairman.

Result

Six Republicans and two Democrats were elected in a tight race.

The incumbents Odell, Miller, Bond and Gray were re-elected.

28 Republicans and 22 Democrats were elected to a two-year term (1903–04) in the New York State Senate.

89 Republicans and 61 Democrats were elected for the session of 1903 to the New York State Assembly.

The Republican, Democratic, Social Democratic, Prohibition and Socialist Labor parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes for Governor).

Obs.: "Blank and scattering" votes: 8,901 (Judge), 8,737 (Attorney), 6,632 (Governor)

Notes

Sources

• The tickets: Elections in Forty-Two States Nov. 4 in NYT on October 19, 1902
• Result: THE VOTE IN NOVEMBER in NYT on December 10, 1902
• Result: STATE CANVASSERS MEET TO-DAY in NYT on December 12, 1902 [the numbers differ slightly from the ones published two days earlier]
• Result: The Tribune Almanac 1903
• The New York Red Book 1903

References

1. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/06/08/118473049.pdf ''LIBERAL DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE MR. HILL''] in NYT on June 8, 1902
2. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/07/05/101275598.pdf ''SOCIAL DEMOCRATS' TICKET''] in NYT on July 5, 1902
3. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/09/06/118477784.pdf ''STATE PROHIBITION TICKET''] in NYT on September 6, 1902
4. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/09/25/101287467.pdf ''GOV. ODELL RENOMINATED IN STATE CONVENTION''] in NYT on September 25, 1902
5. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/10/02/118481005.pdf ''COLER AND BULGER DEMOCRATS' CHOICE''] in NYT on October 2, 1902
6. Alfred Lee Manierre (May 4, 1861 [[New York City]] - Oct. 1, 1911 NYC), [[Columbia College (Columbia University). Columbia College]] graduate, lawyer, ran also in 1910 for the Court of Appeals, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/10/02/104877290.pdf Obit] in NYT on October 2, 1911
7. Edgar Lee Ryder (d. 1936), of [[Ossining (village), New York. Ossining]], journalist, assemblyman
8. Leonard D. Abbott, of [[New York City]], ran also for Treasurer in 1900
9. Alden W. Young, locomotive engineer, of [[Oswego, New York. Oswego]], ran also for Lieutenant Governor in 1904
10. Joel Moses, ran also for Comptroller in 1908
11. De Myre S. Fero, of [[Orange County, New York. Orange County]], ran also in 1893 (lived then in [[Glens Falls, New York. Glens Falls]])
12. Emmett F. Smith, of [[Patchogue, New York. Patchogue]], ran also in 1900
13. Erwin J. Baldwin, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1912; and for Chief Judge in 1916
14. Anton Metzler, of [[Rochester, New York. Rochester]], ran also for Secretary of State in 1904