1932 New York state election

History

By a re-apportionment in 1932, the state of New York received two more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, but instead of redistricting the congressional districts, the additional congressmen were elected at-large on the state ticket until the election of 1944.

The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 29, a day before the party's national convention, in New York City, and nominated Aaron M. Orange for governor; and Emil F. Teichert for lieutenant governor.

The Communist state convention met on June 19 at Schenectady, New York, and nominated Israel Amter for governor; and Henry Shepard, a "Harlem Negro", for Lieutenant Governor

The Socialist state convention met on July 3 at Utica, New York, and nominated Louis Waldman for the third time to run for governor; and Frank R. Crosswaith for lieutenant governor. Crosswaith however declined, instead running for Congress in Harlem, and Charles W. Noonan was substituted on the ticket.

The Law Preservation state convention met on October 3 at Syracuse, New York and nominated the Rev. Dr. John F. Vichert, of Rochester, a professor of practical theology at Colgate Divinity School, for governor; H. Westlake Coons for lieutenant governor; Ralph H. Culley, of Rochester, for attorney general; Francis A. Walters, of Rome, for comptroller; and Dr. D. Leigh Colvin for U.S. Senator. At first Vichert declined, but a few days later changed his mind.

The Republican state convention met on October 4 at Buffalo, New York, and nominated Colonel William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan for governor; and Assistant U.S. Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison for lieutenant governor; Mayor of Rochester, New York Charles S. Owen for comptroller; Moses G. Hubbard, of Utica, for attorney general; George Z. Medalie for the U.S. Senate; and the incumbent Chief Judge Cuthbert W. Pound to succeed himself.

The Democratic state convention met on October 4 at Albany, New York, and nominated Lieutenant Governor Herbert H. Lehman for governor to succeed Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt who had been nominated for U.S. President; M. William Bray for lieutenant governor; and re-nominated the other incumbent state officers, among them the Republican Chief Judge Cuthbert W. Pound.

Result

The whole Democratic ticket was elected in another landslide.

The incumbents Tremaine, Bennett, Pound and Wagner were re-elected. The incumbent Governor Roosevelt was elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent President Herbert Hoover.

Notes

Sources

• Result: ROOSEVELT'S LEAD IN STATE 596,996 in NYT on December 10, 1932
• Result (Prohibition only): Vote for Prohibition candidates at Prohibitionists.org Results-New York Red Book 1933

References

1. to succeed [[Benjamin N. Cardozo]] who had been appointed to the [[United States Supreme Court]]
2. [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/05/01/archives/labor-party-meets-to-pick-candidates-convention-names-chairman-acts.html ''LABOR PARTY MEETS TO PICK CANDIDATES''] in NYT on May 1, 1932 (subscription required)
3. [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/06/20/archives/communists-name-ticket-amter-is-state-partys-choice-for-governor.html ''COMMUNISTS NAME TICKET''] in NYT on June 20, 1932 (subscription required)
4. [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/07/04/archives/thomas-attacks-roosevelt-choice-tells-socialist-convention-it-is.html ''THOMAS ATTACKS ROOSEVELT CHOICE; ...WALDMAN FOR GOVERNOR''] in NYT on July 4, 1932 (subscription required)
5. [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/08/07/archives/socialist-ticket-for-state-changed-cb-noonan-substituted-for.html ''SOCIALIST TICKET FOR STATE CHANGED''] in NYT on August 7, 1932 (subscription required)
6. [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/10/04/archives/state-drys-nominate-vichert-for-governor-but-colgate-divinity.html ''STATE DRYS NOMINATE VICHERT FOR GOVERNOR''] in NYT on October 4, 1932 (subscription required)
7. [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F15FA3A5516738DDDAE0894D8415B828FF1D3 ''DR. VICHERT DECIDES TO RUN''] in NYT on October 7, 1932 (subscription required)
8. Pound had been appointed by Governor [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] to fill the vacancy temporarily
9. [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/10/05/archives/donovan-nominated-advocates-repeal-republican-gubernatorial-choice.html ''DONOVAN NOMINATED, ADVOCATES REPEAL''] in NYT on October 5, 1932 (subscription required)
10. [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/10/05/archives/lehman-sticks-to-guns-backed-by-roosevelt-and-smith-he-refuses-to.html ''LEHMAN STICKS TO GUNS''] in NYT on October 5, 1932 (subscription required)
11. Aaron M. Orange, school teacher, ran also in 1934 and 1938
12. Charles W. Noonan, of [[Schenectady, New York. Schenectady]], Alderman from Schenectady's 7th Ward, ran also for comptroller in 1914, 1916 and 1926; for treasurer in 1918; and for secretary of state in 1920
13. Horace Westlake Coons (1877-1957), lawyer, of [[Ellenville, New York. Ellenville]]
14. Henry Shepard, ran also for Congress at-large in 1934
15. Emil F. Teichert, ran also in 1934
16. Elizabeth C. Roth, of [[Buffalo, New York. Buffalo]], ran also for comptroller in 1928; and for lieutenant governor in 1930
17. Jeremiah D. Crowley, of [[Marcellus, New York. Marcellus]], ran also for state engineer in 1910; for lieutenant governor in 1912, 1914 and 1920; and for governor in 1916, 1922, 1926 and 1930
18. Jacob Berlin (b. 1906 Poland), clerk, ran also for Congress in 1934; and for lieutenant governor in 1938
19. Fred Sander, also ran for comptroller in 1934
20. O. Martin Olson, of [[Jamestown, New York. Jamestown]], ran also for comptroller in 1934; and for the U.S. Senate in 1938