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The1887 New York state electionwas held on November 8, 1887, to elect theSecretary of State,theState Comptroller,theAttorney General,theState Treasurerand theState Engineer,as well as all members of theNew York State Assemblyand theNew York State Senate.

History[edit]

TheUnited Laborstate convention met on August 17 atSyracuse, New York.Louis F. Post, theGreenbackcandidate for Attorney Generalin 1883,was elected Temporary Chairman by theHenry Georgefactionwith 91 votes over Frank J. Ferrall, a "colored delegate from New York City", who was nominated by William Penn Rogers and received 69 votes.[1]The convention lasted another two days, and nominatedHenry Georgefor Secretary of State, Victor A. Wilder for Comptroller, Patrick H. Cummins for Treasurer, Dennis C. Feely for Attorney General, andSylvanus H. Sweetfor State Engineer.[2]Ex-State Engineer Sweet (in office 1874-1875 as a Democrat) declined to run.[3]

TheProhibitionstate convention met on August 25 atSyracuse, New York.Rev. I. K. Funk was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Henry Clay Bascom as president.[4]

TheRepublicanstate convention met on September 14 at the Skating Rink inSaratoga Springs, New York.Seth Lowwas Temporary Chairman until the choice ofWarner Milleras president. Frederick D. Grant was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. Jesse S. L'Amoreaux was nominated for Comptroller during the first ballot. James H. Carmicheal, ofBuffalo,was nominated for Treasurer. Maj. James A. Dennison, ofFulton County,was nominated for Attorney General during the first ballot. Oliver H. P. Cornell was nominated for State Engineer on the first ballot (vote: Cornell 353,Verplanck Colvin326).[5]

TheDemocraticstate convention met at Saratoga Springs.

TheProgressive Laborstate convention met on September 28 at Webster Hall inNew York City.William Penn Rogers, called the meeting to order, and made a speech repudiating Henry George and his United Labor Party. H. A. Barker was Temporary Chairman and chairman of the day session; George Block was chairman of the evening session. John Swinton was nominated for Secretary of State. H. A. Barker, a cigarmaker of Albany, was nominated for Comptroller. Henry Emrich, General Secretary of the Furniture Workers Union, was nominated for Treasurer.Thaddeus B. Wakemanwas nominated for Attorney General.[6]Swinton declined the nomination, instead choosing to run for theState Senate's 7th district (a race which he would lose), and the convention nominatedJ. Edward Hallfor Secretary of State.[7]

TheGreenback-Laborstate convention met on October 4 atAlbany, New York,and nominatedThomas K. Beecherfor Secretary of State.[8]

Results[edit]

The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

The incumbents Cook and Fitzgerald were re-elected.

1887 state election results
Office Democraticticket Republicanticket United Laborticket Prohibitionticket Progressive Laborticket Union Laborticket Greenbackticket Reform ticket
Secretary of State Frederick Cook 469,888 Frederick D. Grant 452,881 Henry George 70,005 D. W. C. Huntington[9] 41,850 J. Edward Hall 7,622 Orville Preston 1,017 Thomas K. Beecher[10] 953 D. W. C. Huntington
Comptroller Edward Wemple 470,430 Jesse S. L'Amoreaux[11] 455,056 Victor A. Wilder[12] 66,252 C. B. Hitchcock 42,363 Herbert A. Barker 7,529 Ashbel Clapp 1,022 Sylvester Tripp 879 Edward Evans[13]
Attorney General Charles F. Tabor 469,349 James A. Dennison 455,577 Dennis C. Feely[14] 67,205 Silas W. Mason[15] 40,286 Thaddeus B. Wakeman[16] 7,672 Wauhlin B. Bernard 1,019 (none) C. H. Hammond
Treasurer Lawrence J. Fitzgerald 468,338 James H. Carmichael 457,312 Patrick H. Cummins[17] 65,601 William W. Smith[18] 42,216 Henry Emerich 7,748 John J. Ryan 1,011 J. Madison Hall[19] 880 S. M. Douglas
State Engineer John Bogart 469,349 Oliver H. P. Cornell[20] 456,288 Matthew K. Couzens 66,689 John G. Gray 42,234 R. F. Barnes 8,530 R. F. Barnes Edwin A. Stillman[21] 923 Cyrus K. Porter

Notes[edit]

  1. ^HENRY GEORGE AS A BOSS HIS DISMAL FAILURE IN RUNNING A CONVENTIONin NYT on August 18, 1887
  2. ^GEORGE HEADS THE TICKET AND THE CONVENTION ADOPTS HIS PLATFORMin NYT on August 20, 1887
  3. ^MR. SWEET WILL NOT RUNin NYT on August 28, 1887
  4. ^CONSCIENCE IN POLITICS; THE PROHIBITION PARTY'S STATE CONVENTIONin NYT on August 26, 1887
  5. ^THE MAGIC NAME OF GRANT; PLACED AT THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN TICKETin NYT on September 15, 1887
  6. ^THEY NOMINATE SWINTON; WORK OF THE PROGRESSIVE LABOR CONVENTIONin NYT on September 29, 1887
  7. ^JOHN SWINTON DECLINESin NYT on September 30, 1887
  8. ^MR. BEECHER'S POSITIONin NYT on October 6, 1887
  9. ^DeWitt Clinton Huntington, DD (1830-1912), later Chancellor ofNebraska Wesleyan University
  10. ^Rev. Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900), ofElmira,brother ofHenry Ward Beecher,ran also in 1883 and 1889,Obitin NYT on March 15, 1900
  11. ^Jesse Seymour L'Amoreaux (1837-1918), lawyer, ofBallston Spa,Obitin NYT on June 5, 1918
  12. ^Victor A. Wilder (born c. 1846 inCutler, Maine), ofBrooklyn,Civil war veteran, Treasurer of the New York Railway Supply Co.
  13. ^Edward Evans, ran also for Secretary of State on Prohibition ticket in 1885
  14. ^Dennis C. Feely (born c. 1837), lawyer, ofRochester,ran also on Greenback ticket in 1881
  15. ^Silas W. Mason, ofChautauqua County,ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1890 and 1893
  16. ^Thaddeus Burr Wakeman (1834-1913), lawyer, author, ran also in 1893, for the Court of Appeals in 1894, and for Secretary of State in 1895
  17. ^Patrick H. Cummins (born c. 1847), a "dealer in boots and shoes", ofAmsterdam
  18. ^William W. Smith, ofPoughkeepsie,ran also for Comptroller in 1891, for Secretary of State in 1895, and for Governor in 1896
  19. ^James Madison Hall, ofMadison County,ran also in 1889
  20. ^Oliver H. Cornell (born c. 1842), brother ofAlonzo B. Cornell,graduated from Cornell University, ran also in 1875
  21. ^Edwin A. Stillman, ofCanadice,ran also in 1883 and 1885

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