1822 New York gubernatorial election

1822 New York gubernatorial election

November 4–6, 1822

Nominee Joseph C. Yates Solomon Southwick Party Democratic-Republican Independent Popular vote 128,493 2,910 Percentage 97.79% 2.21%

Governor before election DeWitt Clinton Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Joseph C. Yates Democratic-Republican

The1822 New York state electionwas held from November 4 to 6, 1822, to elect thegovernorand thelieutenant governor,as well as all members of theNew York State Senateand theNew York State Assembly.

Candidates

The Democratic-Republican Party nominated State Supreme Court JusticeJoseph C. Yates.Theanti-Clintonianfaction nominated former U.S. representative and state assemblymanErastus Rootfor Lieutenant Governor. The Clintonian faction nominated Henry Huntington for Lieutenant Governor.

Newspaper publisherSolomon Southwickran as an independent.

Results

New York gubernatorial election, 1822

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	Joseph C. Yates	128,493	97.79%
	Independent	Solomon Southwick	2,910	2.21%
Total votes			131,503	100%

New York lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1822

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican(anti-Clintonian)	Erastus Root	82,450	62.20%
	Democratic-Republican(Clintonian)	Henry Huntington	50,098	37.80%
Total votes			132,548	100%

Sources

Result:The Tribune Almanac 1841

See also

• New York gubernatorial elections