1896 New York state election
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The1896 New York state electionwas held on November 3, 1896, to elect thegovernor,thelieutenant governorand a judge of theNew York Court of Appeals,as well as all members of theNew York State Assembly.Besides, a constitutional amendment on forestry was proposed, and rejected with 321,486 votes for and 710,505 against it.
History
[edit]TheDemocraticstate convention met on September 17 atBuffalo, New York,and endorsed the Free Silver platform of the Democratic national convention. Mayor of AlbanyJohn 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).[1]Wilbur F. Porter (Free Silver) for lieutenant governor, and Robert C. Titus for the Court of Appeals, were nominated by acclamation.[2]Thacher declined to run, and the Democratic State Committee met on September 28 at the Hotel Bartholdi inNew York City,Elliott Danforthpresided. They moved Porter one step up, and substituted Frederick C. Schraub (Free Silver) on the ticket for lieutenant governor.[3]
Result
[edit]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:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Frank S. Black(incumbent) | 787,516 | 55.28% | N/A | |
Democratic | Wilbur F. Porter | 574,524 | 40.33% | N/A | |
National Democratic | Daniel C. Griffin | 26,698 | 1.87% | N/A | |
Socialist Labor | Howard Balkam | 18,362 | 1.29% | N/A | |
Prohibition | William W. Smith | 17,419 | 1.22% | N/A | |
Total votes | 1,484,046 | 100.00% |
Office | Republicanticket | Democraticticket | National Democraticticket | Socialist Laborticket | Prohibitionticket | People'sticket | ||||||
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Governor | Frank S. Black | 787,516 | Wilbur F. Porter[4] | 574,524 | Daniel G. Griffin[5] | 26,698 | Howard Balkam | 18,362 | William W. Smith[6] | 17,449 | Wilbur F. Porter | |
Lieutenant Governor | Timothy L. Woodruff | 793,845 | Frederick C. Schraub[7] | 565,063 | Frederick W. Hinrichs[8] | 25,593 | Frederick Bennets[9] | 18,673 | Charles E. Latimer | 17,136 | Fred C. Schraub[10] | 4,172[11] |
Judge of the Court of Appeals | Irving G. Vann | 799,122 | Robert C. Titus | 555,942 | Spencer Clinton[12] | 23,585 | Theodore F. Cuno[13] | 18,710 | Elias Root[14] | 17,205 | Lawrence J. McParlin[15] | 8,344 |
Obs.: For candidates nominated on more than one ticket, the numbers are the total votes on all tickets.
Notes
[edit]- ^THACHER ON FIRST BALLOTin NYT on September 18, 1896
- ^FOR THACHER AND SILVER; Gold Candidate Placed on a Popocratic Platformin NYT on September 18, 1896
- ^W.F. PORTER IS MOVED UPin NYT on September 29, 1896
- ^Wilbur F. Porter (b. ca. 1841), lawyer, five times Mayor ofWatertown
- ^Daniel G. Griifin (b. 1848), lawyer, ofWatertown
- ^William W. Smith, ofPoughkeepsie,ran also for Treasurer in 1887, for Comptroller in 1891, and for Secretary of State in 1895
- ^Frederick C. Schraub (b. ca. 1856), lawyer, ofLowville,D.A. ofLewis County1880, State Dairy Commissioner under Gov. Hill, State Commissioner of Agriculture 1893-96
- ^Frederick William Hinrichs (Sept. 12, 1851Brooklyn- Nov 25, 1935), lawyer, Register of Arrears of Brooklyn 1894-95
- ^Frederick Bennets, ofYonkers,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. 1839Buffalo), grandson ofDeWitt 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, 1848Lockport), lawyer, ran also in 1881, 1886, 1888 and 1893; and for Chief Judge in 1882 and 1892
Sources
[edit]- A ballot from Orange Countyat Hudson River Valley Heritage
- The tickets:ALL STATES WILL VOTEin NYT on November 2, 1896
- The candidates:CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIONin NYT on November 1, 1896
- Result in New York City:CITY'S OFFICIAL COUNTin NYT on November 22, 1896
- Result:THE VOTE OF NEW YORK; DECLARED BY THE STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERSin NYT on December 16, 1896
- Result:The Tribune Almanac 1897