New York gubernatorial elections
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There have been 89 gubernatorial elections in the state of New York since 1777.
General Information
Originally the term was three years long and began on July 1, the election being held in the last week of April or May 1. In 1817, following the resignation of Daniel D. Tompkins after serving only 8 months of his term, there was a special election, and DeWitt Clinton was elected for a new whole three-year-term. The New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821 reduced the term to two years - beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 - and moved the election to early November. Due to this measure, DeWitt Clinton's own second term was cut short by half a year. Beginning with the election in 1876, the term was increased to three years again, beginning with the election in 1894 reduced to two years, and since the election in 1938 has its present duration of four years.
Although the candidates for Lieutenant Governor run on tickets with the governor's candidates, over a long time they were elected on separate ballots, so on several occasions (1826, 1846, 1850, 1906, 1924) the governor and his lieutenant were elected of different slates.
In only 15 of the total 89 elections the incumbent ran and was defeated.
The elected candidates are shown in bold face in the tables below.
Recent Elections
2010
2006
2002
1998
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote (PV) |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George E. Pataki | Mary O. Donohue | Republican, Conservative |
2,571,991 | 54.32% | |
| Peter F. Vallone Sr. | Sandra Frankel | Democrat, Working Families |
1,570,317 | 33.16% | |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Laureen Oliver | Independence | 364,056 | 7.69% | |
| Betsy McCaughey Ross | Jonathan C. Reiter | Liberal | 77,915 | 1.65% | |
| Michael Reynolds | Karen Prior | Right to Life | 56,683 | 1.20% | |
| Al Lewis | Alice Green | Green | 52,533 | 1.11% | |
| Thomas K. Leighton | Jeffrey C. Wright | Marijuana Reform | 24,788 | 0.52% | |
| Mary Alice France | - | Unity Party | 9,692 | 0.20% | |
| Chris Garvey | Don Silberger | Libertarian | 4,722 | 0.10% | |
| Al Duncan | Ruth Robinett | Socialist Workers | 2,539 | 0.05% | |
4,985,932 ballots have been cast on that election. Out of them, 250,696 were declared blank, void or missing.
1994
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George E. Pataki | Betsy McCaughey Ross | Republican, Conservative, Tax Cut Now |
2,488,631 | (48.8 %) |
| Mario M. Cuomo | Stan Lundine | Democratic, Liberal |
2,364,904 | (45.4 %) |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Dominick Fusco | Independence Fusion | 217,490 | (4.1 %) |
| Robert T. Walsh | Virginia E. Sutton | Right to Life | 67,750 | (1.3 %) |
| Robert L. Schulz | Stan Dworkin | Libertarian | 9,506 | (0.2 %) |
| Lawrence Lane | May Nell Bockman | Socialist Workers | 5,410 | (0.1 %) |
| Democratic Primary | popular vote | percentage | Republican Primary | popular vote | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Cuomo | 548,762 | (79.45%) | St. Sen. George Pataki | 273,620 | (75.60%) |
| Lenora Fulani | 141,918 | (20.55%) | Richard M. Rosenbaum | 88,302 | (24.40%) |
1974-1990
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario M. Cuomo | Stan Lundine | Democratic, Liberal |
2,157,087 | (53.17%) |
| Pierre Rinfret | George Yancey, Jr. | Republican | 865,948 | (21.35%) |
| Herbert London | Anthony DiPerna | Conservative | 827,614 | (20.40%) |
| Louis P. Wein | Gertrude G. Manning | Right to Life | 137,804 | (3.40%) |
| Lenora Fulani | Ada I. Vazquez | New Alliance | 31,089 | (0.77%) |
| W. Gary Johnson | Dottie Lou Brokaw | Libertarian | 24,611 | (0.61%) |
| Craig Gannon | Susan Anmuth | Socialist Workers | 12,743 | (0.31%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario M. Cuomo | Stan Lundine | Democratic, Liberal |
2,775,045 | (64.63%) |
| Andrew O'Rourke | E. Michael Kavanagh | Republican, Conservative |
1,363,968 | (31.77%) |
| Denis Dillon | Thomas E. Drolesky | Right to Life | 130,827 | (3.05%) |
| Lenora Fulani | Rafael Mendez | New Alliance | 24,135 | (0.56%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario M. Cuomo | Alfred DelBello | Democratic, Liberal |
2,675,213 | (50.91%) |
| Lewis Lehrman | James L. Emery | Republican, Conservative, |
2,494,827 | (47.48%) |
| Robert J. Bohner | Paul Callahan | Right to Life | 52,356 | (1.00%) |
| John H. Northrup | David Hoesley | Libertarian | 16,913 | (0.32%) |
| Jane Benedict | Angela M. Gilliam | Unity | 6,353 | (0.12%) |
| Nancy Ross | Lenora Fulani | New Alliance | 5,277 | (0.10%) |
| Diane Wang | Peter A. Thierjung | Socialist Workers | 3,766 | (0.07%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Carey | Mario M. Cuomo | Democratic | 2,429,272 | (50.95%) |
| Perry Duryea, Jr. | Bruce Caputo | Republican, Conservative |
2,156,404 | (45.22%) |
| Mary Jane Tobin | Ellen McCormack | Right to Life | 130,193 | (2.73%) |
| Gary Greenberg | James Franz | Libertarian | 18,990 | (0.40%) |
| Dianne M. Feeley | Kevin E. Kellogg | Socialist Workers | 12,987 | (0.27%) |
| Jarvis Tyner | Grace Mora-Newman | Communist | 11,400 | (0.24%) |
| Paul Gallagher | J. Philip Rubinstein | Labor | 9,073 | (0.19%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Carey | Mary Anne Krupsak | Democratic | 3,028,503 | (57.22%) |
| Malcolm Wilson | Ralph G. Caso | Republican | 2,219,667 | (41.94%) |
| Wayne S. Amato | Charles R. Schongar | Courage | 12,459 | (0.24%) |
| Jerry Tuccille | Louis J. Sicilia | Libertarian | 10,503 | (0.20%) |
| Derrick Morrison | James Mendieta | Socialist Workers | 8,857 | (0.17%) |
| Jose A. Ristorucci | Carol A. Twigg | Communist | 5,232 | (0.10%) |
| John Emanuel | Socialist Labor | 4,574 | (0.09%) | |
| Anton H. Chaitkin | Victoria Statom | Labor | 3,151 | (0.06%) |
1938-1970
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 3,151,432 | (52.41%) |
| Arthur Goldberg | Basil Paterson | Democratic, Liberal |
2,421,426 | (40.27%) |
| Paul L. Adams | Edward F. Leonard | Conservative | 422,514 | (7.03%) |
| Rasheed Storey | Grace Mora-Newman | Communist | 7,760 | (0.13%) |
| Clifton DeBerry | Jonathan Rothschild | Socialist Workers | 5,766 | (0.10%) |
| Stephen Emery | Arnold Babel | Socialist Labor | 3,963 | (0.07%) |
Note: The highest number of votes ever received by any Governor of NY until today
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 2,690,626 | (44.61%) |
| Frank O'Connor | Howard J. Samuels | Democratic | 2,298,363 | (38.11%) |
| Paul L. Adams | Kieran O'Doherty | Conservative | 513,023 | (8.46%) |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. | Donald S. Harrington | Liberal | 507,234 | (8.41%) |
| Milton Herder | Doris Ballantyne | Socialist Labor | 12,730 | (0.21%) |
| Judith White | Richard Garza | Socialist Workers | 12,506 | (0.21%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 3,081587 | (53.08%) |
| Robert M. Morgenthau | John J. Burns | Democratic, Liberal |
2,552,418 | (43.97%) |
| David H. Jaquith | E. Vernon Carbonara | Conservative | 141,877 | (2.44%) |
| Richard Garza | Sylvia Weinstein | Socialist Workers | 19,698 | (0.34%) |
| Eric Hass | John Emanuel | Socialist Labor | 9,762 | (0.17%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 3,126,929 | (54.74%) |
| W. Averell Harriman | George DeLuca | Democratic, Liberal |
2,553,895 | (44.71%) |
| John T. McManus | Annette T. Rubinstein | Independent-Socialist | 31,658 | (0.55%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Averell Harriman | George DeLuca | Democratic, Liberal |
2,560,738 | (49.61%) |
| Irving Ives | J. Raymond McGovern | Republican | 2,549,613 | (49.40%) |
| John T. McManus | Karen Morley | American Labor | 46,886 | (0.91%) |
| David L. Weiss | Dorothy Haines | Socialist Workers | 2,617 | (0.05%) |
| Nathan Karp | Stephen Emery | Industrial Government | 1,720 | (0.03%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas E. Dewey | Frank C. Moore | Republican | 2,819,523 | (53.11%) |
| Walter A. Lynch | Richard H. Balch | Democratic, Liberal |
2,246,855 | (42.32%) |
| John T. McManus | Clementina J. Paolone | American Labor | 221,966 | (4.18%) |
| Michael Bartell | Gladys Barker | Socialist Workers | 13,274 | (0.25%) |
| Eric Hass | Nathan Karp | Industrial Government | 7,254 | (0.14%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas E. Dewey | Joe R. Hanley | Republican | 2,825,633 | (56.92%) |
| James M. Mead | Erastus Corning 2nd | Democratic, Liberal, American Labor |
2,138,482 | (43.08%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas E. Dewey | Thomas W. Wallace | Republican | 2,148,546 | (52.10%) |
| John J. Bennett, Jr. | Charles Poletti | Democratic | 1,501,039 | (36.40%) |
| Dean Alfange | American Labor | 403,626 | (9.79%) | |
| Israel Amter | Communist | 45,220 | (1.10%) | |
| Coleman B. Cheney | Samuel H. Friedman | Socialist | 21,911 | (0.53%) |
| Aaron M. Orange | Bronko Papadopolos | Industrial Government | 3,496 | (0.08%) |
Note: Lt. Gov. Wallace died on 17 July 1943. In November, Republican Joe R. Hanley defeated Democrat William N. Haskell in a special election, and served as Lt. Gov. for the remainder of the term.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert H. Lehman | Charles Poletti | Democratic, American Labor |
2,391,286 | (50.38%) |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Frederic Holdrege Bontecou, Sr. | Republican, Independent Progressive |
2,326,682 | (49.02%) |
| Norman Mattoon Thomas | George W. Hartmann | Socialist | 24,980 | (0.53%) |
| Aaron M. Orange | Jacob Berlin | Industrial Government | 3,516 | (0.07%) |
1922-1934
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert H. Lehman | M. William Bray | Democratic, American Labor |
2,970,575 | (53.45%) |
| William F. Bleakley | Ralph K. Robertson | Republican | 2,450,104 | (44.09%) |
| Harry W. Laidler | Herman J. Hahn | Socialist | 96,233 | (1.73%) |
| Robert Minor | Julian S. Sawyer | Communist | 40,406 | (0.73%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert H. Lehman | M. William Bray | Democratic | 2,201,729 | (58.01%) |
| Robert Moses | Fred James Douglas | Republican | 1,393,638 | (36.72%) |
| Charles Solomon | Herman Kobbe | Socialist | 126,580 | (3.34%) |
| Israel Amter | William J. Burroughs | Communist | 45,878 | (1.21%) |
| William Frederick Varney | James F. Luckey | Law Preservation | 20,449 | (0.54%) |
| Aaron M. Orange | Emil F. Teichert | Socialist Labor | 7,225 | (0.19%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert H. Lehman | M. William Bray | Democratic | 2,659,519 | (56.69%) |
| William J. Donovan | F. Trubee Davison | Republican | 1,812,080 | (38.62%) |
| Louis Waldman | Charles W. Noonan | Socialist | 102,959 | (2.19%) |
| John F. Vichert | H. Westlake Coon | Law Preservation | 83,452 | (1.78%) |
| Israel Amter | Henry Shepard | Communist | 26,407 | (0.56%) |
| Aaron M. Orange | Emil F. Teichert | Socialist Labor | 7,233 | (0.15%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Herbert H. Lehman | Democratic | 1,770,342 | (56.49%) |
| Charles H. Tuttle | Caleb Howard Baumes | Republican | 1,045,341 | (33.36%) |
| Robert P. Carroll | Law Preservation | 190,666 | (6.08%) | |
| Louis Waldman | Elizabeth C. Roth | Socialist | 100,444 | (3.21%) |
| William Zebulon Foster | J. Louis Engdahl | Communist | 18,034 | (0.58%) |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | Charles M. Carlson | Socialist Labor | 9,096 | (0.29%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Herbert H. Lehman | Democratic | 2,130,193 | (48.96%) |
| Albert Ottinger | Charles Clapp Lockwood | Republican | 2,104,129 | (48.36%) |
| Louis Waldman | Herman J. Hahn | Socialist | 101,859 | (2.34%) |
| William F. Dunne | Franklin P. Brill | Workers | 10,741 | (0.25%) |
| Charles Hunter Corregan | John E. DeLee | Socialist Labor | 4,213 | (0.10%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred E. Smith | Edwin Corning | Democratic | 1,523,813 | (52.13%) |
| Ogden Mills | Seymour Lowman | Republican | 1,276,137 | (43.80%) |
| Jacob Panken | Albert Claessens | Socialist | 83,481 | (2.87%) |
| Charles E. Manierre | Ella McCarthy | Prohibition | 21,285 | (0.73%) |
| Benjamin Gitlow | Franklin P. Brill | Workers | 5,507 | (0.19%) |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | John E. DeLee | Socialist Labor | 3,553 | (0.12%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred E. Smith | George R. Lunn | Democratic | 1,627,111 | (49.96%) |
| Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. | Seymour Lowman | Republican | 1,518,552 | (46.63%) |
| Norman Mattoon Thomas | Charles Solomon | Socialist | 99,854 | (3.07%) |
| James P. Cannon | Franklin P. Brill | Workers | 6,395 | (0.20%) |
| Frank E. Passonno | Milton Weinberger | Socalist Labor | 4,931 | (0.15%) |
Note: This was the last time the running mate of the elected governor was defeated, Democrat Smith having Republican Lowman as lieutenant for the duration of this term.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred E. Smith | George R. Lunn | Democratic | 1,397,670 | (55.21%) |
| Nathan L. Miller | William J. Donovan | Republican | 1,011,725 | (39.97%) |
| Edward F. Cassidy | Socialist, Farmer-Labor |
109,119 | (4.31%) | |
| George K. Hinds | Prohibition | 9,499 | (0.38%) | |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | Socialist Labor | 9,499 | (0.38%) | |
1902-1920
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan L. Miller | Jeremiah Wood | Republican | 1,335,878 | (46.58%) |
| Alfred E. Smith | Democratic | 1,261,812 | (44.00%) | |
| Joseph D. Cannon | Socialist | 159,804 | (5.57%) | |
| Dudley Field Malone | Farmer-Labor | 69,908 | (2.44%) | |
| George F. Thompson | Prohibition | 35,509 | (1.24%) | |
| John P. Quinn | Socialist Labor | 5,015 | (0.17%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred E. Smith | Harry C. Walker | Democratic | 1,009,936 | |
| Charles S. Whitman | Edward Schoeneck (Republican), Mamie W. Colvin (Prohibition) |
Republican, Prohibition |
995,094 | |
| Charles Wesley Ervin | Ella Reeve Bloor | Socialist | ||
| Olive M. Johnson | August Gillhaus | Socialist Labor | 5,183 | |
Note: This was the first time women voted for governor of New York, and Alfred E. Smith was the first governor elected with more than 1 million votes.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles S. Whitman | Edward Schoeneck (Republican), L. Bradley Dorr (Progressive) |
Republican, Progressive, American |
850,020 | (52.63%) |
| Samuel Seabury | Thomas J. Kreuzer | Democratic | 686.862 | (42.53%) |
| Algernon Lee | Stephen J. Mahoney | Socialist | 52,560 | (3.25%) |
| Charles E. Welch | Clarence Z. Spriggs | Prohibition | 21,773 | (1.35%) |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | Boris Reinstein | Socialist Labor | 3,847 | (0.24%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles S. Whitman | Edward Schoeneck | Republican | 686,701 | (47.69%) |
| Martin H. Glynn | Thomas B. Lockwood | Democratic, Independence League |
541,269 | (37.59%) |
| William Sulzer | Charles E. Welch | American, Prohibition |
126,270 | (8.77%) |
| Frederick Morgan Davenport | Chauncey J. Hamlin | Progressive | 45,586 | (3.17%) |
| Gustave A. Strebel | Stephen J. Mahoney | Socialist | 37,793 | (2.62%) |
| James T. Hunter | Jeremiah D. Crowley | Socialist Labor | 2,350 | (0.16%) |
Note: William Sulzer had been elected governor as a Democrat at the previous election, but was impeached. Martin Glynn had been elected Lt. Gov and succeeded to the governorship upon Sulzer's impeachment
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Sulzer | Martin H. Glynn | Democratic | 649,559 | (41.46%) |
| Job E. Hedges | James W. Wadsworth, Jr. | Republican | 444,105 | (28.35%) |
| Oscar Solomon Straus | Frederick Morgan Davenport | Independence League, Progressive |
393,183 | (25.10%) |
| Charles Edward Russell | Gustave A. Strebel | Socialist | 56,917 | (3.63%) |
| T. Alexander MacNicholl | Clark Allis | Prohibition | 18,990 | (1.21%) |
| John Hall | Jeremiah D. Crowley | Socialist Labor | 3,792 | (0.24%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Alden Dix | Thomas F. Conway | Democratic | 689,700 | (48.00%) |
| Henry Lewis Stimson | Edward Schoeneck | Republican | 622,299 | (43.31%) |
| Charles Edward Russell | Gustave A. Strebel | Socialist | 48,529 | (3.38%) |
| John J. Hopper | William Randolph Hearst | Independence League | 48,470 | (3.37%) |
| T. Alexander MacNicholl | Calvin McCarthy | Prohibition | 22,295 | (1.55%) |
| Frank E. Passonno | James T. Hunter | Socialist Labor | 5,717 | (0.40%) |
Note: Hearst was third place among the candidates for Lt. Gov., garnering more than 60,000 votes.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Evans Hughes | Horace White | Republican | 804,651 | (49.08%) |
| Lewis S. Chanler | John Alden Dix | Democratic | 735,189 | (44.84%) |
| Clarence J. Shearn | Daniel W. Finnimore | Independence League | 43,212 | (2.64%) |
| Joshua Wanhope | Gustave A. Strebel | Socialist | 33,994 | (2.07%) |
| George E. Stockwell | Marshall A. Hudson | Prohibition | 18,802 | (1.15%) |
| Leander A. Armstrong | Frank E. Passonno | Socalist Labor | 3,655 | (0.22%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Evans Hughes | Matthew Linn Bruce | Republican | 749,002 | (50.52%) |
| William Randolph Hearst | Lewis S. Chanler | Democratic, Independence League |
691,105 | (46.62%) |
| John C. Chase | Gustave A. Strebel | Socialist | 21,751 | (1.47%) |
| Henry M. Randall | Freeman H. Bettys | Prohibition | 15,985 | (1.08%) |
| Thomas H. Jackson | Frank E. Passonno | Socialist Labor | 4,624 | (0.31%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank W. Higgins | Matthew Linn Bruce | Republican | 813,264 | (50.27%) |
| D. Cady Herrick | Francis Burton Harrison | Democratic | 691,105 | (46.62%) |
| Thomas Prendergast | Social Democratic | 36,259 | (2.24%) | |
| John McKee | Prohibition | 20,568 | (1.27%) | |
| Daniel DeLeon | Socialist Labor | 8,976 | (0.55%) | |
| Alfred J. Boulton | People's Party | 6,015 | (0.37%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. | Frank W. Higgins | Republican | 665,150 | (48.09%) |
| Bird Sim Coler | Democratic | 656,347 | (47.45%) | |
| Benjamin Hanford | Social Democratic | 23,400 | (1.69%) | |
| Alfred L. Manierre | Prohibition | 20,490 | (1.48%) | |
| Daniel DeLeon | Socialist Labor | 15,886 | (1.15%) | |
| Edgar L. Ryder | Liberal Democratic | 15,886 | (1.15%) | |
1879-1900
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin B. Odell Jr. | Timothy L. Woodruff | Republican | 804,859 | (51.97%) |
| John B. Stanchfield | William F. Mackey | Democratic | 693,733 | (44.80%) |
| William T. Wardwell | Albert J. Rumsey | Prohibition | 22,704 | (1.47%) |
| Charles Hunter Corregan | Leander A. Armstrong | Socialist Labor | 13,762 | (0.89%) |
| Benjamin Hanford | William Butscher | Social Democratic | 13,493 | (0.87%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Roosevelt | Timothy L. Woodruff | Republican | 661,707 | 49.02% |
| Augustus Van Wyck | Elliott Danforth | Democratic | 643,921 | 47.70% |
| Benjamin Hanford | Socialist Labor | 23,860 | 1.77% | |
| John Kline | Prohibition | 18,383 | 1.36% | |
| Theodore Bacon | Thomas Mott Osborne | Citizens Union | 2,103 | 0.16% |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank S. Black | Timothy L. Woodruff | Republican | 787,516 | (52.63%) |
| Wilbur E. Porter | Democratic, Populist |
574,524 | (40.33%) | |
| Daniel. G. Griffin | National Democratic | 26,698 | (1.87%) | |
| Howard Balkam | Socialist Labor | 18,362 | (1.29%) | |
| William W. Smith | Prohibition | 17,419 | (1.22%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levi P. Morton | Charles T. Saxton | Republican | 673,818 | (47.69%) |
| David B. Hill | Daniel N. Lockwood | Democratic | 517,710 | (40.79%) |
| Everett Pepperrell Wheeler | State Democracy | 27,202 | (2.14%) | |
| Francis E. Baldwin | Prohibition | 23,525 | (1.85%) | |
| Charles Horatio Matchett | Socialist Labor | 15,868 | (1.25%) | |
| Charles B. Matthews | Populist | 11,049 | (0.87%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roswell P. Flower | William F. Sheehan | Democratic | 582,893 | (50.13%) |
| Jacob S. Fassett | Republican | 534,956 | (46.00%) | |
| Joseph W. Bruce | Prohibition | 30,353 | (2.61%) | |
| Daniel DeLeon | Socialist Labor | 14,651 | (1.26%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David B. Hill | Edward F. Jones | Democratic | 650,464 | (49.45%) |
| Warner Miller | Republican | 631,293 | (48.00%) | |
| W. Martin Jones | Prohibition | 30,215 | (2.30%) | |
| Edward Hall | 3,348 | (0.25%) | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David B. Hill | Edward F. Jones | Democratic | 501,465 | (48.93%) |
| Ira Davenport | Republican | 490,331 | (47.85%) | |
| H. Clay Bascom | Prohibition | 30,867 | (3.01%) | |
| George O. Jones | 2,130 | (0.21%) | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland | David B. Hill | Democratic | 535,318 | (58.47%) |
| Charles J. Folger | Benjamin Platt Carpenter | Republican | 342,464 | (37.41%) |
| Alphonso A. Hopkins | William H. Boole | Prohibition | 25,783 | (2.82%) |
| Epenetus Howe | James Allen | 11,974 | (1.31%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonzo B. Cornell | George Gilbert Hoskins | Republican | 418,567 | (46.68%) |
| Lucius Robinson | Clarkson N. Potter | Democratic | 375,790 | (41.91%) |
| John Kelly | Tammany Hall | 77,566 | (8.65%) | |
| Harris Lewis | John M. Wieting | 20,286 | (2.26%) | |
| John W. Mears | James H. Bronson | Prohibition | 4,437 | (0.47%) |
1850-1876
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucius Robinson | William Dorsheimer | Democratic | 519,831 | (51.97%) |
| Edwin D. Morgan | Republican | 489,371 | (48.26%) | |
| William J. Groo | Prohibition | 3,412 | (0.34%) | |
| Richard M. Griffin | 1,436 | (0.14%) | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Jones Tilden | William Dorsheimer | Democratic | 416,391 | (52.43%) |
| John Adams Dix | Republican | 366,074 | (46.09%) | |
| Myron Holley Clark | 11,768 | (1.48%) | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams Dix | John Cleveland Robinson | Republican | 445,801 | (53.19%) |
| Francis Kernan | Chauncey M. Depew | Democratic, Liberal Republican |
392,350 | (46.81%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Thompson Hoffman | Allen C. Beach | Democratic | 399,490 | (52.19%) |
| Stewart L. Woodford | Republican | 366,424 | (47.84%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Thompson Hoffman | Allen C. Beach | Democratic | 439,301 | (51.64%) |
| John Augustus Griswold | Alonzo B. Cornell | Republican | (48.36%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben E. Fenton | Stewart L. Woodford | Republican | 366,315 | (50.96%) |
| John Thompson Hoffman | Democratic | 352,526 | (49.04%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben E. Fenton | Thomas G. Alvord | National Union | 368,557 | (50.50%) |
| Horatio Seymour | Democratic | 361,264 | (49.50%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio Seymour | David R. Floyd-Jones | Constitutional Union | 306,649 | (50.89%) |
| James S. Wadsworth | Lyman Tremain | Republican Union | 295,897 | (49.11%) |
Note: In 1862, both the Democratic and Republican party members and followers were divided at this time over the issues of slavery, the war itself and its probable outcome. So, the candidates were nominated by conventions that used the names Constitutional Union (largely Democrats, but including the bigger part of the Know Nothings, and factions of the Republican and other parties) and Republican Union (largely Republican, but including factions of the Democratic and other parties).
The total votes cast were more than 70,000 less than in the previous election because the soldiers in the field were not allowed to vote, which is believed to have given a slight majority to the defeatists. The elected governor Seymour was anti-Lincoln, anti-federal government, anti-war, pro-slavery and did his best to undermine the federal war effort during the next two years.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin D. Morgan | Robert Campbell | Republican | 358,272 | (53.24%) |
| William Kelly | Democratic (Barnburner) | 294,812 | (43.81%) | |
| James T. Brady | Democratic (Hunker) | 19,841 | (2.95%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin D. Morgan | Robert Campbell | Republican | 257,953 | (45.49%) |
| Amasa J. Parker | John J. Taylor | Democratic | 230,513 | (42.29%) |
| Lorenzo Burrows | Know Nothing | 61,137 | (11.22%) | |
| Gerrit Smith | Abolitionist | 5,470 | (1.00%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Alsop King | Henry R. Selden | Republican | 264,400 | (44.52%) |
| Amasa J. Parker | Democratic | 198,616 | (33.44%) | |
| Erastus Brooks | 130,870 | (22.04%) | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myron Holley Clark | Henry J. Raymond | Whig, Free Democratic |
156,804 | (33.40%) |
| Horatio Seymour | Democratic (Barnburner) | 156,495 | (33.34%) | |
| Daniel Ullman | Know Nothing | 122,282 | (26.05%) | |
| Greene C. Bronson | Democratic (Hunker) | 33,850 | (7.21%) | |
Note: Myron Clark won this election with the lowest percentage ever in NY Gov. elections.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio Seymour | Sanford E. Church | Democratic | 264,121 | (50.31%) |
| Washington Hunt | Whig | 241,525 | (46.01%) | |
| Minthorne Tompkins | 19,296 | (3.68%) | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Hunt | Whig | 214,614 | (49.64%) | |
| Horatio Seymour | Sanford E. Church | Democratic | 214,352 | (49.57%) |
| William L. Chaplin | Abolitionist | 3,416 | (0.79%) | |
1822-1848
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Fish | George Washington Patterson | Whig | 218,776 | (47.56%) |
| John Adams Dix | Seth Merrill Gates | Democratic (Barnburner), Free Soil |
122,811 | (26.70%) |
| Reuben H. Walworth | Charles O'Conor | Democratic (Hunker) | 116,811 | (25.39%) |
| William Goodell | Abolitionist | 1,593 | (0.35%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Young | Hamilton Fish | Whig, Anti-Rent |
198,878 | (48.93%) |
| Silas Wright | Addison Gardiner | Democratic | 187,306 | (46.09%) |
| Henry Bradley | 12,844 | (3.16%) | ||
| Ogden Edwards | 6,306 | (1.55%) | ||
| Lewis Masquirer | 1,100 | (0.27%) | ||
Note: Addison Gardiner resigned in 1847, and Hamilton Fish was elected Lt. Gov. in a special election.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silas Wright | Addison Gardiner | Democratic | 241,090 | (49.48%) |
| Millard Fillmore | Samuel J. Wilkin | Whig | 231,057 | (47.42%) |
| Alvan Stewart | Liberty | 15,136 | (3.11%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William C. Bouck | Daniel S. Dickinson | Democratic | 208,072 | (51.83%) |
| Luther Bradish | Gabriel Furman | Whig | 186,091 | (46.36%) |
| Alvan Stewart | Liberty | 7,263 | (1.81%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William H. Seward | Luther Bradish | Whig | 222,011 | (50.29%) |
| William C. Bouck | Daniel S. Dickinson | Democratic | 216,808 | (49.11%) |
| Gerrit Smith | Liberty | 2,662 | (0.60%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William H. Seward | Luther Bradish | Whig | 192,882 | (51.39%) |
| William L. Marcy | Democratic | 182,461 | (48.61%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William L. Marcy | John Tracy | Democratic | 166,122 | (54.24%) |
| Jesse Buel | Gamaliel H. Barstow | Whig | 136,648 | (44.62%) |
| Isaac S. Smith | Locofocos | 3,496 | (1.14%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William L. Marcy | John Tracy | Democratic | 181,905 | (51.84%) |
| William H. Seward | Silas M. Stilwell | Whig | 168,969 | (48.16%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William L. Marcy | John Tracy | Democratic | 166,410 | (51.51%) |
| Francis Granger | Samuel Stevens | Anti-Masonic, National Republican |
156,672 | (48.49%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enos T. Throop | Edward Philip Livingston | Democratic | 128,842 | (51.22%) |
| Francis Granger | Anti-Masonic, National Republican |
120,361 | (47.85%) | |
| Ezekiel Williams | 2,332 | (0.93%) | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Van Buren | Enos T. Throop | Democratic | 136,794 | (49.46%) |
| Smith Thompson | Francis Granger | National Republican | 106,444 | (38.49%) |
| Solomon Southwick | John Crary | Anti-Masonic | 33,345 | (12.06%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt Clinton | Henry Huntington | Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) | 99,785 | (50.93%) |
| William B. Rochester | Nathaniel Pitcher | Democratic-Republican (Bucktails) | 96,135 | (49.07%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt Clinton | James Tallmadge, Jr. | People's | 103,452 | (54.29%) |
| Samuel Young | Erastus Root | Democratic-Republican | 87,093 | (45.71%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph C. Yates | Erastus Root | Democratic-Republican | 128,493 | (97.79%) |
| Solomon Southwick | 2,910 | (2.21%) | ||
1777-1820
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt Clinton | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) | 47,445 | (50.78%) |
| Daniel D. Tompkins | Democratic-Republican (Bucktails) | 45,990 | (49.22%) | |
Note: Tompkins was the sitting US Vice President.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt Clinton | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | 43,310 | (96.70%) |
| Peter Buell Porter | 1,479 | (3.30%) | ||
Note: Governor Tompkins was elected US Vice President in November 1816, he resigned in February 1817. Lt. Gov. Tayler refused to serve the remainder of the term, and although by law he became automatically the new governor on Tompkins's resignatiom, to stress his point he refused even to be sworn in officially as governor. Under the circumstances, a special election was scheduled for the last week in April. DeWitt Clinton was elected to a new full term of three years, taking office on July 1. Tayler was elected Lt. Gov. again, remaining on the post until the end of 1822.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel D. Tompkins | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | 45,412 | (54.02%) |
| Rufus King | Federalist | 38,647 | (45.98%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel D. Tompkins | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | 43,324 | (52.17%) |
| Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 39,718 | (47.83%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel D. Tompkins | John Broome | Democratic-Republican | 43,094 | (54.15%) |
| Jonas Platt | Federalist | 36,484 | (45.85%) | |
Note: Lt. Gov. Broome died in August 1810, and in April 1811, a special election for Lt. Gov. was held. DeWitt Clinton was elected, defeating the Federalist Nicholas Fish and Tammany Hall candidate Marinus Willett.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel D. Tompkins | John Broome | Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) | 35,074 | (53.09%) |
| Morgan Lewis | Democratic-Republican (Lewisites) | 30,989 | (46.91%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Lewis | John Broome | Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) | 30,829 | (58.20%) |
| Aaron Burr | Democratic-Republican (Tammany Hall) | 22,139 | (41.80%) | |
Note: Aaron Burr was the sitting US Vice President
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clinton | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Democratic-Republican | 24,808 | (54.34%) |
| Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 20,843 | (45.66%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Jay | Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 16,012 | (54.01%) |
| Robert R. Livingston | Democratic-Republican | 13,632 | (45.99%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Jay | Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 13,479 | (53.14%) |
| Robert Yates | Democratic-Republican | 11,884 | (46.86%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | Democratic-Republican | 8,457 | (50.73%) |
| John Jay | Federalist | 8,215 | (49.27%) | |
Note: John Jay received more votes than George Clinton, but on technicalities the votes of Otsego, Tioga and Clinton counties were disqualified and not counted, giving George Clinton a slight majority. The state constitution said that the cast votes shall be delivered to the secretary of state "by the sheriff or his deputy", but, for example, Otsego County Sheriff Smith's term had expired, so at the time of the election, the sheriff's office had been legally vacant, and the votes could not be brought to the state capital by anybody legally authorized. Clinton partisans in the state legislature, in state courts and federal offices were adamant to accept any argument that this would in practice subtract the constitutional right to vote from the voters in these counties, and these votes were disqualified.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | 6,391 | (51.74%) |
| Robert Yates | 5,962 | (48.26%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | 3,584 | (75.50%) |
| Philip Schuyler | 643 | (13.55%) | |
| Ephraim Paine | 520 | (10.95%) | |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | ||
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | 1,828 | (48.59%) |
| Philip Schuyler | 1,199 | (31.87%) | |
| John Morin Scott | 368 | (9.78%) | |
| John Jay | 367 | (9.76%) | |
Note: The election began on June 1, but due to the Independence War it took some time to collect and count the votes. The official result was announced on July 9, and George Clinton assumed office immediately. Subsequent elections, until 1820, happened during the last week of April, the term beginning on July 1. Some votes were also cast for Philip Livingston and Chancellor Robert R. Livingston although they were not candidates.
There were no parties yet, the Democratic-Republican and Federalist Parties appeared in 1792, until then the candidacies were personal. Besides, due both to the still raging war and to the novel concept of elections instead of appointment, there was no election campaign at all. Only some political active men of the time wrote letters, endorsing the one or other candidate or guessing the outcome. Clinton’s victory was a complete surprise to them, the feeling of the political class having been that the decision would be between Schuyler and Jay.