1847-1874
Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1846. The term was two years.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Jones Tilden | William Dorsheimer | Democratic | 416,391 | (52.43%) |
| John Adams Dix | John Cleveland Robinson | Republican | 366,074 | (46.09%) |
| Myron Holley Clark | James L. Bagg | Prohibition | 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 | Sigismund Kaufman | Republican | 366,424 | (47.84%) |
The Tickets: in NYT on October 30, 1870
| 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 | Robert H. Pruyn | Conservative Union | 352,526 | (49.04%) |
Note: John T. Hoffman was a Democrat, Robert H. Pruyn a Republican. The "Conservative Union" ticket was nominated by the Democrats in an attempt to attract Republicans, especially Democrats who had joined the Republican Union and remained Republicans after the Civil War, to return to the Democratic Party.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben E. Fenton | Thomas G. Alvord | Republican Union | 369,557 | (50.57%) |
| Horatio Seymour | David R. Floyd-Jones | Democratic | 361,264 | (49.43%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio Seymour | David R. Floyd-Jones | Democratic | 306,649 | (50.89%) |
| James S. Wadsworth | Lyman Tremain | Republican Union | 295,897 | (49.11%) |
Note:
- Horatio Seymour was the candidate of the Democratic Party which d to end the war.
- James Wadsworth was a Republican, Lyman Tremain a pre-war Democrat, nominated by the Republican Union in which the Republican Party was joined by the War Democrats who supported Lincoln and the Union.
- The total of ballots cast were more than 70,000 less than in the previous election because the soldiers in the field were not allowed to vote.
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin D. Morgan | Robert Campbell | Republican | 358,272 | (53.24%) |
| William Kelly | William C. Crain | Douglas Democracy | 294,812 | (43.81%) |
| James T. Brady | Henry K. Viele | Breckinridge Democracy | 19,841 | (2.95%) |
Note:
- William Kelly was the candidate of the majority faction of the Democratic Party which supported Stephen A. Douglas for President.
- James T. Brady was a member of Tammany Hall, nominated by the minority faction of the Democratic Party which supported John C. Breckinridge for President.
| 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 | Nathaniel S. Benton | American | 61,137 | (11.22%) |
| Gerrit Smith | Sidney A. Beers | 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 | John Vanderbilt | Democratic | 198,616 | (33.44%) |
| Erastus Brooks | Lyman Odell | American | 130,870 | (22.04%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myron H. Clark | Henry J. Raymond (Whig, Anti-Nebraska, Temperance), Bradford R. Wood (Anti-Rent, Free Democratic) |
Whig, Anti-Nebraska, Anti-Rent, Free Democratic, Temperance |
156,804 | (33.38%) |
| Horatio Seymour | William H. Ludlow | Democratic (Soft) | 156,495 | (33.32%) |
| Daniel Ullmann | Gustavus Adolphus Scroggs | American | 122,282 | (26.03%) |
| Greene C. Bronson | Elijah Ford | Democratic (Hard) | 33,850 | (7.21%) |
| William Goodell | Austin Ward | Liberty | 289 | (0.06%) |
Notes:
- Result: Official State Canvass in NYT on December 21, 1854 (William Goodell's votes were counted among the "scattering votes").
- Myron H. Clark won this election with the lowest percentage ever in NY Gov. elections, nominated by the Whigs (of which party he was a member), and endorsed by the Anti-Nebraska Party (which merged in 1855 with the Whigs to form the Republican Party), the Anti-Rent Party, the "Free Democrats" (the remnants of the Free-Soil Party with radical anti-slavery Democrats), and the supporters of Temperance.
- The "Soft" or "Soft-shell" candidate was the choice of the majority faction of the Democratic Party.
- The American Party was called "Know Nothing" in contemporaneous newspapers.
- The "National Democracy" (a faction of the Democratic Party) were called "Hards" or "Hard-shells" by contemporaneous newspapers.
- Liberty Party convention in NYT on September 29, 1854
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio Seymour | Sanford E. Church | Democratic | 264,121 | (50.31%) |
| Washington Hunt | William Kent | Whig | 241,525 | (46.01%) |
| Minthorne Tompkins | Seth Merrill Gates | Free Democratic | 19,296 | (3.68%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Hunt | George J. Cornell (Whig) Sanford E. Church (Anti-Rent) |
Whig, Anti-Rent |
214,614 | (49.64%) |
| Horatio Seymour | Sanford E. Church | Democratic | 214,352 | (49.57%) |
| William Lawrence Chaplin | Joseph Plumb (1791–1870) | Liberty | 3,416 | (0.79%) |
| 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 | Robert Anderson | Liberty | 1,593 | (0.35%) |
| Lieutenant Governor candidate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Fish | Whig | 170,072 | (52.63%) |
| Nathan Dayton | Democratic | 139,623 | (43.21%) |
| Charles O. Shepard | Liberty, Anti-Rent |
13,429 | (4.16%) |
Note:
- At the first judicial election under the Constitution of 1846, Addison Gardiner was elected in June 1847 to the Court of Appeals, to take office on July 1, 1847. To fill the vacancy, on September 27, a special election was scheduled by the State Legislature to be held at the annual state election.
- Result Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (1852)
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