1894-1936
Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1894. The term was two years.
| 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 F. 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 Paris Carroll | (none) | Law Preservation | 190,666 | (6.08%) |
| Louis Waldman | Elizabeth C. Roth | Socialist | 100,444 | (3.21%) |
| William Z. 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 H. 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 L. Mills | Seymour Lowman | Republican | 1,276,137 | (43.80%) |
| Jacob Panken | August Claessens | Socialist | 83,481 | (2.87%) |
| Charles E. Manierre | Ella L. 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. Passanno | Milton Weinberger | Socialist 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 | (55.22%) |
| Nathan L. Miller | William J. Donovan | Republican | 1,011,725 | (39.98%) |
| Edward F. Cassidy | Theresa B. Wiley | Socialist, Farmer-Labor |
108,136 | (4.27%) |
| George K. Hinds | William C. Ramsdell | Prohibition | 9,561 | (0.38%) |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | John E. DeLee | Socialist Labor | 3,799 | (0.15%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan L. Miller | Jeremiah Wood | Republican | 1,335,878 | (46.58%) |
| Alfred E. Smith | George R. Fitts | Democratic | 1,261,812 | (44.00%) |
| Joseph D. Cannon | Jessie Wallace Hughan | Socialist | 159,804 | (5.57%) |
| Dudley Field Malone | Robert E. Haffey | Farmer-Labor | 69,908 | (2.44%) |
| George F. Thompson | Edward G. Dietrich | Prohibition | 35,509 | (1.24%) |
| John P. Quinn | Jeremiah D. Crowley | Social Labor | 5,015 | (0.17%) |
Notes:
- List of candidates, in NYT on September 13, 1920
- List of candidates, in NYT on October 27, 1920
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred E. Smith | Harry C. Walker | Democratic | 1,009,936 | (47.37%) |
| Charles S. Whitman | Edward Schoeneck (Republican), Mamie W. Colvin (Prohibition) |
Republican, Prohibition |
995,094 | (46.68%) |
| Charles Wesley Ervin | Ella Reeve Bloor | Socialist | 121,705 | (5.71%) |
| Olive M. Johnson | August Gillhaus | Socialist Labor | 5,183 | (0.24%) |
Notes:
- 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.
- Election result in NYT on December 31, 1918
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles S. Whitman | Edward Schoeneck (Republican), L. Bradley Dorr (Progressive), Thomas J. Kreuzer (American) |
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 F. 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 L. 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. Passanno | James F. Hunter | Socialist Labor | 5,717 | (0.40%) |
Note: Election result, in NYT on December 16, 1910
| 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. Passanno | Socialist Labor | 3,655 | (0.22%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Evans Hughes | M. 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. Passanno | Socialist Labor | 4,624 | (0.31%) |
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank W. Higgins | M. Linn Bruce | Republican | 813,264 | (50.27%) |
| D. Cady Herrick | Francis B. Harrison | Democratic | 691,105 | (46.62%) |
| Thomas Pendergast | Charles R. Bach | Social Democratic | 36,259 | (2.24%) |
| John McKee | Alden W. Young | Prohibition | 20,568 | (1.27%) |
| Daniel De Leon | Boris Reinstein | Socialist Labor | 8,976 | (0.55%) |
| Alfred J. Boulton | Charles Spaulding | 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 | Charles N. Bulger | Democratic | 656,347 | (47.45%) |
| Benjamin Hanford | William Thurston Brown | Social Democratic | 23,400 | (1.69%) |
| Alfred Lee Manierre | John A. Hartman | Prohibition | 20,490 | (1.48%) |
| Daniel De Leon | Socialist Labor | 15,886 | (1.15%) | |
| Edgar Lee Ryder | J. C. Corbin | Liberal Democratic | 1,894 | (0,14%) |
| 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 H. 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 | Leander A. Armstrong | Socialist Labor | 23,860 | 1.77% |
| John Kline | John A. Sayles | Prohibition | 18,383 | 1.36% |
| Theodore Bacon | Thomas M. 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 F. Porter | Frederick C. Schraub | Democratic, People's |
574,524 | (40.33%) |
| Daniel G. Griffin | Frederick W. Hinrichs | National Democratic | 26,698 | (1.87%) |
| Howard Balkam | Frederick Bennets | Socialist Labor | 18,362 | (1.29%) |
| William W. Smith | Charles E. Latimer | Prohibition | 17,419 | (1.22%) |
Note: The majority faction of the Democratic Party were then known as "Silver Democrats", the "National Democrats" were the "Gold Democrats".
| 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 P. Wheeler | Daniel N. Lockwood | Democratic Reform | 27,202 | (2.14%) |
| Francis E. Baldwin | Justus Miller | Prohibition | 23,525 | (1.85%) |
| Charles H. Matchett | William F. Steer | Socialist Labor | 15,868 | (1.25%) |
| Charles B. Matthews | Robert C. Hewson | People's | 11,049 | (0.87%) |
Notes:
- Wheeler was nominated by the "Democratic Reform Association of Brooklyn" who were opposed to the regular Democrats led by Hugh McLaughlin.
- Election result in NYT on December 15, 1894
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