New York Gubernatorial Elections - 1938-1962

1938-1962

**1962 General election results**
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%)

**1958 General election results**
Governor candidate	Running Mate	Party	Popular Vote
Nelson A. Rockefeller	Malcolm Wilson	Republican	3,126,929
W. Averell Harriman	George DeLuca	Democratic, Liberal	2,553,895
John T. McManus	Annette T. Rubinstein	Independent-Socialist	31,658
Eric Hass	John Emanuel	Socialist Labor

**1954 General election results**
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%)

**1950 General election results**
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%)

**1946 General election results**
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%)

**1943 Special election results**
Lieutenant Governor candidate	Party	Popular Vote
Joe R. Hanley	Republican	1,846,314	(55.29%)
William N. Haskell	Democratic	1,493,082	(44.71%)

**1942 General election results**
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	Charles Poletti	American Labor	403,626	(9.79%)
Israel Amter	(none)	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%)

**1938 General election results**
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	Republican, Independent Progressive	2,326,682	(49.02%)
Norman Thomas	George W. Hartmann	Socialist	24,980	(0.53%)
Aaron M. Orange	Jacob Berlin	Industrial Government	3,516	(0.07%)

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