Background
The Democratic state convention met on September 10 at Syracuse, New York. The Whig state convention met on September 11 at Syracuse, New York. Horace Wheaton, candidate for Canal Commissioner, was the sitting Mayor of Syracuse, New York.
Read more about this topic: New York State Election, 1851
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