1857 New York state election
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The 1857 New York state election was held on November 3, 1857, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
History
The Democratic state convention met on September 10 and 11 at
The American state convention met on September 15 at Syracuse, New York.[2]
The Republican state convention met on September 23 at
Results
The whole Democratic state ticket was elected with a plurality of less than 20,000 votes over the Republican ticket while only in
The incumbent Denio was re-elected.
15 Republicans, 14 Democrats, two Americans and one Independent Republican were elected to a two-year term (1858–59) in the New York State Senate.
61 Republicans, 58 Democrats and 9 Americans were elected for the session of 1858 to the New York State Assembly.
| Office | Democratic ticket | Republican ticket | American ticket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | Gideon J. Tucker | 195,482 | Almon M. Clapp[4] | 177,425 | James O. Putnam | 66,882 |
| Comptroller | Sanford E. Church | 195,138 | Robert Denniston | 178,038 | Nathaniel S. Benton | 67,030 |
Attorney General
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Lyman Tremain | 195,186 | William Curtis Noyes | 178,335 | Henry H. Ross | 65,519 |
| Treasurer | Isaac V. Vanderpoel | 195,153 | John T. Hogeboom | 178,194 | Lyman Odell | 66,737 |
| State Engineer | Van Rensselaer Richmond | 195,284 | George Geddes | 178,152 | Roswell Graves | 65,583 |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Hiram Denio | 196,016 | Timothy Jenkins | 175,325 | Hiram Ketchum[5] | 64,299 |
| Canal Commissioner | John M. Jaycox | 194,958 | Ariel S. Thurston[6] | 177,888 | Goldsmith Denniston | 66,328 |
| Inspector of State Prisons | William C. Rhodes | 195,167 | Thomas Kirkpatrick
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177,718 | John M. Stevens | 66,862 |
See also
- New York state elections
Sources
- Result in The Tribune Almanac 1858
Notes
- ^ Democratic State Convention at Syracuse in NYT on September 14, 1857
- ^ The American State Convention in NYT on September 17, 1857
- ^ Republican State Convention in NYT on September 24, 1857
- Buffalo Express
- ^ Hiram Ketchum (1792-1870) Obit in NYT on September 17, 1870
- ^ ran also for Treasurer on the Soft ticket in 1855