1882 New York state election
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The 1882 New York state election was held on November 7, 1882, to elect the
U.S. Representative-at-large, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly. Besides, two constitutional amendments were proposed - the abolition of tolls on the State canals, and to increase the number of justices on the New York Supreme Court
- and were accepted by the electorate.
History
The
Greenback state convention met on July 19 at Albany, New York. Epenetus Howe was nominated for governor, James Allen for lieutenant governor, Lawrence J. McParlin for chief judge, and L. G. McDonald for U.S. Representative-at-large.[1]
The
Kings County, for lieutenant governor; C. A. Hammond, of Onondaga County, for chief judge; and L. S. Freeman, of Niagara County, for U.S. Representative-at-large.[2]
The
Ferris Jacobs, Jr. 7, Corp. James Tanner 6, John A. King 1; second ballot: Carroll 28).[6]
The
Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. 1).[7]
Result
The whole Democratic ticket was elected.
The incumbent Andrews was defeated.
84 Democrats, 42 Republicans and 2 Independents were elected for the session of 1883 to the New York State Assembly.
| Office | Democratic ticket
|
Republican ticket
|
Prohibition ticket | Greenback ticket
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Grover Cleveland | 535,318 | Charles J. Folger | 342,464 | Alphonso A. Hopkins[8] | 25,783 | Epenetus Howe[9] | 11,974 |
| Lieutenant Governor | David B. Hill | 534,629 | B. Platt Carpenter | 337,494 | William H. Boole | James Allen[10] | ||
Chief Judge
|
William C. Ruger | 482,822 | Charles Andrews | 409,422 | C. A. Hammond | 16,234 | Lawrence J. McParlin[11] | 10,527 |
U.S. Representative-at-large
|
Henry W. Slocum | 503,394 | Howard Carroll | 394,232 | L. S. Freeman | L. G. McDonald[12] | ||
| County | Cleveland | Folger | Hopkins | Howe | ||||
| Albany | 20,126 | 65.30% | 10,309 | 33.45% | 0.00% | 385 | 1.25% | |
| Allegany | 3,779 | 40.06% | 3,718 | 39.41% | 1,586 | 16.81% | 350 | 3.71% |
| Broome | 5,060 | 48.43% | 4,955 | 47.42% | 325 | 3.11% | 109 | 1.04% |
| Cattaraugus | 5,279 | 47.12% | 4,681 | 41.78% | 781 | 6.97% | 462 | 4.12% |
| Cayuga | 5,859 | 51.33% | 4,406 | 38.60% | 698 | 6.11% | 452 | 3.96% |
| Chautauqua | 6,207 | 50.85% | 4,803 | 39.35% | 828 | 6.78% | 369 | 3.02% |
| Chemung | 5,336 | 58.36% | 3,079 | 33.67% | 78 | 0.85% | 651 | 7.12% |
| Chenango | 4,258 | 46.15% | 3,913 | 42.41% | 574 | 6.22% | 482 | 5.22% |
| Clinton | 3,560 | 44.81% | 4,318 | 54.35% | 18 | 0.23% | 49 | 0.62% |
| Columbia | 6,703 | 64.27% | 3,607 | 34.59% | 92 | 0.88% | 27 | 0.26% |
| Cortland | 3,011 | 46.90% | 2,986 | 46.51% | 379 | 5.90% | 44 | 0.69% |
| Delaware | 4,596 | 48.37% | 4,331 | 45.58% | 334 | 3.52% | 240 | 2.53% |
| Dutchess | 8,875 | 53.27% | 7,321 | 43.94% | 407 | 2.44% | 58 | 0.35% |
| Erie | 23,748 | 57.37% | 16,408 | 39.64% | 1,046 | 2.53% | 190 | 0.46% |
| Essex | 2,150 | 40.78% | 2,951 | 55.97% | 24 | 0.46% | 147 | 2.79% |
| Franklin | 2,294 | 41.80% | 3,074 | 56.01% | 25 | 0.46% | 95 | 1.73% |
| Fulton | 3,448 | 50.48% | 3,011 | 44.08% | 327 | 4.79% | 45 | 0.66% |
| Genesee | 3,518 | 51.26% | 2,898 | 42.23% | 395 | 5.76% | 52 | 0.76% |
| Greene | 4,481 | 58.07% | 2,808 | 36.39% | 273 | 3.54% | 154 | 2.00% |
| Hamilton | 407 | 53.20% | 320 | 41.83% | 28 | 3.66% | 10 | 1.31% |
| Herkimer | 5,131 | 54.08% | 3,701 | 39.01% | 625 | 6.59% | 30 | 0.32% |
| Jefferson | 7,190 | 56.86% | 4,483 | 35.45% | 925 | 7.32% | 47 | 0.37% |
| Kings | 65,636 | 68.86% | 26,148 | 27.43% | 2,548 | 2.67% | 983 | 1.03% |
| Lewis | 3,787 | 59.26% | 2,447 | 38.29% | 145 | 2.27% | 11 | 0.17% |
| Livingston | 3,966 | 48.59% | 3,650 | 44.72% | 413 | 5.06% | 133 | 1.63% |
| Madison | 4,328 | 50.27% | 3,512 | 40.79% | 648 | 7.53% | 121 | 1.41% |
| Monroe | 13,143 | 50.95% | 11,056 | 42.86% | 1,364 | 5.29% | 234 | 0.91% |
| Montgomery | 5,374 | 56.77% | 3,927 | 41.49% | 102 | 1.08% | 63 | 0.67% |
| New York | 124,914 | 71.45% | 47,785 | 27.33% | 584 | 0.33% | 1,537 | 0.88% |
| Niagara | 5,884 | 59.84% | 3,256 | 33.11% | 638 | 6.49% | 55 | 0.56% |
| Oneida | 13,673 | 58.05% | 8,741 | 37.11% | 913 | 3.88% | 228 | 0.97% |
| Onondaga | 11,563 | 48.70% | 11,629 | 48.97% | 522 | 2.20% | 31 | 0.13% |
| Ontario | 5,272 | 50.88% | 4,675 | 45.12% | 295 | 2.85% | 120 | 1.16% |
| Orange | 8,874 | 55.05% | 6,541 | 40.57% | 553 | 3.43% | 153 | 0.95% |
| Orleans | 3,119 | 49.99% | 2,549 | 40.86% | 543 | 8.70% | 28 | 0.45% |
| Oswego | 6,757 | 48.32% | 6,376 | 45.59% | 503 | 3.60% | 348 | 2.49% |
| Otsego | 5,848 | 51.66% | 4,730 | 41.78% | 677 | 5.98% | 65 | 0.57% |
| Putnam | 1,691 | 47.69% | 1,825 | 51.47% | 30 | 0.85% | 0.00% | |
| Queens | 8,666 | 68.11% | 3,698 | 29.06% | 200 | 1.57% | 160 | 1.26% |
| Rensselaer | 13,714 | 56.36% | 10,468 | 43.02% | 0.00% | 151 | 0.62% | |
| Richmond | 4,370 | 67.98% | 2,012 | 31.30% | 36 | 0.56% | 10 | 0.16% |
| Rockland | 2,771 | 63.88% | 1,473 | 33.96% | 89 | 2.05% | 5 | 0.12% |
| Saratoga | 6,227 | 48.84% | 6,185 | 48.51% | 304 | 2.38% | 34 | 0.27% |
| Schenectady | 2,836 | 50.26% | 2,604 | 46.15% | 157 | 2.78% | 46 | 0.82% |
| Schoharie | 4,924 | 68.11% | 2,076 | 28.72% | 174 | 2.41% | 55 | 0.76% |
| Schuyler | 2,155 | 48.59% | 2,151 | 48.50% | 59 | 1.33% | 70 | 1.58% |
| Seneca | 3,510 | 56.51% | 2,555 | 41.14% | 106 | 1.71% | 40 | 0.64% |
| St. Lawrence | 5,220 | 35.23% | 9,304 | 62.79% | 279 | 1.88% | 15 | 0.10% |
| Steuben | 8,997 | 51.94% | 6,577 | 37.97% | 1,276 | 7.37% | 473 | 2.73% |
| Suffolk | 5,287 | 55.73% | 3,815 | 40.21% | 331 | 3.49% | 54 | 0.57% |
| Sullivan | 3,451 | 55.43% | 2,266 | 36.40% | 119 | 1.91% | 390 | 6.26% |
| Tioga | 3,583 | 47.97% | 3,143 | 42.08% | 369 | 4.94% | 374 | 5.01% |
| Tompkins | 3,619 | 51.04% | 2,690 | 37.94% | 324 | 4.57% | 458 | 6.46% |
| Ulster | 8,470 | 55.33% | 6,140 | 40.11% | 655 | 4.28% | 42 | 0.27% |
| Warren | 2,677 | 47.36% | 2,560 | 45.29% | 76 | 1.34% | 339 | 6.00% |
| Washington | 4,190 | 40.57% | 5,929 | 57.40% | 151 | 1.46% | 59 | 0.57% |
| Wayne | 4,296 | 45.52% | 4,251 | 45.04% | 541 | 5.73% | 350 | 3.71% |
| Westchester | 11,478 | 63.96% | 6,005 | 33.46% | 314 | 1.75% | 148 | 0.82% |
| Wyoming | 2,909 | 49.25% | 2,120 | 35.90% | 859 | 14.54% | 18 | 0.30% |
| Yates | 2,073 | 42.95% | 2,501 | 51.82% | 118 | 2.45% | 134 | 2.78% |
Notes
- ^ THE GREENBACK PARTY.; NOMINATIONS OF THE NEW-YORK CONVENTION in NYT on July 20, 1882
- ^ NEW-YORK PROHIBITIONISTS.; STATE CONVENTION AT ROCHESTER in NYT on September 21, 1882
- ^ END OF A GREAT STRUGGLE; CHARLES J. FOLGER NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR in NYT on September 21, 1882
- ^ Andrews had been appointed in December 1881 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles J. Folger upon the latter's appointment as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- ^ COMPLETING THE TICKET; THE CANDIDATES SUBMITTED TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY in NYT on September 22, 1882
- ^ THE TICKET COMPLETED; HOWARD CARROLL FOR CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE in NYT on October 11, 1882
- ^ CLOSING THE WORK in NYT on September 23, 1882
- ^ Prof. Alphonso A. Hopkins, of Monroe County, ran also for comptroller in 1875, and Secretary of State in 1879
- ^ Epenetus Howe (born 1835), "a wealthy farmer", of Speedsville, Tompkins County, ran also for secretary of state in 1881; assemblyman 1894 and 1895
- ^ James Allen (b. ca. 1839), a "Scotchman", of Brooklyn, paper-hanger
- ^ Lawrence Jermain McParlin (b. Nov. 14, 1848 Lockport), lawyer; ran also in 1892; and for associate judge in 1881, 1886, 1888, 1893 and 1896
- ^ L. G. McDonald (b. ca. 1827), "retired lime manufacturer" of Glens Falls
- ^ "The Tribune almanac and political register for ... 1880-89". HathiTrust. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
Sources
- Result (lacking a few counties' returns): COMPLETE VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS AS CANVASSED BY THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS in NYT on November 25, 1882
- Result for Governor and Judge: THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS in NYT on November 5, 1883 (recalling the previous result)
- Result The Tribune Almanac 1883
See also
New York gubernatorial elections
