1885 New York state election
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The 1885 New York state election was held on November 3, 1885, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary state, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer and the state engineer, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
History
The Prohibition state convention met on September 9 at Syracuse, New York. William J. Groo presided. Henry Clay Bascom, of Troy, was nominated for governor by acclamation. W Jennings Demorest, of New York City, for lieutenant governor, Edward Evans, of Tonawanda, for Secretary of State, Hiram Vandenburgh, of Fulton County, for treasurer, Frederick Sheldon, of Hornellsville, for attorney general, and George A. Dudley for state engineer, were nominated unanimously.[1]
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Results
The whole Democratic ticket was elected.
The incumbents Hill, Chapin, O'Brien and Sweet were re-elected.
Office | Democratic ticket
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Republican ticket
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Prohibition ticket | Greenback ticket
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Governor | David B. Hill | 501,465 | Ira Davenport | 490,331 | Henry Clay Bascom[7] | 30,867 | George O. Jones | 2,130 |
Lieutenant Governor | Edward F. Jones | 495,464 | Joseph B. Carr | 492,308 | W. Jennings Demorest | 30,531 | Lyman W. Gage | 2,147 |
Secretary of State | Frederick Cook | 503,266 | Anson S. Wood[8] | 488,658 | Edward Evans[9] | 30,865 | George W. Pimm | 1,986 |
Comptroller | Alfred C. Chapin | 502,237 | James W. Wadsworth
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489,992 | Frederick Sheldon | 30,861 | Nelson W. Shaler | 2,248 |
Attorney General
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Denis O'Brien
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502,214 | Edward B. Thomas
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488,511 | W. Martin Jones[10] | 29,985 | William B. Guernsey | 2,178 |
Treasurer | Lawrence J. Fitzgerald | 500,908 | Charles F. Ulrich[11] | 489,369 | Hiram Vandenburgh | 25,450 | Allen C. Wood[12] | 2,208 |
State Engineer | Elnathan Sweet | 502,205 | William V. Van Rensselaer[13] | 489,956 | George A. Dudley[14] | 30,840 | Edwin A. Stillman[15] | 1,903 |
21 Republicans and 11 Democrats were elected to a two-year term (1886–1887) in the State Senate; and 77 Republicans and 51 Democrats were elected to the State Assembly.[16]
Notes
- ^ THE PROHIBITION TICKET in NYT on September 10, 1885
- ^ NOT A HARMONIOUS BODY; THE "INCONGRUOUS ELEMENTS" FAIL TO FUSE INTO ONE. A TICKET NOMINATED BY THE GREENBACKERS in NYT on September 10, 1885
- ^ DAVENPORT WINS THE DAY in NYT on September 24, 1885
- ^ COMPLETING THE TICKET in NYT on September 24, 1885
- ^ Hill had been elected lieutenant governor in 1882, and succeeded to the governorship upon President-elect Grover Cleveland's resignation in January 1885
- ^ THE NOMINATION OF HILL in NYT on September 25, 1885
- ^ Henry Clay Bascom (b. Sept. 3, 1844 Crown Point), manufacturer, of Troy, THE PROHIBITION NOMINEE in NYT on September 13, 1885
- ^ Col. Anson S. Wood (1834-1904), of Wolcott, Deputy Secretary of State under Joseph B. Carr, Obit in NYT on August 22, 1904
- ^ Edward Evans, ran also for comptroller on Reform ticket in 1887
- ^ W. Martin Jones, of Rochester, lawyer, ran also for governor in 1888
- ^ Charles F. Ulrich, of New York City, member of the Emigration Commission
- ^ Allen C. Wood, of Hammondsport, Lessee of the Hammondsport and Bath Railroad, ran also in 1881
- Seneca Falls, Division Engineer of the Middle Division of the State Canals under Superintendent of Public Works Silas Belden Dutcher, assemblyman 1898; sketch of the candidate: STATE ENGINEERin NYT on October 2, 1885
- ^ George A. Dudley, of Ellenville, ran also in 1875 and 1883
- ^ Edwin A. Stillman, of Canadice, ran also in 1883 and 1887
- ^ see THE NEXT LEGISLATURE in NYT on November 5, 1885
Sources
- Result for Suffolk, Ulster and Herkimer Counties: CANVASSING THE RETURNS in NYT on November 14, 1885
- Result in New York City: THE CITY'S VOTE DECLARED in NYT on November 21, 1885
- Results: The Tribune Almanac 1886