The 1910 New York state election was held on November 8, 1910, to elect the

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, the

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, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the

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, the

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, the state engineer and two judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the

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and the

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. The voters were also asked if they approved a $2,500,000 bond issue for the improvement and extension of

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, which was answered in the affirmative, with 349,281 For and 285,910 Against. A constitutional amendment which proposed to add two judges to the New York Court of Appeals and to increase the judges' salaries was rejected by a margin of only 292 votes, with 332,300 For and 332,592 Against.

History

The

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state convention met on June 26 at

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. They nominated Charles Edward Russell for governor; Gustave Adolph Strebel for lieutenant governor; Mrs. Bertha Mathews Fraser, of

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, for secretary of state; Orcus A. Curtis for comptroller; Sylvester Butler, of Schenectady, for treasurer; Henry L. Slobodin for attorney general; William Lippelt, of

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, for state engineer; and

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and

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for the Court of Appeals. Bertha M. Fraser was the first woman in New York history to be nominated for state office. The

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state convention met on September 27 and 28 at

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. Ex-President

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was elected temporary chairman. Roosevelt steamrollered the old political bosses, and made the convention nominate his choices. Henry L. Stimson was nominated on the first ballot after a nominating speech by Roosevelt (vote: Stimson 684, William S. Bennet 242, Thomas B. Dunn 38, James B. McEwan 35). The Democratic state convention met on September 29 and 30 at

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. Herbert P. Bissell, of Buffalo, was permanent chairman. John Alden Dix was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Dix 434,

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16). The

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state convention met on October 5 at

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. Alfred J. Boulton, the People's Party candidate for governor in 1904, was temporary chairman until the choice of Herbert R. Limberg, of

, as permanent chairman. Hearst (at the time on board the ''

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'' returning from Europe, and in contact by wireless messages) wanted the League to endorse the Republican ticket, but the delegates chose to nominate a separate ticket (vote: 212 for, 94 against, 93 did not vote). They nominated the chairman of the League's State Committee John J. Hopper for governor, and Hearst for lieutenant governor, and then adjourned. The convention met again on October 7, and nominated Dr. Thomas P. Scully, of Oneida County, for secretary of state; Arnold B. MacStay, of

, for comptroller; William I. Sirovich for treasurer; James E. Lee, of

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, for state engineer; Robert Stewart, of

, for attorney general; and Reuben Robie Lyon and James A. Allen, of

, for the Court of Appeals.''FULL HEARST TICKET''
in NYT on October 8, 1910

Result

The whole Democratic ticket was elected. The incumbent Vann was re-elected. The incumbents Koenig, O'Malley and Williams were defeated. The Republican, Democratic, Independence League, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it. Obs.: *"Blank, void and scattering" votes: 8,239 (Governor); 10,007 (Lt. Gov.); 10,695 (Secretary); 10,811 (Comptroller); 11,066 (Treasurer); 11,129 (Engineer); 11,295 (Att. Gen.); 429,307 (amendment); 448,869 (bond issue) *In the Appeals Court election, Collin received 1,131,944 votes on the Democratic line and 166,915 as an Independent. Vann received 1,156,079 votes on the Republican line and 145,890 votes as an Independent.

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Sources

The tickets in Auburn (Soc., Proh., Soc. L.)
in ''The Auburn Citizen'' on October 29, 1910 *The Rep. nominees
''STIMSON FIGHTER OF BIG GRAFT CASES''
in NYT on September 29, 1910 *The Dem. nominees
''DIX HAS RISEN FAST IN STATE POLITICS''
in NYT on October 1, 1910 *Result
''FINAL FIGURES OUT ON STATE ELECTION''
in NYT on December 16, 1910 mits judges*Result in New York City
''Revised City Vote on State Ticket''
in NYT on November 10, 1910 *New York State Red Book 1911 *Result
''The Tribune Almanac 1911''
{{New York state elections 1910 1910 New York (state) elections

History

Result

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