The 1967 New York state election was held on November 7, 1967, to elect two judges to the
New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the Unified Court System of the State of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six Associate Judges who are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by t ...
. In addition, a revised
State Constitution was proposed, and rejected; and a $2,500,000,000 transportation bond issue was approved by the voters.
Background
Stanley H. Fuld
Stanley Howells Fuld (August 23, 1903 – July 22, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1967 to 1973.
Life
Born in Manhattan, New York City, Fuld was the son of Eman ...
had been elected
Chief Judge
A chief judge (also known as presiding judge, president judge or principal judge) is the highest-ranking or most senior member of a lower court or circuit court with more than one judge. According to the Federal judiciary of the United States, th ...
in 1966. On December 23, 1966, Governor
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. A member of t ...
appointed
Appellate Justice Charles D. Breitel, a Republican, to the seat vacated by Fuld, effective January 1, 1967, to fill the vacancy temporarily.
Judge
John Van Voorhis would reach the constitutional age limit of 70 years at the end of the year.
The State Constitutional Convention met between April and September 1967, and decided to submit the revised Constitution in one piece to the voters for ratification.
Nominations
The
Republican and
Democratic state committees met on September 6 at
Albany, New York
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, and cross-endorsed the incumbent Republican Judge Charles D. Breitel and the Democratic
Supreme Court
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Justice Matthew J. Jasen, of
Buffalo.
Breitel refused to accept the Conservative endorsement, so they nominated Kenneth J. Mullane.
Result
The jointly nominated candidates were elected.
The incumbent Breitel was re-elected.
Notes
Sources
*Official result
New Charter Lost by 2-Million Votes New York Times, December 12, 1967, page 37. Accessed February 2, 2019.
See also
*
New York state elections
The results of elections in the state of New York have tended to be more Democratic-leaning than in most of the United States, with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters, concentrated in New York City and some of its suburbs, i ...
{{New York state elections
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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