The 1868 New York state election was held on November 3, 1868, to elect the
governor
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, the
lieutenant governor
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, a
Canal Commissioner
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, an
Inspector of State Prisons and the
Clerk of the Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
.
History
The Republican state convention met on July 8 at
Syracuse, New York
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.
Henry Smith was Temporary Chairman until the choice of
John Cochrane as president. John A. Griswold was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Griswold 247,
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and newspaper editor, editor of the ''New-York Tribune''. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressm ...
95,
Stewart L. Woodford
Stewart Lyndon Woodford (September 3, 1835 – February 14, 1913) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and Lieutenant Governor of New York.
Born in New York City, Woodf ...
36). Alonzo B. Cornell was nominated for lieutenant governor on the first ballot (vote: Cornell 219,
Augustus Frank
Augustus Frank (July 17, 1826 – April 29, 1895) was an American merchant, railroad executive, banker and politician. He served as a United States representative from the U.S. state of New York during the American Civil War.
Early life
...
88,
Franz Sigel
Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902) was a German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil ...
6). Alexander Barkley for Canal Commissioner, the incumbent Prison Inspector Henry A. Barnum, and Campbell H. Young for Clerk of the Court of Appeals, were nominated by acclamation.
The Democratic state convention met on September 2 and 3 at Tweddle Hall in
Albany, New York
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. H. O. Cheesbro was temporary chairman until the choice of
Robert Earl
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as president. Mayor of New York City
John T. Hoffman, the Democratic candidate of 1866, was nominated again for governor by acclamation. Allen C. Beach was nominated for lieutenant governor after an informal ballot (vote: Beach 68, Albert P. Lanning 47, William J. Averill 9, S. T. Ahnot 1).
A German Democratic state convention met on September 2 at Schreiber's Hotel in
Albany, New York
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with Henry Clausenger as president, and endorsed the nomination of John T. Hoffman for governor.
''POLITICAL AFFAIRS.; Convention of German Democrats''
in NYT on September 3, 1868
Result
The whole Democratic ticket was elected.
The incumbent Barnum was defeated.
75 Republicans and 53 Democrats were elected for the session of 1869 to the New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Assem ...
.
This was the last time the Clerk of the Court of Appeals was elected. At this time, the term was three years, and the next election of the Clerk would occur in 1871, but in 1870 the Court of Appeals was re-organized and the office became appointive.
Notes
Sources
*Result i
''The Tribune Almanac for 1869''
compiled by Horace Greeley
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of the ''New York Tribune
The ''New-York Tribune'' was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley. It bore the moniker ''New-York Daily Tribune'' from 1842 to 1866 before returning to its original name. From the 1840s through the 1860s it was the domi ...
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*Result
''Official Canvass of the Vote on the State Ticket of New-York''
in NYT on December 8, 1868
See also
New York gubernatorial elections
There have been 91 gubernatorial elections in the state of New York since 1777, with the most recent being held on 2022 New York gubernatorial election, November 8, 2022. The next election is scheduled to be held on 2026 New York gubernatorial ele ...
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1868
Events
January–March
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