The 1883 New York state election was held on November 6, 1883, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the

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, the

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and the State Engineer, as well as all members of the

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and the

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. Besides, a constitutional amendment to abolish contract labor from the state prisons was proposed and accepted with 498,402 votes for and 269,377 against.

History

The Greenback-Labor state convention met on September 5, and nominated Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State, Louis A. Post for Attorney General, Gaius L. Halsey for Comptroller, Jurian Winne for Treasurer and Edwin A. Stillman for State Engineer. The Republican state convention met on September 19 at Richfield Springs, New York.

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was Temporary Chairman until the choice of

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as President. The incumbents, Secretary of State Joseph B. Carr, Comptroller Ira Davenport, State Engineer Silas Seymour and Attorney General Leslie W. Russell, were re-nominated by acclamation. Pliny T. Sexton was nominated for Treasurer on the first ballot (vote: Sexton 260, Ethan Allen 215).''THE OLD TICKET SELECTED; HARMONIOUS WORK OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION''
in NYT on September 20, 1883 The

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state convention met on September 26 at

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, and nominated Frederick Gates for Secretary of State, Stephen Merritt for Comptroller, James Baldwin for Treasurer, George A. Dudley for State Engineer and Virgil A. Willard for Attorney General. The Democratic state convention met on September 27 at

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Results

The incumbents Carr and Maxwell were re-elected. The incumbents Davenport, Russell and Seymour were defeated.

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*The tickets
''CANDIDATES IN NEW-YORK''
in NYT on November 5, 1883 *Result
''COMPLETE VOTE OF THE STATE AS CANVASSED BY THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS''
in NYT on November 23, 1883 *Result
''The Tribune Almanac 1884''
*A possible explanation for Maynards defeat
''DEMOCRATS WILL CUT COOK, BECAUSE HE AND HIS FRIENDS SLAUGHTERED JUDGE MAYNARD TWO YEARS AGO''
in NYT on October 30, 1885

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