The 1934 New York state election was held on November 6, 1934, to elect the

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, the

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, the state comptroller, the

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, a

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, two U.S. Representatives-at-large, the

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and two associate judges of the

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, as well as all members of the

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and the

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History

The

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State Committee met on August 28, and nominated Israel Amter for governor. The

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state convention met on July 1 at New York City, and nominated Charles Solomon for governor; and Norman Thomas for the U.S. Senate. The

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state convention met on September 27 at

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, and re-nominated the incumbents Lehman, Bray, Tremaine, Bennett, Loughran and Copeland; and completed the ticket endorsing two Republicans: Associate Judge Frederick E. Crane for Chief Judge and Supreme Court Justice Edward R. Finch for the Court of Appeals. The Republican state convention met on September 28 at

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, and nominated New York City Park Commissioner

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for governor on the third ballot after a struggle with the

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faction, defeating Samuel Seabury and

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. Also nominated were Fred J. Douglas for lieutenant governor; Wilson R. Campbell, of Steuben County, for comptroller; William T. Powers, of

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, for attorney general; E. Harold Cluett for the U.S. Senate; Frederick E. Crane for chief judge; the incumbent Democrat John T. Loughran to succeed himself; and Charles B. Sears for the Court of Appeals, thus dropping fellow Republican Edward R. Finch who had been nominated by the Democrats in a common cross-endorsement deal for judicial officers. The "Recovery Party" filed a petition to nominate state officers on October 9, 1934. The ticket was headed by Ex-Mayor of New York

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for governor. The ticket was not allowed on the ballot because of numerous forged signatures and thus not meeting the legal requirements.''ALBANY COURT BARS HYLAN STATE TICKET AS NOT NOMINATED''
in NYT on October 26, 1934 (subscription required) Hylan did receive 15,208 write-in votes in New York City according to NYC Board of Elections records, but these were included in the state total of blank, void and scattering votes (141,700). The "Constitutional Party" nominated Colonel Henry Breckinridge, a Democrat who opposed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy, for the U.S. Senate, and used the "Pine Tree of Liberty" as its emblem on the ballot.

Result

The whole Democratic ticket was elected in the third landslide in a row. The incumbents Lehman, Bray, Tremaine, Bennett, Loughran and Copeland were re-elected. The Law Preservation Party lost its automatic

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and disappeared.

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Sources

*Result (Law Preservation only)
Vote for Prohibition candidates
at Prohibitionists.org *Official Result

in NYT on December 11, 1934 New York Red Book 1935

History

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