The 1936 New York state election was held on November 3, 1936, to elect the

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, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and two U.S. Representatives-at-large, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

Nominations

The Communist state convention met on June 14, and nominated Robert Minor for Governor; Julian S. Sawyer, of Buffalo, for Lieutenant Governor; and Irving Schwab, of

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, for the Court of Appeals. The

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state convention met on June 27 at the Hotel Delano in

, and nominated Dr.

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for Governor; the Rev. Herman J. Hahn for Lieutenant Governor; Edward Marks of Freeport for Attorney General; and Coleman B. Cheney for Comptroller. The Democratic state convention met on September 29 at Syracuse, New York, and re-nominated the incumbents Lehman, Bray, Tremaine and Bennett; and completed the ticket with Harlan W. Rippey for the Court of Appeals. The

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state convention met on September 29 at

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, and nominated New York Supreme Court Justice William F. Bleakley, of

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, for Governor on the first ballot (vote: Bleakley 680, George R. Fearon 348).

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and Joe R. Hanley were also contenders for the nomination. Also nominated were Col. Ralph K. Robertson for Lieutenant Governor; John A. May for Comptroller;

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for Attorney General; and James P. Hill for the Court of Appeals. The

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filed on October 6 a petition to nominate only two candidates: Franklin D. Roosevelt for U.S. President and Herbert H. Lehman for Governor.''LABOR PARTY FILES PETITION AT ALBANY''
in NYT on October 7, 1936 (subscription required)

Result

The whole Democratic ticket was elected. The incumbents Lehman, Bray, Tremaine, Bennett, Merritt and O'Day were re-elected. This was the last election in which the Governor was elected every two years Obs.: The vote for Governor is used to define

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Notes

Sources

*Official Result
''ROOSEVELT MARGIN 1,112,552 IN STATE; Official Canvass Gives Him 13 Counties, of Which 8 Were Outside New York City.; LEHMAN VOTE 2,970,595 Bleakley Was 520,491 Behind; Socialists Got 86,897; and the Communists 35,609''
in NYT in December 1936 (subscription required) Vote Totals-New York Red Book 1937

Nominations

Result

Notes

Sources

See also