The 1889 New York state election was held on November 5, 1889, to elect the
Secretary of State, the
State Comptroller, the
Attorney General
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, the
State Treasurer, the
State Engineer and a judge of the
New York Court of Appeals
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, as well as all members of the
New York State Assembly
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The Ass ...
and the
New York State Senate
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.
History
The
Prohibition
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state convention met on September 4 and 5 at Shakespeare Hall in
Syracuse, New York
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. Prof. Alphonso A. Hopkins presided. Jesse H. Griffen, a
Quaker
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of
Yorktown, was nominated for Secretary of State; Joseph W. Bruce for Treasurer; Benjamin L. Rand, a 30-year-old banker of
Tonawanda, for Treasurer; Alpheus B. Kenyon, a professor of
Alfred University, for State Engineer; and Coleridge A. Hart, a 35-year-old lawyer of
New York City
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, for Attorney General; and Walter Farrington for the Court of Appeals.
The
Republican state convention met on September 25 at
Saratoga Springs, New York
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, and nominated John I. Gilbert, of
Franklin County, for Secretary of State; Martin W. Cooke, of
Monroe County, for Comptroller; Ira M. Hedges, of
Rockland County, for Attorney General; James M. Varnum, of
New York City
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, for Treasurer; William V. Van Rensselaer for State Engineer; and Albert Haight for the Court of Appeals.
The
Democratic state convention met on October 1 at the Alhambra in
Syracuse, New York
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. Lt. Gov.
Edward F. Jones was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. Frank Rice was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. Comptroller Edward Wemple was re-nominated on the first ballot (vote: Wemple 265,
Edward A. Maher 115½). Wemple's nomination was not "made unanimous." Attorney General Charles F. Tabor was re-nominated on the first ballot (vote: Tabor 266, John Foley 115). State Engineer John Bogart was re-nominated by acclamation. Ex-Attorney General Denis O'Brien (in office 1884–1887) was nominated unanimously for the Court of Appeals after the name of Edward S. Rapallo had been proposed but withdrawn considering the ballots for Comptroller and Attorney General. The ticket, composed by Gov.
David B. Hill and ordered to be pushed through the convention, had actually been published two days before the delegates met.
Members of the disbanding
Greenback Party met on October 21 at the
Grand Central Hotel
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...
in
New York City
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. George O. Jones presided. They nominated Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State; J. Madison Hall, of
Madison County, for Treasurer; John B. Sullivan, of
Westchester County, for Comptroller; and James Wright, of
Wayne County, for Attorney General.
''POLITICAL ODDS AND ENDS''
in NYT on October 22, 1889
Results
The whole Democratic ticket was elected.
The incumbents Wemple, Tabor and Bogart were re-elected.
See also
* New York state elections
Notes
Sources
*The tickets
''LIST OF ALL THE CANDIDATES TO BE VOTED FOR IN NEW-YORK CITY ON TUESDAY''
in NYT on November 3, 1889
*The Democratic candidates
''THE CANDIDATES''
in NYT on October 2, 1889
*Result
''OFFICIAL VOTE OF NEW-YORK STATE CAST AT THE ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOV. 5, 1889''
in NYT on December 6, 1889
*Result in New York City
''THE CITY VOTE''
in NYT on November 21, 1889
*The ballot reform, and how to vote
''BALLOT REFORM APPLIED TO THIS ELECTION''
in NYT on November 4, 1889
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