The 1895 New York state election was held on November 5, 1895, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the

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, the

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, the State Engineer and a judge of the

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, as well as all members of the

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and the

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. Besides, the voters were asked if they approved of the State's issuing bonds for $9,000,000.00 to spend on canal improvements, which the electorate answered in the affirmative.

History

The

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state convention met on July 6 at

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, and nominated Erasmus Pellenz, of

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, for Secretary of State; Patrick Murphy, of

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, for Comptroller; William F. Steer, of Albany, for Treasurer; Morris Berman, of Monroe County, for State Engineer; John H. Moore, of

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, for Attorney General; and Henry Gray, of

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, for the Court of Appeals. The Republican state convention met on September 17 at

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. The incumbent state officers, elected in 1893, were re-nominated, and Celora E. Martin was nominated for the Court of Appeals. The Democratic state convention met on September 24 and 25 at

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was Tempoarary Chairman until the choice of Ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower (in office 1892–1894) as Permanent Chairman. John D. Teller for the Court of Appeals, and Horatio C. King for Secretary of State, were nominated by acclamation. John B. Judson was nominated for Comptroller on the first ballot (vote: Judson 311, John E. Ashe 99). Norton Chase for Attorney General, and De Witt C. Dow for Treasurer, were nominated by acclamation. Russell R. Stuart was nominated for State Engineer during the first ballot. Lawrence J. McParlin was nominated by the People's Party for Attorney General, but declined to run. He ran instead for Surrogate of

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.''McParlin Declines to be Sacrificed''
in NYT on October 16, 1895

Results

The whole Republican ticket was elected. This was one of the very rare occasions when all incumbent state cabinet officers were re-nominated and re-elected. The incumbents Palmer, Roberts, Hancock, Colvin and Adams were re-elected. Obs.: "Defective, blank and scattering" votes: 19,618 (Comptroller); 19,536 (Secretary) Due to the adoption of the new State Constitution in 1894, the state officers and state senators were elected for an exceptional three-year term to serve 1896 to 1898, so that from 1898 on the Governor, the state officers and the state senators would be elected at the same time and serve concurrently a two-year term. Thus, this was the last regular election of state officers in an odd-numbered year. Until 1938, in odd-numbered years only the members of the

(which continued to serve a one-year term) were elected, and vacancies were filled, including the judgeships of the

which did not occur regularly but depended on the birth year of the incumbents (if age-limited), the year when elected (if the term expired), deaths in office, or resignations.

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*The tickets
''STATE ELECTIONS NOV. 5''
in NYT on October 28, 1895 *The Republican candidates
''STATE OFFICERS ELECTED; Sketches of Republicans Who Were Victorious in New-York''
in NYT on November 6, 1895 *The Democratic candidates
''SKETCHES OF THE CANDIDATES''
in NYT on September 26, 1895 *Result in Westchester County
''CORRECT VOTE OF WESTCHESTER''
in NYT on November 8, 1895 *Result in New York City
''VOTE AT LAST ELECTION''
in NYT on November 26, 1895 *Result for Secretary of State and Comptroller, with estimated number in Kings County
''THE TOTAL VOTE OF NEW YORK STATE''
in NYT on December 6, 1895 *Result
''The Tribune Almanac 1896''
*Vote totals from The New York Red Book 1896 {{New York state elections

1895 Events January * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island (off French Guiana) on what is much later admitted to be a false charge of tr ...

1895 New York (state) elections November 1895

History

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