1908 New York state election

none January 2025 September 2023 1908 New York gubernatorial election New York presidential no 1906 New York state election 1906 1910 New York state election 1910 November 3, 1908 150x150px File:Charles Evans Hughes cph.3a02236.jpg Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) 804,651 47.08% New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 (1909) (14596140317).jpg Lewis S. Chanler Democratic Party (United States) 3333FF 735,189 44.84% 1908 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County results Hughes: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Chanler: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Governor Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) The 1908 New York state election was held on November 3, 1908, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. History The Prohibition state convention met on September 2 at Syracuse, New York. Rev. Dr. George E. Stockwell, of Fort Plain, was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Stockwell 232, Hudson 219). The defeated contender, Marshall A. Hudson, of Syracuse, was nominated for lieutenant governor. The convention also nominated Edgar T. Welch, of Westfield, for secretary of state; Harrison L. Hoyt, of Auburn, for comptroller; William T. Richardson, of Wellsville, for treasurer; W. F. L. Manierre, of New York City, for attorney general; and Albert W. Pierson, of Niagara Falls, for state engineer.STATE PROHIBITION TICKET in NYT on September 3, 1908 Welch declined to run, and the Prohibition State Executive Committee met on September 23 at Syracuse and substituted James C. Crawford, of Mount Vernon, on the ticket. They also nominated Coleridge A. Hart for the Court of Appeals.Prohibitionists Fill Vacancies in NYT on September 24, 1908 The Republican state convention met on September 14 and 15 at Convention Hall in Saratoga Springs, New York. U.S. Secretary of State Elihu Root was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. Governor Charles Evans Hughes was re-nominated on the first ballot (the other candidates were Speaker James W. Wadsworth, Jr. and John Knox Stewart). White, Gaus, O'Malley, Williams and Haight were nominated unopposed. Samuel S. Koenig defeated William O. Barnes, of Rensselaer County, for secretary of state; and Thomas B. Dunn defeated H. Homer Moore, of Queens, for treasurer.CONVENTION LIVELY AT FINAL SESSION in NYT on September 16, 1908 The Democratic state convention met on September 15 and 16 at Rochester, New York. Denis O'Brien was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Alton B. Parker as Permanent Chairman. The incumbent Lt. Gov. Lewis S. Chanler was nominated for governor. The incumbents Whalen, Glynn, Hauser and Republican judge Haight were re-nominated. John Alden Dix was nominated for lieutenant governor, and George M. Palmer for attorney general; all these nominations were made by acclamation. The only contest happened at the nomination for state engineer. Philip P. Farley was nominated on the first ballot (vote: Farley 321, Leonard C. L. Smith 97).CHANLER AND DIX FOR DEMOCRATS in NYT on September 17, 1908 The Independence League state convention met on September 24 at Cooper Union in New York City. James A. Allen was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. State Chairman William Randolph Hearst assailed in a speech Democrats, Republicans, and the big corporations. They nominated by acclamation Clarence J. Shearn for governor; Dr. Daniel W. Finnimore, of Potsdam, for lieutenant governor; Frank H. Stevens, a labor union man of Nassau County, for secretary of state; Willard H. Glen, a lawyer of Syracuse, for comptroller; William I. Sirovich for treasurer; Assistant Attorney General William A. De Ford for attorney general; M. J. Cafiero, of Brooklyn, for state engineer; Reuben Robie Lyon for the Court of Appeals.HEARST READS MORE LETTERS in NYT on September 25, 1908 (with sketches of the nominees) Result The Republican ticket was elected. The incumbents Hughes and Haight were re-elected. The incumbents Whalen, Glynn and Hauser were defeated. The Republican, Democratic, Independence League, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it. + 1908 state election results Office Republican ticket Democratic ticket Independence League ticket Socialist ticket Prohibition ticket Socialist Labor ticketGovernorCharles Evans Hughes 804,651Lewis S. Chanler 735,189Clarence J. ShearnClarence J. Shearn, of New York City, Hearst's personal attorney, former reporter for The New York Times, ran with mayoral candidate Hearst on the Municipal Ownership ticket in 1905 for D.A. 43,212Joshua Wanhope 33,994George E. Stockwell 18,802Leander A. ArmstrongLeander A. Armstrong, of Buffalo, ran also for lieutenant governor in 1898 and 1900 3,655Lieutenant GovernorHorace White 827,416John Alden Dix 707,701Daniel W. Finnimore 39,055Gustave A. StrebelGustave A. Strebel, tailor, of Syracuse, ran also for lieutenant governor in 1906, 1910 and 1912; and for governor in 1914 36,841Marshall A. Hudson 23,239Frank E. PassannoFrank E. Passanno, of Troy, ran also for attorney general in 1904; for lieutenant governor in 1906; and for governor in 1914 3,817Secretary of StateSamuel S. Koenig 829,737John S. Whalen 707,259Frank H. Stevens 37,891Charles W. Noonan 36,415James C. Crawford 23,100Matthew LechnerMatthew Lechner, ran also in 1906 3,787ComptrollerCharles H. Gaus 817,015Martin H. Glynn 729,166Willard H. Glen 37,573Joel MosesJoel Moses, ran also for treasurer in 1902 37,204Harrison L. Hoyt 22,971Joseph A. Orme 3,817Attorney GeneralEdward R. O'Malley 839,944George M. PalmerGeorge M. Palmer, of Schoharie County, Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly 1902-08 695,876William A. DeFordWilliam A. DeFord, Assistant Attorney General, of Albany, ran also in 1916 37,948Henry L. SlobodinHenry L. Slobodin, of New York City, ran also for attorney general in 1906, 1910 and 1912; and for chief judge in 1913 37,542W. F. L. Manierre 23,194John HallJohn Hall, ran also for governor in 1912; attorney general in 1914; and Secretary of State in 1916 3,862TreasurerThomas B. Dunn 832,449Julius Hauser 703,944William I. Sirovich 37,739B. J. Riley 37,356William T. Richardson 23,120Julius Hammer 3,648State EngineerFrank M. Williams 838,158Philip P. FarleyPhilip P. Farley (b. ca. 1870), of Brooklyn, nephew of Archbishop John Murphy Farley, Assistant Engineer of Atlantic City 1896-99, Superintendent of Standard Oil plant in Bayonne 698,077Mario J. Cafiero 37,557F. Wilton James 37,432Albert W. PiersonAlbert W. Pierson, of Niagara Falls, ran also for state engineer in 1898 and 1910; and for treasurer in 1922 23,339George Luck 8,869Judge of the Court of AppealsAlbert Haight 1,309,193Albert Haight 222,550Reuben Robie LyonReuben Robie Lyon, lawyer, of Bath, ran also in 1907 and 1910 41,232S. John BlockS. John Block, ran also for attorney general in 1916 and 1917 37,874Coleridge A. HartColeridge Allen Hart (b. July 11, 1852, Peekskill), lawyer, of Brooklyn, ran also for attorney general in 1889, and for the Court of Appeals in 1907, 1914, 1916, 1917 and 1920; and for U.S. Senator in 1922 23,608Edmund Seidel 3,970 See also New York gubernatorial elections Notes Sources The Dem. nominees: SKETCHES OF CANDIDATES in NYT on September 17, 1908 Result: HUGHES'S PLURALITY 69,462 in NYT on December 16, 1908 Court of Appeals-New York State Red Book 1909 Result: The Tribune Almanac 1909 1908 Category:1908 New York (state) elections Category:New York (state) gubernatorial elections