1777 New York gubernatorial election

none January 2025 June 2021 1777 New York gubernatorial election Flag_of_New_York.svg Presidential no 1780 New York gubernatorial election 1780 June 1-July 9, 1777 x150px George Clinton by Ezra Ames (3x4 cropped).jpg George Clinton Nonpartisan candidate 1,828 48.44% Schuyler (4x5 cropped).jpg Philip Schuyler Nonpartisan candidate 1,199 31.77% John Morin Scott (American Revolution brigadier general).jpg John Morin Scott Nonpartisan candidate 368 9.75% John Jay (cropped).jpg John Jay Nonpartisan candidate 367 9.72% Governor George Clinton Nonpartisan candidate George Clinton Nonpartisan candidate The 1777 New York gubernatorial election was held in June 1777 to elect the governor and the lieutenant governor. History The election began on June 1, but due to the American Revolution it took some time to collect and count the votes, and the official result was announced on July 9. George Clinton accepted the office of Governor on July 11 and assumed its duties immediately, pending to take the oath as soon as he could safely leave his military command. He took the oath of office on July 30. There were no parties yet, as the Democratic-Republican and Federalist Parties appeared only in 1792. Until then the candidacies were based on personal recognition. The concepts of "running mates" also did not apply in this election, with candidates running separately for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The New York Committee of Safety endorsed Philip Schuyler for Governor and George Clinton for Lieutenant Governor. Candidates Candidates for Governor included: Brigadier General George Clinton Major General Philip Schuyler Brigadier General and member of the New York Provincial Congress John Morin Scott Member of the New York Provincial Congress John Jay Candidates for Lieutenant Governor included: Brigadier General George Clinton Member of the New York Provincial Congress Pierre Van Cortlandt Colonel and member of the New York Provincial Congress Abraham Ten Broeck. Result George Clinton was elected both Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Clinton formally resigned the lieutenant governorship, leaving a vacancy.George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic by John P. Kaminski, New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, University of Wisconsin--Madison Center for the Study of the American Constitution (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993, 0-945612-17-6, 978-0-945612-17-9, page 24) State Senator Pierre Van Cortlandt was elected President pro tempore of the State Senate, and acted as Lieutenant Governor until the end of the legislative year. Van Cortlandt was then elected in a special election and took office as Lieutenant Governor on June 30, 1778.The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 110; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) 1777 New York gubernatorial election George Clinton Nonpartisan candidate 1,828 48.44% Philip Schuyler Nonpartisan candidate 1,199 31.77% John Morin Scott Nonpartisan candidate 368 9.75% John Jay Nonpartisan candidate 367 9.72% Robert R. Livingston Nonpartisan candidate 7 0.19% Philip Livingston Nonpartisan candidate 5 0.13% 3,774 100% New York lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1777 George Clinton Nonpartisan candidate 1,647 47.15% Pierre Van Cortlandt Nonpartisan candidate 1,098 31.43% Abraham Ten Broeck Nonpartisan candidate 748 21.41% 3,493 100% See also New York gubernatorial elections Notes 1777 Category:United States gubernatorial elections in the 1770s Gubernatorial Category:George Clinton Category:John Jay