1847 New York state election

none February 2026 June 2016 1847 11 2 1847 New York state election New York No 1846 New York state election 1846 1848 New York state election 1848 The 1847 New York state election was held on November 2, 1847, to elect the lieutenant governor in a special election, the secretary state, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, three Canal Commissioners and three Inspectors of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. The 1847 New York special judicial election was held in June as well. History The New York State Constitution of 1846 legislated the incumbent state officers and members of legislature out of office. It required a number of state officers, who had been elected by the state legislature, to be elected by general ballot. At the first judicial election under the Constitution of 1846, Lieutenant Governor Addison Gardiner was elected to the New York Court of Appeals, and took office on July 4, 1847, thus vacating the lieutenant governorship. To fill the vacancy, on September 27, an Act by the state legislature authorized a special election, to be held at the annual state election.https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA32 The New-York Civil List Franklin Benjamin Hough 32 Weed, Parsons and Co. 1858 The Democratic state convention met in September in Syracuse, New York. The party split over the slavery question, and the Barnburners abandoned the convention. Orville Hungerford defeated Azariah C. Flagg for the nomination for Comptroller with 59 votes to 47. The Barnburners held a separate state convention on October 26 at Herkimer, New York, but did not nominate a ticket. They told their followers "to vote as they must do when no regular nominations have been made," suggesting to support the Whig nominees rather than the Hunkers on the Democratic ticket.Charles W. McCurdy, The Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865, (UNC Press, 2001, 0-8078-2590-5, 978-0-8078-2590-7, page 378 The Anti-Rent state convention nominated Shepard for Lieutenant Governor with 11 votes for him, and 10 for Fish, on the second ballot. Results The whole Whig state ticket was elected.The number of votes is the total of Whig and Anti-Rent votes for Fillmore, Jordan, Stuart, Hinds and Beach, the total of Democratic and Anti-Rent votes for Sanford, Cuyler and Mather, and the total of Liberty and Anti-Rent votes for Shepard. None of the incumbents ran for re-election this time. The Canal Commissioners and Prison Inspectors, upon taking office, were classified by drawing lots, so that every following year one commissioner and one inspector would be elected to a three-year term. Cook and Gedney drew the one-year term, Hinds and Comstock the two-year term, and Beach and Spencer the three-year term. 24 Whigs and 8 Democrats were elected to a two-year term (1848–1849) in the New York State Senate. 93 Whigs and 35 Democrats were elected to the New York State Assembly of the 71st New York State Legislature. + 1847 state election results Office Whig ticket Democratic ticket Anti-Rent ticket Liberty ticket National Reform ticketLieutenant GovernorHamilton Fish 170,072Nathan Dayton 139,623Charles O. Shepard 8,518Charles O. Shepard 4,911Hugh T. BrooksSecretary of StateChristopher Morgan 169,470Edward Sanford 144,133Edward SanfordComptrollerMillard Fillmore 174,756Orville Hungerford 136,027Millard FillmoreAttorney GeneralAmbrose L. Jordan 174,763Levi S. Chatfield 139,481Ambrose L. JordanTreasurerAlvah Hunt 169,422George W. Cuyler 145,966George W. CuylerState EngineerCharles B. Stuart 173,003Orville W. Childs 134,944Charles B. StuartCanal CommissionersCharles Cook 169,860John C. Mather 147,124John C. MatherJacob Hinds 175,095Elisha B. Smith 139,395Jacob HindsNelson J. Beach 174,948Frederick Follett 139,217Nelson J. BeachInspector of State Prisons"[V]ote...nearly the same as for Canal Commissioners" The Tribune Almanac 1848John B. Gedney Norman B. Smithat that time Steward of the Alms House in New York City Isaac N. ComstockGeorge Caldwellfrom Montgomery CountyDavid D. SpencerJohn Fisherfrom Westchester County Notes Sources Result for Lt. Gov. in Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, 1852, p. 367) Results in The Whig Almanac and United States Register 1848 See also New York gubernatorial elections New York state elections 1847 New York