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The 1890 New York state election was held on November 4, 1890, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.
History
In 1890, there was only one state officer to be elected statewide: a judge of the Court of Appeals, to succeed Robert Earl whose fourteen-year term would expire at the end of the year.
The Republican State Committee met on September 2 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City. The incumbent Democrat Robert Earl was nominated to succeed himself on the first ballot (vote: Earl 21, Daniel G. Rollins 3).JUDGE EARL RENOMINATED in NYT on September 3, 1890
The Democratic State Committee met on September 23 at the Hoffman House in New York City. Edward Murphy Jr. was chairman. The incumbent judge Robert Earl was re-nominated unanimously.IT WAS A TAME MEETING in NYT on September 24, 1890
The Socialist Labor state convention met on September 25 at Clarendon House in New York City. Francis Gerau was nominated for the Court of Appeals.LOCAL POLITICAL MATTERS in NYT on September 26, 1890
Result
The jointly nominated incumbent Robert Earl was re-elected.
68 Democrats and 60 Republicans were elected for the session of 1891 to the New York State Assembly. The New York State Senate consisted of 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats.
+ 1890 state election result Office Democratic ticket Republican ticket Prohibition ticket Socialist Labor ticketJudge of the Court of AppealsRobert Earl 927,243total votes on Democratic and Republican ticketsRobert EarlSilas W. MasonSilas W. Mason, of Chautauqua County, ran also in 1893, and for Attorney General in 1887 33,621Francis GerauDr. Francis Gerau, MD (ca. 1826-1896), of Brooklyn, President of the Labor Lyceum Association, ran also in 1888, 1893 and 1894; and for Chief Judge in 1892; see: TOO OLD FOR HER in NYT on September 11, 1886; DR. GERAU'S TRIALS in NYT on November 25, 1886; His funeral in NYT on February 24, 1896 13,704
See also
New York state elections
Notes
Sources
Result in New York City: THE VOTE IN THE COUNTY in NYT on November 21, 1890
Result in Kings County: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER in NYT on December 3, 1890
Result: The Tribune Almanac 1891
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