1883 New York state election

none February 2026 September 2023 1883 11 6 1881 New York state election New York No Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg 1882 New York state election 1882 1884 New York state election 1884 The 1883 New York state election was held on November 6, 1883, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer and the State Engineer, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. Besides, a constitutional amendment to abolish contract labor from the state prisons was proposed and accepted with 498,402 votes for and 269,377 against. History The Greenback-Labor state convention met on September 5, and nominated Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State, Louis A. Post for Attorney General, Gaius L. Halsey for Comptroller, Jurian Winne for Treasurer and Edwin A. Stillman for State Engineer. The Republican state convention met on September 19 at Richfield Springs, New York. Elbridge G. Lapham was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Warner Miller as President. The incumbents, Secretary of State Joseph B. Carr, Comptroller Ira Davenport, State Engineer Silas Seymour and Attorney General Leslie W. Russell, were re-nominated by acclamation. Pliny T. Sexton was nominated for Treasurer on the first ballot (vote: Sexton 260, Ethan Allen 215).THE OLD TICKET SELECTED; HARMONIOUS WORK OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION in NYT on September 20, 1883 The Prohibition state convention met on September 26 at Syracuse, New York, and nominated Frederick Gates for Secretary of State, Stephen Merritt for Comptroller, James Baldwin for Treasurer, George A. Dudley for State Engineer and Virgil A. Willard for Attorney General. The Democratic state convention met on September 27 at Buffalo, New York. Results The incumbents Carr and Maxwell were re-elected. The incumbents Davenport, Russell and Seymour were defeated. + 1883 state election results Office Democratic ticket Republican ticket Prohibition ticket Greenback ticketSecretary of StateIsaac H. Maynard 427,525Joseph B. Carr 446,108Frederick GatesFrederick Gates, of Herkimer County, ran also for Treasurer in 1881 18,816Thomas K. BeecherRev. Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900), of Elmira, brother of Henry Ward Beecher, ran also in 1887 and 1889, Obit in NYT on March 15, 1900 7,221ComptrollerAlfred C. Chapin 445,975Ira Davenport 429,873Stephen MerrittRev. Stephen Merritt (b. ca. 1833), Methodist minister, undertaker, ran also for Treasurer in 1879 and Secretary of State in 1881, description in in NYT on September 25, 1885 18,311Gaius L. Halsey7,629Attorney GeneralDenis O'Brien 443,824Leslie W. Russell 430,058Virgil A. WillardVirgil A. Willard, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1884 19,571Louis F. Post7,217TreasurerRobert A. Maxwell 446,618Pliny T. SextonPliny T. Sexton (b. ca. 1840), lawyer, of Palmyra, Wayne County, graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Poughkeepsie Law School, President of the First National Bank of Palmyra 428,923James Baldwin 19,971Jurian WinneJurian Winne, ran also in 18797,239State EngineerElnathan Sweet 447,198Silas Seymour 428,327George A. DudleyGeorge A. Dudley, of Ellenville, ran also in 1875 and 1885 19,692Edwin A. StillmanEdwin A. Stillman, of Canadice, ran also in 1885 and 18876,664 See also New York state elections Notes Sources The tickets: CANDIDATES IN NEW-YORK in NYT on November 5, 1883 Result: COMPLETE VOTE OF THE STATE AS CANVASSED BY THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS in NYT on November 23, 1883 Result: The Tribune Almanac 1884 A possible explanation for Maynards defeat: DEMOCRATS WILL CUT COOK, BECAUSE HE AND HIS FRIENDS SLAUGHTERED JUDGE MAYNARD TWO YEARS AGO in NYT on October 30, 1885 1883 Category:1883 New York (state) elections