1902 New York state election

none January 2025 September 2023 1902 New York gubernatorial election New York presidential no 1900 New York state election 1900 1904 New York state election 1904 November 4, 1902 File:Benjamin Barker Odell Jr cph.3b20166 (3x4 cropped).jpg 150x150px Benjamin B. Odell Jr. Republican Party (United States) 665,150 48.09% File:Bird Sim Coler.jpg Bird Sim Coler Democratic Party (United States) 656,347 47.45% 1902 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County results Odell: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Coler: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Benjamin B. Odell Jr. Republican Party (United States) Benjamin B. Odell Jr. Republican Party (United States) The 1902 New York state election was held on November 4, 1902, 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 "Liberal Democratic" state convention met at Cooper Union in Manhattan. This party was composed of Bryan Democrats, Chicago Platform Democrats and former Populists which were fiercely opposed to Democratic boss David B. Hill. Judge Samuel Seabury was Permanent Chairman. They nominated Edgar L. Ryder for Governor; J. C. Corbin, of St. Lawrence County, for Lieutenant Governor; John B. Howarth, of Buffalo, for Secretary of State; De Myre S. Fero for Comptroller; Daniel B. Casley, of Westchester County, for Treasurer; Dennis Spellissey, of New York City, for Attorney General; John E. Dugan, of Albany County, for State Engineer; and Robert Stewart, of Brooklyn, for the Court of Appeals.LIBERAL DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE MR. HILL in NYT on June 8, 1902 The Social Democratic state convention met on July 4 at 64, East Fourth Street in Manhattan. They nominated Benjamin Hanford for Governor; William Thurston Brown, of Rochester, for Lieutenant Governor; Leonard D. Abbott for Secretary of State; Gen. Lawrence Mayes, of New York City, for Attorney General; Warren Atkinson, of Brooklyn, for Comptroller; Joel Moses, of Rochester, for Treasurer; Everitt Holmes, of Peekskill, for State Engineer; and John F. Clarke, of New York City, for the Court of Appeals.SOCIAL DEMOCRATS' TICKET in NYT on July 5, 1902 The Socialist Labor state convention met on August 30 at Utica, New York. The Prohibition state convention met on September 5 at Saratoga Springs, New York. Alfred L. Manierre, of New York City, was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Alphonso A. Hopkins as Permanent Chairman. They nominated Manierre for Governor; Alfred A. Hartman, of Albion, for Lieutenant Governor; Alden W. Young, of Oswego, for Secretary of State; Samuel Mitchell, of Hornellsville, for Treasurer; James McNeil, of Hudson, for Comptroller; Emmett F. Smith for State Engineer; Erwin J. Baldwin, of Elmira, for the Court of Appeals; and endorsed Democrat John Cunneen for Attorney General.STATE PROHIBITION TICKET in NYT on September 6, 1902 The Republican state convention met on September 23 and 24 at Saratoga Springs. Timothy E. Ellsworth was Permanent Chairman. Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., was re-nominated after a roll call in which all votes were cast for him. All other state officers were nominated by acclamation.GOV. ODELL RENOMINATED IN STATE CONVENTION in NYT on September 25, 1902 The Democratic state convention met on September 30 and October 1 at Saratoga Springs. Martin W. Littleton was Permanent Chairman.COLER AND BULGER DEMOCRATS' CHOICE in NYT on October 2, 1902 Result Six Republicans and two Democrats were elected in a tight race. The incumbents Odell, Miller, Bond and Gray were re-elected. 28 Republicans and 22 Democrats were elected to a two-year term (1903–04) in the New York State Senate. 89 Republicans and 61 Democrats were elected for the session of 1903 to the New York State Assembly. The Republican, Democratic, Social Democratic, Prohibition and Socialist Labor parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes for Governor). + 1902 state election results Office Republican ticket Democratic ticket Social Democratic ticket Prohibition ticket Socialist Labor ticket Liberal Democratic ticketGovernorBenjamin B. Odell Jr. 665,150Bird S. Coler 656,347Benjamin Hanford 23,400Alfred L. ManierreAlfred Lee Manierre (May 4, 1861 New York City - Oct. 1, 1911 NYC), Columbia College graduate, lawyer, ran also in 1910 for the Court of Appeals, Obit in NYT on October 2, 1911 20,490Daniel De Leon 15,886Edgar L. RyderEdgar Lee Ryder (d. 1936), of Ossining, journalist, assemblyman 1,894Lieutenant GovernorFrank W. Higgins 663,689Charles N. Bulger 653,555William Thurston Brown 23,652John A. Hartman 21,358Norman S. Burnham16,233J. C. Corbin 1,901Secretary of StateJohn F. O'Brien 663,590Frank H. Mott 650,731Leonard D. AbbottLeonard D. Abbott, of New York City, ran also for Treasurer in 1900 23,766Alden W. YoungAlden W. Young, locomotive engineer, of Oswego, ran also for Lieutenant Governor in 1904 21,584Boris Reinstein 16,394John B. Howarth 1,969ComptrollerNathan L. Miller 664,412Charles M. Preston 651,373Warren Atkinson 24,759James McNeil 21,310Peter Jacobson 16,355Daniel B. Casley 1,937Attorney GeneralHenry B. Coman 662,463John Cunneen 650,700Lawrence Mayes 23,832John Cunneen 21,292John E. Wallace 16,473Dennis Spellissey 1,916TreasurerJohn G. Wickser 663,490George R. Finch 651,949Joel MosesJoel Moses, ran also for Comptroller in 1908 23,841Samuel Mitchell 21,442Charles A. Ruby 16,432De Myre S. FeroDe Myre S. Fero, of Orange County, ran also in 1893 (lived then in Glens Falls) 1,899State EngineerEdward A. Bond 663,674Richard W. Sherman 651,677Everitt Holmes 23,832Emmett F. SmithEmmett F. Smith, of Patchogue, ran also in 1900 21,929John M. Grady 16,473Flinn 1,926Judge of the Court of AppealsWilliam E. Werner 650,505John Clinton Gray 665,326John F. Clarke 23,617 Erwin J. BaldwinErwin J. Baldwin, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1912; and for Chief Judge in 1916 21,191Anton MetzlerAnton Metzler, of Rochester, ran also for Secretary of State in 1904 16,363Robert Stewart 1,842 Obs.: "Blank and scattering" votes: 8,901 (Judge), 8,737 (Attorney), 6,632 (Governor) See also New York gubernatorial elections Notes Sources The tickets: Elections in Forty-Two States Nov. 4 in NYT on October 19, 1902 Result: THE VOTE IN NOVEMBER in NYT on December 10, 1902 Result: STATE CANVASSERS MEET TO-DAY in NYT on December 12, 1902 [the numbers differ slightly from the ones published two days earlier] Result: The Tribune Almanac 1903 The New York Red Book 1903 Further reading McCormick, Richard L. From Realignment to Reform: Political Change in New York State 1893-1910 (Cornell University Press, 1981). Wesser, Robert F. "Theodore Roosevelt: Reform and Reorganization of the Republican Party in New York, 1901-1906." New York History 46.3 (1965): 230-252 online. 1902 New York Category:New York (state) gubernatorial elections