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1830 New York gubernatorial election New York 1778 Presidential no 1828 New York gubernatorial election 1828 1832 New York gubernatorial election 1832 November 1–3, 1830 x150px Enos T. Throop Democratic Party (United States) — 128,842 51.22% x150px Francis Granger Anti-Masonic Party National RepublicanWorking Men's (Cook faction) 120,361 47.85% 1830 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsThroop: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Granger: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Governor Enos T. Throop Democratic Party (United States) Enos T. Throop Democratic Party (United States)
The 1830 New York gubernatorial election was held from November 1 to 3, 1830, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent governor Enos T. Throop was re-elected to a second term in office over Francis Granger.
Background
Martin Van Buren, who was elected Governor in 1828, was appointed United States Secretary of State by President Andrew Jackson. Van Buren was succeeded in the governorship by his Lieutenant Governor, Enos T. Throop, a member of the Albany Regency faction of the Democratic Party. In 1830, Throop ran for a full term.
General election
Candidates
Francis Granger, former state assemblyman from Canandaigua and nominee for governor in 1828 (National Republican, Anti-Masonic)
Enos T. Throop, incumbent Governor since 1829 (Democratic)
Ezekiel Williams (Working Men's)
The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Governor Enos T. Throop. They nominated former state senator Edward Philip Livingston for Lieutenant Governor.
The Anti-Masonic Party nominated former state assemblyman and 1828 Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate Francis Granger. They nominated Samuel Stevens for Lieutenant Governor. The Granger/Stevens ticket was also supported by the National Republicans and by the faction of the Workingmen's Party led by Noah Cook.Vaughn William Preston The Antimasonic Party in the United States, 1826-1843 1983 University Press of Kentucky Lexington, KY 38 https://archive.org/details/antimasonicparty0000vaug/page/38/mode/2up?view=theater
The faction of the Working Men's Party led by George Henry Evans and Thomas Skidmore nominated Ezekiel Williams.
Results
The Democratic ticket of Throop and Livingston was elected.
1830 New York gubernatorial election
Enos T. Throop (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 128,842 51.22% +1.76%
Francis Granger Anti-Masonic Party 120,361 47.85% +9.37%
Ezekiel Williams Working Men's Party (New York) 2,332 0.93% N/A
251,535 100%
Sources
Result: The Tribune Almanac 1841
1830
New York
Gubernatorial election
Category:November 1830