1918 New York gubernatorial election

none January 2025 1918 New York gubernatorial election New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1916 New York state election 1916 1920 New York gubernatorial election 1920 November 5, 1918 150x150px File:Portrait of Al Smith (cropped).jpg Al Smith Democratic Party (United States) 1,009,936 47.36% File:CharlesSWhitman.jpg Charles S. Whitman Republican Party (United States) 995,094 46.66% File:Charles W. Ervin circa 1930.jpg Charles W. Ervin Socialist Party of America 121,705 5.71% 1918 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County results Smith: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Whitman: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Governor Charles S. Whitman Republican Party (United States) Al Smith Democratic Party (United States) The 1918 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1918, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Al Smith, president of the New York City aldermen, was elected to the first of his four two-year terms as governor. Republican primary Candidates Charles S. Whitman, incumbent governor Merton E. Lewis, incumbent attorney general Results New York gubernatorial Republican primary, 1918New York gubernatorial Republican primary, 1918 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=233035 Charles S. Whitman (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 295,471 71.31% Merton E. Lewis Republican Party (United States) 118,879 28.69% 414,350 100% Democratic primary Candidates William C. Osborn, former chair of the New York Democratic Party Al Smith, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen Declined Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Campaign Following his failed candidacy for U.S. Senate in 1914, Franklin D. Roosevelt reconciled with Tammany Hall. He delivered the keynote address at the society's 1917 Fourth of July celebration, and Tammany stalwarts John M. Riehle, William Kelley, Thomas J. McManus, and up-and-comer Jimmy Walker endorsed him as a potential candidate for governor in 1918. President Woodrow Wilson also privately urged Roosevelt to consider a campaign. However, he refused, believing that the ongoing Great War would continue through the election and that 1918 would be a Republican year.Smith 2007 146 Roosevelt instead endorsed William Church Osborn,January 4, 1951 WILLIAM C. OSBORN, CIVIC LEADER, DEAD; Ex-President of Metropolitan Museum of Art Also Headed Children's Aid Society LAWYER HERE FOR 61 YEARS Was a Founder of the Citizens Budget Commission in 1932 --Served With Railroads The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/04/89770547.pdf March 21, 2019 though he would later claim to have engineered Smith's nomination himself.Smith 2007 148 Results New York gubernatorial Democratic primary, 1918New York gubernatorial Democratic primary, 1918 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=233034 Al Smith Democratic Party (United States) #3333FF 199,752 85.91% William C. Osborn Democratic #3333FF 32,761 14.09% 232,513 100% General election Candidates Charles W. Ervin (Socialist) Olive M. Johnson, newspaper editor and political activist (Socialist Labor) Al Smith, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen (Democratic) Charles S. Whitman, incumbent governor (Republican) Results 1918 New York gubernatorial election1918 New York Gubernatorial Election Results https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=36&year=1918&f=0&off=5&elect=0 Al Smith Democratic Party (United States) 1,009,936 47.36% Charles S. Whitman (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 995,094 46.66% Charles W. Ervin Socialist Party (United States) 121,705 5.71% Olive M. Johnson Socialist Labor Party of America 5,183 0.24% All others Write-in 530 0.02% 2,132,448 100.00% References Bibliography Smith Jean Edward FDR Random House 2007 978-1-4000-6121-1 https://archive.org/details/fdr00smit/ registration gubernatorial Category:New York (state) gubernatorial elections New York Category:Al Smith Category:Tammany Hall Category:November 1918 in the United States