1877 New York state election

none February 2026 September 2023 1877 11 6 1877 New York state election New York No 1876 New York state election 1876 1878 New York state election 1878 The 1877 New York state election was held on November 6, 1877, 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. History The Republican state convention met on September 26 and 27 at Rochester, New York. John C. Churchill for Secretary of State, Francis Sylvester for Comptroller, William L. Bostwick for Treasurer, Grenville Tremain for Attorney General, and Howard Soule, Jr., for State Engineer, were nominated unanimously without much debate.The State Republicans New York Times. September 28, 1877. Sylvester declined to run, and on October 19, the State Committee substituted Clinton V. R. Ludington for Comptroller on the ticket.The State Ticket New York Times. October 20, 1877. The Working Men's state convention met at Troy, New York, and nominated John J. Junio, of Auburn, for Secretary of State; George Blair for Comptroller; Warren T. Worden for Attorney General; Samuel G. Rice for Treasurer; and Walter T. Griswold for State Engineer.The Harmonizing Committee New York Times. August 20, 1878. The Democratic state convention met on October 3 and 4 at Albany, New York. Clarkson N. Potter was president. Allen C. Beach was nominated for Secretary of State on the first ballot (vote: Beach 227, John Bigelow [incumbent] 144, A. B. Weaver 12). The incumbent Comptroller Frederic P. Olcott was re-nominated by acclamation. James Mackin for Treasurer and Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr., for Attorney General, And Horatio Seymour, Jr., for State Engineer were nominated after some haggling and without much voting. Summing up, John Kelly had managed to wrest the power in the Democratic Party from the Tilden-Robinson faction.The Democratic Wrangle New York Times. October 5, 1877. The Bread-Winners League's state convention met on October 10 at Albany, New York. Charles H. Truax was president. The convention nominated John J. Junio for Secretary of State, Frederic P. Olcott (Dem.) for Comptroller, Elmore Sharpe for Attorney General, Julius Kern for Treasurer and Horatio Seymour, Jr. (Dem.), for State Engineer.The Bread-Winners' League — The Convention at Albany New York Times. October 11, 1877. The German-American Independent Citizens' Committee met on October 12 at Beethoven Hall in New York City. Oswald Ottendorfer presided. The Committee cross-endorsed the following state ticket: Churchill (Rep.) for Secretary of State, Olcott (Dem.) for Comptroller, Bostwick (Rep.) for Treasurer, Tremain (Rep.) for Attorney General and Seymour (Dem.) for State Engineer.Political Intelligence — The Independent Germans New York Times October 13, 1877. Results The entire state-wide Democratic ticket was elected. The incumbent Olcott was re-elected. +1877 state election results Office Democratic ticket Republican ticket Working Men ticket Prohibition ticket Social Democratic ticket Greenback ticket German Independent ticket Bread-Winners ticket Secretary of StateAllen C. Beach 383,062John C. Churchill 371,798John J. Junio 20,282Henry Hagner 7,230John McIntosh 1,799Francis E. SpinnerSpinner was nominated without his consent. See:Political Notes New York Times. October 1, 1877. 997John C. Churchill John J. Junio ComptrollerFrederic P. Olcott 395,701Clinton V. R. LudingtonClinton Van Rensselaer Ludington (1821-1900), Obituary New York Times. March 29, 1900. 359,590George Blair 19,123Elias T. TalbotElias T. Talbot, also ran for Prison Inspector in 1876. 7,444G. Kuhne 1,271Thomas B. Edwards 973Frederic P. Olcott Frederic P. Olcott Attorney GeneralAugustus Schoonmaker, Jr. 383,367Grenville TremainGrenville Tremain, son of Lyman Tremain 371,826Warren T. Worden 19,538G. Havens Gleason 7,291Ernst Smith 1,348William S. Jaynes Grenville Tremain Elmore Sharpe TreasurerJames Mackin 384,040William L. BostwickWilliam L. Bostwick, a Regent of the University of New York 370,383Samuel G. Rice 18,480Joseph W. Grosvenor 7,383R. H. Bartholomew 1,827William Doyle 920William L. Bostwick Julius Kern State EngineerHoratio Seymour, Jr. 395,321Howard SouleHoward Soule (b. 1829), ran also in 1879, bio at Canal Engineer's Bios https://web.archive.org/web/20080724204149/http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/old1906/vol2/chapter3.htm 2008-07-24 . 360,157Walter T. Griswold 19,653Henry D. Myers 7,386C. F. Collenburg 1,356Rushton Smith 881Horatio Seymour, Jr. Horatio Seymour, Jr. The numbers are the total votes on all tickets. See also New York state elections Notes 35em Sources The Tickets: For State Officers New York Times. October 29, 1877 (has Michael F. McKiernan, William S Jaynes, and Rushton Smith on Workingmen's ticket) The Vote of Albany New York Times. November 12, 1877 Results in The Evening Journal Almanac (1878, p. 62) Results: The Tribune Almanac 1878 1877 Category:1877 New York (state) elections