1904 New York state election

none January 2025 September 2023 1904 New York gubernatorial election New York presidential no 1902 New York state election 1902 1906 New York state election 1906 November 8, 1904 File:Frank W. Higgins.jpg 150x150px Frank W. Higgins Republican Party (United States) 813,264 50.27% File:D. Cady Herrick.jpg D-Cady Herrick Democratic Party (United States) 732,704 45.29% 1904 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County results Higgins: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Herrick: #7996e2 50–60% Governor Benjamin B. Odell Jr. Republican Party (United States) Frank W. Higgins Republican Party (United States) thumb|Cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman The 1904 New York state election was held on November 8, 1904, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, the chief judge and an associate 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 Prohibition state convention met on June 14 and 15 at Oswego, New York. Henry W. Wilbur was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Alfred L. Manierre as Permanent Chairman.STATE PROHIBITIONISTS MEET in NYT on June 15, 1904 They nominated John McKee, of Brooklyn, for Governor; Alden W. Young for Lieutenant Governor; James C. Carpenter, of New York City, for Secretary of State; Ira W. Littlefield, of Watertown, for Comptroller; C. A. Shipplebein, of Glens Falls, for Treasurer; and George E. Hillman, of Rochester, for Attorney General.Prohibition State Nominations in NYT on June 16, 1904 The Socialist Labor state convention met on July 7 at 2, New Reade Street in Manhattan. They nominated Daniel De Leon for Governor; Boris Reinstein, of Buffalo, for Lieutenant Governor; Anton Metzler for Secretary of State; James A. Trainor, of Syracuse, for Comptroller; Harvey A. Santee, of New York City, for Treasurer; Frank E. Passanno for Attorney General; and Orcus A. Curtis, of Buffalo, for the Court of Appeals.DE LEON FOR GOVERNOR in NYT on July 8, 1904 The 1904 Democratic National Convention nominated the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker for President of the United States in the 1904 presidential election. Upon accepting the nomination, he resigned his judicial office on August 5, and a month later Democrat Edgar M. Cullen was appointed by Republican Governor Benjamin B. Odell Jr., to fill the vacancy, as part of a cross endorsement deal to elect also Republican associate judge William E. Werner. The Republican state convention met on September 14 and 15 at Saratoga Springs, New York. Jacob Sloat Fassett was Temporary Chairman until the choice of George R. Malby as Permanent Chairman. The convention was marked by the fight between the two Republican bosses: Governor Odell and Thomas C. Platt. Odell's candidate, the incumbent Lieutenant Governor Higgins, was nominated by acclamation after Platt's man, Ex-Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff, withdrew. All other candidates were also nominated by acclamation.ODELL FLAYED IN HOUR OF TRIUMPH in NYT on September 16, 1904 On September 16, the Populist State Committee selected a ticket to be circulated to gather the necessary signatures for the petition to file the ticket. They nominated Alfred J. Boulton for Governor; Charles Spaulding, of Buffalo, for Lieutenant Governor; Orsen L. Drew, of Rochester, for Secretary of State; Louis Manz, of Rochester, for Comptroller; Frank S. Rose, of Albany, for Treasurer; John F. Gaffney, Utica, for Attorney General; Simon G. Levy, of New York City, for State Engineer; Edward N. Heath, of Buffalo, for Chief Judge; and Augustus Babcock, of Binghamton, for associate judge of the Court of Appeals.THE POPULIST TICKET in NYT on September 17, 1904 The petition was filed with the Secretary of State in October."POPULISTS" ALL REPUBLICANS.; What Examination of Signatures of Nomination Certificates Shows in NYT on October 10, 1904 The Democratic state convention met on September 21 at Saratoga Springs, New York.HERRICK IS CHOSEN, SHEEHAN BEAT GROUT in NYT on September 22, 1904 Result The whole Republican ticket was elected. The incumbents O'Brien, Kelsey, Van Alstyne and Cullen were re-elected. The incumbent Cunneen was defeated. The Republican, Democratic, Social Democratic and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Socialist Labor Party lost it, and the re-founded People's party did not attain it. + 1904 state election results Office Republican ticket Democratic ticket Social DemocraticThis ticket was connected to the Socialist Party's national ticket (Debs and Hanford), but since the Social Democratic Party had ballot status in New York they continued to use this name here. ticket Prohibition ticket Socialist Labor ticket People's ticketGovernorFrank W. Higgins 813,264D. Cady Herrick 732,704Thomas Pendergast 36,259John McKee 20,568Daniel De Leon 8,976Alfred J. BoultonAlfred J. Boulton, a former Bryan Democrat, "head stereotyper of a Brooklyn newspaper", active in labor unions, defeated for County Clerk of Brooklyn in 1903, elected Register of Brooklyn in 1905 6,015Lieutenant GovernorM. Linn Bruce 826,720Francis B. Harrison 718,613Charles R. Bach 36,463Alden W. YoungAlden W. Young, locomotive engineer, of oswego, ran also for Secretary of State in 1902 21,924Boris Reinstein8,947Charles Spaulding 6,107Secretary of StateJohn F. O'Brien 841,389John Pallace Jr.John Pallace Jr., assemblyman from Monroe County since 1903 702,699E. J. Squires 36,645Crawford 21,325Anton MetzlerAnton Metzler, of Rochester, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1902 9,506Orsen L. Drew 6,235ComptrollerOtto Kelsey 841,361George HallGeorge Hall, owner of steamships, and iron and coal mines, four times Mayor of Ogdensburg, member of the Democratic State Committee 702,736William W. Passage 36,655Ira W. Littlefield 21,241James A. Trainor 9,127Louis Manz 6,295Attorney GeneralJulius M. Mayer 837,231John Cunneen 707,044Leon A. MalkielLeon Andrew Malkiel (b. Aug. 1, 1866 Moscow), realtor, lawyer, of New York City, also ran for the Court of Appeals in 1912 and 1920 36,461George E. Hillman 21,027Frank E. Passanno 8,993John F. Gaffney 6,076TreasurerJohn G. Wallenmeier Jr. 840,300William MuenchWilliam Muench, of Syracuse, "in the drug business" 703,377Emil Neppel 36,519C. A. Shipplebein 21,309Harvey A. Santee 9,096Frank S. Rose 6,221State EngineerHenry A. Van Alstyne 838,038Thomas H. StrykerThomas H. Stryker, Assistant State Engineer, City Engineer of Rome 705,520S. B. Early 36,687Victor C. Mott 21,321Simon G. Levy 6,856Simon G. Levy Chief JudgeEdgar M. Cullen 1,540,471Edgar M. Cullen Charles H. Matchett 38,581Gaylord Logan 21,778Justus Ebert 9,092Edward N. Heath 6,223Judge of the Court of AppealsWilliam E. Werner 1,541,986William E. Werner William Nugent 38,127Dexter E. Dorn 21,618Orcus A. Curtis 9,099Augustus Babcock 6,338 Obs.: "Blank, defective and scattering" votes: 8,121 (Governor) Numbers for Cullen and Werner are total votes on Republican and Democratic tickets. See also New York gubernatorial elections Notes Sources The Democratic candidates: THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES in NYT on September 22, 1904 The minor parties: The Noise from the Big Show Going on in the Two-Ring Political Tent Has Not Entirely Drowned the Voices of the Barkers for the Minor Entertainments on the Dead Line in NYT Magazine on October 23, 1904 Result: STATE ELECTION FIGURES.; Official Returns as Certified by Board of State Canvassers in NYT on December 16, 1904 Result: The Tribune Almanac 1905 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. 1904 Category:1904 New York (state) elections Category:New York (state) gubernatorial elections