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1817 New York gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1817 New York gubernatorial election
country	New York
flag_year	1778
type	Presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1816 New York gubernatorial election
previous_year	1816
next_election	1820 New York gubernatorial election
next_year	1820
election_date	April/May, 1817
image_size	x150px
image1	DeWitt Clinton by Rembrandt Peale cropped.jpg
nominee1	DeWitt Clinton
party1	Democratic-Republican Party
popular_vote1	43,310
percentage1	96.83%
image2	Peter Buell Porter.jpg
nominee2	Peter Buell Porter
colour2	DDDDBB
party2	Tammany Hall
popular_vote2	1,417
percentage2	3.17%
map_image	1817 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_caption	County results
Clinton:
title	Governor
before_election	John Tayler (Acting)
before_party	Democratic-Republican
after_election	DeWitt Clinton
after_party	Democratic-Republican

Clinton:
The 1817 New York gubernatorial election was held in April/May 1817 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. It was the last election until 1876 where the winner was elected to a 3 year term as governor as subsequent elections between 1820 and 1874 reduced the Governor's term to 2 years.

History

Governor Daniel D. Tompkins was elected Vice President of the United States in November 1816; he resigned in February 1817. Article XVII of the New York State Constitution of 1777 said that "...as often as the seat of government shall become vacant, a wise and descreet freeholder of this State shall be, by ballot, elected governor,...,which elections shall be always held at the times and places of choosing representatives in assembly..." This meant that, whenever a vacancy occurred, the Lieutenant Governor did not succeed to the governor's office but administrated the state only until the end of the yearly term of the New York State Assembly on June 30, the successor being elected in April.

Candidates

The Democratic-Republican Party nominated former Lieutenant Governor DeWitt Clinton. They nominated acting Governor John Tayler for Lieutenant Governor.

Though he did not run, the Tammany organization, which opposed Clinton, distributed ballots in New York City with the name of former Secretary of State of New York Peter Buell Porter, and a few were cast.

Results

The Democratic-Republican ticket of Clinton and Tayler was elected.

Notes

Sources

Result: The Tribune Almanac 1841

References

[https://books.google.com/books?id=OKQXxWCJ07kC&pg=PA195 ''History of Political Parties in the State of New-York''] by John Stilwell Jenkins (Alden & Markham, Auburn NY, 1846; page 195)

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