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1852 New York state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1852 New York gubernatorial election
country	New York
flag_year	1778
type	Presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1850 New York state election
previous_year	1850
next_election	1854 New York state election
next_year	1854
election_date	November 2, 1852
image1	[[File:Horatio Seymour - Brady-Handysmall.jpg	x150px]]
nominee1	Horatio Seymour
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	264,121
percentage1	50.31%
image2	[[File:Washington-Hunt.jpg	x150px]]
nominee2	Washington Hunt
party2	Whig Party (United States)
popular_vote2	241,525
percentage2	46.01%
map_image	1852 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	County results

title	Governor
before_election	Washington Hunt
before_party	Whig Party (United States)
after_election	Horatio Seymour
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Seymour:
Hunt:

The 1852 New York state election was held on November 2, 1852, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.

History

The Democratic state convention met on September 1 and 2 in Syracuse. Wheeler H. Bristol was Temporary President on September 1, Henry Stevens from Cortland County was elected president on September 2. Seymour was nominated for governor on the second ballot (Seymour 78, Augustus Schell 21, 5 other candidates with fewer votes). Lt. Gov. Church was re-nominated on the first ballot (Church 69, Augustus Schell 54, 2 other candidates with a few votes). Canal Commissioner Follett was re-nominated on the first ballot with 81 votes. Prison Inspector Clark was re-nominated on the first ballot with 82 votes.

The Whig state convention met on September 22 at the City Hall in Syracuse, Henry W. Taylor from Ontario County presided. Governor Hunt was re-nominated by acclamation. Judge Kent was nominated for Lt. Gov. on the second ballot (Kent 64, James M. Cook 28, 4 other candidates with fewer votes). Kempshall was nominated for Canal Commissioner by acclamation. Crosby, from Dutchess County, was nominated for Prison Inspector on the second ballot.

The Free Democratic state convention met on September 29 in Syracuse, New York, and passed a series of strong free soil resolutions. They nominated Tompkins, Gates, Wheaton, Curtis, and Hiram Barney and Alfred Babcock for presidential electors at large.

Candidates

Minthorne Tompkins was the son of U.S. Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins, William Kent was the son of Chancellor James Kent. Seth M Gates and Charles A. Wheaton ran for the second time (also 1848) unsuccessfully for Lt. Gov. and Canal Commissioner.

Results

The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

The incumbent governor Hunt was defeated, the incumbent Church, Follett and Clark were re-elected.

86 Democrats, 41 Whigs and one Independent were elected for the session of 1853 to the New York State Assembly.

Office	Whig ticket	Free Democratic ticket
Governor	Horatio Seymour	264,121	Washington Hunt
Lieutenant Governor	Sanford E. Church	266,147	William Kent
Canal Commissioner	Frederick Follett	264,246	Thomas Kempshall
Inspector of State Prisons	Darius Clark		Epenetus Crosby

Notes

Sources

Result for Gov. in The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 31; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Result in The Tribune Almanac 1853

References

[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1852/09/03/87841298.pdf Latest Intelligence: Democratic State Convention]. ''[[The New York Times. New-York Daily Times]]''. September 3, 1852. p. 2.
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1852/09/23/87842159.pdf Latest Intelligence: Whig state convention]. ''[[The New York Times. New-York Daily Times]]''. September 23, 1852. p. 1.
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1852/09/30/87842776.pdf News of the Morning]. ''[[The New York Times. New-York Daily Times]]''. September 30, 1852. p. 4.
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1853/01/05/87850389.pdf "The State Government for 1853"]. ''[[The New York Times. New-York Daily Times]]''. January 5, 1853. p. 1.

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