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1860 New York state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1860 New York gubernatorial election
country	New York
flag_image	File:Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1858 New York state election
previous_year	1858
next_election	1862 New York state election
next_year	1862
election_date	November 6, 1860
image_size	x150px
image1	File:Edwin D. Morgan (3x4 cropped).jpg
nominee1	Edwin D. Morgan
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	358,272
percentage1	53.2%
image2	File:3x4.svg
nominee2	William Kelly
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
alliance2	Constitutional Union Party (United States)
popular_vote2	294,812
percentage2	43.8%
map_image	1860 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_caption	County results
title	Governor
before_election	Edwin D. Morgan
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Edwin D. Morgan
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Morgan:

Kelly:

The 1860 New York state election was held on November 6, 1860, 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. Besides, the question of Negro suffrage was asked, and was answered in the negative with 197,503 votes for and 337,984 against it.

History

William Kelly was the candidate of the majority faction of the Democratic Party which supported Stephen A. Douglas for president.

The "Breckinridge and Lane Democratic" state convention met on August 8 at Syracuse, New York, Henry S. Randall presided. James T. Brady (a Tammany man from New York City who had run for Attorney General on the Hard ticket in 1853) was nominated for Governor on the first ballot (vote:Brady 99, O'Connor 8, Greene C. Bronson 3, Brown 2, Lawrence 1, Kemble 1, Gideon J. Tucker 1). Henry K. Viele was nominated on the first ballot (vote: Viele 57, Edward Tompkins 56). The incumbent John M. Jaycox was re-nominated for Canal Commissioner by acclamation. Robert W. Allen was nominated for Prison Inspector on the first ballot. After the nominations, Daniel S. Dickinson made a speech. Brady accepted the nomination in a letter dated on August 14.

The Constitution Union state convention met on July 13 at Utica. They resolved that "a State Committee be appointed to consist of four persons from each Judicial District, to be appointed by the delegates thereof, where duty it shall be to form an electoral ticket, and to present the same to the people of this State, at a suitable time, precious to the coming election, and that they be authorized to form said ticket in such manner as they deem best calculated to unite National Union men of every name and designation." The committee ultimately resolved to fuse their ticket with the Democratic Party ticket.

Result

The whole Republican ticket was elected, an average of about 50,000 votes ahead of the combined Democratic vote. The incumbents Morgan and Campbell were re-elected. The incumbents Jaycox and Rhodes were defeated.

93 Republicans and 35 Democrats were elected for the session of 1861 to the New York State Assembly.

Yes No Unknown/No Vote

Office	Douglas Democratic ticket	Breckinridge Democratic ticket	Radical Abolitionist ticket
Governor	Edwin D. Morgan	358,272	William Kelly	294,812
Lieutenant Governor	Robert Campbell	361,914	William C. Crain	293,572
Canal Commissioner	Samuel H. Barnes	361,958	William W. Wright	293,853
Inspector of State Prisons	James K. Bates	359,457	William C. Rhodes	294,066

Notes

Sources

Result in The Tribune Almanac 1861
Result in The Official State Canvass in NYT on December 10, 1860 (gives 367,958 for Barnes, which seems to be a typo)
The tickets: THE ELECTION TO-MORROW in NYT on November 5, 1860

References

[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1860/09/11/78644701.pdf ''Hon. William Kelly Accepts the Nomination for Governor.''] in NYT on September 11, 1860
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1860/08/09/83214529.pdf ''POLITICAL MOVEMENTS - The Breckinridge and Lane Democratic State Convention''] in NYT on August 9, 1860
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1860/08/30/78641011.pdf ''THE BRECKINRIDGE DEMOCRACY - James T. Brady's Acceptance of the Nomination for Governor''] in NYT on August 30, 1860
(July 13, 1860). "GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.; NEW-YORK POLITICS. The Constitutional Union Convention at Utica. Reports of the Delegates to Baltimore Speeches of Ex-Gov. Hunt, James Brooks, and Others. State Committee for the Selection of an Electoral Ticket.". [[The New York Times]].
James Topham Brady (1815-1869), lawyer, of [[New York City]], also ran for Attorney General in 1853, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1869/02/10/79385256.pdf obit] in NYT on February 10, 1869

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