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1868 New York state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1868 New York gubernatorial election
country	New York
flag_image	File:Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1866 New York state election
previous_year	1866
next_election	1870 New York state election
next_year	1870
election_date	November 3, 1868
image_size	x150px
image1	File:John T Hoffman.png
nominee1	John T. Hoffman
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	439,301
percentage1	51.64%
image2	File:John Augustus Griswold (cropped).jpg
nominee2	John Augustus Griswold
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	411,355
percentage2	48.36%
map_image	1868 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_caption	County results
title	Governor
before_election	Reuben E. Fenton
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	John T. Hoffman
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Hoffman:

Griswold:

The 1868 New York state election was held on November 3, 1868, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a Canal Commissioner, an Inspector of State Prisons and the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.

History

The Republican state convention met on July 8 at Syracuse, New York. Henry Smith was Temporary Chairman until the choice of John Cochrane as president. John A. Griswold was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Griswold 247, Horace Greeley 95, Stewart L. Woodford 36). Alonzo B. Cornell was nominated for lieutenant governor on the first ballot (vote: Cornell 219, Augustus Frank 88, Franz Sigel 6). Alexander Barkley for Canal Commissioner, the incumbent Prison Inspector Henry A. Barnum, and Campbell H. Young for Clerk of the Court of Appeals, were nominated by acclamation.

The Democratic state convention met on September 2 and 3 at Tweddle Hall in Albany, New York. H. O. Cheesbro was temporary chairman until the choice of Robert Earl as president. Mayor of New York City John T. Hoffman, the Democratic candidate of 1866, was nominated again for governor by acclamation. Allen C. Beach was nominated for lieutenant governor after an informal ballot (vote: Beach 68, Albert P. Lanning 47, William J. Averill 9, S. T. Ahnot 1).

A German Democratic state convention met on September 2 at Schreiber's Hotel in Albany, New York with Henry Clausenger as president, and endorsed the nomination of John T. Hoffman for governor.

Result

The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

The incumbent Barnum was defeated.

75 Republicans and 53 Democrats were elected for the session of 1869 to the New York State Assembly.

This was the last time the Clerk of the Court of Appeals was elected. At this time, the term was three years, and the next election of the Clerk would occur in 1871, but in 1870 the Court of Appeals was re-organized and the office became appointive.

Office	Republican ticket
Governor	John T. Hoffman	439,301
Lieutenant Governor	Allen C. Beach	439,327
Canal Commissioner	Oliver Bascom	439,126
Inspector of State Prisons	David B. McNeil	438,784
Clerk of the Court of Appeals	Edwin O. Perrin	438,357

Notes

Sources

Result in The Tribune Almanac for 1869 compiled by Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune
Result: Official Canvass of the Vote on the State Ticket of New-York in NYT on December 8, 1868

References

[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1868/07/09/87582840.pdf ''THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION''] in NYT on July 9, 1868
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1868/09/03/78954974.pdf ''POLITICAL AFFAIRS,; Proceedings of the Democratic State Convention''] in NYT on September 3, 1868
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1868/09/03/78954974.pdf ''POLITICAL AFFAIRS.; Convention of German Democrats''] in NYT on September 3, 1868
Campbell H. Young was the incumbent Deputy Clerk.

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