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1918 New York gubernatorial election

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election_name1918 New York gubernatorial election
countryNew York
flag_imageFlag of New York (1909–2020).svg
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1916 New York state election
previous_year1916
next_election1920 New York gubernatorial election
next_year1920
election_dateNovember 5, 1918
image_sizex150px
image1File:Portrait of Al Smith (cropped).jpg
nominee1Al Smith
party1Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote11,009,936
percentage147.36%
image2File:CharlesSWhitman.jpg
nominee2Charles S. Whitman
party2Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2995,094
percentage246.66%
image3File:Charles W. Ervin circa 1930.jpg
nominee3Charles W. Ervin
party3Socialist Party of America
popular_vote3121,705
percentage35.71%
map_image1918 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size300px
map_captionCounty results
titleGovernor
before_electionCharles S. Whitman
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionAl Smith
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

Smith:

Whitman:
The 1918 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1918, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Al Smith, president of the New York City aldermen, was elected to the first of his four two-year terms as governor.

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Charles S. Whitman, incumbent governor
  • Merton E. Lewis, incumbent attorney general

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • William C. Osborn, former chair of the New York Democratic Party
  • Al Smith, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen

Declined

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Campaign

Following his failed candidacy for U.S. Senate in 1914, Franklin D. Roosevelt reconciled with Tammany Hall. He delivered the keynote address at the society's 1917 Fourth of July celebration, and Tammany stalwarts John M. Riehle, William Kelley, Thomas J. McManus, and up-and-comer Jimmy Walker endorsed him as a potential candidate for governor in 1918. President Woodrow Wilson also privately urged Roosevelt to consider a campaign. However, he refused, believing that the ongoing Great War would continue through the election and that 1918 would be a Republican year.

Roosevelt instead endorsed William Church Osborn, though he would later claim to have engineered Smith's nomination himself.

Results

General election

Candidates

  • Charles W. Ervin (Socialist)
  • Olive M. Johnson, newspaper editor and political activist (Socialist Labor)
  • Al Smith, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen (Democratic)
  • Charles S. Whitman, incumbent governor (Republican)

Results

References

Bibliography

References

  1. "New York gubernatorial Republican primary, 1918".
  2. (January 4, 1951). "WILLIAM C. OSBORN, CIVIC LEADER, DEAD; Ex-President of Metropolitan Museum of Art Also Headed Children's Aid Society LAWYER HERE FOR 61 YEARS Was a Founder of the Citizens Budget Commission in 1932 --Served With Railroads". [[The New York Times]].
  3. "New York gubernatorial Democratic primary, 1918".
  4. "1918 New York Gubernatorial Election Results".
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