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1920 New York state election

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The 1920 New York state election was held on November 2, 1920, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary state, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, two judges of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

History

In August 1919, Judge William H. Cuddeback died, and Abram I. Elkus was appointed to fill the vacancy temporarily. Judge Frederick Collin would reach the constitutional age limit at the end of the year. Thus there were two vacancies on the Court of Appeals to be filled at the state election.

The primaries were held on September 14.

Republican primary

Office
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Comptroller
Attorney General
Treasurer
State Engineer
Judge of the Court of Appeals
Judge of the Court of Appeals
U.S. Senator

Republican state senator (47th District) George F. Thompson lost the primary to Miller, but ran on the Prohibition ticket, as did Temperance activist Ella A. Boole.

Democratic primary

Office
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Comptroller
Attorney General
Treasurer
State Engineer
Judge of the Court of Appeals
Judge of the Court of Appeals
U.S. Senator

All Prohibition and Socialist candidates were nominated unopposed in the primaries.

Result

The whole Republican ticket was elected.

The incumbents Smith and Elkus were defeated. The incumbents Newton, Williams and Wadsworth were re-elected. Judges Chase and Crane moved from additional to regular seats on the Court of Appeals.

Office	Democratic ticket	Socialist ticket	Farmer-Labor ticket	Prohibition ticket	Socialist Labor ticket
Governor	Nathan L. Miller	1,335,878	Alfred E. Smith	1,261,812	Joseph D. Cannon	159,804
Lieutenant Governor	Jeremiah Wood	1,497,964	George R. Fitts	994,638	Jessie W. Hughan	187,567
Secretary of State	John J. Lyons	1,614,426	Harriet May Mills	862,933	Charles W. Noonan	199,073
Comptroller	James A. Wendell	1,524,527	Charles W. Berry	935,643	A. Philip Randolph	202,381
Attorney General	Charles D. Newton	1,573,943	Frank H. Mott	881,070	Darwin J. Meserole	199,529
Treasurer	N. Monroe Marshall	1,566,989	John F. Healy	901,611	Hattie F. Kreuger	200,836
State Engineer	Frank M. Williams	1,578,790	Paul McLoud	869,428	Vladimir Karapetoff	202,157
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Emory A. Chase	1,467,697	Abram I. Elkus	833,725	Leon A. Malkiel	218,299
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Frederick E. Crane	1,963,978		Frederick E. Crane	13,658	Jacob Axelrod	187,640
U.S. Senator	James W. Wadsworth, Jr.	1,434,393	Harry C. Walker	901,310	Jacob Panken	208,155

Notes

Sources

Primary candidates: "Primary Rivals Clash Tomorrow". The New York Times. September 13, 1920. p. 3.
The tickets: "Nominees of All Parties for Public Office, for Election Tuesday, November 2". The New York Times. October 23, 1920. p. 14.
Early returns: "Miller Lead, 64,014, 107 Dists. To Come". The New York Times. November 5, 1920. p. 2.
Result: "Republican Lead up State 500,000". The New York Times. December 12, 1920. p. 1.
Results in Manual for the Use of the State Legislature (1921; see pg. 766ff for Democratic primaries; pg. 769–774 for Republican primaries; pg. 775–798 for the general elections)
Vote totals taken from The New York Red Book 1922

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