New_York_state_election,_1916

1916 New York state election

1916 New York state election

Election

The 1916 New York state election was held on November 7, 1916, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, a U.S. Senator, the chief judge[1] and an associate judge[2] of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

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History

The primaries were held on September 19.

Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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Progressive primary

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Independence League primary

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American Party primary

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Result

The whole Republican ticket was elected.

The incumbents Whitman, Schoeneck, Hugo, Travis, Woodbury, Wells and Williams were re-elected.

The Republican, Democratic, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot access (necessary 10,000 votes); the Independence League, Progressive and American parties lost it; and the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.

36 Republicans and 15 Democrats were elected to the New York State Senate, to sit in the 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures (1917–1918).

99 Republicans, 49 Democrats and 2 Socialists were elected to the New York State Assembly, to sit in the 140th New York State Legislature (1917).

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  • Numbers are total votes on all tickets for candidates who ran on more than one ticket, except for Whitman. The votes received for governor were used to determine ballot access.

Notes

  1. [1]
    to succeed Willard Bartlett who had reached the constitutional age limit
  2. [2]
    to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William E. Werner
  3. [3]
    Charles E. Welch, grape juice manufacturer, of Westfield, ran for Lieutenant Governor in 1914
  4. [4]
    Jeremiah D. Crowley, of Marcellus, ran also for State Engineer in 1910, and for Lieutenant Governor in 1912 and 1914
  5. [5]
    Stephen J. Mahoney, ran also in 1914
  6. [6]
    Boris Reinstein, ran also in 1904
  7. [7]
    Neil D. Cranmer, ran also for Comptroller in 1914
  8. [8]
    John Hall, ran also for Attorney General in 1908 and 1914, and for Governor in 1912
  9. [9]
    Charles W. Noonan, ran also in 1914
  10. [10]
    Anthony Houtenbrink, ran also for Treasurer in 1914
  11. [11]
    S. John Block, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1908
  12. [12]
    Robert H. Elder, ran also in 1914
  13. [13]
    William A. DeFord, Assistant Attorney General, ran also in 1908
  14. [14]
    Erwin A. Archer, ran also for U.S. Senator in 1914
  15. [15]
    Lewis F. Alrutz, ran also for Attorney General in 1910
  16. [16]
    Coleridge Allen Hart (b. July 11, 1852 Peekskill), lawyer, of Brooklyn, ran also for Attorney General in 1889, and for the Court of Appeals in 1907, 1908 and 1914
  17. [17]
    "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - AMER Primary Race - Sep 19, 1916".

Sources

Vote totals from New York Red Book 1917

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