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The1906 New York state election was held on November 6, 1906, to elect thegovernor, thelieutenant governor, theSecretary of State, thestate comptroller, theattorney general, thestate treasurer and thestate engineer, as well as all members of theNew York State Assembly and theNew York State Senate.
TheSocialist state convention met on June 2 at the Workingmen's Educational Building at 247, East Eighty-fourth Street inNew York City.Morris Hillquit was chosen Permanent Chairman. They nominatedJohn C. Chase for governor;Gustave Adolph Strebel for lieutenant governor;Henry L. Slobodin, ofNew York City, for attorney general; William W. Arland, ofCorning, for secretary of state; John E. O'Rourke, ofRochester, for comptroller; William W. Passage, ofBrooklyn, for treasurer; and R. R. Hunt, ofSchenectady, for state engineer.[1]
TheProhibition state convention met on September 5 atBinghamton, New York. They nominated Capt. Henry M. Randall, ofPort Jefferson, for governor; Freeman H. Bettys, ofRochester, for lieutenant governor; Charles Richards, ofOswego, for secretary of state; Levi Hoag, ofBinghamton, for comptroller; Robert L. Stokes, ofBrooklyn, for treasurer; Walter Farrington for attorney general; and Victor C. Mott, ofBuffalo, for state engineer.[2]
TheIndependence League state convention met on September 11 and 12 atCarnegie Hall inNew York City.[3] They nominated William Randolph Hearst for governor; Lewis S. Chanler for lieutenant governor; John S. Whalen for secretary of state; John Ford for attorney general; Dr. C. H. W. Auel for comptroller; Frank L. Getman for state engineer; and did not nominate anybody for treasurer. After the nomination of Hearst, Chanler and Whalen by the Democratic state convention, the other nominees retired, and on September 29, the Independence League's executive committee substituted the Democratic nominees Jackson, Glynn, and Skene on the ticket, and added Hauser for treasurer.[4]
TheRepublican state convention met on September 25 and 26 atSaratoga Springs, New York. BossBenjamin B. Odell Jr. favored Ex-GovernorFrank S. Black, GovernorFrank W. Higgins favored his Lt. Gov. Bruce, but after the intervention ofPresidentTheodore Roosevelt, the convention nominatedCharles Evans Hughes for governor. Merton E. Lewis was nominated for comptroller, and all the other incumbent state officers were re-nominated, all by acclamation.[5]
TheDemocratic state convention met on September 25, 26 and 27 atBuffalo, New York.Lewis Nixon was Temporary and Permanent Chairman.[6] William Randolph Hearst was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Hearst 309,William Sulzer 124,John Alden Dix 17). All other candidates were nominated by acclamation, among them the Independence League nominees Chanler and Whalen.[7]
The Democratic/Independence League fusion ticket was elected with exception of Hearst who was rejected by a large part of the Democratic voters, especially in New York City. Although Republican Hughes was elected governor, this election ended a Republican era in state politics which had lasted a dozen years.
The incumbents Bruce, O'Brien, Mayer, Wallenmeier and Van Alstyne were defeated.
The Republican, Democratic, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Independence League attained it, and the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Socialist ticket | Independence League ticket | Prohibition ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | ||||||
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| Governor | Charles Evans Hughes | 749,002 | William Randolph Hearst | 673,268 | John C. Chase[8] | 21,751 | William Randolph Hearst | 17,837 | Henry M. Randall | 15,985 | Thomas H. Jackson | 4,624 |
| Lieutenant Governor | M. Linn Bruce | 713,068 | Lewis S. Chanler | 701,182 | Gustave Adolph Strebel[9] | 23,645 | Lewis S. Chanler | 17,460 | Freeman H. Bettys | 17,212 | Frank E. Passanno | 4,795 |
| Secretary of State | John F. O'Brien | 711,153 | John Sibley Whalen | 700,673 | William W. Arland | 24,114 | John Sibley Whalen | 17,247 | Charles W. Richards | 18,127 | Matthew Lechner[10] | 4,869 |
| Comptroller | Merton E. Lewis | 709,398 | Martin H. Glynn | 702,459 | John E. O'Rourke | 24,050 | Martin H. Glynn | 17,266 | Levi Hoag | 17,883 | John B. Kinney | 4,889 |
| Attorney General | Julius M. Mayer | 708,778 | William Schuyler Jackson | 703,057 | Henry L. Slobodin | 24,122 | William Schuyler Jackson | 17,281 | Walter Farrington[11] | 17,860 | John E. Wallace | 4,914 |
| Treasurer | John G. Wallenmeier Jr. | 709,154 | Julius Hauser | 702,589 | William W. Passage | 24,083 | Julius Hauser | 17,233 | Robert L. Stokes | 18,009 | Charles F. Gebner | 4,911 |
| State Engineer | Henry A. Van Alstyne | 709,018 | Frederick Skene | 702,474 | Russell R. Hunt | 24,121 | Frederick Skene | 17,149 | Victor C. Mott | 17,674 | Joseph A. Orme | 4,902 |
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