1848 New York gubernatorial election

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Nominee Hamilton Fish John Adams Dix Reuben H. Walworth Party Whig Free Soil Democratic Popular vote 218,776 122,889 116,907 Percentage 47.6% 26.7% 25.4%

County results Fish:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60% Dix:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70% Walworth:     40–50%

Governor before election John Young Whig Elected Governor Hamilton Fish Whig

The1848 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1848. Incumbent GovernorJohn Young was not nominated for a second term in office by the Whig Party. The Whig nomination went toHamilton Fish, who won the general election over split Democratic opposition following the defection of the "Barnburner" faction to form the newFree Soil Party.

At the Democratic state convention in Syracuse in September 1847, the "Barnburner" faction of the party, which was opposed to slavery, defected to hold their own convention. When they met atHerkimer on October 26, they did not nominate a ticket but instructed supporters to "vote as they must do when no regular nominations have been made", implicitly endorsing the Whig nominees.^[1] The result was the election of the entire Whig ticket and the formation of a new anti-slavery party, theFree Soil Party.

TheAnti-Rent movement, which had won reforms inthe new Constitution of 1846, also began to dissolve following the 1847 elections.

• Greene C. Bronson, judge of theNew York Court of Appeals and formerNew York Attorney General
• Zadock Pratt, former U.S. Representative fromPrattsville
• Reuben H. Walworth, formerChancellor of New York

The Democratic convention was held on September 5 inSyracuse. Reuben Walworth was nominated on the first ballot.

• Hamilton Fish, Lieutenant Governor of New York
• Joshua A. Spencer, mayor ofUtica and formerU.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York
• John Young, incumbent Governor since 1847

The Whig state convention met on September 13 inUtica. Fish was nominated on the first ballot.

The Barnburner-Free Soil state convention was held on September 13 and 14 at the Court House inUtica. Former U.S. SenatorJohn Adams Dix was nominated by acclamation. The Liberty state convention also met on the same day in the same city, and after passing resolutions, the delegates walked to the Court House and sat with the Free Soil convention as honorary members. However, they did not endorse the Free Soil ticket.^{[citation needed]}

• John Adams Dix, U.S. Senator (Free Soil)
• Hamilton Fish, Lieutenant Governor of New York (Whig)
• William Goodell, founder of theAmerican Anti-Slavery Society (Liberty)
• Reuben H. Walworth, formerChancellor of New York (Democratic)

1848 New York gubernatorial election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Hamilton Fish	218,776	47.55%	1.93
	Free Soil	John Adams Dix	122,889	26.71%	N/A
	Democratic	Reuben H. Walworth	116,811	25.39%	20.82
	Liberty	William Goodell	1,593	0.35%	2.82
Total votes			460,069	100.00%

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• Dearstyne, Bruce W. (2015).The Spirit of New York: Defining Events in the Empire State's History. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. p. 56.ISBN 978-1-4384-5659-1 – viaGoogle Books.
• Jenkins, John S. (1848).History of Political Parties in the State of New-York. Alden & Markham. p. 466.
• Jenkins, John S. (1851).Lives of the governors of the state of New York. Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller. p. 724.

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