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The1904 New York state election was held on November 8, 1904, to elect thegovernor, thelieutenant governor, theSecretary of State, thestate comptroller, theattorney general, thestate treasurer, thestate engineer, thechief judge and an associate judge of theNew York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of theNew York State Assembly and theNew York State Senate.
TheProhibition state convention met on June 14 and 15 atOswego, New York. Henry W. Wilbur was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Alfred L. Manierre as Permanent Chairman.[1] They nominated John McKee, ofBrooklyn, for Governor; Alden W. Young for Lieutenant Governor; James C. Carpenter, ofNew York City, for Secretary of State; Ira W. Littlefield, ofWatertown, for Comptroller; C. A. Shipplebein, ofGlens Falls, for Treasurer; and George E. Hillman, ofRochester, for Attorney General.[2]
TheSocialist Labor state convention met on July 7 at 2, New Reade Street inManhattan. They nominated Daniel De Leon for Governor; Boris Reinstein, ofBuffalo, for Lieutenant Governor; Anton Metzler for Secretary of State; James A. Trainor, ofSyracuse, for Comptroller; Harvey A. Santee, ofNew York City, for Treasurer; Frank E. Passanno for Attorney General; and Orcus A. Curtis, ofBuffalo, for the Court of Appeals.[3]
The1904 Democratic National Convention nominated the Chief Judge of the New York Court of AppealsAlton B. Parker forPresident of the United States in the1904 presidential election. Upon accepting the nomination, he resigned his judicial office on August 5, and a month later Democrat Edgar M. Cullen was appointed by Republican GovernorBenjamin B. Odell Jr., to fill the vacancy, as part of across endorsement deal to elect also Republican associate judge William E. Werner.
TheRepublican state convention met on September 14 and 15 atSaratoga Springs, New York.Jacob Sloat Fassett was Temporary Chairman until the choice ofGeorge R. Malby as Permanent Chairman. The convention was marked by the fight between the two Republican bosses: Governor Odell andThomas C. Platt. Odell's candidate, the incumbent Lieutenant Governor Higgins, was nominated by acclamation after Platt's man, Ex-Lieutenant GovernorTimothy L. Woodruff, withdrew. All other candidates were also nominated by acclamation.[4]
On September 16, thePopulist State Committee selected a ticket to be circulated to gather the necessary signatures for the petition to file the ticket. They nominated Alfred J. Boulton for Governor; Charles Spaulding, ofBuffalo, for Lieutenant Governor; Orsen L. Drew, ofRochester, for Secretary of State; Louis Manz, ofRochester, for Comptroller; Frank S. Rose, ofAlbany, for Treasurer; John F. Gaffney,Utica, for Attorney General; Simon G. Levy, ofNew York City, for State Engineer; Edward N. Heath, ofBuffalo, for Chief Judge; and Augustus Babcock, ofBinghamton, for associate judge of the Court of Appeals.[5] The petition was filed with the Secretary of State in October.[6]
TheDemocratic state convention met on September 21 atSaratoga Springs, New York.[7]
The whole Republican ticket was elected.
The incumbents O'Brien, Kelsey, Van Alstyne and Cullen were re-elected. The incumbent Cunneen was defeated.
The Republican, Democratic, Social Democratic and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Socialist Labor Party lost it, and the re-founded People's party did not attain it.
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Social Democratic[8] ticket | Prohibition ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | People's ticket | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Frank W. Higgins | 813,264 | D. Cady Herrick | 732,704 | Thomas Pendergast | 36,259 | John McKee | 20,568 | Daniel De Leon | 8,976 | Alfred J. Boulton[9] | 6,015 |
| Lieutenant Governor | M. Linn Bruce | 826,720 | Francis B. Harrison | 718,613 | Charles R. Bach | 36,463 | Alden W. Young[10] | 21,924 | Boris Reinstein | 8,947 | Charles Spaulding | 6,107 |
| Secretary of State | John F. O'Brien | 841,389 | John Pallace Jr.[11] | 702,699 | E. J. Squires | 36,645 | Crawford | 21,325 | Anton Metzler[12] | 9,506 | Orsen L. Drew | 6,235 |
| Comptroller | Otto Kelsey | 841,361 | George Hall[13] | 702,736 | William W. Passage | 36,655 | Ira W. Littlefield | 21,241 | James A. Trainor | 9,127 | Louis Manz | 6,295 |
| Attorney General | Julius M. Mayer | 837,231 | John Cunneen | 707,044 | Leon A. Malkiel[14] | 36,461 | George E. Hillman | 21,027 | Frank E. Passanno | 8,993 | John F. Gaffney | 6,076 |
| Treasurer | John G. Wallenmeier Jr. | 840,300 | William Muench[15] | 703,377 | Emil Neppel | 36,519 | C. A. Shipplebein | 21,309 | Harvey A. Santee | 9,096 | Frank S. Rose | 6,221 |
| State Engineer | Henry A. Van Alstyne | 838,038 | Thomas H. Stryker[16] | 705,520 | S. B. Early | 36,687 | Victor C. Mott | 21,321 | Simon G. Levy | 6,856 | Simon G. Levy | |
| Chief Judge | Edgar M. Cullen | 1,540,471 | Edgar M. Cullen | Charles H. Matchett | 38,581 | Gaylord Logan | 21,778 | Justus Ebert | 9,092 | Edward N. Heath | 6,223 | |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | William E. Werner | 1,541,986 | William E. Werner | William Nugent | 38,127 | Dexter E. Dorn | 21,618 | Orcus A. Curtis | 9,099 | Augustus Babcock | 6,338 | |
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