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The1910 New York state election was held on November 8, 1910, to elect thegovernor, thelieutenant governor, theSecretary of State, thestate comptroller, theattorney general, thestate treasurer, thestate engineer and two judges of theNew York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of theNew York State Assembly and theNew York State Senate. The voters were also asked if they approved a $2,500,000 bond issue for the improvement and extension ofPalisades Interstate Park, which was answered in the affirmative, with 349,281 For and 285,910 Against. A constitutional amendment which proposed to add two judges to theNew York Court of Appeals and to increase the judges' salaries[1] was rejected by a margin of only 292 votes, with 332,300 For and 332,592 Against.
TheSocialist state convention met on June 26 atSchenectady, New York. They nominated Charles Edward Russell for governor;Gustave Adolph Strebel for lieutenant governor; Mrs. Bertha Mathews Fraser, ofBrooklyn, for secretary of state; Orcus A. Curtis for comptroller; Sylvester Butler, of Schenectady, for treasurer; Henry L. Slobodin for attorney general; William Lippelt, ofRochester, for state engineer; andMorris Hillquit andLouis B. Boudin for the Court of Appeals. Bertha M. Fraser was the first woman in New York history to be nominated for state office.[2]
TheRepublican state convention met on September 27 and 28 atSaratoga Springs, New York. Ex-PresidentTheodore Roosevelt was elected temporary chairman. Roosevelt steamrollered the old political bosses, and made the convention nominate his choices. Henry L. Stimson was nominated on the first ballot after a nominating speech by Roosevelt (vote: Stimson 684,William S. Bennet 242,Thomas B. Dunn 38,James B. McEwan 35).[3]
TheDemocratic state convention met on September 29 and 30 atRochester, New York. Herbert P. Bissell, ofBuffalo, was permanent chairman. John Alden Dix was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Dix 434,William Sulzer 16).[4]
TheIndependence League state convention met on October 5 atCooper Union inNew York City. Alfred J. Boulton, thePeople's Party candidate for governor in 1904, was temporary chairman until the choice of Herbert R. Limberg, ofNew York City, as permanent chairman. Hearst (at the time on board theMauretania returning from Europe, and in contact by wireless messages) wanted the League to endorse the Republican ticket, but the delegates chose to nominate a separate ticket (vote: 212 for, 94 against, 93 did not vote). They nominated the chairman of the League's State Committee John J. Hopper for governor, and Hearst for lieutenant governor, and then adjourned.[5] The convention met again on October 7, and nominated Dr. Thomas P. Scully, ofOneida County, for secretary of state; Arnold B. MacStay, ofNew York City, for comptroller; William I. Sirovich for treasurer; James E. Lee, ofRockland County, for state engineer; Robert Stewart, ofBrooklyn, for attorney general; and Reuben Robie Lyon and James A. Allen, ofNew York City, for the Court of Appeals.[6]
The whole Democratic ticket was elected.
The incumbent Vann was re-elected. The incumbents Koenig, O'Malley and Williams were defeated.
The Republican, Democratic, Independence League, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.
| Office | Democratic ticket | Republican ticket | Socialist ticket | Independence League ticket | Prohibition ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | John Alden Dix | 689,700 | Henry L. Stimson | 622,299 | Charles Edward Russell | 48,529 | John J. Hopper | 48,470 | T. Alexander MacNicholl[7] | 22,295 | Frank E. Passanno | 5,717 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Thomas F. Conway | 662,630 | Edward Schoeneck | 632,746 | Gustave A. Strebel[8] | 48,573 | William Randolph Hearst | 60,286 | Calvin McCarthy | 23,503 | James T. Hunter[9] | 5,852 |
| Secretary of State | Edward Lazansky | 650,879 | Samuel S. Koenig | 649,006 | Bertha M. Fraser | 48,492 | Thomas P. Scully | 54,132 | N. Horace Gillette | 24,095 | Henry Kuhn | 5,922 |
| Comptroller | William Sohmer | 661,811 | James Thompson[10] | 643,403 | Orcus A. Curtis | 48,668 | Arnold B. MacStay | 48,909 | Bernard Clauson | 23,809 | Carl A. Luedecke | 5,936 |
| Attorney General | Thomas Carmody | 654,768 | Edward R. O'Malley | 650,312 | Henry L. Slobodin | 48,601 | Robert Stewart | 48,280 | Francis E. Baldwin | 23,767 | Lewis F. Alrutz | 5,953 |
| Treasurer | John J. Kennedy | 662,093 | Thomas F. Fennell | 643,761 | Sylvester Butler | 48,619 | William I. Sirovich | 48,148 | Charles J. Call | 23,846 | William A. Walters | 5,940 |
| State Engineer | John A. Bensel | 661,450 | Frank M. Williams | 643,384 | William Lippelt | 48,508 | James A. Lee | 48,322 | Albert W. Pierson | 23,608 | Jeremiah D. Crowley | 5,950 |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Irving G. Vann | 1,301,969 | Irving G. Vann | Morris Hillquit | 48,982 | Reuben Robie Lyon[11] | 48,698 | Alfred L. Manierre[12] | 23,721 | Charles H. Chase | 5,841 | |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Frederick Collin | 1,298,859 | Frederick Collin | Louis B. Boudin | 48,232 | James A. Allen | 47,825 | Gilbert Elliott | 23,207 | (none) | ||
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