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The1922 New York state election was held on November 7, 1922, to elect thegovernor, thelieutenant governor, theSecretary of State, thestate comptroller, theattorney general, thestate treasurer, thestate engineer and aU.S. Senator, as well as all members of theNew York State Assembly and theNew York State Senate. Two amendments to theState Constitution were also proposed. During his 1922 reelection bid, Smith notably embraced his position as an opponent ofProhibition.[1]
ASocialist stateconvention met on July 2 at 5, East Sixteenth Street inNew York City. They nominated a tentative ticket which would be the basis for a fusion with theFarmer-Labor Party to be effected later. On it were ex-aldermanEdward F. Cassidy for governor; Theresa B. Wiley, ofSchenectady, for lieutenant governor; A. Philip Randolph for secretary of state; James C. Sheahan, a railroad worker ofAlbany, for comptroller; Morris Berman for treasurer; Hezekiah D. Wilcox for attorney general; Charles P. Steinmetz for state engineer; and John W. Dannes, ofRochester, for U.S. Senate.[2] The official state convention met on September 30 at 7 East Fifteenth Street in New York City; S. John Block was chairman. They nominated the same state ticket which was already proposed in July, with one exception. For U.S. Senate, Mrs. Esther Lefkowitz, ofElmhurst was nominated.[3]
TheRepublican state convention met on September 28 inAlbany, New York.Elihu Root was temporary chairman until the choice of SpeakerH. Edmund Machold as permanent chairman. All nominations, except forsecretary of state, were unopposed. Governor Nathan L. Miller was re-nominated. William J. Donovan was nominated for lieutenant governor. Secretary of StateJohn J. Lyons was defeated on the first ballot by Samuel J. Joseph, ofThe Bronx (vote: Joseph 1031, Lyons 158). The incumbents Comptroller William J. Maier, Treasurer N. Monroe Marshall and U.S. Senator William M. Calder were re-nominated.Superintendent of Public Works Charles L. Cadle, ofRochester, was nominated for state engineer; and Erskine C. Rogers, ofHudson Falls, for attorney general.[4]
TheDemocratic state convention met on September 29 inSyracuse, New York.Mayor of AlbanyWilliam S. Hackett was permanent chairman. Ex-Governor Al Smith (in office 1919–20) was nominated again for governor, all 734 votes were cast for him, the only candidate. Mayor of Schenectady George R. Lunn was nominated for lieutenant governor;New York CityCommissioner of Corrections James A. Hamilton for secretary of state; Ex-Mayor of Troy James W. Fleming for comptroller, Captain George K. Shuler for treasurer; Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York Carl Sherman for attorney general; Dwight B. LaDu for state engineer; and New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Royal S. Copeland for U.S. Senator. Allnominations were unopposed.[5]
The wholeDemocratic ticket was elected.
The incumbents Miller, Maier, Marshall and Calder were defeated.
The Democratic, Republican and Socialist parties maintained automaticballot access (necessary 15,000 votes for governor), the Farmer-Labor and Prohibition parties lost it; and theSocialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.
| Office | Democratic ticket | Republican ticket | Socialist/Farmer-Labor ticket | Prohibition ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Alfred E. Smith | 1,397,670 | Nathan L. Miller | 1,011,725 | Edward F. Cassidy | 108,136[a] | George K. Hinds | 9,561 | Jeremiah D. Crowley[b] | 3,799 |
| Lieutenant Governor | George R. Lunn | 1,244,036 | William J. Donovan | 1,070,075 | Theresa B. Wiley | 117,269 | William C. Ramsdell | 20,195 | John E. DeLee[c] | 5,539 |
| Secretary of State | James A. Hamilton | 1,205,736 | Samuel J. Joseph | 1,062,921 | A. Philip Randolph | 129,461 | Helen G. H. Estelle | 24,776 | May Phalor[d] | 5,625 |
| Comptroller | James W. Fleming | 1,191,894 | William J. Maier | 1,066,871 | James C. Sheahan | 132,739 | Edwin S. Dean | 21,611 | John Donahue[e] | 7,078 |
| Attorney General | Carl Sherman | 1,192,468 | Erskine C. Rogers | 1,064,223 | Hezekiah D. Wilcox[f] | 130,286 | Francis E. Baldwin[g] | 23,015 | Erwin A. Archer[h] | 5,963 |
| Treasurer | George K. Shuler | 1,174,218 | N. Monroe Marshall | 1,084,405 | Morris Berman[i] | 132,726 | Albert W. Pierson[j] | 21,256 | Charles W. Ensign | 5,959 |
| State Engineer | Dwight B. LaDu | 1,037,314 | Charles L. Cadle | 1,009,582 | Charles P. Steinmetz | 291,763 | John G. Passage | 19,852 | Simeon Bickwheat | 5,131 |
| U.S. Senator | Royal S. Copeland | 1,276,667 | William M. Calder | 995,421 | Algernon Lee | 117,928 | Coleridge A. Hart[k] | 32,124 | Henry Kuhn[l] | 4,993 |
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