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The1924 New York state election was held on November 4, 1924, 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 July 27 at Finnish Hall (at Fifth Avenue/Twelfth Street) inNew York City. They nominated Rev. Norman Thomas for Governor and Charles Solomon for lieutenant governor.[1]
The initially frontrunner for the Republican party was assembly speakerH. Edmund Machold, who quickly ruled himself out of the election.[2] TheRepublican state convention met on September 25 inRochester, New York. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., was nominated for governor on the first ballot.[3]
TheDemocratic state convention met on September 25 inSyracuse, New York, and re-nominated all incumbent state officers.
Almost the whole Republican ticket was elected, only the incumbent Democratic Governor Smith managed to stay in office.
The incumbent Smith was re-elected. The incumbents Lunn, Hamilton, Fleming, Sherman, Shuler and LaDu were defeated.
The Democratic, Republican and Socialist parties maintained automaticballot access (necessary 25,000 votes for governor), the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it, and the Workers Party did not attain it.
Florence E. S. Knapp was the first woman elected to a statewide office in New York. She remained the only one for fifty years, untilMary Anne Krupsak was elected lieutenant governor in 1974.
| Office | Democratic ticket | Republican ticket | Socialist ticket | Workers ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Alfred E. Smith | 1,627,111 | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | 1,518,552 | Norman Thomas | 99,854 | James P. Cannon | 6,395 | Frank E. Passanno[a] | 4,931 |
| Lieutenant Governor | George R. Lunn | 1,430,321 | Seymour Lowman | 1,526,849 | Charles Solomon | 126,679 | Franklin P. Brill | 8,925 | Milton Weinberger | 8,377 |
| Secretary of State | James A. Hamilton | 1,397,804 | Florence E. S. Knapp | 1,530.763 | Frank R. Crosswaith | 136,278 | Lilly Lore | 9,983 | Frank Gorney Jr. | 7,930 |
| Comptroller | James W. Fleming | 1,362,092 | Vincent B. Murphy | 1,524,670 | Theresa B. Wiley[b] | 142,312 | Abraham Epstein | 16,866 | ||
| Attorney General | Carl Sherman | 1,362,585 | Albert Ottinger | 1,541,166 | Louis Waldman | 140,424 | Arthur S. Leeds | 9,502 | Joseph Brandon | 8,111 |
| Treasurer | George K. Shuler | 1,325,695 | Lewis H. Pounds | 1,568,965 | John H. VandenBosch | 134,039 | Edward Lindgren | 9,826 | John E. DeLee[c] | 8,747 |
| State Engineer | Dwight B. LaDu | 1,296,954 | Roy G. Finch | 1,568,965 | Vladimir Karapetoff | 138,182 | Richard J. Verhagen | 9,567 | Simeon Bickwheat[d] | 7,934 |
This was the last election of a Secretary of State, a Treasurer and a State Engineer. The Secretary of State has been appointive since January 1927, the other two offices were abolished. The duties of the Treasurer were transferred to the Comptroller, those of the State Engineer to theSuperintendent of Public Works which has been always an appointive office.
