The1877 New York state election was held on November 6, 1877, to elect 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.
TheRepublican state convention met on September 26 and 27 atRochester, New York. John C. Churchill for Secretary of State, Francis Sylvester for Comptroller, William L. Bostwick for Treasurer, Grenville Tremain for Attorney General, and Howard Soule, Jr., for State Engineer, were nominated unanimously without much debate.[1] Sylvester declined to run, and on October 19, the State Committee substituted Clinton V. R. Ludington for Comptroller on the ticket.[2]
The Working Men's state convention met atTroy, New York, and nominated John J. Junio, ofAuburn, for Secretary of State; George Blair for Comptroller; Warren T. Worden for Attorney General; Samuel G. Rice for Treasurer; and Walter T. Griswold for State Engineer.[3]
TheDemocratic state convention met on October 3 and 4 atAlbany, New York.Clarkson N. Potter was president. Allen C. Beach was nominated for Secretary of State on the first ballot (vote: Beach 227,John Bigelow [incumbent] 144, A. B. Weaver 12). The incumbent Comptroller Frederic P. Olcott was re-nominated by acclamation. James Mackin for Treasurer and Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr., for Attorney General, And Horatio Seymour, Jr., for State Engineer were nominated after some haggling and without much voting. Summing up,John Kelly had managed to wrest the power in the Democratic Party from theTilden-Robinson faction.[4]
The Bread-Winners League's state convention met on October 10 atAlbany, New York. Charles H. Truax was president. The convention nominated John J. Junio for Secretary of State, Frederic P. Olcott (Dem.) for Comptroller, Elmore Sharpe for Attorney General, Julius Kern for Treasurer and Horatio Seymour, Jr. (Dem.), for State Engineer.[5]
The German-American Independent Citizens' Committee met on October 12 at Beethoven Hall inNew York City.Oswald Ottendorfer presided. The Committee cross-endorsed the following state ticket: Churchill (Rep.) for Secretary of State, Olcott (Dem.) for Comptroller, Bostwick (Rep.) for Treasurer, Tremain (Rep.) for Attorney General and Seymour (Dem.) for State Engineer.[6]
The entire state-wide Democratic ticket was elected.
The incumbent Olcott was re-elected.
| Office | Democratic ticket | Republican ticket | Working Men ticket | Prohibition ticket | Social Democratic ticket | Greenback ticket | German Independent ticket | Bread-Winners ticket | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | Allen C. Beach | 383,062 | John C. Churchill | 371,798 | John J. Junio | 20,282 | Henry Hagner | 7,230 | John McIntosh | 1,799 | Francis E. Spinner[7] | 997 | John C. Churchill | John J. Junio | ||
| Comptroller | Frederic P. Olcott | 395,701 | Clinton V. R. Ludington[8] | 359,590 | George Blair | 19,123 | Elias T. Talbot[9] | 7,444 | G. Kuhne | 1,271 | Thomas B. Edwards | 973 | Frederic P. Olcott | Frederic P. Olcott | ||
| Attorney General | Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. | 383,367 | Grenville Tremain[10] | 371,826 | Warren T. Worden | 19,538 | G. Havens Gleason | 7,291 | Ernst Smith | 1,348 | William S. Jaynes | Grenville Tremain | Elmore Sharpe | |||
| Treasurer | James Mackin | 384,040 | William L. Bostwick[11] | 370,383 | Samuel G. Rice | 18,480 | Joseph W. Grosvenor | 7,383 | R. H. Bartholomew | 1,827 | William Doyle | 920 | William L. Bostwick | Julius Kern | ||
| State Engineer | Horatio Seymour, Jr. | 395,321 | Howard Soule[12] | 360,157 | Walter T. Griswold | 19,653 | Henry D. Myers | 7,386 | C. F. Collenburg | 1,356 | Rushton Smith | 881 | Horatio Seymour, Jr. | Horatio Seymour, Jr. | ||
The numbers are the total votes on all tickets.
