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1889 New York state election

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The1889 New York state election was held on November 5, 1889, to elect theSecretary of State, theState Comptroller, theAttorney General, theState Treasurer, theState Engineer and a judge of theNew York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of theNew York State Assembly and theNew York State Senate.

History

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TheProhibition state convention met on September 4 and 5 at Shakespeare Hall inSyracuse, New York. Prof. Alphonso A. Hopkins presided. Jesse H. Griffen, aQuaker ofYorktown, was nominated for Secretary of State; Joseph W. Bruce for Treasurer; Benjamin L. Rand, a 30-year-old banker ofTonawanda, for Treasurer; Alpheus B. Kenyon, a professor ofAlfred University, for State Engineer; and Coleridge A. Hart, a 35-year-old lawyer ofNew York City, for Attorney General; and Walter Farrington for the Court of Appeals.[1]

TheRepublican state convention met on September 25 atSaratoga Springs, New York, and nominated John I. Gilbert, ofFranklin County, for Secretary of State; Martin W. Cooke, ofMonroe County, for Comptroller; Ira M. Hedges, ofRockland County, for Attorney General; James M. Varnum, ofNew York City, for Treasurer; William V. Van Rensselaer for State Engineer; and Albert Haight for the Court of Appeals.

TheDemocratic state convention met on October 1 at the Alhambra inSyracuse, New York. Lt. Gov.Edward F. Jones was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. Frank Rice was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. Comptroller Edward Wemple was re-nominated on the first ballot (vote: Wemple 265,Edward A. Maher 115½). Wemple's nomination was not "made unanimous." Attorney General Charles F. Tabor was re-nominated on the first ballot (vote: Tabor 266, John Foley 115). State Engineer John Bogart was re-nominated by acclamation. Ex-Attorney General Denis O'Brien (in office 1884–1887) was nominated unanimously for the Court of Appeals after the name of Edward S. Rapallo had been proposed but withdrawn considering the ballots for Comptroller and Attorney General.[2] The ticket, composed by Gov.David B. Hill and ordered to be pushed through the convention, had actually been published two days before the delegates met.[3]

Members of the disbandingGreenback Party met on October 21 at theGrand Central Hotel inNew York City. George O. Jones presided. They nominated Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State; J. Madison Hall, ofMadison County, for Treasurer; John B. Sullivan, ofWestchester County, for Comptroller; and James Wright, ofWayne County, for Attorney General.[4]

Results

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The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

The incumbents Wemple, Tabor and Bogart were re-elected.

1889 state election results
OfficeDemocratic ticketRepublican ticketProhibition ticketGreenback ticket
Secretary of StateFrank Rice505,893John I. Gilbert485,363Jesse H. Griffen26,753Thomas K. Beecher[5]753
ComptrollerEdward Wemple500,344Martin W. Cooke488,146Benjamin L. Rand26,089John B. Sullivan
Attorney GeneralCharles F. Tabor499,477James M. Varnum488,768Coleridge A. Hart26,563James Wright[6]730
TreasurerElliott Danforth502,319Ira M. Hedges[7]488,397Joseph W. Bruce[8]26,194J. Madison Hall[9]706
State EngineerJohn Bogart504,040William V. Van Rensselaer[10]486,921Alpheus B. Kenyon26,794Leonard Henkle[11]606
Judge of the Court of AppealsDenis O'Brien502,639Albert Haight487,567Walter Farrington[12]25,199

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^THIS TICKET IS UNIQUE.; PROHIBITIONISTS READY FOR ANOTHER CAMPAIGN in NYT on September 6, 1889
  2. ^YIELDING ALL TO HILL in NYT on October 2, 1889
  3. ^DELEGATES TO SYRACUSE in NYT on September 29, 1889
  4. ^POLITICAL ODDS AND ENDS in NYT on October 22, 1889
  5. ^Rev. Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900), ofElmira, brother ofHenry Ward Beecher, ran also in 1883 and 1887,Obit in NYT on March 15, 1900
  6. ^James Wright, lawyer ofWayne County, ran also in 1879 (lived then inElmira); and for Secretary of State in 1893 (lived then inWeedsport)
  7. ^Ira M. Hedges, ofRockland County, ran also in 1891
  8. ^Joseph W. Bruce (b. 1820Lenox), retired farmer, co-owner of the Bruce Opera House inCanastota, ran also for Governor in 1891
  9. ^James Madison Hall, ofMadison County, ran also in 1887
  10. ^Capt. William V. Van Rensselaer, ofSeneca Falls, Division Engineer of the Middle Division of the State Canals under Superintendent of Public WorksSilas B. Dutcher, assemblyman 1898, ran also in 1885, sketch of the candidate:STATE ENGINEER in NYT on October 2, 1885
  11. ^Col. Leonard Henkle, ofRochester, ran for Congress in 1880, a pioneer of electricity supply, see:COL. HENKLE'S ELECTRIC SYSTEM in NYT on March 19, 1884
  12. ^Walter Farrington (ca. 1830 - Nov 25., 1920), ofPoughkeepsie, lawyer, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1881 and 1884; for Attorney General in 1879 and 1906; and for Chief Judge in 1892

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