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The1900 New York state election was held on November 6, 1900, 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 Labor state convention met on June 8, 1900, at 6, Reade Street inManhattan. Hugo Voght, ofNew York City, was chairman. They nominated Charles H. Corregan for governor; Leander A. Armstrong, ofBuffalo, for lieutenant governor; Joseph H. Sweeney, ofWestchester County, for Secretary of State; J. E. Alexander, ofAlbany, for treasurer; Eustis Ebert, ofNew York City, for attorney general; A. S. Brown, ofNew York City, for comptroller; and John E. Wallace, ofTroy, for state engineer.[1]
Delegates of the Socialist Democratic Party of New York and the seceding faction of the Socialist Labor Party met in state convention on June 16 at the Labor Lyceum inBrooklyn, and merged to form theSocial Democratic Party of New York. V. S. Wirth, ofPatchogue, was Temporary Chairman until the election ofMorris Hillquit as Permanent Chairman. They nominated Benjamin Hanford for governor; William Butscher for lieutenant governor; Philip Jackson for Secretary of State;Eugene V. Brewster, of New York City, for attorney general; Frank Sieverman, ofRochester, for comptroller; Leonard D. Abbott, ofNew York City, for treasurer; and Henry Stahl, ofNew York City, for state engineer.[2]
TheProhibition state convention met on July 24 at theSummit Park nearUtica, New York. Henry W. Wilbur, the 1898 nominee for Secretary of State, was Temporary Chairman. They nominated William T. Wardwell, ofNew York City for governor; Albert J. Rumsey, ofBatavia, for lieutenant governor; Joseph V. Baker, ofGouverneur, for Secretary of State; Mason N. Weed, ofMontour Falls, for comptroller; Fred W. Hewitt, ofGranville, for treasurer; Dexter D. Dorn, ofJamestown, for attorney general; and Emmett F. Smith, ofPatchogue, for state engineer.[3]
TheRepublican state convention met on September 4 and 5 atSaratoga Springs, New York.Nevada Stranahan was permanent chairman. Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., the Chairman of the Republican State Committee and chief lieutenant of bossThomas C. Platt, was nominated for governor after his name was proposed by Ex-GovernorFrank S. Black and a roll call in which all 971 votes were cast for the only candidate. Odell was chosen to succeed the incumbentTheodore Roosevelt who had been nominated earlier that year forU.S. Vice President duringthat years presidential election. All other incumbent state officers were re-nominated by acclamation.[4] Comptroller Morgan died on the day the nominations were made.[5] On September 13, the Republican State Committee met at theFifth Avenue Hotel, and substituted Erastus C. Knight on the ticket.[6]
TheDemocratic state convention met on September 11 and 12 at Saratoga Springs. Patrick H. McCarren was Temporary Chairman until the choice of George Raines as Permanent Chairman. John B. Stanchfield,Richard Croker's candidate, was nominated for governor on the first ballot defeatingBird Sim Coler who had been proposed byDavid B. Hill. (vote: Stanchfield 294, Coler 154, Mackey 1). The other candidates were nominated by acclamation.[7]
The whole Republican ticket was elected.
The incumbents Woodruff, McDonough, Davies, Jaeckel and Bond were re-elected.
All five parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes).
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Prohibition ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | Social Democratic ticket | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Benjamin B. Odell Jr. | 804,859 | John B. Stanchfield | 693,733 | William T. Wardwell | 22,704 | Charles H. Corregan | 13,672 | Benjamin Hanford | 13,493 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Timothy L. Woodruff | 809,234 | William F. Mackey[8] | 689,829 | Albert J. Rumsey | 22,448 | Leander A. Armstrong[9] | 13,592 | William Butscher | 13,312 |
| Secretary of State | John T. McDonough | 812,222 | John T. Norton[10] | 686,468 | Joseph V. Baker | 22,789 | Joseph H. Sweeney | 13,415 | Philip Jackson[11] | 13,239 |
| Comptroller | Erastus C. Knight | 811,828 | Edward S. Atwater[12] | 687,195 | Mason N. Weed | 22,459 | Alfred O. Kuhn | 13,442 | Frank Sieverman | 13,169 |
| Attorney General | John C. Davies | 811,688 | Thomas F. Conway | 687,331 | Dexter D. Dorn | 22,519 | Eustis Ebert | 13,422 | Henry L. Slobodin | 13,238 |
| Treasurer | John P. Jaeckel | 811,715 | John B. Judson[13] | 687,313 | Fred W. Hewitt | 22,553 | J. E. Alexander | 13,415 | Leonard D. Abbott[14] | 13,175 |
| State Engineer | Edward A. Bond | 811,009 | Russell R. Stuart[15] | 688,300 | Emmett F. Smith[16] | 22,535 | John E. Wallace | 13,424 | Henry Stahl | 13,259 |
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