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The1908 New York state election was held on November 3, 1908, to elect thegovernor, thelieutenant governor, 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.
TheProhibition state convention met on September 2 atSyracuse, New York. Rev. Dr. George E. Stockwell, ofFort Plain, was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Stockwell 232, Hudson 219). The defeated contender, Marshall A. Hudson, of Syracuse, was nominated for lieutenant governor. The convention also nominated Edgar T. Welch, ofWestfield, for secretary of state; Harrison L. Hoyt, ofAuburn, for comptroller; William T. Richardson, ofWellsville, for treasurer; W. F. L. Manierre, ofNew York City, for attorney general; and Albert W. Pierson, ofNiagara Falls, for state engineer.[1] Welch declined to run, and the Prohibition State Executive Committee met on September 23 at Syracuse and substituted James C. Crawford, ofMount Vernon, on the ticket. They also nominated Coleridge A. Hart for the Court of Appeals.[2]
TheRepublican state convention met on September 14 and 15 at Convention Hall inSaratoga Springs, New York. U.S. Secretary of StateElihu Root was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. GovernorCharles Evans Hughes was re-nominated on the first ballot (the other candidates wereSpeakerJames W. Wadsworth, Jr. andJohn Knox Stewart). White, Gaus, O'Malley, Williams and Haight were nominated unopposed. Samuel S. Koenig defeated William O. Barnes, ofRensselaer County, for secretary of state; and Thomas B. Dunn defeated H. Homer Moore, ofQueens, for treasurer.[3]
TheDemocratic state convention met on September 15 and 16 atRochester, New York.Denis O'Brien was Temporary Chairman until the choice ofAlton B. Parker as Permanent Chairman. The incumbent Lt. Gov. Lewis S. Chanler was nominated for governor. The incumbents Whalen, Glynn, Hauser and Republican judge Haight were re-nominated. John Alden Dix was nominated for lieutenant governor, and George M. Palmer for attorney general; all these nominations were made by acclamation. The only contest happened at the nomination for state engineer. Philip P. Farley was nominated on the first ballot (vote: Farley 321, Leonard C. L. Smith 97).[4]
TheIndependence League state convention met on September 24 atCooper Union inNew York City. James A. Allen was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. State ChairmanWilliam Randolph Hearst assailed in a speech Democrats, Republicans, and the big corporations. They nominated by acclamation Clarence J. Shearn for governor; Dr. Daniel W. Finnimore, ofPotsdam, for lieutenant governor; Frank H. Stevens, a labor union man ofNassau County, for secretary of state; Willard H. Glen, a lawyer ofSyracuse, for comptroller; William I. Sirovich for treasurer; Assistant Attorney General William A. De Ford for attorney general; M. J. Cafiero, ofBrooklyn, for state engineer; Reuben Robie Lyon for the Court of Appeals.[5]
The Republican ticket was elected.
The incumbents Hughes and Haight were re-elected. The incumbents Whalen, Glynn and Hauser were defeated.
The Republican, Democratic, Independence League, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Independence League ticket | Socialist ticket | Prohibition ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | ||||||
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| Governor | Charles Evans Hughes | 804,651 | Lewis S. Chanler | 735,189 | Clarence J. Shearn[6] | 43,212 | Joshua Wanhope | 33,994 | George E. Stockwell | 18,802 | Leander A. Armstrong[7] | 3,655 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Horace White | 827,416 | John Alden Dix | 707,701 | Daniel W. Finnimore | 39,055 | Gustave A. Strebel[8] | 36,841 | Marshall A. Hudson | 23,239 | Frank E. Passanno[9] | 3,817 |
| Secretary of State | Samuel S. Koenig | 829,737 | John S. Whalen | 707,259 | Frank H. Stevens | 37,891 | Charles W. Noonan | 36,415 | James C. Crawford | 23,100 | Matthew Lechner[10] | 3,787 |
| Comptroller | Charles H. Gaus | 817,015 | Martin H. Glynn | 729,166 | Willard H. Glen | 37,573 | Joel Moses[11] | 37,204 | Harrison L. Hoyt | 22,971 | Joseph A. Orme | 3,817 |
| Attorney General | Edward R. O'Malley | 839,944 | George M. Palmer[12] | 695,876 | William A. DeFord[13] | 37,948 | Henry L. Slobodin[14] | 37,542 | W. F. L. Manierre | 23,194 | John Hall[15] | 3,862 |
| Treasurer | Thomas B. Dunn | 832,449 | Julius Hauser | 703,944 | William I. Sirovich | 37,739 | B. J. Riley | 37,356 | William T. Richardson | 23,120 | Julius Hammer | 3,648 |
| State Engineer | Frank M. Williams | 838,158 | Philip P. Farley[16] | 698,077 | Mario J. Cafiero | 37,557 | F. Wilton James | 37,432 | Albert W. Pierson[17] | 23,339 | George Luck | 8,869 |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Albert Haight | 1,309,193 | Albert Haight | 222,550 | Reuben Robie Lyon[18] | 41,232 | S. John Block[19] | 37,874 | Coleridge A. Hart[20] | 23,608 | Edmund Seidel | 3,970 |
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