1878 New York state election

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The 1878 New York state election was held on November 5, 1878, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and one member [1] of the New York State Senate to sit in the 102nd New York State Legislature.

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Due to the increase of the Governor's term to three years, in 1878 there was only one officer to be elected statewide: a judge of the Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William F. Allen [2] in June 1878. Samuel Hand had been appointed temporarily to fill the vacancy until the end of the year.

The National Labor-Greenback convention met on July 23 and 24 at Syracuse, New York. T. C. Daily was President. Ex-Secretary of State Gideon J. Tucker (in office 1858-1859) was nominated for the Court of Appeals after the first ballot in which he had an equal number of votes as James Wright, a lawyer from Elmira, who withdrew. [3]

Although the state convention of 1877 had given the State Committee the option to nominate a candidate for the Court of Appeals (this being the only statewide elected official this year) without calling a state convention, the Republican boss Conkling preferred to assemble one to have a new State Committee elected. The Republican state convention met on September 26 at Saratoga Springs, New York. Roscoe Conkling was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. George F. Danforth was nominated for the Court of Appeals on the first ballot (vote: Danforth: 226, Joshua M. Van Cott 99, George W. Parsons 79). [4]

Result

The Republican judge was elected due to the "spoiler candidate" Tucker who diverted a large number of votes in New York City from the Democratic to the Greenback ticket.

Republican Thomas Murphy was elected to the New York State Senate.

97 Republicans 28 Democrats and 3 Green backers were declared elected to the New York State Assembly.

1878 state election result
Office Republican ticket Democratic ticket Greenback ticket Prohibition ticket
Judge of the Court of Appeals George F. Danforth 391,112 George B. Bradley 356,451 Gideon J. Tucker 75,133William H. Van Cott4,294

Notes

  1. in the 7th District, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Morrissey
  2. Allen, born in 1808, would have had to retire anyway at the end of 1878, reaching the constitutional age limit of 70 years. Thus, the vacancy was already in 1877 known to occur.
  3. THE WRANGLE AT SYRACUSE in NYT on July 25, 1878
  4. A PATRIOTIC CONVENTION in NYT on September 27, 1878

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New York gubernatorial elections

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