1830 New York gubernatorial election

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1830 New York gubernatorial election
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  1828 November 1–3, 1830 1832  
  Governor Enos Throop (cropped).png Francis Granger (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee Enos T. Throop Francis Granger
Party Democratic Anti-Masonic
Alliance National Republican
Popular vote128,842120,361
Percentage51.22%47.85%

1830 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Throop:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Granger:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Governor before election

Enos T. Throop
Democratic

Elected Governor

Enos T. Throop
Democratic

The 1830 New York gubernatorial election was held from November 1 to 3, 1830, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent governor Enos T. Throop was re-elected to a second term in office over Francis Granger.

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Background

Martin Van Buren, who was elected Governor in 1828, was appointed United States Secretary of State by President Andrew Jackson. Van Buren was succeeded in the governorship by his Lieutenant Governor, Enos T. Throop, a member of the Albany Regency faction of the Democratic Party. In 1830, Throop ran for a full term.

General election

Candidates

The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Governor Enos T. Throop. They nominated former state senator Edward Philip Livingston for Lieutenant Governor.

The Anti-Masonic Party nominated former state assemblyman and 1828 Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate Francis Granger. They nominated Samuel Stevens for Lieutenant Governor. The Granger/Stevens ticket was also supported by the National Republicans and by the faction of the Workingmen's Party led by Noah Cook. [1]

The faction of the Working Men's Party led by George Henry Evans and Thomas Skidmore nominated Ezekiel Williams.

Results

The Democratic ticket of Throop and Livingston was elected.

1830 New York gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Enos T. Throop (incumbent) 128,842 51.22% +1.76%
Anti-Masonic Francis Granger 120,36147.85%+9.37%
Working Men's Ezekiel Williams2,3320.93%N/A
Total votes251,535 100%

Sources

  1. Vaughn, William Preston (1983). The Antimasonic Party in the United States, 1826-1843. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 38.

Result: The Tribune Almanac 1841