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The 1848 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1848. Incumbent Governor John Young was not nominated for a second term in office by the Whig Party. The Whig nomination went to Hamilton Fish, who won the general election over split Democratic opposition following the defection of the "Barnburner" faction to form the new Free Soil Party.
At the Democratic state convention in Syracuse in September 1847, the "Barnburner" faction of the party, which was opposed to slavery, defected to hold their own convention. When they met at Herkimer on October 26, they did not nominate a ticket but instructed supporters to "vote as they must do when no regular nominations have been made", implicitly endorsing the Whig nominees. [1] The result was the election of the entire Whig ticket and the formation of a new anti-slavery party, the Free Soil Party.
The Anti-Rent movement, which had won reforms in the new Constitution of 1846, also began to dissolve following the 1847 elections.
The Democratic convention was held on September 5 in Syracuse. Reuben Walworth was nominated on the first ballot.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Reuben H. Walworth | 98 | 79.03% | |
| Democratic | Zadock Pratt | 23 | 18.55% | |
| Democratic | Greene C. Bronson | 3 | 2.42% | |
| Total votes | 124 | 100.00% | ||
The Whig state convention met on September 13 in Utica. Fish was nominated on the first ballot.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Hamilton Fish | 76 | 61.29% | |
| Whig | Joshua A. Spencer | 28 | 22.58% | |
| Whig | John Young (incumbent) | 20 | 16.13% | |
| Total votes | 124 | 100.00% | ||
The Barnburner-Free Soil state convention was held on September 13 and 14 at the Court House in Utica. Former U.S. Senator John Adams Dix was nominated by acclamation. The Liberty state convention also met on the same day in the same city, and after passing resolutions, the delegates walked to the Court House and sat with the Free Soil convention as honorary members. However, they did not endorse the Free Soil ticket.[ citation needed ]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Hamilton Fish | 218,776 | 47.55% |  1.93 | |
| Free Soil | John Adams Dix | 122,889 | 26.71% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Reuben H. Walworth | 116,811 | 25.39% | 20.82 | |
| Liberty | William Goodell | 1,593 | 0.35% | 2.82 | |
| Total votes | 460,069 | 100.00% | |||
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