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The 1864 New York state election was held on November 8, 1864, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.
The Union state convention - Republicans and War Democrats which supported the Union and Abraham Lincoln's policy during the American Civil War - met on September 7 at Syracuse, New York. A. H. Bailey was Temporary Chairman until the choice of DeWitt C. Littlejohn as Permanent Chairman. Reuben E. Fenton was nominated for governor after an informal vote; Thomas G. Alvord was nominated for lieutenant governor. The incumbent Canal Commissioner Franklin A. Alberger was re-nominated without formalities. Ex-Prison Inspector David P. Forrest (in office 1860–1862) was nominated again after a large majority was felt halfway through an informal vote. [1]
| Candidate | 1st |
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| Reuben E. Fenton | 237 ½ |
| Lyman Tremain | 69 |
| John Adams Dix | 35 ½ |
| Candidate | 1st |
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| Thomas G. Alvord | 246 |
| Waldo Hutchins | 96 ½ |
| Richard M. Blatchford | 19 |
| William H. Robertson | 13 |
| James A. Bell | 12 |
| Demas Strong | 10 |
The Democratic state convention met on September 14 and 15 at Albany, New York. Daniel Pratt was chosen Permanent Chairman. Gov. Horatio Seymour and Lt. Gov. David R. Floyd-Jones were re-nominated by acclamation. Jarvis Lord for Canal Commissioner, and David B. McNeil for Prison Inspector, also were nominated by acclamation. [2]
The whole Union ticket was elected in a tight race with less than 8,000 votes majority out of about 730,000.
The incumbents Seymour and Floyd-Jones were defeated. The incumbent Alberger was re-elected.
76 Unionists and 52 Democrats were elected for the session of 1865 to the New York State Assembly.
| Office | Union ticket | Democratic ticket | ||
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| Governor | Reuben E. Fenton | 369,557 | Horatio Seymour | 361,264 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Thomas G. Alvord | 369,365 | David R. Floyd-Jones | 361,849 |
| Canal Commissioner | Franklin A. Alberger | 369,367 | Jarvis Lord | 361,642 |
| Inspector of State Prisons | David P. Forrest | 369,428 | David B. McNeil | 361,313 |
