State election in New York
The 1917 New York State election was held on November 6, 1917, to elect the Attorney General and two judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.
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The 1917 New York State election was held on November 6, 1917, to elect the Attorney General and two judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.
In 1917, there were only three officers to be elected statewide:
The primaries were held on September 19. All nominees were unopposed.
The whole Republican ticket was elected.
The incumbents Lewis, Cardozo and McLaughlin were elected to succeed themselves.
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Socialist ticket | Prohibition ticket | ||||
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| Attorney General | Merton E. Lewis | 696,969 | Devoe P. Hodson | 541,335 | S. John Block [1] | 169,364 | William H. Burr | 26,066 |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Chester B. McLaughlin | 1,067,104 | Chester B. McLaughlin | Louis B. Boudin | 165,556 | Walter T. Bliss [2] | 32,367 | |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Benjamin N. Cardozo | 967,425 | Benjamin N. Cardozo | Hezekiah D. Wilcox [3] | 172,361 | Coleridge A. Hart [4] | 29,782 | |
Court of Appeals totals from New York Red Book 1918
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