1916 New York state election
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The 1916 New York state election was held on November 7, 1916, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, a U.S. Senator, the chief judge[1] and an associate judge[2] of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
History[]
The primaries were held on September 19.
Republican primary[]
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 254,177 | William M. Bennett | 44,720 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Edward Schoeneck | |||
| Secretary of State | Francis M. Hugo | |||
| Comptroller | Eugene M. Travis | 216,878 | James F. Hooker | 53,710 |
| Attorney General | Egburt E. Woodbury | |||
| Treasurer | James L. Wells | |||
| State Engineer | Frank M. Williams | |||
| Chief Judge | Frank H. Hiscock | |||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Cuthbert W. Pound | |||
| U.S. Senator | William M. Calder | 153,373 | Robert Bacon | 144,366 |
Democratic primary[]
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Samuel Seabury | 158,718 | (unopposed) | |
| Lieutenant Governor | Thomas J. Kreuzer | |||
| Secretary of State | Frank M. Stage | |||
| Comptroller | Joseph W. Masters | |||
| Attorney General | William W. Farley | |||
| Treasurer | Maurice S. Cohen | |||
| State Engineer | Henry R. Beebe | |||
| Chief Judge | Almet F. Jenks | |||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | John T. Norton | |||
| U.S. Senator | William F. McCombs | 99,307 | Thomas F. Conway | 52,756 |
Progressive primary[]
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 11,483 | Samuel Seabury | 6,020 |
| Lieutenant Governor | L. Bradley Dorr | 7,390 | Edward Schoeneck | 7,257 |
| Secretary of State | Francis M. Hugo | |||
| Comptroller | Eugene M. Travis | |||
| Attorney General | Robert H. Elder | |||
| Treasurer | Frank P. Tucker | |||
| State Engineer | ||||
| Chief Judge | Frank H. Hiscock | 7,965 | Almet F. Jenks | 6,272 |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Cuthbert W. Pound | |||
| U.S. Senator | Bainbridge Colby | 7,006 | William M. Calder | 6,875 |
Independence League primary[]
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 1,763 | Samuel Seabury | 691 |
| Lieutenant Governor | ||||
| Secretary of State | ||||
| Comptroller | ||||
| Attorney General | ||||
| Treasurer | ||||
| State Engineer | ||||
| Chief Judge | Almet F. Jenks | |||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | John T. Norton | |||
| U.S. Senator | Bainbridge Colby | |||
American Party primary[]
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 38 | Samuel Seabury | 37 |
| Lieutenant Governor | ||||
| Secretary of State | ||||
| Comptroller | ||||
| Attorney General | ||||
| Treasurer | ||||
| State Engineer | ||||
| Chief Judge | ||||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | ||||
| U.S. Senator | Robert Bacon | 23 | William F. McCombs | 22 |
Result[]
The whole Republican ticket was elected.
The incumbents Whitman, Schoeneck, Hugo, Travis, Woodbury, Wells and Williams were re-elected.
The Republican, Democratic, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot access (necessary 10,000 votes); the Independence League, Progressive and American parties lost it; and the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.
36 Republicans and 15 Democrats were elected to the New York State Senate, to sit in the 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures (1917–1918).
99 Republicans, 49 Democrats and 2 Socialists were elected to the New York State Assembly, to sit in the 140th New York State Legislature (1917).
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Socialist ticket | Prohibition ticket | Progressive ticket | Independence League ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | American ticket | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 835,820 | Samuel Seabury | 686,862 | Algernon Lee | 62,560 | Charles E. Welch[3] | 21,773 | Charles S. Whitman | 6,669 | Charles S. Whitman | 5,266 | Jeremiah D. Crowley[4] | 3,847 | Charles S. Whitman | 2,265 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Edward Schoeneck | 812,646 | Thomas J. Kreuzer | 638,894 | Stephen J. Mahoney[5] | 60,402 | Clarence Z. Spriggs | 34,295 | L. Bradley Dorr | 7,146 | Edward Schoeneck | Boris Reinstein[6] | 4,313 | Thomas J. Kreuzer | ||
| Secretary of State | Francis M. Hugo | 840,554 | Frank M. Stage | 619,284 | Pauline M. Newman | 63,318 | Neil D. Cranmer[7] | 23,340 | Francis M. Hugo | Francis M. Hugo | John Hall[8] | 5,092 | Francis M. Hugo | |||
| Comptroller | Eugene M. Travis | 833,361 | Joseph W. Masters | 618,759 | Charles W. Noonan[9] | 62,904 | George A. Norton | 22,335 | Eugene M. Travis | Joseph W. Masters | Anthony Houtenbrink[10] | 4,641 | Joseph W. Masters | |||
| Attorney General | Egburt E. Woodbury | 819,269 | William W. Farley | 619,695 | S. John Block[11] | 63,391 | Claude W. Stowell | 21,059 | Robert H. Elder[12] | 10,237 | William A. DeFord[13] | 8,407 | Erwin A. Archer[14] | 4,005 | William W. Farley | |
| Treasurer | James L. Wells | 841,710 | Maurice S. Cohen | 592,569 | Eugene Wood | 62,575 | William J. Richardson | 22,229 | Frank P. Tucker | 7,167 | James L. Wells | John P. Gilly | 4,126 | Eugene M. Lane | 9,210 | |
| State Engineer | Frank M. Williams | 814,794 | Henry R. Beebe | 619,493 | George H. Warner | 64,347 | William B. Timbrell | 20,873 | Frank M. Williams | Frank M. Williams | Lewis F. Alrutz[15] | 4,181 | Ephraim H. Keyes | 5,136 | ||
| Chief Judge | Frank H. Hiscock | 822,995 | Almet F. Jenks | 605,528 | Louis B. Boudin | 63,996 | Erwin J. Baldwin | 24,007 | Frank H. Hiscock | Almet F. Jenks | Jacob Alexander | 5,507 | Almet F. Jenks | |||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Cuthbert W. Pound | John T. Norton | Hezekiah D. Wilcox | Coleridge A. Hart[16] | Cuthbert W. Pound | John T. Norton | ||||||||||
| U.S. Senator | William M. Calder | 839,314 | William F. McCombs | 605,933 | Joseph D. Cannon | 61,167 | D. Leigh Colvin | 19,302 | Bainbridge Colby | 15,339 | Bainbridge Colby | August Gillhaus | 4,086 | William F. McCombs[17] | ||
Obs.:
- Numbers are total votes on all tickets for candidates who ran on more than one ticket, except for Whitman. The votes received for Governor were used to determine ballot access.
Notes[]
- ^ to succeed Willard Bartlett who had reached the constitutional age limit
- ^ to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William E. Werner
- ^ Charles E. Welch, grape juice manufacturer, of Westfield, ran for Lieutenant Governor in 1914
- ^ Jeremiah D. Crowley, of Marcellus, ran also for State Engineer in 1910, and for Lieutenant Governor in 1912 and 1914
- ^ Stephen J. Mahoney, ran also in 1914
- ^ Boris Reinstein, ran also in 1904
- ^ Neil D. Cranmer, ran also for Comptroller in 1914
- ^ John Hall, ran also for Attorney General in 1908 and 1914, and for Governor in 1912
- ^ Charles W. Noonan, ran also in 1914
- ^ Anthony Houtenbrink, ran also for Treasurer in 1914
- ^ S. John Block, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1908
- ^ Robert H. Elder, ran also in 1914
- ^ William A. DeFord, Assistant Attorney General, ran also in 1908
- ^ Erwin A. Archer, ran also for U.S. Senator in 1914
- ^ Lewis F. Alrutz, ran also for Attorney General in 1910
- ^ Coleridge Allen Hart (b. July 11, 1852 Peekskill), lawyer, of Brooklyn, ran also for Attorney General in 1889, and for the Court of Appeals in 1907, 1908 and 1914
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - AMER Primary Race - Sep 19, 1916".
Sources[]
- Names on primary ballot: CANDIDATES RUSH TO FILE PETITIONS in NYT on August 23, 1916
- Candidates in the primaries: PROGRESSIVE VOTE FACTOR IN PRIMARIES in NYT on September 17, 1916
- Early returns of the primaries: Nominees Chosen at the Primaries in NYT on September 20, 1916
- Primary results: CALDER BEAT BACON 9,007 in NYT on September 27, 1916
- Sketches of Hiscock and Jenks: FOR CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS in NYT on October 14, 1916
- Early returns: WHITMAN BEATS SEABURY; CALDER CHOSEN SENATOR in NYT on November 8, 1916
Vote totals from New York Red Book 1917
See also[]
- New York gubernatorial elections
- New York state elections
Categories:
- New York state elections
- 1916 New York (state) elections