1864, york, state, election, held, november, 1864, elect, governor, lieutenant, governor, canal, commissioner, inspector, state, prisons, well, members, york, state, assembly, 1864, york, gubernatorial, election, 1862, november, 1864, 1866, nominee, reuben, fe. 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 1864 New York gubernatorial election 1862 November 8 1864 1866 Nominee Reuben E Fenton Horatio Seymour Party National Union Democratic Popular vote 369 557 352 526 Percentage 50 57 49 43 Governor before election Horatio Seymour Democratic Elected Governor Reuben E Fenton National Union Contents 1 History 2 Result 3 Notes 4 Sources 5 See alsoHistory edit nbsp Campaign poster featuring Union nominations 1864 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 Fenton 237 Lyman Tremain 69 John Adams Dix 35 Thomas G Alvord was nominated for lieutenant governor after an informal vote Alvord 246 Waldo Hutchins 96 Richard M Blatchford 19 William H Robertson 13 James A Bell 12 Demas Strong 10 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 The Democratic Copperheads 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 Result editThe 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 1864 state election results Office Union ticket Democratic ticket 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 313Notes edit UNION STATE CONVENTION in NYT on September 8 1864 DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION in NYT on September 16 1864Sources editResult in The Tribune Almanac compiled by Horace Greeley of the New York TribuneSee also editNew York gubernatorial elections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1864 New York state election amp oldid 1173611378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
