On June 28, 1949, Robert F. Wagner resigned from the U.S. Senate, due to ill health. On July 7, John Foster Dulles was appointed by Governor Dewey to fill the vacancy temporarily.[2]
Nominationsedit
The Republican State Committee nominated the incumbents Dulles and Bromley to succeed themselves.
The Democratic State Committee nominated Ex-Governor Herbert H. Lehman (in office 1933-1942) for the U.S. Senate and Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Froessel for the Court of Appeals.
The Liberal Party endorsed the Democratic nominees Lehman and Froessel.
The American Labor Party made no nominations and urged its members not to vote for any candidate.
Resultedit
The Democratic/Liberal ticket was elected. The incumbents Dulles and Bromley were defeated.
1949, york, state, election, held, november, 1949, elect, judge, york, court, appeals, senator, contents, background, nominations, result, notes, sources, alsobackground, editon, november, 1948, thomas, thacher, resigned, from, york, court, appeals, january, 1. The 1949 New York state election was held on November 8 1949 to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and a U S Senator Contents 1 Background 2 Nominations 3 Result 4 Notes 5 Sources 6 See alsoBackground editOn November 18 1948 Thomas D Thacher resigned from the New York Court of Appeals On January 14 1949 Bruce Bromley was appointed by Governor Thomas E Dewey to fill the vacancy temporarily 1 On June 28 1949 Robert F Wagner resigned from the U S Senate due to ill health On July 7 John Foster Dulles was appointed by Governor Dewey to fill the vacancy temporarily 2 Nominations editThe Republican State Committee nominated the incumbents Dulles and Bromley to succeed themselves The Democratic State Committee nominated Ex Governor Herbert H Lehman in office 1933 1942 for the U S Senate and Supreme Court Justice Charles W Froessel for the Court of Appeals The Liberal Party endorsed the Democratic nominees Lehman and Froessel The American Labor Party made no nominations and urged its members not to vote for any candidate Result editThe Democratic Liberal ticket was elected The incumbents Dulles and Bromley were defeated 1949 state election result Office Democratic Republican LiberalJudge of the Court of Appeals Charles W Froessel 2 072 839 Bruce Bromley 2 004 726 Charles W Froessel 352 975U S Senator Herbert H Lehman 2 149 347 John Foster Dulles 2 377 641 Herbert H Lehman 426 351Notes edit BROMLEY SELECTED FOR APPEALS BENCH in NYT on January 15 1949 subscription required Dulles Appointed Senator in NYT on July 8 1949 subscription required Sources editOfficial result THE OFFICIAL COUNT LEHMAN BY 198 057 in NYT on December 15 1949 subscription required See also editNew York state elections United States Senate elections 1948 and 1949 New York City mayoral election 1949 United States Senate elections 1948 and 1949 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1949 New York state election amp oldid 1173910829, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
