1891 New York state election explained

Election Name:1891 New York gubernatorial election
Election Date:November 3, 1891
Previous Election:1888 New York state election
Previous Year:1888
Next Election:1894 New York state election
Next Year:1894
Ongoing:no
Type:presidential
Country:New York
Image1:File:Roswell P. Flower (History of the Tammany Society).jpg
Nominee1:Roswell P. Flower
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:582,893
Percentage1:50.13%
Nominee2:Jacob Sloat Fassett
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:534,956
Percentage2:46.00%
Governor
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Before Election:David B. Hill
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Roswell Flower

The 1891 New York state election was held on November 3, 1891, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer and the state engineer, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. The election was a sweep for the Democratic Party ticket.

Party Conventions

Democratic Party

The Democratic state convention met on September 15 and 16 at Saratoga Springs, New York. George Raines was temporary and permanent chairman. Roswell P. Flower was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Flower 334, Alfred C. Chapin 43). William F. Sheehan for lieutenant governor, Secretary of State Frank Rice, Frank Campbell for comptroller, Treasurer Elliott Danforth, Simon W. Rosendale for attorney general and Martin Schenck for state engineer, were nominated by acclamation.[1]

Republican Party

The Republican state convention met on September 9 at Rochester, New York. W. W. Goodrich was temporary chairman until the choice of James M. Varnum as permanent chairman. Jacob S. Fassett was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Fassett 514, James W. Wadsworth 85, Stewart L. Woodford 83, Philip Becker 52, Joseph B. Carr 33, Andrew D. White 1). John W. Vrooman for lieutenant governor; Eugene F. O'Connor, of Brooklyn, for secretary of state; Arthur C. Wade, of Jamestown, for comptroller; Ira M. Hedges for treasurer; William A. Sutherland, of Rochester for attorney general; and Verplanck Colvin for state engineer, were nominated by acclamation.[2]

Socialist Labor Party

The Socialist Labor state convention met on May 18 in Albany, New York, and nominated Daniel De Leon for governor; Frank Gesser, of Utica, for lieutenant governor; Frederick Bennets for secretary of state; James Withers, of Brooklyn, for treasurer; Henry Vitalius, of Troy, for comptroller; H. G. Wilshire, of New York City, for attorney general; and Charles Wilson, of New York City, for state engineer.[3]

Prohibition Party

The Prohibition state convention met on September 2 and 3 at Albany, New York. Henry Clay Bascom was temporary chairman.[4] They nominated Joseph W. Bruce for governor; George W. Hallock for lieutenant governor; William E. Booth, of Geneseo, for secretary of state; Francis Crawford, of Mount Vernon, for treasurer; William W. Smith for comptroller; Henry P. Forbes, of St. Lawrence County, for state engineer; and Calvin S. Grosser, of Buffalo, for attorney general.[5]

Results

The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

The incumbents Rice and Danforth were re-elected.

Attorney General Simon W. Rosendale was the first Jew elected to a state office in New York.

1891 state election results
OfficeDemocratic ticketRepublican ticketProhibition ticketSocialist Labor ticket
GovernorRoswell P. Flower 582,893Jacob S. Fassett534,956Joseph W. Bruce[6] 30,353Daniel De Leon14,651
Lieutenant GovernorWilliam F. Sheehan575,012John W. Vrooman540,593George W. Hallock[7] 31,064Frank Gesser14,641[8]
Secretary of StateFrank Rice576,970Eugene F. O'Connor538,797William E. Booth31,578Frederick Bennetts[9] 14,684[10]
ComptrollerFrank Campbell581,110Arthur C. Wade535,804William W. Smith[11] 31,520Henry Vitalius14,706
Attorney GeneralSimon W. Rosendale580,185William A. Sutherland535,205Calvin S. Crosser31,465Henry G. Wilshire14,536
TreasurerElliott Danforth579,630Ira M. Hedges[12] 536,348Francis Crawford31,490James Withers[13] 14,824
State EngineerMartin Schenck580,337Verplanck Colvin538,421Henry P. Forbes31,492Charles F. Wilson[14] 14,755

Notes

  1. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/17/103334747.pdf The Convention at Work.; How the Democratic Standard Bearers Were Nominated
  2. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/10/103333974.pdf Work of the Convention.; How Pltat's Orders Were Carried Out by his Henchmen
  3. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/05/19/103307989.pdf "The Socialist Convention"
  4. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/02/103332603.pdf The Prohibition Convention
  5. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/04/103333008.pdf The Prohibitionists Nominate
  6. Joseph W. Bruce (b. 1820 Lenox), retired farmer, co-owner of the Bruce Opera House in Canastota, ran also for Treasurer in 1889
  7. George W. Hallock (d. 1895), of Orient, Death notice in The New York Times on February 11, 1895
  8. This number includes 1,930 votes for "Frederick Gesser", from 12 counties where none for "Frank Gesser" were cast.
  9. Frederick Bennetts, of Yonkers, ran also for Attorney General in 1893, and for Lieutenant Governor in 1896
  10. This number includes 1,831 votes for "Frederick Bennett", from 18 counties where none for "Frederick Bennetts" were cast.
  11. William W. Smith, of Poughkeepsie, ran also for Treasurer in 1887, for Secretary of State in 1895, and for Governor in 1896
  12. Ira M. Hedges, of Rockland County, ran also in 1889
  13. James Withers, ran also for Comptroller in 1893
  14. Charles F. Wilson, ran also in 1893

Sources

See also

New York gubernatorial elections

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