1914 New York state election explained

Election Name:1914 New York gubernatorial election
Country:New York
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1912 New York state election
Previous Year:1912
Next Election:1916 New York state election
Next Year:1916
Election Date:November 3, 1914
Image1:File:Portrait of Charles S. Whitman.jpg
Nominee1:Charles S. Whitman
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:686,701
Percentage1:47.69%
Nominee2:Martin Glynn
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Alliance2:Independence
Independent
Popular Vote2:541,269
Percentage2:37.59%
Image3:File:William Sulzer, portrait taken by Chicago studio.jpg
Nominee3:William Sulzer
Party3:American
Colour3:E6E6E6
Alliance3:Prohibition
Independent
Popular Vote3:126,270
Percentage3:8.77%
Governor
Before Election:Martin Glynn
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Charles S. Whitman
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1914 New York state election was held on November 3, 1914, 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 and a judge[1] of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate, and delegates-at-large to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915.

History

This was the first time that U.S. Senators from New York were elected by general ballot. Until 1911, the U.S. Senators had been elected by the New York State Legislature, but the lengthy stalemate between Tammany and a faction led by State Senator Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had decided to impede the election of William F. Sheehan or any other crony of Tammany boss Charles F. Murphy, led to a constitutional amendment. Since 1914, the U.S. Senators have been elected with the state officers on the state ticket, and selected in the party primaries.

The Socialist state convention met on July 5 at Rochester, New York. They nominated Charles Edward Russell for U.S. Senator; Gustave Adolph Strebel for governor; Stephen J. Mahoney, of Buffalo, for lieutenant governor; Mrs. Florence C. Kitchelt, of Rochester, for secretary of state; Charles W. Noonan, of Schenectady, for comptroller; James C. Sheehan, of Albany, for treasurer; Frederick O. Haller, of Buffalo, for attorney general; Prof. Vladimir Karapetoff, of Cornell University, for state engineer; and Louis B. Boudin for the Court of Appeals.[2]

The Prohibition State Committee met on August 15 at Syracuse, New York, and voted to nominate Ex-Governor William Sulzer for governor instead of the previously selected Charles E. Welch, who then ran for lieutenant governor.[3]

This was the first state election at which the parties with "party status" - at this time, the Democratic, Republican and Progressive parties - were required to hold primary elections to nominate candidates for state offices. The primaries were held on September 28.[4]

Republican primary

1914 Republican primary results
Office
GovernorCharles S. Whitman120,073Harvey D. Hinman61,952Job E. Hedges43,012
Lieutenant GovernorEdward Schoeneck78,563Seth G. Heacock68,303Frank A. Sidway57,348
Secretary of StateFrancis M. Hugo71,037William D. Cunningham[5] 67,050Eugene H. Porter[6] 58,845
ComptrollerEugene M. Travis88,765James Hooker62,414Samuel Strasburger48,519
Attorney GeneralEgburt E. Woodbury124,009Edward R. O'Malley72,467
TreasurerJames L. Wells184,043
State EngineerFrank M. Williams159,243Arthur O'Brien36,892
Judge of the Court of AppealsEmory A. Chase180,394
U.S. SenatorJames W. Wadsworth, Jr.89,960William M. Calder82,895David Jayne Hill37,102

Democratic primary

1914 Democratic primary results
Office
GovernorMartin H. Glynn175,772John A. Hennessy68,387
Lieutenant GovernorThomas B. Lockwood158,159 William Gorham Rice57,305
Secretary of StateMitchell May167,198Sidney Newborg43,251
ComptrollerWilliam Sohmer158,309George G. Davidson, Jr.58,077
Attorney GeneralJames A. Parsons151,122John Larkin57,096
TreasurerAlbert C. Carp147,443Charles E. Sunderlin55,055
State EngineerJohn A. Bensel146,533Raleigh Bennett58,485
Judge of the Court of AppealsSamuel Seabury139,694John N. Carlisle65,820
U.S. SenatorJames W. Gerard138,815Franklin D. Roosevelt63,879James F. McDonough17,862

Progressive primary

The other Progressive candidates were nominated unopposed.

The Socialist Labor ticket was filed with the Secretary of State on October 9, 1914.[7] They nominated a full ticket.[8]

Ex-Governor Sulzer's aim was to defeat Glynn whom he considered a back-stabber. For this purpose he organized the American Party, and accepted the nomination by the Prohibition Party. He also sought the nomination of the Progressive Party, but was defeated in their primary. The American Party Executive Committee also endorsed a full slate (Prohibitionists Welch and Clements; Progressives Call and Colby; Democrat Seabury; Charles Horowitz for comptroller; Charles Podsenick for attorney general; and Robert Butler for State Engineer) for the other offices, but did not file a petition to nominate them, so they did not appear on the ballot in the American column.[9]

Result

Almost the whole Republican ticket was elected; only Justice Seabury managed to defeat the Republican candidate Emory A. Chase.

The incumbents Glynn, May, Sohmer, Parsons, Call and Bensel were defeated.

The Republican, Democratic, Independence League, Progressive, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot access (necessary 10,000 votes for governor), the American Party attained it, and the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.

34 Republicans and 17 Democrats were elected to a two-year term (1915–16) in the New York State Senate.

100 Republicans, 49 Democrats and one Progressive[10] were elected for the session of 1915 to the New York State Assembly.

1914 state election results
OfficeRepublican ticketDemocratic ticketIndependence League ticketAmerican ticketProhibition ticketProgressive ticketSocialist ticketSocial Labor[11] ticket
GovernorCharles S. Whitman686,701 Martin H. Glynn412,253 Martin H. Glynn125,252 William Sulzer70,655 William Sulzer54,189 Frederick M. Davenport45,686Gustave Adolph Strebel37,793James T. Hunter[12] 2,350
Lieutenant GovernorEdward Schoeneck622,493Thomas B. Lockwood[13] 534,660Edward Schoeneck(none)Charles E. Welch[14] 44,484Chauncey J. Hamlin113,385Stephen J. Mahoney[15] 51,304Jeremiah D. Crowley[16] 3,566
Secretary of StateFrancis M. Hugo601,857Mitchell May561,429Mitchell May(none)John R. Clements68,049 Sydney W. Stern72,371Florence Cross Kitchelt52,970Edmund Moonelis[17] 3,490
ComptrollerEugene M. Travis657,373William Sohmer553,254William Sohmer(none)Neil D. Cranmer[18] 29,373John B. Burnham68,111Charles W. Noonan[19] 51,845Charles E. Berns3,579
Attorney GeneralEgburt E. Woodbury651,869James A. Parsons529,045Edward R. O'Malley12,132(none)Walter T. Bliss[20] 27,949Robert H. Elder[21] 77,945Frederick O. Haller52,808 John Hall[22] 3,711
TreasurerJames L. Wells622,811Albert C. Carp526,025Homer D. Call(none)Edward A. Packer29,071Homer D. Call117,628James C. Sheehan 54,202Anthony Houtenbrink[23] 3,561
State EngineerFrank M. Williams677,393John A. Bensel509,944John Martin9,686(none)James Adamson27,723Lloyd Collis68,110Vladimir Karapetoff51,980August Gillhaus3,676
Judge of the Court of AppealsEmory A. Chase594,414Samuel Seabury650,468Samuel Seabury(none)Coleridge A. Hart[24] 28,337Samuel SeaburyLouis B. Boudin52,225Edmund Seidel5,054
U.S. SenatorJames W. Wadsworth, Jr.639,112James W. Gerard571,419James W. Gerard(none)Francis E. Baldwin[25] 27,813Bainbridge Colby61,977Charles Edward Russell55,266Erwin A. Archer3064

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Notes

  1. to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Willard Bartlett as Chief Judge
  2. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/07/06/101920387.pdf C. E. RUSSELL FOR SENATOR
  3. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/08/16/105457514.pdf SULZER HEADS DRY TICKET
  4. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/09/29/100107402.pdf RESULTS OF PRIMARIES
  5. William D. Cunningham, of Ulster County, ran for comptroller in 1912
  6. Dr. Eugene H. Porter, State Commissioner of Health
  7. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/10/10/100329179.pdf SOCIALIST LABOR TICKET
  8. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/10/25/100109593.pdf SILVERSMITH FOR GOVERNOR
  9. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/10/25/100109588.pdf SULZER DOMINATES HIS AMERICAN PARTY
  10. The Progressive member was Hamilton Fish III who had run also on the Democratic ticket in his district.
  11. The election law limited the name of any party on the ballot to eleven letters, so that the "Socialist Labor" had to be shortened to "Social Labor"
  12. James T. Hunter (1870-1952), silversmith, ran also for Mayor of New York City in 1903, and for lieutenant governor in 1910 Obit in NYT on January 7, 1952 (subscription required)
  13. [Thomas B. Lockwood]
  14. Charles E. Welch, grape juice manufacturer, of Westfield, ran also for governor in 1916
  15. Stephen J. Mahoney, ran also in 1916
  16. Jeremiah D. Crowley, of Marcellus, ran also for state engineer in 1910, and for lieutenant governor in 1912
  17. Edmund Moonelis, ran also in 1912
  18. Neil Dow Cranmer, of Elmira, ran also for comptroller in 1914 and 1926; for secretary of state in 1916; and for Congress at-large in 1940
  19. Charles W. Noonan, of Schenectady, Alderman from Schenectady's 7th Ward, ran also for comptroller in 1914, 1916 and 1926; for treasurer in 1918; for secretary of state in 1920; for lieutenant governor in 1932; and for Congress at-large in 1934
  20. Walter T. Bliss, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1917
  21. Robert H. Elder, ran also in 1916
  22. John Hall, ran also for attorney general in 1908, and Governor in 1912
  23. Anthony Houtenbrink, ran also for comptroller in 1916
  24. Coleridge Allen Hart (b. July 11, 1852 Peekskill), lawyer, of Brooklyn, ran also for attorney general in 1889; for the Court of Appeals in 1907, 1908, 1914, 1916, 1917 and 1920; and for the U.S. Senate in 1922
  25. Francis E. Baldwin (1859-1930), of Elmira, financier, ran also for governor in 1894; for chief judge in 1897; for attorney general in 1910 and 1922; and for the Court of Appeals in 1920, F.E. BALDWIN IS DEAD; ELMIRA (N.Y.) FINANCIER in NYT on December 23, 1930 (subscription required)

Sources

Vote totals from New York Red Book 1915

See also

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