1918 New York state election explained

The 1918 New York state election was held on November 5, 1918, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary 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.

History

This was the first state election following women's suffrage.

The primaries were held on September 3.

Republican primary

1918 Republican primary results
Office
GovernorCharles S. Whitman295,471Merton E. Lewis118,879
Lieutenant GovernorEdward Schoeneck226,53097,902Seth G. Heacock51,648
Secretary of StateFrancis M. Hugo354,066(unopposed)
ComptrollerEugene M. Travis245,494Samuel Frazer93,308John Kissel25,829
Attorney GeneralCharles D. Newton214,835Alfred L. Becker143,371
TreasurerJames L. Wells199,361Theodore T. Baylor146,998
State EngineerFrank M. Williams342,571(unopposed)

Democratic primary

1918 Democratic primary results
Office
GovernorAlfred E. Smith199,752William Church Osborn32,761
Lieutenant GovernorHarry C. Walker208,107(unopposed)
Secretary of StateFranklin E. Bard205,304(unopposed)
ComptrollerBird S. Coler206,040(unopposed)
Attorney GeneralCharles Morschauser199,471(unopposed)
TreasurerJacob G. Cohen196,169(unopposed)
State EngineerDwight B. LaDu200,116(unopposed)

Prohibition primary

The Prohibition state conference in July had designated State Chairman Olin S. Bishop to run in the primary for Governor, but on August 31 the enrolled party members received a circular from Bishop urging them to vote for the incumbent Republican Governor Charles S. Whitman by writing his name in the ballot. The friends of the incumbent Republican Comptroller Eugene M. Travis gathered enough signatures to put him on the Prohibition primary ballot, and the regular candidate Claude V. Stowell also urged the party members to vote for Travis.[1]

1918 Prohibition primary results
Office
GovernorCharles S. Whitman5,855Olin S. Bishop5,621
Lieutenant GovernorMamie W. Colvin9,302(unopposed)
Secretary of StateElla L. McCarthy9,254(unopposed)
ComptrollerEugene M. Travis8,266Claude V. Stowell[2] 2,878
Attorney GeneralClarence Z. Spriggs9,295(unopposed)
TreasurerGeorge B. Humphrey9,455(unopposed)
State EngineerDavid B. Passage9,189(unopposed)

Socialist primary

All Socialist primary candidates won without opposition.

1918 Socialist primary results
Office
GovernorCharles W. Ervin9,687(unopposed)
Lieutenant GovernorElla Reeve Bloor9,271(unopposed)
Secretary of StateJessie W. Hughan9,347(unopposed)
ComptrollerJames C. Sheahan7,366(unopposed)
Attorney GeneralHezekiah D. Wilcox9,139(unopposed)
TreasurerCharles W. Noonan9,166(unopposed)
State EngineerRaymond Wilcox9,150(unopposed)

Result

The Democratic candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were elected with the remainder of the Republican ticket.

The incumbents Whitman and Schoeneck were defeated. The incumbents Hugo, Travis, Wells and Williams were re-elected.

1918 state election results
OfficeDemocratic ticketRepublican ticketSocialist ticketProhibition ticketSocialist Labor ticket
GovernorAlfred E. Smith1,009,936Charles S. Whitman956,034 Charles W. Ervin[3] 121,705Charles S. Whitman38,794Olive M. Johnson5,183
Lieutenant GovernorHarry C. Walker965,471Edward Schoeneck930,066Ella Reeve Bloor130,206 Mamie W. Colvin48,142August Gillhaus5,605
Secretary of StateFranklin E. Bard886,306Francis M. Hugo1,005,426Jessie W. Hughan134,520Ella L. McCarthy40,072Edmund Moonelis[4] 5,405
ComptrollerBird S. Coler909,255Eugene M. Travis1,007,483James C. Sheahan136,680 Eugene M. TravisCharles E. Berns[5] 5,996
Attorney GeneralCharles Morschauser878,300Charles D. Newton990,863Hezekiah D. Wilcox[6] 136,992Clarence Z. Spriggs[7] 43,229John Donahue6,929
TreasurerJacob G. Cohen839,777James L. Wells1,028,752Charles W. Noonan[8] 137,823George B. Humphrey44,606Nadina Kavinoky5,268
State EngineerDwight B. LaDu865,573Frank M. Williams991,521Raymond Wilcoxalign=right" 138,566David B. Passage40,628Joseph Galotta5,667

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Notes

  1. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/09/01/97023287.pdf DRY' MEN GIVE AID TO WHITMAN
  2. Claude V. Stowell, of Corning, also ran for Comptroller in 1916
  3. Charles Wesley Ervin, of Jamaica, Queens
  4. Edmund Moonelis, ran also in 1912 and 1914
  5. Charles E. Berns, ran also in 1914
  6. Hezekiah D. Wilcox, of Elmira, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1916 and 1917
  7. Clarence Z. Spriggs, of Syracuse, ran also for Lieutenant Governor in 1916
  8. Charles W. Noonan, ran also for Comptroller in 1914 and 1916
  9. The total number of votes for Whitman, given by the NYT as "995,094" is more than the total of the separate votes stated here, given by the New York Red Book for Republican and Prohibition tickets, because it was possible to vote for any candidate writing the name in the "no-party" column. To define the winner of the election, all votes were counted; to define ballot access, only the votes received on the party's ticket.

Sources

See also

New York gubernatorial elections

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