1962 New York state election explained

Election Name:1962 New York gubernatorial election
Country:New York
Flag Image:Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1958 New York state election
Previous Year:1958
Next Election:1966 New York gubernatorial election
Next Year:1966
Election Date:November 6, 1962
Image1:File:Nelson Rockefeller 1960 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Nelson Rockefeller
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Running Mate1:Malcolm Wilson
Popular Vote1:3,081,587
Percentage1:53.1%
Nominee2:Robert Morgenthau
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Alliance2:Liberal
Running Mate2:John J. Burns
Popular Vote2:2,552,418
Percentage2:44.0%
Governor
Before Election:Nelson Rockefeller
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Nelson Rockefeller
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1962 New York state election was held on November 6, 1962, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

Background

Judge Charles W. Froessel would reach the constitutional age limit of 70 years at the end of the year.

Nominations

The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 1, and nominated again the same ticket as in 1958, headed by Eric Hass for Governor.[1]

The Democratic state convention met from September 16 to 18 at Syracuse, New York, and nominated U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Robert M. Morgenthau for governor on the second ballot over Frank D. O'Connor, Samuel S. Stratton, Howard J. Samuels, James Farley, and Abraham Beame. They also nominated Mayor of Binghamton John J. Burns for lieutenant governor;[2] Manhattan Borough President Edward R. Dudley for attorney general; James B. Donovan for the U.S. Senate; and re-nominated the incumbent Comptroller Arthur Levitt.[3]

The Republican state convention met on September 19 at Buffalo, New York, and renominated the incumbents Rockefeller, Wilson, Lefkowitz and Javits; and completed the ticket with John P. Lomenzo for Comptroller and New York Supreme Court Justice Marcus G. Christ for the Court of Appeals.[4]

The Liberal Party met on September 19, and endorsed the Democratic ticket.[5]

The Socialist Workers Party nominated a full slate, and filed a petition to nominate candidates.[6]

The Conservative Party selected on July 13 David H. Jaquith to run for governor.[7] They filed a petition to nominate candidates which was challenged by the Republicans. On October 1, the Republican State Chairman L. Judson Morhouse announced that his party dropped the suit, and the ticket went on the ballot.[8]

Result

Four Republicans and two Democrat/Liberals were elected.

The incumbents Rockefeller, Wilson, Levitt, Lefkowitz and Javits were re-elected.

1962 state election results
OfficeRepublican ticketDemocratic ticketLiberal ticketConservative ticketSocialist Workers ticketSocialist Labor ticket
GovernorNelson A. Rockefeller3,081,587Robert M. Morgenthau2,309,743Robert M. Morgenthau242,675David H. Jaquith[9] 141,877Richard Garza[10] 19,698Eric Hass9,762
Lieutenant GovernorMalcolm WilsonJohn J. Burns[11] John J. BurnsE. Vernon Carbonara[12] Sylvia Weinstein[13] John Emanuel[14]
ComptrollerJohn P. Lomenzo2,363,102Arthur Levitt2,883,064Arthur Levitt271,100Thomas D. Cole[15] 99,971Allen Taplin[16] 20,068Milton Herder[17] 9,019
Attorney GeneralLouis J. Lefkowitz3,111,072Edward R. Dudley2,194,584Edward R. Dudley214,069Frederick S. Dennin[18] 99,464Leroy McRae[19] 21,086(none)
Judge of the Court of AppealsMarcus G. Christ[20] 2,653,995John F. Scileppi2,469,760John F. Scileppi244,394(none)(none)(none)
U.S. SenatorJacob K. Javits3,269,417James B. Donovan2,113,772James B. Donovan175,551Kieran O'Doherty[21] 116,151Carl Feingold[22] 17,440Stephen Emery[23] 7,786

Note: The vote for governor is used to define ballot access, for automatic access are necessary 50,000 votes.

Notes

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/1962/04/02/archives/hass-nominated-again-socialist-labor-party-leader-to-seek.html HASS NOMINATED AGAIN
  2. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0610FA355C137A93CAA81782D85F468685F9 MORGENTHAU NOMINATED TO OPPOSE ROCKEFELLER; VICTOR ON SECOND BALLOT
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/1962/09/19/archives/democrats-name-dudley-a-negro-to-state-ticket-donovan-to-oppose.html DEMOCRATS NAME DUDLEY, A NEGRO, TO STATE TICKET; DONOVAN TO OPPOSE JAVITS; LEVITT IS CHOSEN
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1962/09/20/archives/governor-vows-hard-campaign-is-renominated-cheering-republican.html GOVERNOR VOWS HARD CAMPAIGN; IS RENOMINATED
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1962/09/20/archives/democrats-get-liberal-support-party-endorses-morgenthau-ticketstate.html DEMOCRATS GET LIBERAL SUPPORT; Party Endorses Morgenthau Ticket
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/1962/10/30/archives/trotskyite-party-leaders-claim-vote-support-from-cuban-crisis.html Trotskyite Party Leaders Claim Vote Support From Cuban Crisis
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/1962/07/14/archives/conservative-party-candidate-picked-to-oppose-rockefeller-david-h.html Conservative Party Candidate Picked to Oppose Rockefeller; David H. Jaquith, Syracuse Industrialist and Follower of Goldwater, Is Chosen
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/1962/10/02/archives/gop-ends-suit-on-conservatives-new-party-assured-a-place-on-state.html G.O.P. ENDS SUIT ON CONSERVATIVES; New Party Assured a Place on State Ballot Nov. 6
  9. David H. Jaquith (b. April 18, 1918 Syracuse), industrialist
  10. Richard Garza (born c. 1928 The Bronx), "restaurant worker and seaman," ran also for Mayor of New York in 1961
  11. John J. Burns (1921–2004), Mayor of Binghamton 1958–62; New York Democratic state chair 1965–71; New York City Water Supply Commissioner
  12. Prof. Emil Vernon Carbonara (1897–1968), insurance broker, of Rockville Centre, adjunct professor at New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, VERNON CARBONARA, INSURANCE BROKER Obit in NYT on June 14, 1968 (subscription required)
  13. Sylvia Weinstein (1926–2001), of Brooklyn, "housewife"
  14. John Emanuel (born c. 1908 in Greece), fur worker, ran also for Comptroller in 1954; and for Lieutenant Governor in 1958
  15. Thomas D. Cole (born c. 1900), of Lockport, President of the Lockport Cotton Batting Co.
  16. Allen Taplin (born c. 1939), B.S., "photo-offset compositor"
  17. Milton Herder (born c. 1917), "commercial artist", ran also in 1958
  18. Frederick S. Dennin (born c. 1923), of Lake Placid
  19. Leroy McRae (born c. 1940), "compositor," studied law at Pennsylvania State University
  20. Marcus G. Christ (c. 1901 – 1988), of New Hyde Park, New York Supreme Court justice 1954-76, Appellate Division (2nd Dept.) 1959–76, Presiding justice 1970–76, Marcus Christ, 87, Ex-Presiding Justice Of New York Court Obit in NYT on March 5, 1988
  21. [Kieran O'Doherty]
  22. Carl Feingold, "graduate chemist and physicist" from Los Angeles State College
  23. Stephen Emery (born c. 1908), "subway train dispatcher", of New York City, ran also for the U.S. Senate in 1950 and 1958; and for Lieutenant Governor in 1954

Vote totals from New York Red Book 1963

See also

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