1822 New York gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1822 New York gubernatorial election
Country:New York
Flag Year:1778
Type:Presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1820 New York gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1820
Next Election:1824 New York gubernatorial election
Next Year:1824
Election Date:November 4–6, 1822
Image1:JosephCYates.jpg
Nominee1:Joseph C. Yates
Party1:Democratic-Republican Party
Popular Vote1:128,493
Percentage1:97.79%
Nominee2:Solomon Southwick
Party2:Independent
Popular Vote2:2,910
Percentage2:2.21%
Governor
Before Election:DeWitt Clinton
Before Party:Democratic-Republican
After Election:Joseph C. Yates
After Party:Democratic-Republican

The 1822 New York state election was held from November 4 to 6, 1822, to elect the governor and the lieutenant governor, as well as all members of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly.

Candidates

The Democratic-Republican Party nominated State Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Yates. The anti-Clintonian faction nominated former U.S. representative and state assemblyman Erastus Root for Lieutenant Governor. The Clintonian faction nominated Henry Huntington for Lieutenant Governor.

Newspaper publisher Solomon Southwick ran as an independent.

Sources

Result: The Tribune Almanac 1841

See also