Election Name: | 1830 New York gubernatorial election |
Country: | New York |
Flag Year: | 1778 |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1828 New York gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1828 |
Next Election: | 1832 New York gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1832 |
Election Date: | November 1–3, 1830 |
Nominee1: | Enos T. Throop |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 128,842 |
Percentage1: | 51.22% |
Nominee2: | Francis Granger |
Party2: | Anti-Masonic Party |
Alliance2: | National Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 120,361 |
Percentage2: | 47.85% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Enos T. Throop |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Enos T. Throop |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1830 New York gubernatorial election was held from November 1 to 3, 1830, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent governor Enos T. Throop was re-elected to a second term in office over Francis Granger.
Martin Van Buren, who was elected Governor in 1828, was appointed United States Secretary of State by President Andrew Jackson. Van Buren was succeeded in the governorship by his Lieutenant Governor, Enos T. Throop, a member of the Albany Regency faction of the Democratic Party. In 1830, Throop ran for a full term.
The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Governor Enos T. Throop. They nominated former state senator Edward Philip Livingston for Lieutenant Governor.
The Anti-Masonic Party nominated former state assemblyman and 1828 Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate Francis Granger. They nominated Samuel Stevens for Lieutenant Governor. The Granger/Stevens ticket was also supported by the National Republicans and by the faction of the Workingmen's Party led by Noah Cook.[1]
The faction of the Working Men's Party led by George Henry Evans and Thomas Skidmore nominated Ezekiel Williams.
The Democratic ticket of Throop and Livingston was elected.
Result: The Tribune Almanac 1841