The 1871 New York state election was held on November 7, 1871, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The Democratic state convention met on October 4 at Rochester, New York, and re-nominated six of the seven incumbents. Only Diedrich Willers, Jr., was nominated for Secretary of State in place of Homer A. Nelson.
In the wake of the Tweed and Canal Ring scandals, the whole Republican ticket was elected.
The incumbents Nichols, Champlain, Bristol, Richmond, Chapman and McNeil were defeated.
97 Republicans, 25 Democrats and 6 Reform Democrats were elected for the session of 1872 to the New York State Assembly.[1]
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Anti-Dram-Shop ticket | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | G. Hilton Scribner | 387,119 | Diedrich Willers, Jr. | 368,212 | Chas C. Leigh | 1,820 | |
| Comptroller | Nelson K. Hopkins | 387,703 | Asher P. Nichols | 367,127 | Gardner Howland | 1,824 | |
| Attorney General | Francis C. Barlow | 387,072 | Marshall B. Champlain | 367,754 | Edward Crummy | 1,719 | |
| Treasurer | Thomas Raines | 388,360 | Wheeler H. Bristol | 366,576 | Simeon Brownell | 1,802 | |
| State Engineer | William B. Taylor | 387,284 | Van Rensselaer Richmond | 367,615 | Charles J. mills | 1,820 | |
| Canal Commissioner | Alexander Barkley | 387,936 | George W. Chapman | 366,499 | John B. Edwards | 1,826 | |
| Inspector of State Prisons | Thomas Kirkpatrick | 387,359 | David B. McNeil | 365,650 | William Marks | 1,827 | |