New York state election, 1906

New York state election, 1906

November 6, 1906

Nominee Charles Evans Hughes William Randolph Hearst Party Republican Independence/Democratic Running mate Matthew L. Bruce Lewis S. Chanler Popular vote 749,002 691,105

Governor before election Frank W. Higgins Republican Elected Governor Charles Evans Hughes Republican

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The 1906 New York state election was held on November 6, 1906, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of 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

The Socialist state convention met on June 2 at the Workingmen's Educational Building at 247, East Eighty-fourth Street in New York City. Morris Hillquit was chosen Permanent Chairman. They nominated John C. Chase for Governor; Gustave Adolph Strebel for Lieutenant Governor; Henry L. Slobodin, of New York City, for Attorney General; William W. Arland, of Corning, for Secretary of State; John E. O'Rourke, of Rochester, for Comptroller; William W. Passage, of Brooklyn, for Treasurer; and R. R. Hunt, of Schenectady, for State Engineer.^[1]

The Prohibition state convention met on September 5 at Binghamton, New York. They nominated Capt. Henry M. Randall, of Port Jefferson, for Governor; Freeman H. Bettys, of Rochester, for Lieutenant Governor; Charles Richards, of Oswego, for Secretary of State; Levi Hoag, of Binghamton, for Comptroller; Robert L. Stokes, of Brooklyn, for Treasurer; Walter Farrington for Attorney General; and Victor C. Mott, of Buffalo, for State Engineer.^[2]

The Independence League state convention met on September 11 and 12 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.^[3] They nominated William Randolph Hearst for Governor; Lewis S. Chanler for Lieutenant Governor; John S. Whalen for Secretary of State; John Ford for Attorney General; Dr. C. H. W. Auel for Comptroller; Frank L. Getman for State Engineer; and did not nominate anybody for Treasurer. After the nomination of Hearst, Chanler and Whalen by the Democratic state convention, the other nominees retired, and on September 29, the Independence League's Executive Committee substituted the Democratic nominees Jackson, Glynn, and Skene on the ticket, and added Hauser for Treasurer.^[4]

The Republican state convention met on September 25 and 26 at Saratoga, New York. Boss Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. favored Ex-Governor Frank S. Black, Governor Frank W. Higgins favored his Lt. Gov. Bruce, but after the intervention of President Theodore Roosevelt, the convention nominated Charles E. Hughes for Governor. Merton E. Lewis was nominated for Comptroller, and all the other incumbent state officers were re-nominated, all by acclamation.^[5]

The Democratic state convention met on September 25, 26 and 27 at Buffalo, New York. Lewis Nixon was Temporary and Permanent Chairman.^[6] William Randolph Hearst was nominated for Governor on the first ballot (vote: Hearst 309, William Sulzer 124, John Alden Dix 17). All other candidates were nominated by acclamation, among them the Independence League nominees Chanler and Whalen.^[7]

Result

The Democratic/Independence League fusion ticket was elected with exception of Hearst who was rejected by a large part of the Democratic voters, especially in New York City. Although Republican Hughes was elected Governor, this election ended a Republican era in state politics which had lasted a dozen years.

The incumbents Bruce, O'Brien, Mayer, Wallenmeier and Van Alstyne were defeated.

The Republican, Democratic, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Independence League attained it, and the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.

Obs.:

• "Blank, defective and scattering" votes: 2,110 (Governor)
• Numbers for Hearst, Chanler, Whalen, Glynn, Jackson, Hauser and Skene are total votes on Democratic and Independence League tickets. Hearst's vote was 673,268 Democratic and 17,837 Independence League. Chanler vote was 701,182 Democratic and 17,460 Independence League. Whalen received 700,673 Democratic votes and 17,247 on the Independence League line.

Notes

1. ↑ SOCIALISTS NOMINATE THEIR CANDIDATES in NYT on June 3, 1906
2. ↑ PROHIBITION STATE TICKET in NYT on September 6, 1906
3. ↑ MACHINE WHEELS MOVE FOR HEARST CONVENTION in NYT on September 7, 1906
4. ↑ INDEPENDENCE VACANCIES FILLED BY DEMOCRATS in NYT on September 30, 1906
5. ↑ HUGHES CHOSEN BY REPUBLICANS in NYT on September 27, 1906
6. ↑ HEARST TO BE NAMED in NYT on September 26, 1906
7. ↑ HEARST NAMED BY DEMOCRATS in NYT on September 27, 1906
8. ↑ John C. Chase (b. 1870), Mayor of Haverhill, Massachusetts 1899 (first Socialist mayor in the United States), Chairman of the Social Democratic National Convention 1900
9. ↑ Gustave A. Strebel, tailor, of Syracuse, ran also for Lieutenant Governor in 1908, 1910 and 1912; and for Governor in 1914
10. ↑ Matthew Lechner, ran also in 1908
11. ↑ Walter Farrington (ca. 1830 - Nov 25., 1920), of Poughkeepsie, lawyer, ran also for Attorney General in 1879; for the Court of Appeals in 1881, 1884 and 1889; and for Chief Judge in 1892

Sources

• How some voters marked the ballots: QUEER THINGS FOUND IN THE VOTE CANVASS; Inconceivable Ignorance of What to Do with a Ballot in NYT on November 17, 1906
• Result: HEARST LEAGUE FAILS TO GET PARTY RANK in NYT on December 19, 1906
• Campaign cost statements: CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS FAIL TO STATE ALL in NYT on November 30, 1906

New York Red Book 1908

See also

New York gubernatorial elections