1882 New York gubernatorial election

1882 New York gubernatorial election

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Nominee Grover Cleveland Charles J. Folger
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 535,318 342,464
Percentage 58.5% 37.4%

County results
Clevland:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Folger:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Alonzo B. Cornell
Republican

Elected Governor

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1882 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882.

Republican incumbent Alonzo B. Cornell ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated for the Republican nomination by Charles J. Folger, the Secretary of the Treasury under President Chester A. Arthur. Folger's nomination was a victory for President Arthur and the Stalwart faction of the state party, but he was badly defeated in the general election by the mayor of Buffalo, Grover Cleveland.

Republican nomination

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Candidates

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Convention

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The Republican state convention met on September 20 at Saratoga Springs. The Half-Breed faction led by Governor Alonzo B. Cornell opposed the Stalwart faction led by former U.S. Senators Roscoe Conkling and Thomas C. Platt, in league with railroad magnate Jay Gould.

The State Committee met at 9 o'clock at Congress Hall and elected Edward M. Madden, a Half-Breed, to be temporary chairman of the convention (vote Madden (St.) 18, Edmund L. Pitts (H.-B.) 14). The convention opened at half past 10 at Town Hall. The roll was called by John W. Vrooman, the Clerk of the New York State Senate. When Madden was proposed for temporary chairman, the Half-Breeds objected and proposed Pitts, and a vote was taken. Madden received 251, Pitts 243, showing an almost evenly divided convention with a slight Stalwart majority. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger (St.) was nominated for governor on the second ballot (first ballot: Folger 223, Cornell [incumbent] 180, James W. Wadsworth 69, John H. Starin 19, John C. Robinson 6; second ballot: Folger 257, Cornell 222, Wadsworth 18).[1][2][3]

Democratic nomination

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The Democratic state convention met on September 22 at Shakespeare Hall in Syracuse, New York. The Tammany delegates were admitted again, and the rift in the Party was bridged over.[4] Grover Cleveland was nominated for Governor.

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1882 New York gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Grover Cleveland 535,318 58.47%
Republican Charles J. Folger 342,464 37.41%
Prohibition Alonzo A. Hopkins 25,783 2.82%
Greenback Epenetus Howe 11,974 1.31%
Total votes 915,539 100.00%

Results by county

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Returns By County[8]
County Cleveland Folger Hopkins Howe
Albany 20,126 65.30% 10,309 33.45% 0.00% 385 1.25%
Allegany 3,779 40.06% 3,718 39.41% 1,586 16.81% 350 3.71%
Broome 5,060 48.43% 4,955 47.42% 325 3.11% 109 1.04%
Cattaraugus 5,279 47.12% 4,681 41.78% 781 6.97% 462 4.12%
Cayuga 5,859 51.33% 4,406 38.60% 698 6.11% 452 3.96%
Chautauqua 6,207 50.85% 4,803 39.35% 828 6.78% 369 3.02%
Chemung 5,336 58.36% 3,079 33.67% 78 0.85% 651 7.12%
Chenango 4,258 46.15% 3,913 42.41% 574 6.22% 482 5.22%
Clinton 3,560 44.81% 4,318 54.35% 18 0.23% 49 0.62%
Columbia 6,703 64.27% 3,607 34.59% 92 0.88% 27 0.26%
Cortland 3,011 46.90% 2,986 46.51% 379 5.90% 44 0.69%
Delaware 4,596 48.37% 4,331 45.58% 334 3.52% 240 2.53%
Dutchess 8,875 53.27% 7,321 43.94% 407 2.44% 58 0.35%
Erie 23,748 57.37% 16,408 39.64% 1,046 2.53% 190 0.46%
Essex 2,150 40.78% 2,951 55.97% 24 0.46% 147 2.79%
Franklin 2,294 41.80% 3,074 56.01% 25 0.46% 95 1.73%
Fulton 3,448 50.48% 3,011 44.08% 327 4.79% 45 0.66%
Genesee 3,518 51.26% 2,898 42.23% 395 5.76% 52 0.76%
Greene 4,481 58.07% 2,808 36.39% 273 3.54% 154 2.00%
Hamilton 407 53.20% 320 41.83% 28 3.66% 10 1.31%
Herkimer 5,131 54.08% 3,701 39.01% 625 6.59% 30 0.32%
Jefferson 7,190 56.86% 4,483 35.45% 925 7.32% 47 0.37%
Kings 65,636 68.86% 26,148 27.43% 2,548 2.67% 983 1.03%
Lewis 3,787 59.26% 2,447 38.29% 145 2.27% 11 0.17%
Livingston 3,966 48.59% 3,650 44.72% 413 5.06% 133 1.63%
Madison 4,328 50.27% 3,512 40.79% 648 7.53% 121 1.41%
Monroe 13,143 50.95% 11,056 42.86% 1,364 5.29% 234 0.91%
Montgomery 5,374 56.77% 3,927 41.49% 102 1.08% 63 0.67%
New York 124,914 71.45% 47,785 27.33% 584 0.33% 1,537 0.88%
Niagara 5,884 59.84% 3,256 33.11% 638 6.49% 55 0.56%
Oneida 13,673 58.05% 8,741 37.11% 913 3.88% 228 0.97%
Onondaga 11,563 48.70% 11,629 48.97% 522 2.20% 31 0.13%
Ontario 5,272 50.88% 4,675 45.12% 295 2.85% 120 1.16%
Orange 8,874 55.05% 6,541 40.57% 553 3.43% 153 0.95%
Orleans 3,119 49.99% 2,549 40.86% 543 8.70% 28 0.45%
Oswego 6,757 48.32% 6,376 45.59% 503 3.60% 348 2.49%
Otsego 5,848 51.66% 4,730 41.78% 677 5.98% 65 0.57%
Putnam 1,691 47.69% 1,825 51.47% 30 0.85% 0.00%
Queens 8,666 68.11% 3,698 29.06% 200 1.57% 160 1.26%
Rensselaer 13,714 56.36% 10,468 43.02% 0.00% 151 0.62%
Richmond 4,370 67.98% 2,012 31.30% 36 0.56% 10 0.16%
Rockland 2,771 63.88% 1,473 33.96% 89 2.05% 5 0.12%
Saratoga 6,227 48.84% 6,185 48.51% 304 2.38% 34 0.27%
Schenectady 2,836 50.26% 2,604 46.15% 157 2.78% 46 0.82%
Schoharie 4,924 68.11% 2,076 28.72% 174 2.41% 55 0.76%
Schuyler 2,155 48.59% 2,151 48.50% 59 1.33% 70 1.58%
Seneca 3,510 56.51% 2,555 41.14% 106 1.71% 40 0.64%
St. Lawrence 5,220 35.23% 9,304 62.79% 279 1.88% 15 0.10%
Steuben 8,997 51.94% 6,577 37.97% 1,276 7.37% 473 2.73%
Suffolk 5,287 55.73% 3,815 40.21% 331 3.49% 54 0.57%
Sullivan 3,451 55.43% 2,266 36.40% 119 1.91% 390 6.26%
Tioga 3,583 47.97% 3,143 42.08% 369 4.94% 374 5.01%
Tompkins 3,619 51.04% 2,690 37.94% 324 4.57% 458 6.46%
Ulster 8,470 55.33% 6,140 40.11% 655 4.28% 42 0.27%
Warren 2,677 47.36% 2,560 45.29% 76 1.34% 339 6.00%
Washington 4,190 40.57% 5,929 57.40% 151 1.46% 59 0.57%
Wayne 4,296 45.52% 4,251 45.04% 541 5.73% 350 3.71%
Westchester 11,478 63.96% 6,005 33.46% 314 1.75% 148 0.82%
Wyoming 2,909 49.25% 2,120 35.90% 859 14.54% 18 0.30%
Yates 2,073 42.95% 2,501 51.82% 118 2.45% 134 2.78%

Notes

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  1. ^ END OF A GREAT STRUGGLE; CHARLES J. FOLGER NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR in NYT on September 21, 1882
  2. ^ COMPLETING THE TICKET; THE CANDIDATES SUBMITTED TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY in NYT on September 22, 1882
  3. ^ THE TICKET COMPLETED; HOWARD CARROLL FOR CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE in NYT on October 11, 1882
  4. ^ CLOSING THE WORK in NYT on September 23, 1882
  5. ^ Prof. Alphonso A. Hopkins, of Monroe County, ran also for comptroller in 1875, and Secretary of State in 1879
  6. ^ THE GREENBACK PARTY.; NOMINATIONS OF THE NEW-YORK CONVENTION in NYT on July 20, 1882
  7. ^ Epenetus Howe (born 1835), "a wealthy farmer", of Speedsville, Tompkins County, ran also for secretary of state in 1881; assemblyman 1894 and 1895
  8. ^ "The Tribune almanac and political register for ... 1880-89". HathiTrust. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

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