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The 1854 New York state election was held on November 7, 1854, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.

1 History
2 Results
3 Notes
4 Sources
5 See also

History

The National Democratic (in the press referred to as Hards) state convention met in July and informed the nominees by letter on July 12 of their nominations. Their letters of acceptance were published on September 11 in the New York Times.^[1]

The Democratic (in the press referred to as Softs) state convention met on September 6 at Wieting Hall in Syracuse, New York. Lorenzo B. Shepard was Temporary Chairman until the choice of William H. Ludlow as President. The convention appointed a Democratic State Central Committee which included John Cochrane and Horatio Ballard, and then adjourned. On September 7, the convention passed a resolution approving the Kansas-Nebraska Act which led to the eventual withdrawal of delegates Preston King, Charles G. Myers, Abijah Mann, Philip Dorsheimer and few more Barnburners all of whom would be the next year among the founders of the Republican Party. Governor Horatio Seymour was re-nominated "by acclamation" with a few contrary votes. William H. Ludlow was nominated for Lietenant Governor on the first ballot (vote: Ludlow 234, Philip H. Crook 28, Oakley 14, Albert Lester 7, Isaiah Rynders 2, Preston King 2). Jason Clark was nominated for Canal Commissioner by acclamation. W. R. Andrews was nominated for Inspector of State Prisons on the first ballot (vote: Andrews 92, Amos Pilsbury 56, Henry Storms [incumbent] 27).^[2]

The Free-Soil Democratic state convention met on September 25 in Auburn, New York.^[3]

The Anti-Nebraska state convention met on September 26 at Auburn, New York. Myron H. Clark was nominated for Governor by acclamation. Henry J. Raymond was nominated for Lieutenant Governor on the first ballot (Raymond 127, Bradford R. Wood 84). After this vote, a minority of about 20 seceded from the convention and re-assembled at the Court House and nominated their own ticket.^[4]

The Temperance state convention met on September 27 at Auburn, New York. Myron H. Clark was nominated for Governor by acclamation. Henry J. Raymond was nominated for Lieutenant Governor on the first ballot (Raymond 163, Bradford R. Wood 112).^[5]

The Liberty state convention met on September 28 at the Market Hall in Syracuse, New York.^[6]

The Anti-Rent state convention met on October 26 at Beardsley's Hall in Albany, New York.^[7]

Results

Due to the split of the Democratic Party, the whole Whig ticket was elected. The American Party (in the press referred to as the Know Nothings, and ridiculed) showed a surprisingly big strength. Myron H. Clark won this election with the lowest percentage in any New York gubernatorial election. The incumbent Governor Seymour was defeated, the incumbent Fitzhugh was re-elected.

82 Whigs, 26 Softs, 16 Hards and 3 Temperance man were elected for the session of 1855 to the New York State Assembly. "Know Nothings are sprinkled miscellaneously among Whigs, Hards and Softs; and exactly how many there are of these gentry in the Assembly Nobody Knows."^[8]

**1854 state election results**
Ticket / Office	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Canal Commissioner	Inspector of State Prisons
Whig	Myron H. Clark 156,804^[9]	Henry J. Raymond 157,166	Henry Fitzhugh 161,006	Norwood Bowne 153,947
Dem./Soft	Horatio Seymour 156,495	William H. Ludlow 128,833	Jason Clark 125,210	William R. Andrews 124,735
American Party	Daniel Ullmann 122,282	Gustavus Adolphus Scroggs 121,037	Josiah B. Williams^[10] 58,244	James P. Sanders 120,747
Dem./Hard	Greene C. Bronson 33,850	Elijah Ford 52,074	Clark Burnham 113,968	Abram Vernam 41,978
Anti-Nebraska	Myron H. Clark	Henry J. Raymond	Henry Fitzhugh	Norwood Bowne
Anti-Nebraska (secession)	Myron H. Clark	Bradford R. Wood 8,378	Charles A. Wheaton 7,435	Philip H. Macomber 7,567
Free Democratic	Myron H. Clark	Bradford R. Wood
Anti-Rent	Myron H. Clark	Bradford R. Wood	Henry Fitzhugh	Norwood Bowne
Temperance	Myron H. Clark	Henry J. Raymond
Liberty	William Goodell 289	Austin Ward 326	John C. Harrington 261	William Shapcott 242

Notes

Sources

Result in in NYT on December 21, 1854 (The votes of Wood, Goodell, Ward, Harrington, Wheaton, Macomber and Shapcott were stated among the "scattering votes").

New York gubernatorial election, 1854