New York state election, 1887

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The 1887 New York state election was held on November 8, 1887, to elect 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.

1 History
2 Results
3 Notes
4 Sources
5 See also

History

The United Labor state convention met on August 17 at Sylvanus H. Sweet for State Engineer.^[2] Ex-State Engineer Sweet (in office 1874-1875 as a Democrat) declined to run.^[3]

The Prohibition state convention met on August 25 at Syracuse, New York. Rev. I. K. Funk was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Henry Clay Bascom as President.^[4]

The Republican state convention met on September 14 at the Skating Rink in Saratoga, New York. Seth Low was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Warner Miller as President. Frederick D. Grant was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. Jesse S. L'Amoreaux was nominated for Comptroller in the middle of the first ballot. James H. Carmicheal, of Buffalo, was nominated for Treasurer. Maj. James A. Dennison, of Fulton County, was nominated for Attorney General in the middle of the first ballot. Oliver H. P. Cornell was nominated for State Engineer on the first ballot (vote: Cornell 353, Verplanck Colvin 326).^[5]

The Democratic state convention met at Saratoga, New York.

The Progressive Labor state convention met on September 28 at Webster Hall in Thaddeus B. Wakeman was nominated for Attorney General.^[6] Swinton declined to run, and the convention nominated J. Edward Hall for Secretary of State.^[7]

The Greenback-Labor state convention met on October 4 at Albany, New York, and nominated Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State.^[8]

Results

The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

The incumbents Cook and Fitzgerald were re-elected.

**1887 state election results**
Ticket / Office	Secretary of State	Comptroller	Attorney General	Treasurer	State Engineer
Democratic	Frederick Cook 469,888	Edward Wemple	Charles F. Tabor	Lawrence J. Fitzgerald	John Bogart
Republican	Frederick D. Grant 452,881	Jesse S. L'Amoreaux^[9]	James A. Dennison	James H. Carmichael	Oliver H. P. Cornell^[10]
United Labor	Henry George 70,005	Victor A. Wilder^[11]	Dennis C. Feely^[12]	Patrick H. Cummins^[13]	Matthew K. Couzens
Prohibition	D. W. C. Huntington^[14] 41,850	C. B. Hitchcock	Silas W. Mason^[15]	William W. Smith^[16]	John G. Gray
Greenback	Thomas K. Beecher^[17]	Sylvester Tripp	(none)	J. Madison Hall^[18]	Edwin A. Stillman^[19]
Progressive Labor	J. Edward Hall	Herbert A. Barker	Thaddeus B. Wakeman^[20]	Henry Emerich	R. F. Barnes
Union Labor	Orville Preston	Ashbel Clapp	Wauhlin B. Bernard	John J. Ryan	R. F. Barnes
Reform	D. W. C. Huntington	Edward Evans^[21]	C. H. Hammond	S. M. Douglas	Cyrus K. Porter

Notes

^ HENRY GEORGE AS A BOSS HIS DISMAL FAILURE IN RUNNING A CONVENTION in NYT on August 18, 1887
^ GEORGE HEADS THE TICKET AND THE CONVENTION ADOPTS HIS PLATFORM in NYT on August 20, 1887
^ MR. SWEET WILL NOT RUN in NYT on August 28, 1887
^ CONSCIENCE IN POLITICS; THE PROHIBITION PARTY'S STATE CONVENTION in NYT on August 26, 1887
^ THE MAGIC NAME OF GRANT; PLACED AT THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET in NYT on September 15, 1887
^ THEY NOMINATE SWINTON; WORK OF THE PROGRESSIVE LABOR CONVENTION in NYT on September 29, 1887
^ JOHN SWINTON DECLINES in NYT on September 30, 1887
^ MR. BEECHER'S POSITION in NYT on October 6, 1887
^ Jesse Seymour L'Amoreaux (1837-1918), lawyer, of Ballston Spa, Obit in NYT on June 5, 1918
^ Oliver H. Cornell (b. ca. 1842), brother of Alonzo B. Cornell, graduated from Cornell University, ran also in 1875
^ Victor A. Wilder (b. ca. 1846 in Cutler, Maine), of Brooklyn, Civil war veteran, Treasurer of the New York Railway Supply Co.
^ Dennis C. Feely (b. ca. 1837), lawyer, of Rochester, ran also on Greenback ticket in 1881
^ Patrick H. Cummins (b. ca. 1847), a "dealer in boots and shoes", of Amsterdam
^ DeWitt Clinton Huntington, DD (1830-1912), later Chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan University
^ Silas W. Mason, of Chautauqua County, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1890 and 1893
^ William W. Smith, of Poughkeepsie, ran also for Comptroller in 1891, for Secretary of State in 1895, and for Governor in 1896
^ Rev. Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900), of Elmira, brother of Henry Ward Beecher, ran also in 1883 and 1889, Obit in NYT on March 15, 1900
^ James Madison Hall, of Madison County, ran also in 1889
^ Edwin A. Stillman, of Canadice, ran also in 1883 and 1885
^ Thaddeus Burr Wakeman (1834-1913), lawyer, author, ran also in 1893, for the Court of Appeals in 1894, and for Secretary of State in 1895
^ Edward Evans, ran also for Secretary of State on Prohibition ticket in 1885

Sources

The tickets: A LIST OF THE CANDIDATES ON THE VARIOUS TICKETS in NYT on November 7, 1887
Result in Queens County: THE QUEENS COUNTY VOTE in NYT on November 15, 1887
Result in New York County: COMPLETING THE CANVASS in NYT on November 22, 1887

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