1916 New York state election
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The 1916 New York state election was held on November 7, 1916, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, a U.S. senator, the chief judge[1] and an associate judge[2] of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
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November 7, 1916
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 County results Whitman:
50â60%
60â70%
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History
The primaries were held on September 19.
Republican primary
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 254,177 | William M. Bennett | 44,720 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Edward Schoeneck | |||
| Secretary of State | Francis M. Hugo | |||
| Comptroller | Eugene M. Travis | 216,878 | James F. Hooker | 53,710 |
| Attorney General | Egburt E. Woodbury | |||
| Treasurer | James L. Wells | |||
| State Engineer | Frank M. Williams | |||
| Chief Judge | Frank H. Hiscock | |||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Cuthbert W. Pound | |||
| U.S. Senator | William M. Calder | 153,373 | Robert Bacon | 144,366 |
Democratic primary
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Samuel Seabury | 158,718 | (unopposed) | |
| Lieutenant Governor | Thomas J. Kreuzer | |||
| Secretary of State | Frank M. Stage | |||
| Comptroller | Joseph W. Masters | |||
| Attorney General | William W. Farley | |||
| Treasurer | Maurice S. Cohen | |||
| State Engineer | Henry R. Beebe | |||
| Chief Judge | Almet F. Jenks | |||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | John T. Norton | |||
| U.S. Senator | William F. McCombs | 99,307 | Thomas F. Conway | 52,756 |
Progressive primary
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 11,483 | Samuel Seabury | 6,020 |
| Lieutenant Governor | L. Bradley Dorr | 7,390 | Edward Schoeneck | 7,257 |
| Secretary of State | Francis M. Hugo | |||
| Comptroller | Eugene M. Travis | |||
| Attorney General | Robert H. Elder | |||
| Treasurer | Frank P. Tucker | |||
| State Engineer | ||||
| Chief Judge | Frank H. Hiscock | 7,965 | Almet F. Jenks | 6,272 |
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Cuthbert W. Pound | |||
| U.S. Senator | Bainbridge Colby | 7,006 | William M. Calder | 6,875 |
Independence League primary
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 1,763 | Samuel Seabury | 691 |
| Lieutenant Governor | ||||
| Secretary of State | ||||
| Comptroller | ||||
| Attorney General | ||||
| Treasurer | ||||
| State Engineer | ||||
| Chief Judge | Almet F. Jenks | |||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | John T. Norton | |||
| U.S. Senator | Bainbridge Colby | |||
American Party primary
| Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 38 | Samuel Seabury | 37 |
| Lieutenant Governor | ||||
| Secretary of State | ||||
| Comptroller | ||||
| Attorney General | ||||
| Treasurer | ||||
| State Engineer | ||||
| Chief Judge | ||||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | ||||
| U.S. Senator | Robert Bacon | 23 | William F. McCombs | 22 |
Result
The whole Republican ticket was elected.
The incumbents Whitman, Schoeneck, Hugo, Travis, Woodbury, Wells and Williams were re-elected.
The Republican, Democratic, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot access (necessary 10,000 votes); the Independence League, Progressive and American parties lost it; and the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.
36 Republicans and 15 Democrats were elected to the New York State Senate, to sit in the 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures (1917â1918).
99 Republicans, 49 Democrats and 2 Socialists were elected to the New York State Assembly, to sit in the 140th New York State Legislature (1917).
| Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Socialist ticket | Prohibition ticket | Progressive ticket | Independence League ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | American ticket | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Charles S. Whitman | 835,820 | Samuel Seabury | 686,862 | Algernon Lee | 62,560 | Charles E. Welch[3] | 21,773 | Charles S. Whitman | 6,669 | Charles S. Whitman | 5,266 | Jeremiah D. Crowley[4] | 3,847 | Charles S. Whitman | 2,265 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Edward Schoeneck | 812,646 | Thomas J. Kreuzer | 638,894 | Stephen J. Mahoney[5] | 60,402 | Clarence Z. Spriggs | 34,295 | L. Bradley Dorr | 7,146 | Edward Schoeneck | Boris Reinstein[6] | 4,313 | Thomas J. Kreuzer | ||
| Secretary of State | Francis M. Hugo | 840,554 | Frank M. Stage | 619,284 | Pauline M. Newman | 63,318 | Neil D. Cranmer[7] | 23,340 | Francis M. Hugo | Francis M. Hugo | John Hall[8] | 5,092 | Francis M. Hugo | |||
| Comptroller | Eugene M. Travis | 833,361 | Joseph W. Masters | 618,759 | Charles W. Noonan[9] | 62,904 | George A. Norton | 22,335 | Eugene M. Travis | Joseph W. Masters | Anthony Houtenbrink[10] | 4,641 | Joseph W. Masters | |||
| Attorney General | Egburt E. Woodbury | 819,269 | William W. Farley | 619,695 | S. John Block[11] | 63,391 | Claude W. Stowell | 21,059 | Robert H. Elder[12] | 10,237 | William A. DeFord[13] | 8,407 | Erwin A. Archer[14] | 4,005 | William W. Farley | |
| Treasurer | James L. Wells | 841,710 | Maurice S. Cohen | 592,569 | Eugene Wood | 62,575 | William J. Richardson | 22,229 | Frank P. Tucker | 7,167 | James L. Wells | John P. Gilly | 4,126 | Eugene M. Lane | 9,210 | |
| State Engineer | Frank M. Williams | 814,794 | Henry R. Beebe | 619,493 | George H. Warner | 64,347 | William B. Timbrell | 20,873 | Frank M. Williams | Frank M. Williams | Lewis F. Alrutz[15] | 4,181 | Ephraim H. Keyes | 5,136 | ||
| Chief Judge | Frank H. Hiscock | 822,995 | Almet F. Jenks | 605,528 | Louis B. Boudin | 63,996 | Erwin J. Baldwin | 24,007 | Frank H. Hiscock | Almet F. Jenks | Jacob Alexander | 5,507 | Almet F. Jenks | |||
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Cuthbert W. Pound | John T. Norton | Hezekiah D. Wilcox | Coleridge A. Hart[16] | Cuthbert W. Pound | John T. Norton | ||||||||||
| U.S. Senator | William M. Calder | 839,314 | William F. McCombs | 605,933 | Joseph D. Cannon | 61,167 | D. Leigh Colvin | 19,302 | Bainbridge Colby | 15,339 | Bainbridge Colby | August Gillhaus | 4,086 | William F. McCombs[17] | ||
Obs.:
- Numbers are total votes on all tickets for candidates who ran on more than one ticket, except for Whitman. The votes received for governor were used to determine ballot access.