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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1844 New York gubernatorial election
| country = New York
| flag_year = 1778
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1842 New York gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1842
| next_election = 1846 New York state election
| next_year = 1846
| election_date = November 5, 1844
| image1 = [[File:SilasWright.png|x150px]]
| nominee1 = '''[[Silas Wright]]'''
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = '''241,090'''
| percentage1 = '''49.5%'''
| image2 = [[File:Fillmore.jpg|x150px]]
| nominee2 = [[Millard Fillmore]]
| party2 = Whig Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 231,057
| percentage2 = 47.4%
| title = Governor
| before_election = [[William C. Bouck]]
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Silas Wright]]
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| map_caption = County Results
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{{col-3}}
'''Fillmore'''
{{legend|#FEE391|40-50%}}
{{legend|#FED463|50-60%}}
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'''Wright'''
{{legend|#A5B0FF|40-50%}}
{{legend|#7996E2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#6674DE|60-70%}}
{{col-end}}
| map_image = File:1844 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
}}
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The '''1844 New York state elections''' was held on November 5, 1844, to elect the [[Governor of New York|Governor]], the [[Lieutenant Governor of New York|Lieutenant Governor]] and four [[Erie Canal Commission|Canal Commissioners]], as well as all members of the [[New York State Assembly]] and eight members of the [[New York State Senate]].

==History==
The Act of May 6, 1844, which re-organized the Canal Department, required the Canal Commissioners to be elected by general ballot.

==Results==
The Democrats won all six state offices. 

{| class=wikitable
|+''' 1844 state election results'''
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Office
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Whig}} | [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Independent}} | [[Liberty Party (1840s)|Liberty]] ticket
|-
|[[Governor of New York|Governor]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Silas Wright]]''' 
| align="right" | '''241,090'''
|[[Millard Fillmore]]
| align="right" | 231,057
|[[Alvan Stewart]]
| align="right" | 15,136
|-
|[[Lieutenant Governor of New York|Lieutenant Governor]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Addison Gardiner]]'''
| align="right" | '''240,844'''
|[[Samuel J. Wilkin]]
| align="right" | 231,048
|[[Charles O. Shepard]]
| align="right" | 15,386
|-
|[[Erie Canal Commission|Canal Commissioners]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Jonas Earll, Jr.]]'''
|
|[[Samuel Works]]
|
|
|
|-
|
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Nathaniel Jones (representative)|Nathaniel Jones]]'''
|
|Spencer Kellogg
|
|
|
|-
|
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Daniel P. Bissell]]'''
|
|[[Elijah Rhoades]]
|
|
|
|-
|
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Stephen Clark (NY treasurer)|Stephen Clark]]'''
|
|[[Joseph H. Jackson (New York)|Joseph H. Jackson]]
|
|
|
|}

67 Democrats, 45 Whigs and 16 [[American Republican Party (1843)|American Republicans]] were elected to the Assembly session of 1845. 6 Democrats, 1 Whig and 1 American Republican were elected to the Senate. Thus the Senate of the [[68th New York State Legislature]] consisted of 27 Democrats, 4 Whigs and 1 American Republican.

==Sources==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=MWQqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA466 ''History of Political Parties in the State of New-York''] by John Stilwell Jenkins (Alden & Markham, Auburn NY, 1846; page 466)
*Result in [https://books.google.com/books?id=5SY1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA367 ''Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York''] (1852; page 367)

==See also==
*[[New York gubernatorial elections]]
*[[New York state elections]]

{{New York state elections}}

[[Category:New York state elections|1844]]
[[Category:1844 New York (state) elections]]
[[Category:1844 elections in the United States by state|New York]]