View source for 1896 New York state election

{{Short description|none}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
<!-- "none" is preferred when the title is already sufficiently detailed; see [[WP:SDNONE]] -->
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1896 New York gubernatorial election
| election_date = November 3, 1896
| previous_election = 1894 New York gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1894
| next_election = 1898 New York gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1898
| ongoing = no
| type = presidential
| country = New York
| flag_image = Flag of New York (1896–1901).svg
| image_size = x150px
| image1 = File:Frank S Black.jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Frank S. Black]]'''
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = '''787,516'''
| percentage1 = '''55.28%'''
| image2 = Wilbur F. Porter (Mayor of Watertown, NY).jpg
| nominee2 = Wilbur F. Porter
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| alliance2 = People's Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 574,524
| percentage2 = 40.33%
| title = [[Governor of New York|Governor]]
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| before_election = [[Levi P. Morton]]
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Frank S. Black]]
| map_image = 1896 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_caption = County results 
'''Black:''' {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}}<br/>
'''Porter:''' {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}}
}}
{{Elections in New York (state) sidebar}}
The '''1896 New York state election''' was held on November 3, 1896, to elect the [[Governor of New York|governor]], the [[Lieutenant Governor of New York|lieutenant governor]] and a judge of the [[New York Court of Appeals]], as well as all members of the [[New York State Assembly]]. Besides, a constitutional amendment on forestry was proposed, and rejected with 321,486 votes for and 710,505 against it.

==History==
The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] state convention met on September 17 at [[Buffalo, New York]], and endorsed the Free Silver platform of the Democratic national convention. Mayor of Albany [[John Boyd Thacher]], a Gold Democrat, was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Thacher 332, [[William Sulzer]] (Free Silver) 88, Wilbur F. Porter 20).<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/09/18/108247905.pdf ''THACHER ON FIRST BALLOT''] in NYT on September 18, 1896</ref> Wilbur F. Porter (Free Silver) for lieutenant governor, and Robert C. Titus for the Court of Appeals, were nominated by acclamation.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/09/18/108247714.pdf ''FOR THACHER AND SILVER; Gold Candidate Placed on a Popocratic Platform''] in NYT on September 18, 1896</ref> Thacher declined to run, and the Democratic State Committee met on September 28 at the Hotel Bartholdi in [[New York City]], [[Elliott Danforth]] presided. They moved Porter one step up, and substituted Frederick C. Schraub (Free Silver) on the ticket for lieutenant governor.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/09/29/108250786.pdf ''W.F. PORTER IS MOVED UP''] in NYT on September 29, 1896</ref>

==Result==
The whole [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ticket was elected.

The incumbent Vann was re-elected.

At this time, automatic "ballot status" required 10,000 votes, which was reached by all parties.

A total of 9,497 blank, void, and scattering ballots are excluded from the infobox below:

{{Election box begin|title=1896 New York gubernatorial election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=[[Frank S. Black]] (incumbent)|votes=787,516|percentage=55.28%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=[[Wilbur F. Porter]]|votes=574,524|percentage=40.33%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=National Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Daniel C. Griffin|votes=26,698|percentage=1.87%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Labor Party (United States)|candidate=Howard Balkam|votes=18,362|percentage=1.29%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Prohibition Party (United States)|candidate=William W. Smith|votes=17,419|percentage=1.22%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=1,484,046|percentage=100.00%}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class=wikitable
|+'''1896 state election results'''
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Office
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/National Democratic}} |[[National Democratic Party (United States)|National Democratic]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Socialist Labor}} |[[Socialist Labor Party of America|Socialist Labor]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Prohibition}} |[[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Populist}} |[[Populist Party (United States)|People's]] ticket
|-
| [[Governor of New York|Governor]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Frank S. Black]]'''
| align="right" |  '''787,516'''
|Wilbur F. Porter<ref>Wilbur F. Porter (b. ca. 1841), lawyer, five times Mayor of [[Watertown, New York|Watertown]]</ref>
| align="right" | 574,524
|Daniel G. Griffin<ref>Daniel G. Griifin (b. 1848), lawyer, of [[Watertown, New York|Watertown]]</ref>
| align="right" | 26,698
|Howard Balkam
| align="right" | 18,362
|William W. Smith<ref>William W. Smith, of [[Poughkeepsie, New York|Poughkeepsie]], ran also for Treasurer in 1887, for Comptroller in 1891, and for Secretary of State in 1895</ref>
| align="right" | 17,449
|Wilbur F. Porter
| align="right" | 
|-
| [[Lieutenant Governor of New York|Lieutenant Governor]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Timothy L. Woodruff]]'''
| align="right" | '''793,845'''
|Frederick C. Schraub<ref>Frederick C. Schraub (b. ca. 1856), lawyer, of [[Lowville (town), New York|Lowville]], D.A. of [[Lewis County, New York|Lewis County]] 1880, State Dairy Commissioner under Gov. Hill, State Commissioner of Agriculture 1893-96</ref>
| align="right" | 565,063
|Frederick W. Hinrichs<ref>Frederick William Hinrichs (Sept. 12, 1851 [[Brooklyn]] - Nov 25, 1935), lawyer, Register of Arrears of Brooklyn 1894-95</ref>
| align="right" | 25,593
|Frederick Bennets<ref>Frederick Bennets, of [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]], ran also for Secretary of State in 1891, and for Attorney General in 1893</ref>
| align="right" | 18,673
|Charles E. Latimer
| align="right" | 17,136
|Fred C. Schraub<ref>The name was thus printed on the ballot.</ref>
| align="right" | 4,172<ref>These votes were not allowed to be counted, considering that there were over 500,000 votes with the name "Frederick C. Schraub". The "Fred" votes were returned as "defective" and, as it did not make any difference to the result, nobody objected.</ref>
|-
| [[New York Court of Appeals|Judge of the Court of Appeals]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Irving G. Vann]]'''
| align="right" | '''799,122'''
|[[Robert C. Titus]]
| align="right" | 555,942
|Spencer Clinton<ref>Spencer Clinton (b. 1839 [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]), grandson of [[DeWitt Clinton]], lawyer</ref>
| align="right" | 23,585
|Theodore F. Cuno<ref>Theodore F. Cuno, ran also for Chief Judge in 1897</ref>
| align="right" | 18,710
|Elias Root<ref>Elias Root, ran also for Attorney General in 1895</ref>
| align="right" | 17,205
|Lawrence J. McParlin<ref>Lawrence Jermain McParlin (b. Nov. 14, 1848 [[Lockport (city), New York|Lockport]]), lawyer, ran also in 1881, 1886, 1888 and 1893; and for Chief Judge in 1882 and 1892</ref>
| align="right" | 8,344
|-
|}

Obs.: For candidates nominated on more than one ticket, the numbers are the total votes on all tickets.

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

==Notes==
<references/>

==Sources==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120217201738/http://www.hrvh.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fchs&CISOPTR=1273 A ballot from Orange County] at Hudson River Valley Heritage
*The tickets: [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/11/02/106850922.pdf ''ALL STATES WILL VOTE''] in NYT on November 2, 1896
*The candidates: [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/11/01/106850781.pdf ''CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION''] in NYT on November 1, 1896
*Result in New York City: [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/11/22/108263591.pdf ''CITY'S OFFICIAL COUNT''] in NYT on November 22, 1896
*Result: [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/12/16/108268493.pdf ''THE VOTE OF NEW YORK; DECLARED BY THE STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS''] in NYT on December 16, 1896
*Result: [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044100178433&view=1up&seq=230 ''The Tribune Almanac 1897'']

{{New York state elections}}

{{1896 United States elections}}

[[Category:New York state elections|1896]]
[[Category:1896 New York (state) elections]]
[[Category:New York (state) gubernatorial elections]]