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{{Infobox election
| election_name      = 1908 New York gubernatorial election
| country            = New York
| type               = presidential
| ongoing            = no
| previous_election  = 1906 New York state election
| previous_year      = 1906
| next_election      = 1910 New York state election
| next_year          = 1910
| election_date      = November 3, 1908
| image_size         = x150px

| image1             = File:Charles Evans Hughes cph.3a02236.jpg
| nominee1           = '''[[Charles Evans Hughes]]'''
| party1             = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1      = '''804,651'''
| percentage1        = '''47.08%''' 
| image2             = New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 (1909) (14596140317).jpg

| nominee2           = [[Lewis S. Chanler]]
| party2             = Democratic Party (United States)
| color2             = 3333FF
| popular_vote2      = 735,189
| percentage2        = 44.84%
| map_image = 1908 New York gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 
| map_caption = County results <br/>
'''Hughes:''' {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50-60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60-70%}} <br/>
'''Chanler:''' {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40-50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50-60%}} 
| title              = [[Governor of New York|Governor]]
| before_election    = [[Charles Evans Hughes]]
| before_party       = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election     = [[Charles Evans Hughes]]
| after_party        = Republican Party (United States)
}}

{{Elections in New York (state) sidebar}}
The '''1908 New York state election''' was held on November 3, 1908, to elect the [[Governor of New York|governor]], the [[Lieutenant Governor of New York|lieutenant governor]], the [[Secretary of State of New York|Secretary of State]], the [[New York State Comptroller|state comptroller]], the [[Attorney General of New York|attorney general]], the [[New York State Treasurer|state treasurer]], the [[New York State Engineer and Surveyor|state engineer]] and a judge of the [[New York Court of Appeals]], as well as all members of the [[New York State Assembly]] and the [[New York State Senate]].

==History==
The [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] state convention met on September 2 at [[Syracuse, New York]]. Rev. Dr. George E. Stockwell, of [[Fort Plain, New York|Fort Plain]], was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Stockwell 232, Hudson 219). The defeated contender, Marshall A. Hudson, of Syracuse, was nominated for lieutenant governor. The convention also nominated Edgar T. Welch, of [[Westfield (town), New York|Westfield]], for secretary of state; Harrison L. Hoyt, of [[Auburn, New York|Auburn]], for comptroller; William T. Richardson, of [[Wellsville (town), New York|Wellsville]], for treasurer; W. F. L. Manierre, of [[New York City]], for attorney general; and Albert W. Pierson, of [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]], for state engineer.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/09/03/104753665.pdf ''STATE PROHIBITION TICKET''] in NYT on September 3, 1908</ref> Welch declined to run, and the Prohibition State Executive Committee met on September 23 at Syracuse and substituted James C. Crawford, of [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]], on the ticket. They also nominated Coleridge A. Hart for the Court of Appeals.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/09/24/104758223.pdf ''Prohibitionists Fill Vacancies''] in NYT on September 24, 1908</ref>

The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state convention met on September 14 and 15 at Convention Hall in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]]. U.S. Secretary of State [[Elihu Root]] was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. Governor [[Charles Evans Hughes]] was re-nominated on the first ballot (the other candidates were [[Speaker of the New York State Assembly|Speaker]] [[James W. Wadsworth, Jr.]] and [[John Knox Stewart]]). White, Gaus, O'Malley, Williams and Haight were nominated unopposed. Samuel S. Koenig defeated William O. Barnes, of [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer County]], for secretary of state; and Thomas B. Dunn defeated H. Homer Moore, of [[Queens]], for treasurer.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/09/16/104809808.pdf ''CONVENTION LIVELY AT FINAL SESSION''] in NYT on September 16, 1908</ref>

The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] state convention met on September 15 and 16 at [[Rochester, New York]]. [[Denis O'Brien]] was Temporary Chairman until the choice of [[Alton B. Parker]] as Permanent Chairman. The incumbent Lt. Gov. Lewis S. Chanler was nominated for governor. The incumbents Whalen, Glynn, Hauser and Republican judge Haight were re-nominated. John Alden Dix was nominated for lieutenant governor, and George M. Palmer for attorney general; all these nominations were made by acclamation. The only contest happened at the nomination for state engineer. Philip P. Farley was nominated on the first ballot (vote: Farley 321, Leonard C. L. Smith 97).<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/09/17/105011861.pdf ''CHANLER AND DIX FOR DEMOCRATS''] in NYT on September 17, 1908</ref>

The [[Independence Party (United States)|Independence League]] state convention met on September 24 at [[Cooper Union]] in [[New York City]]. James A. Allen was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. State Chairman [[William Randolph Hearst]] assailed in a speech Democrats, Republicans, and the big corporations. They nominated by acclamation Clarence J. Shearn for governor; Dr. Daniel W. Finnimore, of [[Potsdam, New York|Potsdam]], for lieutenant governor; Frank H. Stevens, a labor union man of [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], for secretary of state; Willard H. Glen, a lawyer of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], for comptroller; William I. Sirovich for treasurer; Assistant Attorney General William A. De Ford for attorney general; M. J. Cafiero, of [[Brooklyn]], for state engineer; Reuben Robie Lyon for the Court of Appeals.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/09/25/104758594.pdf ''HEARST READS MORE LETTERS''] in NYT on September 25, 1908 (with sketches of the nominees)</ref>

==Result==
The Republican ticket was elected.

The incumbents Hughes and Haight were re-elected. The incumbents Whalen, Glynn and Hauser were defeated.

The Republican, Democratic, Independence League, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.

{| class=wikitable
|+''' 1908 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/Independence}} | [[Independence Party (United States)|Independence League]] ticket  
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Socialist}} | [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Prohibition}} | [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] ticket
! colspan="2" {{Party shading/Socialist Labor}} | [[Socialist Labor Party of America|Socialist Labor]] ticket
|-
|[[Governor of New York|Governor]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Charles Evans Hughes]]'''
| align="right" | '''804,651'''
|[[Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler|Lewis S. Chanler]]
| align="right" |  735,189
|Clarence J. Shearn<ref>Clarence J. Shearn, of [[New York City]], Hearst's personal attorney, former reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]'', ran with mayoral candidate Hearst on the Municipal Ownership ticket in 1905 for D.A.</ref>
| align="right" | 43,212
|Joshua Wanhope
| align="right" | 33,994
|George E. Stockwell
| align="right" | 18,802
|Leander A. Armstrong<ref>Leander A. Armstrong, of [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], ran also for lieutenant governor in 1898 and 1900</ref>
| align="right" | 3,655
|-
|[[Lieutenant Governor of New York|Lieutenant Governor]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Horace White]]'''
| align="right" | '''827,416'''
|[[John Alden Dix]]
| align="right" | 707,701
|Daniel W. Finnimore
| align="right" | 39,055
|Gustave A. Strebel<ref>Gustave A. Strebel, tailor, of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], ran also for lieutenant governor in 1906, 1910 and 1912; and for governor in 1914</ref>
| align="right" | 36,841
|Marshall A. Hudson
| align="right" | 23,239
|Frank E. Passanno<ref>Frank E. Passanno, of [[Troy, New York|Troy]], ran also for attorney general in 1904; for lieutenant governor in 1906; and for governor in 1914</ref>
| align="right" | 3,817
|-
|[[Secretary of State of New York|Secretary of State]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Samuel S. Koenig]]'''
| align="right" | '''829,737'''
|[[John Sibley Whalen|John S. Whalen]]
| align="right" | 707,259
|Frank H. Stevens
| align="right" | 37,891
|Charles W. Noonan
| align="right" | 36,415
|James C. Crawford
| align="right" | 23,100
|Matthew Lechner<ref>Matthew Lechner, ran also in 1906</ref>
| align="right" | 3,787
|-
|[[New York State Comptroller|Comptroller]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Charles H. Gaus]]'''
| align="right" | '''817,015'''
|[[Martin H. Glynn]]
| align="right" | 729,166
|Willard H. Glen
| align="right" | 37,573
|Joel Moses<ref>Joel Moses, ran also for treasurer in 1902</ref>
| align="right" | 37,204
|Harrison L. Hoyt
| align="right" | 22,971
|Joseph A. Orme
| align="right" | 3,817
|-
|[[New York State Attorney General|Attorney General]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Edward R. O'Malley]]'''
| align="right" | '''839,944'''
|[[George M. Palmer]]<ref>George M. Palmer, of [[Schoharie County, New York|Schoharie County]], Minority Leader of the [[New York State Assembly]] 1902-08</ref>
| align="right" | 695,876
|William A. DeFord<ref>William A. DeFord, Assistant Attorney General, of [[Albany, New York|Albany]], ran also in 1916</ref>
| align="right" | 37,948
|Henry L. Slobodin<ref>Henry L. Slobodin, of [[New York City]], ran also for attorney general in 1906, 1910 and 1912; and for chief judge in 1913</ref>
| align="right" | 37,542
|W. F. L. Manierre
| align="right" | 23,194
|John Hall<ref>John Hall, ran also for governor in 1912; attorney general in 1914; and Secretary of State in 1916</ref>
| align="right" |  3,862
|-
|[[New York State Treasurer|Treasurer]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Thomas B. Dunn]]'''
| align="right" | '''832,449'''
|[[Julius Hauser]]
| align="right" | 703,944
|[[William I. Sirovich]]
| align="right" | 37,739
|B. J. Riley
| align="right" | 37,356
|William T. Richardson
| align="right" | 23,120
|Julius Hammer
| align="right" | 3,648
|-
|[[New York State Engineer and Surveyor|State Engineer]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Frank M. Williams]]'''
| align="right" | '''838,158'''
|Philip P. Farley<ref>Philip P. Farley (b. ca. 1870), of [[Brooklyn]], nephew of Archbishop [[John Murphy Farley]], Assistant Engineer of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] 1896-99, Superintendent of Standard Oil plant in [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]]</ref>
| align="right" | 698,077
|Mario J. Cafiero
| align="right" | 37,557
|F. Wilton James
| align="right" | 37,432
|Albert W. Pierson<ref>Albert W. Pierson, of [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]], ran also for state engineer in 1898 and 1910; and for treasurer in 1922</ref>
| align="right" | 23,339
|George Luck
| align="right" | 8,869
|-
|[[New York Court of Appeals|Judge of the Court of Appeals]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[Albert Haight]]'''
| align="right" | '''1,309,193'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''[[Albert Haight]]'''
| align="right" | '''222,550'''
|Reuben Robie Lyon<ref>Reuben Robie Lyon, lawyer, of [[Bath, New York|Bath]], ran also in 1907 and 1910</ref>
| align="right" | 41,232
|S. John Block<ref>S. John Block, ran also for attorney general in 1916 and 1917</ref>
| align="right" | 37,874
|Coleridge A. Hart<ref>Coleridge Allen Hart (b. July 11, 1852, [[Peekskill, New York|Peekskill]]), lawyer, of [[Brooklyn]], ran also for attorney general in 1889, and for the Court of Appeals in 1907, 1914, 1916, 1917 and 1920; and for U.S. Senator in 1922</ref>
| align="right" | 23,608
|[[Edmund Seidel]]
| align="right" | 3,970
|-
|}

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

==Notes==
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==Sources==
*The Dem. nominees: [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/09/17/105011864.pdf ''SKETCHES OF CANDIDATES''] in NYT on September 17, 1908
*Result: [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/12/16/104773321.pdf ''HUGHES'S PLURALITY 69,462''] in NYT on December 16, 1908
*Court of Appeals-New York State Red Book 1909
*Result: [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065116603&view=1up&seq=381 ''The Tribune Almanac 1909'']

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