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The 1879 New York state election was held on November 4, 1879, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, 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. ==History== Due to the increase of the Governor's term to three years by an amendment in 1874, this was the first time the Governor and the state cabinet officers were elected at the same time.〔This happened again in 1885 and 1891, and has become the rule since 1898.〕 The Greenback-Labor state convention met on August 28 and 29 at Utica, New York. William Voorhis was President.〔(''NO DEMOCRAT NEED APPLY; THE GREENBACKERS DECIDE TO BE INDEPENDENT'' ) in NYT on August 30, 1879〕 The Republican state convention met on September 3. James W. Wadsworth was nominated for Comptroller on the first ballot (vote: Wadsworth 273, John C. Churchill 152). Joseph B. Carr was nominated for Secretary of State during the first ballot. Nathan D. Wendell was nominated for Treasurer on the first ballot (vote: Wendell 279, Richard A. Elmer 83, Francis B. Brower 54, Francis C. Marvin 19). Hamilton Ward was nominated for Attorney General during the first ballot. Howard Soule was nominated for State Engineer by acclamation.〔(''THE EVENING SESSION'' ) in NYT on September 4, 1879〕 The Prohibition state convention met on September 3 at Syracuse, New York. James H. Bronson, of Amsterdam, was Chairman. They nominated John W. Mears, of Oneida County, for Governor; James H. Bronson for Lieutenant Governor; Alphonso A. Hopkins for Secretary of State; Caleb W. Allis, of Onondaga County, for Comptroller; Stephen Merritt for Treasurer; Walter Farrington for Attorney General; and John J. Hooker for State Engineer.〔(''THE PROHIBITION PARTY.; STATE CONVENTION AT SYRACUSE'' ) in NYT on September 4, 1879〕 The Democratic state convention met on September 11 at Wieting Hall in Syracuse, New York. Before the first ballot for Governor was taken, the Tammany delegates left the convention. Then the incumbent Governor Lucius Robinson was re-nominated on the first ballot (vote: Robinson 243, Henry W. Slocum 56, Clarkson N. Potter 1, Horatio Seymour 1). Clarkson N. Potter was nominated for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. Then the incumbents Beach, Olcott, Mackin, Seymour and Schoonmaker were re-nominated by acclamation.〔(''THE TAMMANY DELEGATES RETIRE'' ) in NYT on September 12, 1879〕 The seceding Tammany delegates re-assembled at Shakespeare Hall. David Dudley Field was President. John Kelly was nominated for Governor by acclamation. A Committee of Fifteen was appointed to ponder the question how to proceed and if a whole state ticket should be nominated.〔(''THE PROCEEDINGS OF KELLY'S CROWD'' ) in NYT on September 12, 1879〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New York state election, 1879」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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