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The 1906 New York state election was held on November 6, 1906, 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== The Socialist state convention met on June 2 at the Workingmen's Educational Building at 247, East Eighty-fourth Street in New York City. Morris Hillquit was chosen Permanent Chairman. They nominated John C. Chase for Governor; Gustave Adolph Strebel for Lieutenant Governor; Henry L. Slobodin, of New York City, for Attorney General; William W. Arland, of Corning, for Secretary of State; John E. O'Rourke, of Rochester, for Comptroller; William W. Passage, of Brooklyn, for Treasurer; and R. R. Hunt, of Schenectady, for State Engineer.〔(''SOCIALISTS NOMINATE THEIR CANDIDATES'' ) in NYT on June 3, 1906〕 The Prohibition state convention met on September 5 at Binghamton, New York. They nominated Capt. Henry M. Randall, of Port Jefferson, for Governor; Freeman H. Bettys, of Rochester, for Lieutenant Governor; Charles Richards, of Oswego, for Secretary of State; Levi Hoag, of Binghamton, for Comptroller; Robert L. Stokes, of Brooklyn, for Treasurer; Walter Farrington for Attorney General; and Victor C. Mott, of Buffalo, for State Engineer.〔(''PROHIBITION STATE TICKET'' ) in NYT on September 6, 1906〕 The Independence League state convention met on September 11 and 12 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.〔(''MACHINE WHEELS MOVE FOR HEARST CONVENTION'' ) in NYT on September 7, 1906〕 They nominated William Randolph Hearst for Governor; Lewis S. Chanler for Lieutenant Governor; John S. Whalen for Secretary of State; John Ford for Attorney General; Dr. C. H. W. Auel for Comptroller; Frank L. Getman for State Engineer; and did not nominate anybody for Treasurer. After the nomination of Hearst, Chanler and Whalen by the Democratic state convention, the other nominees retired, and on September 29, the Independence League's Executive Committee substituted the Democratic nominees Jackson, Glynn, and Skene on the ticket, and added Hauser for Treasurer.〔(''INDEPENDENCE VACANCIES FILLED BY DEMOCRATS'' ) in NYT on September 30, 1906〕 The Republican state convention met on September 25 and 26 at Saratoga, New York. Boss Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. favored Ex-Governor Frank S. Black, Governor Frank W. Higgins favored his Lt. Gov. Bruce, but after the intervention of President Theodore Roosevelt, the convention nominated Charles E. Hughes for Governor. Merton E. Lewis was nominated for Comptroller, and all the other incumbent state officers were re-nominated, all by acclamation.〔(''HUGHES CHOSEN BY REPUBLICANS'' ) in NYT on September 27, 1906〕 The Democratic state convention met on September 25, 26 and 27 at Buffalo, New York. Lewis Nixon was Temporary and Permanent Chairman.〔(''HEARST TO BE NAMED'' ) in NYT on September 26, 1906〕 William Randolph Hearst was nominated for Governor on the first ballot (vote: Hearst 309, William Sulzer 124, John Alden Dix 17). All other candidates were nominated by acclamation, among them the Independence League nominees Chanler and Whalen.〔(''HEARST NAMED BY DEMOCRATS'' ) in NYT on September 27, 1906〕 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, 1906」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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