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The 1912 New York state election was held on November 5, 1912, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer and two judges〔to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of Albert Haight and Irving G. Vann who reached the constitutional age-limit〕 of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. Besides, the voters were asked if they approved a $50,000,000 bond issue for "good roads construction," which was answered in the affirmative, with 657,548 For and 281,265 Against. ==History== The Socialist state convention met on June 30 at Auburn, New York. They nominated again, like in 1910, Charles Edward Russell for Governor; Gustave Adolph Strebel for Lieutenant Governor; and Henry L. Slobodin for Attorney General. They also nominated Carrie W. Allen, of Onondaga County, for Secretary of State; Olin Hoxie Smith, of Schenectady, for Comptroller; Frank Ehrenfried, of Erie County, for Treasurer; and Dr. Charles H. Furman, of Brooklyn, for State Engineer.〔(''SOCIALIST STATE TICKET OUT'' ) in NYT on July 1, 1912〕 The Progressive state convention met on September 6 at Syracuse, New York. Oscar S. Straus was Chairman. The convention nominated Straus for Governor by acclamation amid great noise after the name of New York City Comptroller William A. Prendergast, the bosses' and Theodore Roosevelt's choice, was withdrawn by Timothy L. Woodruff.〔(''BULL MOOSERS CHOOSE STRAUS FOR GOVERNOR'' ) in NYT on September 7, 1912〕 The Republican state convention met on September 27 at Saratoga, New York.〔(''HEDGES NAMED FOR GOVERNOR'' ) in NYT on September 28, 1912〕 The Democratic state convention met on October 2 at Syracuse, New York. Alton B. Parker was elected Permanent Chairman with 412 votes against 33 for John K. Sague, the Mayor of Poughkeepsie. Congressman William Sulzer was nominated for Governor after the third ballot (first ballot: John Alden Dix () 147, Sulzer 136, Herman A. Metz 70, Martin H. Glynn 46, George H. Burd 28, Francis Burton Harrison 21, William Sohmer 1; second ballot: Sulzer 141, Dix 124, Metz 68, Glynn 48, Burd 28, Harrison 27, Sohmer 2, Robert F. Wagner 2, James Aloysius O'Gorman 1, Victor J. Dowling 1; third ballot: Sulzer 195, Dix 87, Metz 76, Glynn 41, Harrison 21, Burd 9, Dowling 4, Wagner 3, O'Gorman 1, Ellison 1, George W. Batten 1, James W. Gerard 1; then Dix and Metz withdrew, and Sulzer was chosen). Ex-Comptroller Martin H. Glynn (in office 1907-08) was nominated for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation, and the convention adjourned an hour after midnight.〔(''SULZER WINS ON FOURTH PHASE, DIX WITHDRAWS'' ) in NYT on October 3, 1912〕 The convention met again on October 3, and nominated Mitchell May for Secretary of State; re-nominated the other incumbent state officers Sohmer, Carmody, Kennedy and Bensel; and nominated William H. Cuddeback and John W. Hogan for the Court of Appeals.〔(''DEMOCRATS FINISH TICKET IN HARMONY'' ) in NYT on October 4, 1912〕 The Independence League state convention met on October 3 at Arlington Hall in New York City. James A. Allen was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. They nominated Progressive Oscar S. Straus for Governor with 89 votes against 79 for Democrat William Sulzer, and then adjourned〔(''STRAUS INDORSED BY INDEPENDENTS'' ) in NYT on October 4, 1912〕 The convention met again on October 4, and nominated a ticket made up by Democrats Glynn, Sohmer and Cuddeback; Progressives Call, Palmieri, Leland and Kirchwey; and the only Independence Leaguer John Davis for Treasurer.〔(''THE INDEPENDENT SLATE'' ) in NYT on October 5, 1912〕 William Randolph Hearst himself endorsed Sulzer and Glynn.〔(''HEARST INDORSES SULZER'' ) in NYT on October 7, 1912〕 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, 1912」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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