Se han celebrado 91 elecciones para gobernador en el estado de Nueva York desde 1777, siendo la más reciente el 8 de noviembre de 2022. La próxima elección está prevista para el 3 de noviembre de 2026 .
información general
En un principio, el mandato del gobernador de Nueva York era de tres años y empezaba el 1 de julio, [1] y las elecciones se celebraban en la última semana de abril o el 1 de mayo. En 1817, tras la dimisión de Daniel D. Tompkins tras cumplir solo ocho meses de su mandato, hubo una nueva elección, ya que la Constitución de 1777 no otorgaba al vicegobernador el derecho a suceder en el cargo de gobernador, y DeWitt Clinton fue elegido para un mandato completo de tres años. La Convención Constitucional del Estado de Nueva York de 1821 redujo el mandato a dos años (comenzando el 1 de enero y terminando el 31 de diciembre) y trasladó la elección al martes posterior al primer lunes de noviembre. Debido a esta medida, el segundo mandato del propio DeWitt Clinton se vio acortado en medio año. A partir de las elecciones de 1876 , el mandato se aumentó de nuevo a tres años, a partir de las elecciones de 1894 se redujo a dos años, y desde las elecciones de 1938 tiene su duración actual de cuatro años.
Aunque los candidatos a vicegobernador siempre han competido en listas con los candidatos a gobernador, hasta las elecciones de 1950 eran elegidos en papeletas separadas, por lo que en varias ocasiones ( 1826 , 1846 , 1850 , 1906 y 1924 ) el gobernador y su lugarteniente fueron elegidos en listas opuestas.
En sólo 15 de las 91 elecciones el presidente en ejercicio ha perdido la reelección.
Los candidatos elegidos aparecen en negrita en las tablas siguientes.
Elecciones recientes
2022
2018
2014
2010
2006
2002
Elecciones antiguas
1966-1998
Elecciones para gobernador según la Constitución estatal de 1938. El mandato es de cuatro años.
1998
1994
1990
1986
1982
1978
1974
1970
1966
1938-1962
1962
1958
1954
1950
1946
1942
1938
1894-1936
Elecciones para gobernador según la Constitución estatal de 1894. El mandato duraba dos años.
Nota: Esta fue la última vez que el compañero de fórmula del gobernador electo fue derrotado, el demócrata Smith tuvo al republicano Lowman como teniente durante la duración de este mandato.
Notas:
[5] Lista de candidatos, en NYT del 13 de septiembre de 1920
[6] Lista de candidatos, en NYT del 27 de octubre de 1920
Notas:
Esta fue la primera vez que las mujeres votaron para gobernador de Nueva York, y Alfred E. Smith fue el primer gobernador elegido con más de un millón de votos.
Resultado de las elecciones en el New York Times del 31 de diciembre de 1918
Nota: William Sulzer había sido elegido gobernador como demócrata en las elecciones anteriores, pero fue sometido a un proceso de destitución. Martin Glynn había sido elegido vicegobernador y asumió el cargo de gobernador tras el proceso de destitución de Sulzer.
Nota: resultado de la elección, en NYT el 16 de diciembre de 1910
Nota: La facción mayoritaria del Partido Demócrata se conocía entonces como "Demócratas Plateados", y los "Demócratas Nacionales" eran los "Demócratas Dorados". [19]
Notas:
Wheeler fue nominado por la "Asociación de Reforma Democrática de Brooklyn ", que se oponía a los demócratas regulares liderados por Hugh McLaughlin .
Resultado de las elecciones en el New York Times del 15 de diciembre de 1894
1876-1891
Elecciones para gobernador según la Constitución estatal de 1846, enmendada en 1874. El mandato era de tres años.
Los billetes: [7] en el NYT del 3 de noviembre de 1879
Los billetes: [8] en el NYT del 2 de noviembre de 1876
La convención del Greenback: [9] en el NYT del 27 de septiembre de 1876
1847-1874
Elecciones para gobernador según la Constitución estatal de 1846. El mandato duraba dos años.
Los billetes: [10] en el NYT del 30 de octubre de 1870
Nota: John T. Hoffman era demócrata y Robert H. Pruyn, republicano. Los demócratas propusieron la fórmula de la "Unión Conservadora" en un intento de atraer a los republicanos, especialmente a los que se habían unido a la Unión Republicana y habían seguido siendo republicanos después de la Guerra Civil, para que volvieran al Partido Demócrata. [27]
Nota:
Horatio Seymour era el candidato del Partido Demócrata que quería poner fin a la guerra. [28]
James Wadsworth era un republicano y Lyman Tremain un demócrata de antes de la guerra, nominado por la Unión Republicana, en la que al Partido Republicano se unieron los demócratas de guerra que apoyaban a Lincoln y a la Unión.
El total de votos emitidos fue más de 70.000 menos que en las elecciones anteriores porque a los soldados en el campo no se les permitió votar. [ cita requerida ]
Nota:
William Kelly fue el candidato de la facción mayoritaria del Partido Demócrata que apoyó a Stephen A. Douglas para presidente. [29]
James T. Brady fue miembro de Tammany Hall , nominado por la facción minoritaria del Partido Demócrata que apoyó a John C. Breckinridge para presidente. [30]
Notas:
Resultado: [11] Escrutinio oficial del estado en el NYT del 21 de diciembre de 1854 (los votos de William Goodell se contaron entre los "votos dispersos").
Myron H. Clark ganó estas elecciones con el porcentaje más bajo de la historia en las elecciones para gobernador de Nueva York, nominado por los Whigs (de cuyo partido era miembro) y respaldado por el Partido Anti-Nebraska [32] (que se fusionó en 1855 con los Whigs para formar el Partido Republicano), el Partido Anti-Rentas [33] , los "Demócratas Libres" [34] (los restos del Partido del Suelo Libre con demócratas radicales antiesclavistas) y los partidarios de la Templanza. [35]
El candidato “blando” o “de caparazón blando” fue la elección de la facción mayoritaria del Partido Demócrata.
The American Party was called "Know Nothing" in contemporaneous newspapers.
The "National Democracy" (a faction of the Democratic Party) were called "Hards" or "Hard-shells" by contemporaneous newspapers.
Liberty Party convention [12] in NYT on September 29, 1854
Note:
At the first judicial election under the Constitution of 1846, Addison Gardiner was elected in June 1847 to the Court of Appeals, to take office on July 1, 1847. To fill the vacancy, on September 27, a special election was scheduled by the State Legislature to be held at the annual state election.[36]
Result Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (1852)
1822-1846
Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1821. The term was two years. Until 1840, elections were held during three days beginning on the first Monday in November. Since 1841, until today, all regular elections have been held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The elected candidate takes office on January 1 of the following calendar year.
Result Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1852)
Result Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1852) (giving wrong number of votes for Smith, "2496" is a typo)
see also The History of the Loco-foco, Or Equal Rights Party: Its Movements, Conventions and Proceedings by Fitzwilliam Byrdsall (Clement & Packard, 1842)
Result: The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1823 by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England, 1824)
1777-1820
Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1777. The term was three years, the election held in the last week of April or on May 1.
Note:
Tompkins was the sitting US Vice President.
DeWitt Clinton was legislated out of office on December 31, 1822.
Note: Governor Tompkins was elected US Vice President in November 1816, and he resigned in February 1817. Article XVII of the New York State Constitution of 1777 said that "...as often as the seat of government shall become vacant, a wise and descreet freeholder of this State shall be, by ballot, elected governor,... which elections shall be always held at the times and places of choosing representatives in assembly..." This meant that, whenever a vacancy occurred, the Lt. Gov. did not succeed to the governor's office but administrated the state only until the end of the yearly term of the New York State Assembly on June 30, the successor being elected in April.
Note: Lt. Gov. Broome died in August 1810, and the 1777 Constitution provided for new elections if a vacancy occurred either in the Governor's or the Lieutenant Governor's office. See 1817 general election.
Note: Aaron Burr was the sitting US Vice President.
Note: John Jay received more votes than George Clinton, but on technicalities the votes of Otsego, Tioga and Clinton counties were disqualified and not counted, giving Clinton a slight majority. Under the Constitution of 1777, the votes were canvassed by a joint committee of the state legislature, six members each from the assembly and the senate. The members were David Gelston, Thomas Tillotson, Melancton Smith, David Graham, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., David McCarty, Jonathan N. Havens, Samuel Jones, Isaac Roosevelt, Leonard Gansevoort, and Joshua Sands. The state constitution said that the cast votes shall be delivered to the secretary of state "by the sheriff or his deputy". The ballots from Otsego County were forwarded to the secretary of state by Sheriff Smith who was holding over in office until the appointment of a successor after his term had expired. The ballot box from Clinton County was delivered to the secretary of state's office by a person without deputation who had received the box from the sheriff. The ballot box from Tioga County was delivered to the secretary of state by the clerk of the special deputy appointed by the sheriff. The canvass committee disagreed on whether to allow these ballots to be counted. The question was referred to the U.S. Senators from New York, Federalist Rufus King and Dem.-Rep. Aaron Burr, for arbitration. King said all votes ought to be canvassed. Burr said that the ballots from Clinton County ought to be allowed, and the ones from Otsego and Tioga Counties should be rejected. Thereupon, a majority of the canvass committee (Gelston, Tillotson, Smith, Graham, Van Cortlandt, McCarty, and Havens) rejected the ballots from all three counties and declared George Clinton duly elected governor by a majority of 108 votes. The minority (Jones, Roosevelt, Gansevoort, and Sands) protested in writing. In Otsego County, John Jay had a majority of about 400, and discounting the small majorities for Clinton in Tioga and Clinton Counties, would have won the election. Clinton was accused by the Federalists of usurpation and the canvass committee of having made a partisan decision against the wishes of the electorate.[39]
Note: Clinton and Van Cortlandt were re-elected unopposed.
Note: Clinton and Van Cortlandt were re-elected unopposed.
Notes:
The election began on June 1, but due to the Revolutionary War it took some time to collect and count the votes, and the official result was announced on July 9. George Clinton accepted the office of Governor on July 11 and assumed its duties immediately, pending taking the oath as soon as he could safely leave his military command.
There were no parties yet; the Democratic-Republican and Federalist Parties appeared only in 1789, and until then the candidacies were personal. Besides, the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were not "running mates"; all candidates were voted for independently.
The Committee of Safety (the governing body of the State of New York after the Constitutional Convention adjourned) endorsed Philip Schuyler for Governor and George Clinton for Lieutenant Governor, which led to Clinton's receiving votes for both offices and actually winning both. Clinton formally resigned the lieutenant governorship and Pierre Van Cortlandt was elected lieutenant governor in a special election in 1778.[40]
^4,985,932 ballots were cast in this election. Out of them, 250,696 were declared blank, void or missing.
^Prior to 2018, this election had the highest number of votes ever received by any Governor of NY.
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^[1] Death notice in NYT on September 24, 1899
^[2] His life and his will, in NYT on December 1, 1899
^[3] Obit in NYT on February 13, 1901
^The Conservative Union state convention opens in NYT on September 11, 1866
^The Democratic state convention in NYT on September 11, 1862
^The Democratic candidate accepts in NYT on September 11, 1860
^The Breckinridge and Lane Democratic state convention in NYT on August 9, 1860
^Smith was nominated by a "State Convention of the Friends of Gerrit Smith" [4] in NYT on August 6, 1858
^The Anti-Nebraska state convention in NYT on October 30, 1854
^The Anti-Rent state convention in NYT on October 27, 1854
^The Free-Soil Democratic state convention opens in NYT on September 26, 1854
^The Temperance state convention in NYT on September 28, 1854
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