1918 New York gubernatorial election
Election
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The 1918 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1918, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York , concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections .
Al Smith , president of the New York City aldermen, was elected to the first of his four terms as governor.
Republican primary
Candidates
- Charles S. Whitman , incumbent Governor
- Merton E. Lewis , incumbent Attorney General
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles S. Whitman (incumbent) | 295,471 | 71.31% | |
Republican | Merton E. Lewis | 118,879 | 28.69% | |
Total votes | 414,350 | 100% |
Democratic primary
Candidates
- William C. Osborn , former chair of the New York Democratic Party
- Al Smith , President of the New York City Board of Aldermen
Declined
Campaign
Following his failed candidacy for U.S. Senate in 1914, Franklin D. Roosevelt reconciled with Tammany Hall . He delivered the keynote address at the society's 1917 Fourth of July celebration, and Tammany stalwarts John M. Riehle, William Kelley, Thomas J. McManus , and up-and-comer Jimmy Walker endorsed him as a potential candidate for Governor in 1918. President Woodrow Wilson also privately urged Roosevelt to consider a campaign. However, he refused, believing that the ongoing Great War would continue through the election and that 1918 would be a Republican year. [2]
Roosevelt instead endorsed William Church Osborn , [3] though he would later claim to have engineered Smith's nomination himself. [4]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Smith | 199,752 | 85.91% | |
Democratic | William C. Osborn | 32,761 | 14.09% | |
Total votes | 232,513 | 100% |
General election
Candidates
- Charles W. Ervin (Socialist)
- Olive M. Johnson , newspaper editor and political activist (Socialist Labor)
- Al Smith , President of the New York City Board of Aldermen (Democratic)
- Charles S. Whitman , incumbent Governor (Republican)
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Al Smith | 1,009,936 | 47.36% | ||
Republican | Charles S. Whitman (incumbent) | 995,094 | 46.66% | ||
Socialist | Charles W. Ervin | 121,705 | 5.71% | ||
Socialist Labor | Olive M. Johnson | 5,183 | 0.24% | ||
Write-in | All others | 530 | 0.02% | ||
Total votes | 2,132,448 | 100.00% |
References
- ↑ "New York gubernatorial Republican primary, 1918" .
- ↑ Smith 2007 , p. 146.
- ↑ "WILLIAM C. OSBORN, CIVIC LEADER, DEAD; Ex-President of Metropolitan Museum of Art Also Headed Children's Aid Society LAWYER HERE FOR 61 YEARS Was a Founder of the Citizens Budget Commission in 1932 --Served With Railroads" (PDF) . The New York Times . January 4, 1951 . Retrieved March 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Smith 2007 , p. 148.
- ↑ "New York gubernatorial Democratic primary, 1918" .
- ↑ "1918 New York Gubernatorial Election Results" .
Bibliography
- Smith, Jean Edward (2007). FDR . Random House.
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