1916 New York state election

The 1916 New York state election was held on November 7, 1916, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, a U.S. Senator, the Chief Judge^[1] and an associate judge^[2] of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

History

The primaries were held on September 19.

Republican primary

**1916 Republican primary results**
Office
Governor	Charles S. Whitman	254,177	William M. Bennett	44,720
Lieutenant Governor	Edward Schoeneck
Secretary of State	Francis M. Hugo
Comptroller	Eugene M. Travis	216,878	James F. Hooker	53,710
Attorney General	Egburt E. Woodbury
Treasurer	James L. Wells
State Engineer	Frank M. Williams
Chief Judge	Frank H. Hiscock
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Cuthbert W. Pound
U.S. Senator	William M. Calder	153,373	Robert Bacon	144,366

Democratic primary

**1916 Democratic primary results**
Office
Governor	Samuel Seabury	158,718	(unopposed)
Lieutenant Governor	Thomas J. Kreuzer
Secretary of State	Frank M. Stage
Comptroller	Joseph W. Masters
Attorney General	William W. Farley
Treasurer	Maurice S. Cohen
State Engineer	Henry R. Beebe
Chief Judge	Almet F. Jenks
Judge of the Court of Appeals	John T. Norton
U.S. Senator	William F. McCombs	99,307	Thomas F. Conway	52,756

Progressive primary

**1916 Progressive primary results**
Office
Governor	Charles S. Whitman	11,483	Samuel Seabury	6,020
Lieutenant Governor	L. Bradley Dorr	7,390	Edward Schoeneck	7,257
Secretary of State	Francis M. Hugo
Comptroller	Eugene M. Travis
Attorney General	Robert H. Elder
Treasurer	Frank P. Tucker
State Engineer
Chief Judge	Frank H. Hiscock	7,965	Almet F. Jenks	6,272
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Cuthbert W. Pound
U.S. Senator	Bainbridge Colby	7,006	William M. Calder	6,875

Independence League primary

**1916 Independence League primary results**
Office
Governor	Charles S. Whitman	1,763	Samuel Seabury	691
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Comptroller
Attorney General
Treasurer
State Engineer
Chief Judge	Almet F. Jenks
Judge of the Court of Appeals	John T. Norton
U.S. Senator	Bainbridge Colby

American Party primary

**1916 American Party primary results**
Office
Governor	Charles S. Whitman	38	Samuel Seabury	37
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Comptroller
Attorney General
Treasurer
State Engineer
Chief Judge
Judge of the Court of Appeals
U.S. Senator	Robert Bacon	23	William F. McCombs	22

Result

The whole Republican ticket was elected.

The incumbents Whitman, Schoeneck, Hugo, Travis, Woodbury, Wells and Williams were re-elected.

The Republican, Democratic, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot access (necessary 10,000 votes); the Independence League, Progressive and American parties lost it; and the Socialist Labor Party dit not re-attain it.

36 Republicans and 15 Democrats were elected to the New York State Senate, to sit in the 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures (1917–1918).

99 Republicans, 49 Democrats and 2 Socialists were elected to the New York State Assembly, to sit in the 140th New York State Legislature (1917).

**1916 state election results**
Office	Republican ticket		Democratic ticket		Socialist ticket		Prohibition ticket		Progressive ticket		Independence League ticket		Socialist Labor ticket		American ticket
Governor	Charles S. Whitman	835,820	Samuel Seabury	686.862	Algernon Lee	62,560	Charles E. Welch^[3]	21,773	Charles S. Whitman	6,669	Charles S. Whitman	5,266	Jeremiah D. Crowley^[4]	3,847	Charles S. Whitman	2,265
Lieutenant Governor	Edward Schoeneck	809,179	Thomas J. Kreuzer	638,894	Stephen J. Mahoney^[5]	60,402	Clarence Z. Spriggs	34,295	L. Bradley Dorr	7,146	Edward Schoeneck		Boris Reinstein^[6]	4,313	Thomas J. Kreuzer
Secretary of State	Francis M. Hugo	840,554	Frank M. Stage	619,284	Pauline M. Newman	63,318	Neil D. Cranmer^[7]	23,340	Francis M. Hugo		Francis M. Hugo		John Hall^[8]	5,092
Comptroller	Eugene M. Travis	833,361	Joseph W. Masters	618,759	Charles W. Noonan^[9]	62,904	George A. Norton	22,335	Eugene M. Travis		Joseph W. Masters		Anthony Houtenbrink^[10]	4,641
Attorney General	Egburt E. Woodbury	819,369	William W. Farley	619,695	S. John Block^[11]	63,391	Claude W. Stowell	21,059	Robert H. Elder^[12]	10,237	William A. DeFord^[13]	8,407	Erwin A. Archer^[14]	4,005	William W. Farley
Treasurer	James L. Wells	841,710	Maurice S. Cohen	592,569	Eugene Wood	62,575	William J. Richardson	22,229	Frank P. Tucker	7,167	James L. Wells		John P. Gilly	4,126	Eugene M. Lane	9,210
State Engineer	Frank M. Williams	814,794	Henry R. Beebe	619,493	George H. Warner	64,347	William B. Timbrell	20,873	Frank M. Williams		Frank M. Williams		Lewis F. Alrutz^[15]	4,181	Ephraim H. Keyes	5,136
Chief Judge	Frank H. Hiscock	822,995	Almet F. Jenks	605,528	Louis B. Boudin	63,996	Erwin J. Baldwin	24,007	Frank H. Hiscock		Almet F. Jenks		Jacob Alexander	5,507
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Cuthbert W. Pound		John T. Norton		Hezekiah D. Wilcox		Coleridge A. Hart^[16]		Cuthbert W. Pound		John T. Norton
U.S. Senator	William M. Calder	839,314	William F. McCombs	605,933	Joseph D. Cannon	61,167	D. Leigh Colvin	19,302	Bainbridge Colby	15,339	Bainbridge Colby		August Gillhaus	4,086	Robert Bacon^[17]

Obs.:

Numbers are total votes on all tickets for candidates who ran on more than one ticket, except for Whitman; the votes given for Governor were used to define the ballot access.

Notes

^ to succeed Willard Bartlett who had reached the constitutional age limit
^ to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William E. Werner
^ Charles E. Welch, grape juice manufacturer, of Westfield, ran for Lieutenant Governor in 1914
^ Jeremiah D. Crowley, of Marcellus, ran also for State Engineer in 1910, and for Lieutenant Governor in 1912 and 1914
^ Stephen J. Mahoney, ran also in 1914
^ Boris Reinstein, ran also in 1904
^ Neil D. Cranmer, ran also for Comptroller in 1914
^ John Hall, ran also for Attorney General in 1908 and 1914, and for Governor in 1912
^ Charles W. Noonan, ran also in 1914
^ Anthony Houtenbrink, ran also for Treasurer in 1914
^ S. John Block, ran also for the Court of Appeals in 1908
^ Robert H. Elder, ran also in 1914
^ William A. DeFord, Assistant Attorney General, ran also in 1908
^ Erwin A. Archer, ran also for U.S. Senator in 1914
^ Lewis F. Alrutz, ran also for Attorney General in 1910
^ Coleridge Allen Hart (b. July 11, 1852 Peekskill), lawyer, of Brooklyn, ran also for Attorney General in 1889, and for the Court of Appeals in 1907, 1908 and 1914
^ After losing the Republican primary, and being informed that he won the American primary, Bacon wanted to withdraw but was informed that he could not. However he, and Theodore Roosevelt urged the electorate to vote for Calder. see: BACON IS NOMINEE OF AMERICAN PARTY in NYT on September 23, 1916

Sources

Names on primary ballot: CANDIDATES RUSH TO FILE PETITIONS in NYT on August 23, 1916
Candidates in the primaries: PROGRESSIVE VOTE FACTOR IN PRIMARIES in NYT on September 17, 1916
Early returns of the primaries: Nominees Chosen at the Primaries in NYT on September 20, 1916
Primary results: CALDER BEAT BACON 9,007 in NYT on September 27, 1916
Sketches of Hiscock and Jenks: FOR CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS in NYT on October 14, 1916
Early returns: WHITMAN BEATS SEABURY; CALDER CHOSEN SENATOR in NYT on November 8, 1916

Vote totals from New York Red Book 1917