The 1875 New York state election was held on November 2, 1875, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the

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, the

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, the State Engineer, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the

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and the

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History

The Republican state convention met on September 8 at

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. Frederick W. Seward was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. Francis E. Spinner was nominated for Comptroller on the first ballot (vote: Spinner: 259, A. S. Diven 49, Edwin D. Morgan 36, W. W. Palmer 23, E. B. Judson 18,

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3). Edwin A. Merritt was nominated for Treasurer by acclamation. George F. Danforth was nominated for Attorney General on the first ballot (vote: Danforth 258, L. B. Prince 149). Oliver H. P. Cornell was nominated for State Engineer on the first ballot (vote: Cornell 301, Joseph N. Green 71, Charles H. Fisher 12, George Geddes 1). William T. Tinsley for Canal Commissioner, and Benoni I. Ives for Prison Inspector, were nominated by acclamation. The Democratic state convention met on September 16 and 17 at

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. John Bigelow, a Republican, was proposed by

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for Secretary of State, and was nominated by acclamation. Ex-Comptroller Lucius Robinson (in office 1862–1865) was re-nominated by acclamation. Charles S. Fairchild was nominated for Attorney General during the first ballot. Charles N. Ross was nominated for Treasurer on the first ballot. John D. Van Buren, Jr. was nominated for State Engineer by acclamation. Christopher A. Walrath for Canal Commissioner, and Rodney R. Crowley for Prison Inspector, were then nominated amid great noise and confusion.''THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION''
in NYT on September 18, 1875

Results

The whole Democratic ticket was elected. 20 Republicans and 12 Democrats were elected to a two-year term (1876–77) in the

. 72 Republicans and 56 Democrats were elected for the session of 1876 to the

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Sources

*Result
''THE STATE CANVASS''
in NYT on December 4, 1875 *Result for Comptroller and Secretary of State
''The Tribune Almanac for 1876''
*Results for Attorney General, Treasurer, State Engineer, Canal Commissioner, and Prison Inspecto
''The Tribune Almanac for 1876''
*The candidates
''Sketches of the nominees of the Republican State Convention''
in NYT on September 9, 1875 {{New York state elections

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1875 New York (state) elections

History

Results

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