New York state election, 1871

The 1871 New York state election was held on November 7, 1871, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

History

The Democratic state convention met on October 4 at Rochester, New York, and re-nominated six of the seven incumbents. Only Diedrich Willers, Jr., was nominated for Secretary of State in place of Homer A. Nelson.

Results

In the wake of the Tweed and Canal Ring scandals, the whole Republican ticket was elected.

The incumbents Nichols, Champlain, Bristol, Richmond, Chapman and McNeil were defeated.

97 Republicans, 25 Democrats and 6 Reform Democrats were elected for the session of 1872 to the New York State Assembly.^[1]

1871 state election results

Office	Republican ticket		Democratic ticket
Secretary of State	G. Hilton Scribner	387,119	Diedrich Willers, Jr.	368,212
Comptroller	Nelson K. Hopkins	387,703	Asher P. Nichols	367,127
Attorney General	Francis C. Barlow	387,072	Marshall B. Champlain	367,754
Treasurer	Thomas Raines	388,360	Wheeler H. Bristol	366,576
State Engineer	William B. Taylor		Van Rensselaer Richmond
Canal Commissioner	Alexander Barkley	387,936	George W. Chapman	366,499
Inspector of State Prisons	Thomas Kirkpatrick	387,359	David B. McNeil	365,650

Notes

1. ^ THE ASSEMBLY in NYT on December 1, 1871

Sources

• Result: THE STATE ELECTION.; Official Announcement of the Result of the Vote for State Officers in NYT on December 9, 1871 [without vote for State Engineer]

See also

• New York state elections