The 1882 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882.
Republican incumbent
Alonzo B. Cornell ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated for the Republican nomination by
Charles J. Folger, the Secretary of the Treasury under President
Chester A. Arthur. Folger's nomination was a victory for President Arthur and the
Stalwart faction of the state party, but he was badly defeated in the general election by the mayor of Buffalo,
Grover Cleveland.
The State Committee met at 9 o'clock at Congress Hall and elected
Edward M. Madden, a Half-Breed, to be temporary chairman of the convention (vote Madden (St.) 18,
Edmund L. Pitts (H.-B.) 14). The convention opened at half past 10 at Town Hall. The roll was called by
John W. Vrooman, the Clerk of the
New York State Senate. When Madden was proposed for temporary chairman, the Half-Breeds objected and proposed Pitts, and a vote was taken. Madden received 251, Pitts 243, showing an almost evenly divided convention with a slight Stalwart majority.
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger (St.) was nominated for governor on the second ballot (first ballot: Folger 223, Cornell [incumbent] 180,
James W. Wadsworth 69,
John H. Starin 19,
John C. Robinson 6; second ballot: Folger 257, Cornell 222, Wadsworth 18).[1][2][3]
Democratic nomination
The
Democratic state convention met on September 22 at Shakespeare Hall in
Syracuse, New York. The
Tammany delegates were admitted again, and the rift in the Party was bridged over.[4] Grover Cleveland was nominated for Governor.
The 1882 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882.
Republican incumbent
Alonzo B. Cornell ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated for the Republican nomination by
Charles J. Folger, the Secretary of the Treasury under President
Chester A. Arthur. Folger's nomination was a victory for President Arthur and the
Stalwart faction of the state party, but he was badly defeated in the general election by the mayor of Buffalo,
Grover Cleveland.
The State Committee met at 9 o'clock at Congress Hall and elected
Edward M. Madden, a Half-Breed, to be temporary chairman of the convention (vote Madden (St.) 18,
Edmund L. Pitts (H.-B.) 14). The convention opened at half past 10 at Town Hall. The roll was called by
John W. Vrooman, the Clerk of the
New York State Senate. When Madden was proposed for temporary chairman, the Half-Breeds objected and proposed Pitts, and a vote was taken. Madden received 251, Pitts 243, showing an almost evenly divided convention with a slight Stalwart majority.
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger (St.) was nominated for governor on the second ballot (first ballot: Folger 223, Cornell [incumbent] 180,
James W. Wadsworth 69,
John H. Starin 19,
John C. Robinson 6; second ballot: Folger 257, Cornell 222, Wadsworth 18).[1][2][3]
Democratic nomination
The
Democratic state convention met on September 22 at Shakespeare Hall in
Syracuse, New York. The
Tammany delegates were admitted again, and the rift in the Party was bridged over.[4] Grover Cleveland was nominated for Governor.