The 1864 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1864. Incumbent Governor Horatio Seymour ran for re-election to a second consecutive term in office but was defeated by National Union candidate Reuben E. Fenton.
National Union nomination Candidates John Adams Dix, U.S. Army major general and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Senator Reuben Fenton, U.S. Representative from Frewsburg Lyman Tremain, former Democratic Attorney General of New York
Convention The National Union state convention met on September 7 in Syracuse.
Democratic nomination Candidates Horatio Seymour, incumbent Governor of New York
Convention The Democratic state convention met on September 14 and 15 in Albany.DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION in NYT on September 16, 1864 Governor Seymour was re-nominated by acclamation.
General election Candidates
Horatio Seymour, incumbent Governor of New York (Democratic) Reuben Fenton, U.S. Representative from Frewsburg (National Union)
Results
New York City results Results by ward (New York County) Ward FentonUnion SeymourDemocratic Total Votes % Votes % Votes 1 208 8.89% 2,132 91.11% 2,340 2 188 36.02% 334 63.98% 522 3 221 30.65% 500 69.35% 721 4 397 14.08% 2,423 85.92% 2,820 5 1,012 33.27% 2,030 66.73% 3,042 6 347 9.18% 3,434 90.82% 3,781 7 1,199 22.80% 4,060 77.20% 5,259 8 1,520 31.71% 3,274 68.29% 4,794 9 3,504 47.91% 3,809 52.09% 7,313 10 1,626 40.71% 2,368 59.29% 3,994 11 1,885 25.62% 5,473 74.38% 7,358 12 1,277 33.94% 2,485 66.06% 3,762 13 1,082 28.15% 2,762 71.85% 3,844 14 809 15.99% 4,251 84.01% 5,060 15 2,228 53.05% 1,972 46.95% 4,200 16 2,867 45.36% 3,454 54.64% 6,321 17 3,362 32.29% 7,049 67.71% 10,411 18 2,659 38.03% 4,333 61.97% 6,992 19 1,918 34.83% 3,589 65.17% 5,507 20 2,875 34.17% 5,538 65.83% 8,413 21 2,783 40.26% 4,129 59.74% 6,912 22 2,343 36.15% 4,138 63.85% 6,481 Totals 36,310 33.06% 73,537 66.94% 109,847
See also New York gubernatorial elections 1864 New York state election 1864 United States elections
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