The 1934 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934, to elect the Governor of New York. Incumbent Democratic governor Herbert H. Lehman ran for re-election, and he defeated Republican Robert Moses in the general election by a landslide.
Republican nomination Candidates Seabury C. Mastick, state senator from Pleasantville Robert Moses, chair of the New York State Council of Parks, commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and former Secretary of State of New York Samuel Seabury, former judge of the New York State Court of Appeals and Democratic nominee for governor in 1916
Convention The Republican convention met on September 28 in Rochester. Moses was nominated on the third ballot after a struggle between his supporters and the Suffolk County party machine controlled by W. Kingsland Macy.
General election Candidates Israel Amter, activist and perennial candidate (Communist)COMMUNISTS PICK TICKET in NYT on August 29, 1934 (subscription required) Herbert H. Lehman, incumbent governor since 1933 (Democratic)LEHMAN, COPELAND ARE RENOMINATED IN DRIVING SESSION in NYT on September 28, 1934 (subscription required) Robert Moses, chair of the New York State Council of Parks, commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and former Secretary of State of New York (Republican)REPUBLICANS NAME MOSES FOR GOVERNOR ON 3D BALLOT in NYT on September 29, 1934 (subscription required) Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor) Charles Solomon, former assemblyman from Brooklyn (Socialist)THOMAS NOMINATED IN HARMONY MOVE in NYT on July 2, 1934 (subscription required) William F. Varney, 1928 Prohibition Party nominee for president of the United States (Law Preservation) Disqualified John F. Hylan, former mayor of New York CityPETITION FOR HYLAN IS FILED AT ALBANY in NYT on October 10, 1934 (subscription required)ALBANY COURT BARS HYLAN STATE TICKET AS NOT NOMINATED in NYT on October 26, 1934 (subscription required) (Recovery)
Results
See also 1934 New York state election New York gubernatorial elections
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