New York state election, 1844

The 1844 New York state elections was held on November 5, 1844, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and four Canal Commissioners, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and eight members of the New York State Senate.

History

The Act of May 6, 1844, which re-organized the Canal Department, required the Canal Commissioners to be elected by general ballot.

Results

The whole Democratic ticket was elected.

1844 state election results

Office	Democratic ticket		Whig ticket		Liberty ticket
Governor	Silas Wright	241,090	Millard Fillmore	231,057	Alvan Stewart	15,136
Lieutenant Governor	Addison Gardiner	240,844	Samuel J. Wilkin	231,048	Charles O. Shepard	15,386
Canal Commissioners	Jonas Earll, Jr.		Samuel Works
	Nathaniel Jones		Spencer Kellogg
	Daniel P. Bissell		Elijah Rhoades
	Stephen Clark		Joseph H. Jackson

Sources

• History of Political Parties in the State of New-York by John Stilwell Jenkins (Alden & Markham, Auburn NY, 1846; page 466)
• Result in Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (1852; page 367)

See also

• New York gubernatorial elections
• New York state elections