New York state election, 1932

The 1932 New York state election was held on November 8, 1932, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the Chief Judge,^[1] a U.S. Senator and two U.S. Representatives-at-large, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

History

By a re-apportionment in 1932, the state of New York received two more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, but instead of redistricting the congressional districts, the additional congressmen were elected at-large on the state ticket until the election of 1944.

The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 29, a day before the party's national convention, in New York City, and nominated Aaron M. Orange for Governor; and Emil F. Teichert for Lieutenant Governor.^[2]

The Communist state convention met on June 19 at Schenectady, New York, and nominated Israel Amter for Governor; and Henry Shepard, a "Harlem Negro," for Lieutenant Governor^[3]

The Socialist state convention met on July 3 at Utica, New York, and nominated Louis Waldman for the third time to run for Governor; and Frank R. Crosswaith for Lieutenant Governor.^[4] Crosswaith however declined, instead running for Congress in Harlem, and Charles W. Noonan was substituted on the ticket.^[5]

The Law Preservation state convention met on October 3 at Syracuse, New York and nominated the Rev. Dr. John F. Vichert, of Rochester, a professor of practical theology at Colgate Divinity School, for Governor; H. Westlake Coons for Lieutenant Governor; Ralph H. Culley, of Rochester, for Attorney General; Francis A. Walters, of Rome, for Comptroller; and Dr. D. Leigh Colvin for U.S. Senator. At first Vichert declined,^[6] but a few days later changed his mind.^[7]

The Republican state convention met on October 4 at Buffalo, New York, and nominated Colonel William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan for Governor; and Assistant U.S. Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison for Lieutenant Governor; Mayor of Rochester, New York Charles S. Owen for Comptroller; Moses G. Hubbard, of Utica, for Attorney General; George Z. Medalie for the U.S. Senate; and the incumbent^[8] Chief Judge Cuthbert W. Pound to succeed himself.^[9]

The Democratic state convention met on October 4 at Albany, New York, and nominated Lieutenant Governor Herbert H. Lehman for Governor to succeed Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt who had been nominated for U.S. President; M. William Bray for Lieutenant Governor; and re-nominated the other incumbent state officers, among them the Republican Chief Judge Cuthbert W. Pound.^[10]

Result

The whole Democratic ticket was elected in another landslide.

The incumbents Tremaine, Bennett, Pound and Wagner were re-elected.

1932 state election results

Office	Democratic ticket		Republican ticket		Socialist ticket		Law Preservation ticket		Communist ticket		Socialist Labor ticket
Governor	Herbert H. Lehman	2,659,519	William J. Donovan	1,812,080	Louis Waldman	102,959	John F. Vichert	83,452	Israel Amter	26,407	Aaron M. Orange[11]	7,233
Lieutenant Governor	M. William Bray		F. Trubee Davison		Charles W. Noonan[12]	141,401	H. Westlake Coons[13]	71,862	Henry Shepard[14]	29,080	Emil F. Teichert[15]	9,913
Comptroller	Morris S. Tremaine		Charles S. Owen		Elizabeth C. Roth[16]		Francis A. Watters	68,947
Attorney General	John J. Bennett, Jr.		Moses G. Hubbard		William Karlin[17]		Ralph H. Culley	68,030
Chief Judge	Cuthbert W. Pound		Cuthbert W. Pound		Jacob Panken				George E. Powers
U.S. Senator	Robert F. Wagner	2,532,905	George Z. Medalie	1,751,186	Charles Solomon		D. Leigh Colvin	74,611	William Weinstone		Jeremiah D. Crowley[18]
U.S. Representative-at-large	Elmer E. Studley		Nicholas H. Pinto		G. August Gerber		Elizabeth A. Smart	74,436			Jacob Berlin[19]
U.S. Representative-at-large	John Fitzgibbons		Sherman J. Lowell		Fred Sander[20]		J. Elmer Cates	68,622			O. Martin Olson[21]

Notes

1. ^ to succeed Benjamin N. Cardozo who had been appointed to the United States Supreme Court
2. ^ LABOR PARTY MEETS TO PICK CANDIDATES in NYT on May 1, 1932 (subscription required)
3. ^ COMMUNISTS NAME TICKET in NYT on June 20, 1932 (subscription required)
4. ^ THOMAS ATTACKS ROOSEVELT CHOICE; ...WALDMAN FOR GOVERNOR in NYT on July 4, 1932 (subscription required)
5. ^ SOCIALIST TICKET FOR STATE CHANGED in NYT on August 7, 1932 (subscription required)
6. ^ STATE DRYS NOMINATE VICHERT FOR GOVERNOR in NYT on October 4, 1932 (subscription required)
7. ^ DR. VICHERT DECIDES TO RUN in NYT on October 7, 1932 (subscription required)
8. ^ Pound had been appointed by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt to fill the vacancy temporarily
9. ^ DONOVAN NOMINATED, ADVOCATES REPEAL in NYT on October 5, 1932 (subscription required)
10. ^ LEHMAN STICKS TO GUNS in NYT on October 5, 1932 (subscription required)
11. ^ Aaron M. Orange, school teacher, ran also in 1934 and 1938
12. ^ Charles W. Noonan, of Schenectady, Alderman from Schenectady's 7th Ward, ran also for Comptroller in 1914, 1916 and 1926; for Treasurer in 1918; and for Secretary of State in 1920
13. ^ Horace Westlake Coons (1877-1957), lawyer, of Ellenville
14. ^ Henry Shepard, ran also for Congress at-large in 1934
15. ^ Emil F. Teichert, ran also in 1934
16. ^ Elizabeth C. Roth, of Buffalo, ran also for Comptroller in 1928; and for Lieutenant Governor in 1930
17. ^ William Karlin, ran also in 1928 and 1930
18. ^ Jeremiah D. Crowley, of Marcellus, ran also for State Engineer in 1910; for Lieutenant Governor in 1912, 1914 and 1920; and for Governor in 1916, 1922, 1926 and 1930
19. ^ Jacob Berlin (b. 1906 Poland), clerk, ran also for Congress in 1934; and for Lieutenant Governor in 1938
20. ^ Fred Sander, also ran for Comptroller in 1934
21. ^ O. Martin Olson, of Jamestown, ran also for Comptroller in 1934; and for the U.S. Senate in 1938

Sources

• Result: ROOSEVELT'S LEAD IN STATE 596,996 in NYT on December 10, 1932
• Result (Prohibition only): Vote for Prohibition candidates at Prohibitionists.org

See also

• New York gubernatorial elections
• New York state elections
• United States presidential election, 1932
• New York City mayoral special election, 1932