1890 New York state election

The 1890 New York state election was held on November 4, 1890, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.

History

In 1890, there was only one state officer to be elected statewide: a judge of the Court of Appeals, to succeed Robert Earl whose fourteen-year term would expire at the end of the year.

The Republican State Committee met on September 2 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City. The incumbent Democrat Robert Earl was nominated to succeed himself on the first ballot (vote: Earl 21, Daniel G. Rollins 3).^[1]

The Democratic State Committee met on September 23 at the Hoffman House in New York City. Edward Murphy Jr. was Chairman. The incumbent judge Robert Earl was re-nominated unanimously.^[2]

The Socialist Labor state convention met on September 25 at Clarendon House in New York City. Francis Gerau was nominated for the Court of Appeals.^[3]

Result

The jointly nominated incumbent Robert Earl was re-elected.

68 Democrats and 60 Republicans were elected for the session of 1891 to the New York State Assembly. The New York State Senate consisted of 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats.

1890 state election result

Office	Democratic ticket		Republican ticket		Prohibition ticket		Socialist Labor ticket
Judge of the Court of Appeals	Robert Earl	927,243[4]	Robert Earl		Silas W. Mason[5]	33,621	Francis Gerau[6]	13,704

Notes

1. JUDGE EARL RENOMINATED in NYT on September 3, 1890
2. IT WAS A TAME MEETING in NYT on September 24, 1890
3. LOCAL POLITICAL MATTERS in NYT on September 26, 1890
4. total votes on Democratic and Republican tickets
5. Silas W. Mason, of Chautauqua County, ran also in 1893, and for Attorney General in 1887
6. Dr. Francis Gerau, MD (ca. 1826-1896), of Brooklyn, President of the Labor Lyceum Association, ran also in 1888, 1893 and 1894; and for Chief Judge in 1892; see: TOO OLD FOR HER in NYT on September 11, 1886; DR. GERAU'S TRIALS in NYT on November 25, 1886; His funeral in NYT on February 24, 1896

Sources

• Result in New York City: THE VOTE IN THE COUNTY in NYT on November 21, 1890
• Result in Kings County: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER in NYT on December 3, 1890
• Result: The Tribune Almanac 1891

See also

New York state elections