1830 New York gubernatorial election

1830 New York gubernatorial election
	County results; Throop: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Granger: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Governor before election; Enos T. Throop; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Enos T. Throop; Democratic

The 1830 New York gubernatorial election was held from November 1 to 3, 1830, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent governor Enos T. Throop was re-elected to a second term in office over Francis Granger.

Background

Martin Van Buren, who was elected Governor in 1828, was appointed United States Secretary of State by President Andrew Jackson. Van Buren was succeeded in the governorship by his Lieutenant Governor, Enos T. Throop, a member of the Albany Regency faction of the Democratic Party. In 1830, Throop ran for a full term.

General election

Candidates

Francis Granger, former state assemblyman from Canandaigua and nominee for governor in 1828 (National Republican, Anti-Masonic)
Enos T. Throop, incumbent Governor since 1829 (Democratic)
Ezekiel Williams (Working Men's)

The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Governor Enos T. Throop. They nominated former state senator Edward Philip Livingston for Lieutenant Governor.

The Anti-Masonic Party nominated former state assemblyman and 1828 Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate Francis Granger. They nominated Samuel Stevens for Lieutenant Governor. The Granger/Stevens ticket was also supported by the National Republicans and by the faction of the Workingmen's Party led by Noah Cook.^[1]

The faction of the Working Men's Party led by George Henry Evans and Thomas Skidmore nominated Ezekiel Williams.

Results

The Democratic ticket of Throop and Livingston was elected.

New York gubernatorial election, 1830
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Enos T. Throop (incumbent)	128,842	51.22%	+1.76%
	Anti-Masonic	Francis Granger	120,361	47.85%	+9.37%
	Working Men's	Ezekiel Williams	2,332	0.93%	N/A
Total votes			251,535	100%

Sources

^ Vaughn, William Preston (1983). The Antimasonic Party in the United States, 1826-1843. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 38.

Result: The Tribune Almanac 1841

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[1] Vaughn, William Preston (1983). The Antimasonic Party in the United States, 1826-1843. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 38.

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