New York gubernatorial election 1798

The New York gubernatorial election of 1798 took place in April 1798, where the governor and lieutenant governor of New York were elected.

Candidates

John Jay ran for re-election as a federalist for governor of New York. His opponent was Robert R. Livingston of the Democratic Republican Party . Both ran each with Stephen Van Rensselaer as vice governor candidate.

Result

image	candidate	Political party	be right
			number	percent
	John Jay	Federalists	16,012	54.01%
	Robert R. Livingston	Democratic Republican	13,632	45.99%
total			29,644	100.00%

literature

• Democrat's almanac, and political register, for 1840. , 66
• The New-York state register, for 1845 by Orville Luther Holley, Volume 2, Page 101