New York gubernatorial election 1804

The New York gubernatorial election of 1804 took place in April 1804, where the governor and lieutenant governor of New York were elected.

Candidates

Morgan Lewis joined John Broome for the Clintonian faction in the Democratic Republican Party . For the Federalists , Aaron Burr stood with Oliver Phelps , who belonged to the Tammany Hall faction in the Democratic Republican Party. Burr was acting Vice President of the United States at the time of the election and a former member of the aforementioned party.

Result

image	candidate	Political party	be right
image	candidate	Political party	number	percent
	Morgan Lewis	Democratic Republican (Clintonian)	30,829	58.20%
	Aaron Burr	Federalists	22,139	41.80%
total			52,968	100.00%

episode

Aaron Burr blamed his long-time rival Alexander Hamilton , who led a character assassination campaign against him , for his significant defeat in the election . In a duel on July 11th that year, Burr fatally wounded Hamilton and was subsequently accused of murder in two states , but was never tried for it.

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