New York gubernatorial election 1820

The New York gubernatorial election of 1820 took place in April 1820, the governor and lieutenant governor of New York were elected.

Candidates

DeWitt Clinton ran his own faction of the Democratic Republican Party for governor of New York, and Daniel D. Tompkins, then Vice President of the United States , for the Bucktails faction of the same party. The running mate of Clinton was John Tayler , Tompkins went alone to.

Result

image	candidate	Political party	be right
image	candidate	Political party	number	percent
	DeWitt Clinton	Democratic Republican (Clintonian)	47,447	50.78%
	Daniel D. Tompkins	Democratic Republicans ( Bucktails )	45,990	49.22%
total			93,437	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