New York gubernatorial election 1826

The New York gubernatorial election of 1826 took place between November 6th and 8th, 1826, and the governor and lieutenant governor of New York were elected.

Candidates

DeWitt Clinton ran for re-election as governor with Henry Huntington as running mate for the Clintonian faction of the Democratic Republican Party . William B. Rochester stood with Nathaniel Pitcher for the Bucktails faction of the same party.

Result

While DeWitt Clinton was re-elected to governor of New York, it was not his running mate, Henry Huntington, who was elected lieutenant governor of New York, but Nathaniel Pitcher.

image	candidate	Political party	be right
image	candidate	Political party	number	percent
	DeWitt Clinton	Democratic Republican (Clintonian)	99,785	50.93%
	William B. Rochester	Democratic Republicans ( Bucktails )	96,135	49.07%
total			195.920	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