New York gubernatorial election 1828

The New York gubernatorial election of 1828 took place between November 3rd and 5th, 1828, and the governor and lieutenant governor of New York were elected.

Candidates

Martin Van Buren joined the Democratic Party as running mate with Enos T. Throop . Smith Thompson competed with Francis Granger for the National Republican Party and Solomon Southwick with John Crary for the Anti-Masonic Party .

Result

image	candidate	Political party	be right
			number	percent
	Martin Van Buren	Democratic Party	136,794	49.46%
	Smith Thompson	National Republican Party	106,444	38.49%
	Solomon Southwick	Anti-Masonic Party	33,345	12.06%
total			276,583	100.00%

literature

• Democrat's almanac, and political register, for 1840. , 66
• The American Statesman: A Political History by Andrew White Young, Derby & Jackson (1857), 466
• The New-York state register, for 1845 by Orville Luther Holley, Volume 2, Page 101