New York gubernatorial election 1838

The New York gubernatorial election of 1838 took place between November 5 and 7, 1838, and the governor and lieutenant governor of New York were elected.

Candidates

William H. Seward ran with Luther Bradish as running mate for the Whig Party and William L. Marcy with John Tracy for the Democratic Party .

Result

image	candidate	Political party	be right
			number	percent
	William H. Seward	Whig party	192.864	51.39%
	William L. Marcy	Democratic Party	182,444	48.61%
total			375.308	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