New York gubernatorial election 1840

The gubernatorial election in New York from 1840 took place between the 2nd and 4th of November 1840, there were the Governor and the Deputy Governor of the State of New York selected.

Candidates

William H. Seward competed with Luther Bradish as running mate for the Whig Party , William C. Bouck with Daniel S. Dickinson for the Democratic Party and Gerrit Smith with Charles O. Shepard for the Liberty Party .

Result

image	candidate	Political party	be right
			number	percent
	William H. Seward	Whig party	222.011	50.29%
	William C. Bouck	Democratic Party	216,808	49.11%
	Gerrit Smith	Liberty Party	2,662	0.60%
total			441.481	100.00%

literature

• The New-York state register, for 1845 by Orville Luther Holley, Volume 2, Page 101