New York gubernatorial election 1846

The New York gubernatorial election of 1846 took place on November 3, 1846, the governor and lieutenant governor of New York were elected.

Result

The Democratic Party and the Whig Party were almost equally strong at the time. The outcome of the election was decided by the Anti-Rent Party, which John Young and Addison Gardiner put on their ballot papers. Incumbent Governor Wright was defeated and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Gardiner was re-elected.

Candidate for governor of New York

image	candidate	Political party	be right
			number	percent
	John Young	Whig party	198,878	49.06%
	Silas Wright	Democratic Party	187.306	46.21%
	Henry Bradley	Liberty Party	12,844	3.17%
	Ogden Edwards	Native American party	6,305	1.56%
total			405,333	100.00%

Candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor of New York

image	candidate	Political party	be right
			number	percent
	Addison Gardiner	Democratic Party	200,970	49.18%
	Hamilton Fish	Whig party	187.613	45.91%
	William L. Chaplin	Liberty Party	13,901	3.40%
	George Folsom	Native American party	6.133	1.50%
total			408.617	100.00%

literature

• A geographical history of the state of New York by Joseph H. Mather and Linus Pierpont Brockett, John W. Fuller, 1853, 93
• Manual of the corporation of the city of new york , 1853, 314
• Political History of the State of New York by Jabez Delano Hammond and Erastus Root, Volume 3, Phinney & Co., 1849, p. 689
• The Result of NY State Election (1846), 22