# New York gubernatorial elections

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There have been 91 gubernatorial elections in the state of New York since 1777, with the most recent being held on November 8, 2022. The next election is scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026.

## General information

Originally the term for governor of New York was three years long and began on July 1, the election being held in the last week of April or May 1. In 1817, following the resignation of Daniel D. Tompkins after serving only eight months of his term, there was a new election, since the 1777 Constitution did not give the lieutenant governor the right to succeed to the governor's office, and DeWitt Clinton was elected for a whole three-year-term. The New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821 reduced the term to two years – beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 – and moved the election to the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Due to this measure, DeWitt Clinton's own second term was cut short by half a year. Beginning with the election in 1876, the term was increased to three years again, beginning with the election in 1894 reduced to two years, and since the election in 1938 has its present duration of four years.
Although the candidates for lieutenant governor have always run on tickets with the governor's candidates, until the election of 1950 they were elected on separate ballots, so on several occasions (1826, 1846, 1850, 1906, and 1924) the governor and his lieutenant were elected of opposing tickets.
In only 15 of the total 91 elections has the incumbent lost re-election.
The elected candidates are shown in bold face in the tables below.

## Recent elections
### 2022

2022 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kathy Hochul (incumbent) | 3,034,801 | 53.20 |
| | Republican | Lee Zeldin | 2,705,908 | 46.80 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,750,373 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 328,893 | 5.72 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) | 3,635,340 | 59.62 |
| | Republican | Marc Molinaro | 2,207,602 | 36.21 |
| | Green | Howie Hawkins | 103,946 | 1.70 |
| | Libertarian | Larry Sharpe | 95,033 | 1.56 |
| | SAM | Stephanie Miner | 55,441 | 0.91 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,097,362 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,427,738 | 23.42 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Andrew Cuomo (incumbent) | 2,069,480 | 54.28 |
| | Republican | Rob Astorino | 1,537,077 | 40.31 |
| | Green | Howie Hawkins | 184,419 | 4.84 |
| | Libertarian | Michael McDermott | 16,769 | 0.44 |
| | Sapient | Steven Cohn | 4,963 | 0.13 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,812,708 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 532,403 | 13.96 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Andrew Cuomo | 2,910,876 | 62.56 |
| | Republican | Carl Paladino | 1,547,857 | 33.26 |
| | Green | Howie Hawkins | 59,906 | 1.29 |
| | Libertarian | Warren Redlich | 48,359 | 1.04 |
| | Rent Is Too Damn High | Jimmy McMillan | 41,129 | 0.88 |
| | Freedom | Charles Barron | 24,571 | 0.53 |
| | Anti-Prohibition | Kristin M. Davis | 20,421 | 0.44 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,653,119 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,363,019 | 29.29 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2006

2006 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Eliot Spitzer | 3,086,709 | 69.56 |
| | Republican | John Faso | 1,274,335 | 28.72 |
| | Green | Malachy McCourt | 42,166 | 0.95 |
| | Libertarian | John Clifton | 14,736 | 0.33 |
| | Rent Is Too Damn High | Jimmy McMillan | 13,355 | 0.30 |
| | Socialist Workers | Maura DeLuca | 5,919 | 0.13 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,437,220 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,812,374 | 40.84 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

### 2002

2002 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George Pataki (incumbent) | 2,262,255 | 49.40 |
| | Democratic | Carl McCall | 1,534,064 | 33.50 |
| | Independence | B. Thomas Golisano | 654,016 | 14.28 |
| | Right to Life | Gerard Cronin | 44,195 | 0.97 |
| | Green | Stanley Aronowitz | 41,797 | 0.91 |
| | Marijuana Reform | Thomas K. Leighton | 21,977 | 0.48 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Cuomo | 15,761 | 0.34 |
| | Libertarian | Scott Jeffrey | 5,013 | 0.11 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,579,078 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 728,191 | 15.90 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Older elections
### 1966-1998

Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1938. The term is four years.

#### 1998

1998 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George Pataki (incumbent) | 2,571,991 | 54.32 |
| | Democratic | Peter Vallone, Sr. | 1,570,317 | 33.16 |
| | Independence | Tom Golisano | 364,056 | 7.69 |
| | Liberal | Betsy McCaughey | 77,915 | 1.65 |
| | Right to Life | Michael Reynolds | 56,683 | 1.20 |
| | Green | Al Lewis | 52,533 | 1.11 |
| | Marijuana Reform | Thomas K. Leighton | 24,788 | 0.52 |
| | Unity | Mary A. France | 9,692 | 0.20 |
| | Libertarian | Chris Garvey | 4,722 | 0.10 |
| | Socialist Workers | Al Duncan | 2,539 | 0.05 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,735,236 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,001,674 | 21.15 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### 1994

1994 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George Pataki | 2,538,702 | 48.79 |
| | Democratic | Mario Cuomo (incumbent) | 2,364,904 | 45.45 |
| | Independence | Tom Golisano | 217,490 | 4.18 |
| | Right to Life | Robert T. Walsh | 67,750 | 1.30 |
| | Libertarian | Robert L. Schulz | 9,506 | 0.18 |
| | Socialist Workers | Lawrence Lane | 5,410 | 0.10 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,203,762 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 173,798 | 3.34 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

#### 1990

1990 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mario Cuomo (incumbent) | 2,157,087 | 53.17 |
| | Republican | Pierre Rinfret | 865,948 | 21.35 |
| | Conservative | Herbert London | 827,614 | 20.40 |
| | Right to Life | Louis P. Wein | 137,804 | 3.40 |
| | New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 31,089 | 0.77 |
| | Libertarian | W. Gary Johnson | 24,611 | 0.61 |
| | Socialist Workers | Craig Gannon | 12,743 | 0.31 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,056,896 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,291,139 | 31.83 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### 1986

1986 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mario Cuomo (incumbent) | 2,775,045 | 64.63 |
| | Republican | Andrew O'Rourke | 1,363,968 | 31.77 |
| | Right to Life | Denis Dillon | 130,827 | 3.05 |
| | New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 24,135 | 0.56 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,293,975 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,411,077 | 32.86 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### 1982

1982 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mario Cuomo | 2,675,213 | 50.91 |
| | Republican | Lewis Lehrman | 2,494,827 | 47.48 |
| | Right to Life | Robert J. Bohner | 52,356 | 1.00 |
| | Libertarian | John H. Northrup | 16,913 | 0.32 |
| | Unity | Jane Benedict | 6,353 | 0.12 |
| | New Alliance | Nancy Ross | 5,277 | 0.10 |
| | Socialist Workers | Diane Wang | 3,766 | 0.07 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 186 | 0.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,254,891 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 180,386 | 3.43 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### 1978

1978 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Hugh Carey (incumbent) | 2,429,272 | 50.95 |
| | Republican | Perry Duryea | 2,156,404 | 45.22 |
| | Right to Life | Mary Jane Tobin | 130,193 | 2.73 |
| | Libertarian | Gary Greenberg | 18,990 | 0.40 |
| | Socialist Workers | Dianne M. Feeley | 12,987 | 0.27 |
| | Communist | Jarvis Tyner | 11,400 | 0.24 |
| | U.S. Labor | Paul Gallagher | 9,073 | 0.19 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,768,319 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272,868 | 5.72 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### 1974

1974 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Hugh Carey | 3,028,503 | 57.22 |
| | Republican | Malcolm Wilson (incumbent) | 2,219,667 | 41.94 |
| | Courage | Wayne S. Amato | 12,459 | 0.24 |
| | Libertarian | Jerome Tuccille | 10,503 | 0.20 |
| | Socialist Workers | Derrick Morrison | 8,857 | 0.17 |
| | Communist | Jose A. Ristorucci | 5,232 | 0.10 |
| | Socialist Labor | John Emanuel | 4,574 | 0.09 |
| | U.S. Labor | Anton Chaitkin | 3,151 | 0.06 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,292,946 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 808,836 | 15.28 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

#### 1970

1970 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Nelson Rockefeller (incumbent) | 3,151,432 | 52.41 |
| | Democratic | Arthur Goldberg | 2,421,426 | 40.27 |
| | Conservative | Paul Adams | 422,514 | 7.03 |
| | Communist | Rasheed Storey | 7,760 | 0.13 |
| | Socialist Workers | Clifton DeBerry | 5,766 | 0.10 |
| | Socialist Labor | Stephen Emery | 3,963 | 0.07 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,012,861 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 730,006 | 12.14 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### 1966

1966 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Nelson Rockefeller (incumbent) | 2,690,626 | 44.61 |
| | Democratic | Frank D. O'Connor | 2,298,363 | 38.11 |
| | Conservative | Paul Adams | 510,023 | 8.46 |
| | Liberal | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. | 507,234 | 8.41 |
| | Socialist Labor | Milton Herder | 12,730 | 0.21 |
| | Socialist Workers | Judith White | 12,506 | 0.21 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,031,482 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 392,263 | 6.50 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

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1962 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Nelson Rockefeller (incumbent) | 3,081,587 | 53.08 |
| | Democratic | Robert M. Morgenthau | 2,552,418 | 43.97 |
| | Conservative | David H. Jaquith | 141,877 | 2.44 |
| | Socialist Workers | Richard Garza | 19,698 | 0.34 |
| | Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 9,762 | 0.17 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,805,342 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 529,169 | 9.12 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### 1958

1958 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Nelson Rockefeller | 3,126,929 | 54.74 |
| | Democratic | W. Averell Harriman (incumbent) | 2,553,895 | 44.71 |
| | Independent-Socialist | John T. McManus | 31,658 | 0.55 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,712,482 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 573,034 | 10.03 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

#### 1954

1954 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | W. Averell Harriman | 2,560,738 | 49.61 |
| | Republican | Irving Ives | 2,549,613 | 49.40 |
| | American Labor | John T. McManus | 46,886 | 0.91 |
| | Socialist Workers | David L. Weiss | 2,617 | 0.05 |
| | Industrial Government | Nathan Karp | 1,720 | 0.03 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,161,574 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,125 | 0.22 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

#### 1950

1950 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Thomas E. Dewey (incumbent) | 2,819,523 | 53.11 |
| | Democratic | Walter A. Lynch | 2,246,855 | 42.32 |
| | American Labor | John T. McManus | 221,966 | 4.18 |
| | Socialist Workers | Michael Bartell | 13,274 | 0.25 |
| | Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 7,254 | 0.14 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,308,872 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 572,668 | 10.79 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### 1946

1946 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Thomas E. Dewey (incumbent) | 2,825,633 | 56.92 |
| | Democratic | James M. Mead | 2,138,482 | 43.08 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,964,115 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 687,151 | 13.84 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### 1942

1942 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 2,148,546 | 52.10 |
| | Democratic | John J. Bennett Jr. | 1,501,039 | 36.40 |
| | American Labor | Dean Alfange | 403,626 | 9.79 |
| | Communist | Israel Amter | 45,220 | 1.10 |
| | Socialist | Coleman B. Cheney | 21,911 | 0.53 |
| | Industrial Government | Aaron M. Orange | 3,496 | 0.09 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,123,838 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 647,507 | 15.70 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

#### 1938

1938 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Herbert H. Lehman (incumbent) | 2,391,286 | 50.38 |
| | Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 2,326,982 | 49.02 |
| | Socialist | Norman Thomas | 24,980 | 0.53 |
| | Industrial Government | Aaron M. Orange | 3,516 | 0.07 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,746,764 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64,304 | 1.35 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1894-1936

Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1894. The term was two years.
1936 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Herbert H. Lehman | M. William Bray | Democratic, American Labor | 2,970,575 | 53.45% |
| William F. Bleakley | Ralph K. Robertson | Republican | 2,450,104 | 44.09% |
| Harry W. Laidler | Herman J. Hahn | Socialist | 96,233 | 1.73% |
| Robert Minor | Julian S. Sawyer | Communist | 40,406 | 0.73% |
1934 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Herbert H. Lehman | M. William Bray | Democratic | 2,201,729 | 58.01% |
| Robert Moses | Fred James Douglas | Republican | 1,393,638 | 36.72% |
| Charles Solomon | Herman Kobbe | Socialist | 126,580 | 3.34% |
| Israel Amter | William J. Burroughs | Communist | 45,878 | 1.21% |
| William F. Varney | James F. Luckey | Law Preservation | 20,449 | 0.54% |
| Aaron M. Orange | Emil F. Teichert | Socialist Labor | 7,225 | 0.19% |
1932 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Herbert H. Lehman | M. William Bray | Democratic | 2,659,519 | 56.69% |
| William J. Donovan | F. Trubee Davison | Republican | 1,812,080 | 38.62% |
| Louis Waldman | Charles W. Noonan | Socialist | 102,959 | 2.19% |
| John F. Vichert | H. Westlake Coon | Law Preservation | 83,452 | 1.78% |
| Israel Amter | Henry Shepard | Communist | 26,407 | 0.56% |
| Aaron M. Orange | Emil F. Teichert | Socialist Labor | 7,233 | 0.15% |
1930 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Herbert H. Lehman | Democratic | 1,770,342 | 56.49% |
| Charles H. Tuttle | Caleb Howard Baumes | Republican | 1,045,341 | 33.36% |
| Robert Paris Carroll | (none) | Law Preservation | 190,666 | 6.08% |
| Louis Waldman | Elizabeth C. Roth | Socialist | 100,444 | 3.21% |
| William Z. Foster | J. Louis Engdahl | Communist | 18,034 | 0.58% |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | Charles M. Carlson | Socialist Labor | 9,096 | 0.29% |
1928 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Herbert H. Lehman | Democratic | 2,130,193 | 48.96% |
| Albert Ottinger | Charles C. Lockwood | Republican | 2,104,129 | 48.36% |
| Louis Waldman | Herman J. Hahn | Socialist | 101,859 | 2.34% |
| William F. Dunne | Franklin P. Brill | Workers | 10,741 | 0.25% |
| Charles H. Corregan | John E. DeLee | Socialist Labor | 4,213 | 0.10% |
1926 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Alfred E. Smith | Edwin Corning | Democratic | 1,523,813 | 52.13% |
| Ogden L. Mills | Seymour Lowman | Republican | 1,276,137 | 43.80% |
| Jacob Panken | August Claessens | Socialist | 83,481 | 2.87% |
| Charles E. Manierre | Ella L. McCarthy | Prohibition | 21,285 | 0.73% |
| Benjamin Gitlow | Franklin P. Brill | Workers | 5,507 | 0.19% |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | John E. DeLee | Socialist Labor | 3,553 | 0.12% |
1924 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Alfred E. Smith | George R. Lunn | Democratic | 1,627,111 | 49.96% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | Seymour Lowman | Republican | 1,518,552 | 46.63% |
| Norman Mattoon Thomas | Charles Solomon | Socialist | 99,854 | 3.07% |
| James P. Cannon | Franklin P. Brill | Workers | 6,395 | 0.20% |
| Frank E. Passanno | Milton Weinberger | Socialist Labor | 4,931 | 0.15% |
Note: This was the last time the running mate of the elected governor was defeated, Democrat Smith having Republican Lowman as lieutenant for the duration of this term.
1922 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Alfred E. Smith | George R. Lunn | Democratic | 1,397,670 | 55.22% |
| Nathan L. Miller | William J. Donovan | Republican | 1,011,725 | 39.98% |
| Edward F. Cassidy | Theresa B. Wiley | Socialist, Farmer–Labor | 108,136 | 4.27% |
| George K. Hinds | William C. Ramsdell | Prohibition | 9,561 | 0.38% |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | John E. DeLee | Socialist Labor | 3,799 | 0.15% |
1920 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Nathan L. Miller | Jeremiah Wood | Republican | 1,335,878 | 46.58% |
| Alfred E. Smith | George R. Fitts | Democratic | 1,261,812 | 44.00% |
| Joseph D. Cannon | Jessie Wallace Hughan | Socialist | 159,804 | 5.57% |
| Dudley Field Malone | Robert E. Haffey | Farmer–Labor | 69,908 | 2.44% |
| George F. Thompson | Edward G. Dietrich | Prohibition | 35,509 | 1.24% |
| John P. Quinn | Jeremiah D. Crowley | Social Labor | 5,015 | 0.17% |
Notes:
* List of candidates, in NYT on September 13, 1920
* List of candidates, in NYT on October 27, 1920
1918 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Alfred E. Smith | Harry C. Walker | Democratic | 1,009,936 | 47.37% |
| Charles S. Whitman | Edward Schoeneck (Republican), Mamie W. Colvin (Prohibition) | Republican, Prohibition | 995,094 | 46.68% |
| Charles Wesley Ervin | Ella Reeve Bloor | Socialist | 121,705 | 5.71% |
| Olive M. Johnson | August Gillhaus | Socialist Labor | 5,183 | 0.24% |
Notes:
* This was the first time women voted for governor of New York, and Alfred E. Smith was the first governor elected with more than 1 million votes.
* Election result in NYT on December 31, 1918
1916 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Charles S. Whitman | Edward Schoeneck (Republican), L. Bradley Dorr (Progressive), Thomas J. Kreuzer (American) | Republican, Progressive, American | 850,020 | 52.63% |
| Samuel Seabury | Thomas J. Kreuzer | Democratic | 686.862 | 42.53% |
| Algernon Lee | Stephen J. Mahoney | Socialist | 52,560 | 3.25% |
| Charles E. Welch | Clarence Z. Spriggs | Prohibition | 21,773 | 1.35% |
| Jeremiah D. Crowley | Boris Reinstein | Socialist Labor | 3,847 | 0.24% |
1914 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Charles S. Whitman | Edward Schoeneck | Republican | 686,701 | 47.69% |
| Martin H. Glynn | Thomas B. Lockwood | Democratic, Independence League | 541,269 | 37.59% |
| William Sulzer | Charles E. Welch | American, Prohibition | 126,270 | 8.77% |
| Frederick Morgan Davenport | Chauncey J. Hamlin | Progressive | 45,586 | 3.17% |
| Gustave Adolph Strebel | Stephen J. Mahoney | Socialist | 37,793 | 2.62% |
| James F. Hunter | Jeremiah D. Crowley | Socialist Labor | 2,350 | 0.16% |
Note: William Sulzer had been elected governor as a Democrat at the previous election, but was impeached. Martin Glynn had been elected Lt. Gov and succeeded to the governorship upon Sulzer's impeachment.
1912 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| William Sulzer | Martin H. Glynn | Democratic | 649,559 | 41.46% |
| Job E. Hedges | James W. Wadsworth Jr. | Republican | 444,105 | 28.35% |
| Oscar Solomon Straus | Frederick Morgan Davenport | Independence League, Progressive | 393,183 | 25.10% |
| Charles Edward Russell | Gustave A. Strebel | Socialist | 56,917 | 3.63% |
| T. Alexander MacNicholl | Clark Allis | Prohibition | 18,990 | 1.21% |
| John Hall | Jeremiah D. Crowley | Socialist Labor | 3,792 | 0.24% |
1910 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| John Alden Dix | Thomas F. Conway | Democratic | 689,700 | 48.00% |
| Henry L. Stimson | Edward Schoeneck | Republican | 622,299 | 43.31% |
| Charles Edward Russell | Gustave A. Strebel | Socialist | 48,529 | 3.38% |
| John J. Hopper | William Randolph Hearst | Independence League | 48,470 | 3.37% |
| T. Alexander MacNicholl | Calvin McCarthy | Prohibition | 22,295 | 1.55% |
| Frank E. Passanno | James F. Hunter | Socialist Labor | 5,717 | 0.40% |
Note: election result, in NYT on December 16, 1910
1908 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Horace White | Republican | 804,651 | 49.08% |
| Lewis S. Chanler | John Alden Dix | Democratic | 735,189 | 44.84% |
| Clarence J. Shearn | Daniel W. Finnimore | Independence League | 43,212 | 2.64% |
| Joshua Wanhope | Gustave A. Strebel | Socialist | 33,994 | 2.07% |
| George E. Stockwell | Marshall A. Hudson | Prohibition | 18,802 | 1.15% |
| Leander A. Armstrong | Frank E. Passanno | Socialist Labor | 3,655 | 0.22% |
1906 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Charles Evans Hughes | M. Linn Bruce | Republican | 749,002 | 50.52% |
| William Randolph Hearst | Lewis S. Chanler | Democratic, Independence League | 691,105 | 46.62% |
| John C. Chase | Gustave A. Strebel | Socialist | 21,751 | 1.47% |
| Henry M. Randall | Freeman H. Bettys | Prohibition | 15,985 | 1.08% |
| Thomas H. Jackson | Frank E. Passanno | Socialist Labor | 4,624 | 0.31% |
1904 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Frank W. Higgins | M. Linn Bruce | Republican | 813,264 | 50.27% |
| D. Cady Herrick | Francis B. Harrison | Democratic | 732,704 | 45.29% |
| Thomas Pendergast | Charles R. Bach | Social Democratic | 36,259 | 2.24% |
| John McKee | Alden W. Young | Prohibition | 20,568 | 1.27% |
| Daniel De Leon | Boris Reinstein | Socialist Labor | 8,976 | 0.55% |
| Alfred J. Boulton | Charles Spaulding | People's Party | 6,015 | 0.37% |
1902 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Benjamin B. Odell Jr. | Frank W. Higgins | Republican | 665,150 | 48.09% |
| Bird Sim Coler | Charles N. Bulger | Democratic | 656,347 | 47.45% |
| Benjamin Hanford | William Thurston Brown | Social Democratic | 23,400 | 1.69% |
| Alfred Lee Manierre | John A. Hartman | Prohibition | 20,490 | 1.48% |
| Daniel De Leon | | Socialist Labor | 15,886 | 1.15% |
| Edgar Lee Ryder | J. C. Corbin | Liberal Democratic | 1,894 | 0.14% |
1900 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Benjamin B. Odell Jr. | Timothy L. Woodruff | Republican | 804,859 | 51.97% |
| John B. Stanchfield | William F. Mackey | Democratic | 693,733 | 44.80% |
| William T. Wardwell | Albert J. Rumsey | Prohibition | 22,704 | 1.47% |
| Charles H. Corregan | Leander A. Armstrong | Socialist Labor | 13,762 | 0.89% |
| Benjamin Hanford | William Butscher | Social Democratic | 13,493 | 0.87% |
1898 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Timothy L. Woodruff | Republican | 661,707 | 49.02% |
| Augustus Van Wyck | Elliott Danforth | Democratic | 643,921 | 47.70% |
| Benjamin Hanford | Leander A. Armstrong | Socialist Labor | 23,860 | 1.77% |
| John Kline | John A. Sayles | Prohibition | 18,383 | 1.36% |
| Theodore Bacon | Thomas M. Osborne | Citizens Union | 2,103 | 0.16% |
1896 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Frank S. Black | Timothy L. Woodruff | Republican | 787,516 | 52.63% |
| Wilbur F. Porter | Frederick C. Schraub | Democratic, People's | 574,524 | 40.33% |
| Daniel G. Griffin | Frederick W. Hinrichs | National Democratic | 26,698 | 1.87% |
| Howard Balkam | Frederick Bennets | Socialist Labor | 18,362 | 1.29% |
| William W. Smith | Charles E. Latimer | Prohibition | 17,419 | 1.22% |
Note: The majority faction of the Democratic Party were then known as "Silver Democrats", and the "National Democrats" were the "Gold Democrats".
1894 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Levi P. Morton | Charles T. Saxton | Republican | 673,818 | 47.69% |
| David B. Hill | Daniel N. Lockwood | Democratic | 517,710 | 40.79% |
| Everett P. Wheeler | Daniel N. Lockwood | Democratic Reform | 27,202 | 2.14% |
| Francis E. Baldwin | Justus Miller | Prohibition | 23,525 | 1.85% |
| Charles H. Matchett | William F. Steer | Socialist Labor | 15,868 | 1.25% |
| Charles B. Matthews | Robert C. Hewson | People's | 11,049 | 0.87% |
Notes:
* Wheeler was nominated by the "Democratic Reform Association of Brooklyn" who were opposed to the regular Democrats led by Hugh McLaughlin.
* Election result in NYT on December 15, 1894

### 1876-1891

Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1846, amended in 1874. The term was three years.
1891 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Roswell P. Flower | William F. Sheehan | Democratic | 582,893 | 50.13% |
| Jacob S. Fassett | John W. Vrooman | Republican | 534,956 | 46.00% |
| Joseph W. Bruce | George W. Hallock (d. 1895) | Prohibition | 30,353 | 2.61% |
| Daniel DeLeon | Frank Gesser | Socialist Labor | 14,651 | 1.26% |
1888 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| David B. Hill | Edward F. Jones | Democratic | 650,464 | 49.45% |
| Warner Miller | Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger (Republican), John H. Blakeney (United Labor); | Republican, United Labor Party | 631,293 | 48.00% |
| W. Martin Jones | George F. Powell | Prohibition | 30,215 | 2.30% |
| J. Edward Hall | Christian Pattberg | Socialist Labor | 3,348 | 0.25% |
1885 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| David B. Hill | Edward F. Jones | Democratic | 501,465 | 48.93% |
| Ira Davenport | Joseph Bradford Carr | Republican | 490,331 | 47.85% |
| Henry Clay Bascom | W. Jennings Demorest | Prohibition | 30,867 | 3.01% |
| George O. Jones | Lyman W. Gage | National Greenback-Labor | 2,130 | 0.21% |
1882 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Grover Cleveland | David B. Hill | Democratic | 535,318 | 58.47% |
| Charles J. Folger | B. Platt Carpenter | Republican | 342,464 | 37.41% |
| Alphonso A. Hopkins | William H. Boole | Prohibition | 25,783 | 2.82% |
| Epenetus Howe | James Allen | National Greenback-Labor | 11,974 | 1.31% |
1879 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes |
| Alonzo B. Cornell | George Gilbert Hoskins | Republican | 418,567 |
| Lucius Robinson | Clarkson N. Potter | Democratic | 375,790 |
| John Kelly | Clarkson N. Potter (Tammany Hall), John M. Wieting (Working Men), Robert W. Hume (Jeffersonian Democratic) | Tammany Hall, Working Men, Jeffersonian Democratic | 77,566 |
| Harris Lewis | John M. Wieting | Greenback-Labor | 20,286 |
| John W. Mears | James H. Bronson | Prohibition | 4,437 |
| Caleb Pink | Osborne Ward | Socialist Labor | |
* The tickets: NYT on November 3, 1879
1876 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Lucius Robinson | William Dorsheimer | Democratic | 519,831 | 51.97% |
| Edwin D. Morgan | Sherman S. Rogers | Republican | 489,371 | 48.26% |
| William J. Groo | Albert F. Brown | Prohibition | 3,412 | 0.34% |
| Richard Montgomery Griffin | Thomas Armstrong | Greenback | 1,436 | 0.14% |
* The tickets: NYT on November 2, 1876
* The Greenback convention: NYT on September 27, 1876

### 1847-1874

Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1846. The term was two years.
1874 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Samuel Jones Tilden | William Dorsheimer | Democratic | 416,391 | 52.43% |
| John Adams Dix | John Cleveland Robinson | Republican | 366,074 | 46.09% |
| Myron Holley Clark | James L. Bagg | Prohibition | 11,768 | 1.48% |
1872 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| John Adams Dix | John Cleveland Robinson | Republican | 445,801 | 53.19% |
| Francis Kernan | Chauncey M. Depew | Democratic, Liberal Republican | 392,350 | 46.81% |
1870 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| John Thompson Hoffman | Allen C. Beach | Democratic | 399,490 | 52.19% |
| Stewart L. Woodford | Sigismund Kaufman | Republican | 366,424 | 47.84% |
The tickets: NYT on October 30, 1870
1868 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| John Thompson Hoffman | Allen C. Beach | Democratic | 439,301 | 51.64% |
| John Augustus Griswold | Alonzo B. Cornell | Republican | | 48.36% |
1866 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Reuben E. Fenton | Stewart L. Woodford | Republican | 366,315 | 50.96% |
| John Thompson Hoffman | Robert H. Pruyn | Conservative Union | 352,526 | 49.04% |
Note: John T. Hoffman was a Democrat, Robert H. Pruyn a Republican. The "Conservative Union" ticket was nominated by the Democrats in an attempt to attract Republicans, especially Democrats who had joined the Republican Union and remained Republicans after the Civil War, to return to the Democratic Party.
1864 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Reuben E. Fenton | Thomas G. Alvord | Republican Union | 369,557 | 50.57% |
| Horatio Seymour | David R. Floyd-Jones | Democratic | 361,264 | 49.43% |
1862 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Horatio Seymour | David R. Floyd-Jones | Democratic | 306,649 | 50.89% |
| James S. Wadsworth | Lyman Tremain | Republican Union | 295,897 | 49.11% |
Note:
* Horatio Seymour was the candidate of the Democratic Party that wanted to end the war.
* James Wadsworth was a Republican, Lyman Tremain a pre-war Democrat, nominated by the Republican Union in which the Republican Party was joined by the War Democrats who supported Lincoln and the Union.
* The total of ballots cast were more than 70,000 less than in the previous election because the soldiers in the field were not allowed to vote.
1860 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Edwin D. Morgan | Robert Campbell | Republican | 358,272 | 53.24% |
| William Kelly | William C. Crain | Douglas Democracy | 294,812 | 43.81% |
| James T. Brady | Henry K. Viele | Breckinridge Democracy | 19,841 | 2.95% |
Note:
* William Kelly was the candidate of the majority faction of the Democratic Party which supported Stephen A. Douglas for President.
* James T. Brady was a member of Tammany Hall, nominated by the minority faction of the Democratic Party which supported John C. Breckinridge for President.
1858 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Edwin D. Morgan | Robert Campbell | Republican | 257,953 | 45.49% |
| Amasa J. Parker | John J. Taylor | Democratic | 230,513 | 42.29% |
| Lorenzo Burrows | Nathaniel S. Benton | American | 61,137 | 11.22% |
| Gerrit Smith | Sidney A. Beers | Abolitionist | 5,470 | 1.00% |
1856 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| John Alsop King | Henry R. Selden | Republican | 264,400 | 44.52% |
| Amasa J. Parker | John Vanderbilt | Democratic | 198,616 | 33.44% |
| Erastus Brooks | Lyman Odell | American | 130,870 | 22.04% |
1854 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Myron H. Clark | Henry J. Raymond (Whig, Anti-Nebraska, Temperance), Bradford R. Wood (Anti-Rent, Free Democratic) | Whig, Anti-Nebraska, Anti-Rent, Free Democratic, Temperance | 156,804 | 33.38% |
| Horatio Seymour | William H. Ludlow | Democratic (Soft) | 156,495 | 33.32% |
| Daniel Ullmann | Gustavus Adolphus Scroggs | American | 122,282 | 26.03% |
| Greene C. Bronson | Elijah Ford | Democratic (Hard) | 33,850 | 7.21% |
| William Goodell | Austin Ward | Liberty | 289 | 0.06% |
Notes:
* Result: Official State Canvass in NYT on December 21, 1854 (William Goodell's votes were counted among the "scattering votes").
* Myron H. Clark won this election with the lowest percentage ever in NY Gov. elections, nominated by the Whigs (of which party he was a member), and endorsed by the Anti-Nebraska Party (which merged in 1855 with the Whigs to form the Republican Party), the Anti-Rent Party, the "Free Democrats" (the remnants of the Free-Soil Party with radical anti-slavery Democrats), and the supporters of Temperance.
* The "Soft" or "Soft-shell" candidate was the choice of the majority faction of the Democratic Party.
* The American Party was called "Know Nothing" in contemporaneous newspapers.
* The "National Democracy" (a faction of the Democratic Party) were called "Hards" or "Hard-shells" by contemporaneous newspapers.
* Liberty Party convention NYT on September 29, 1854
1852 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Horatio Seymour | Sanford E. Church | Democratic | 264,121 | 50.31% |
| Washington Hunt | William Kent | Whig | 241,525 | 46.01% |
| Minthorne Tompkins | Seth Merrill Gates | Free Democratic | 19,296 | 3.68% |
1850 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Washington Hunt | George J. Cornell (Whig) Sanford E. Church (Anti-Rent) | Whig, Anti-Rent | 214,614 | 49.64% |
| Horatio Seymour | Sanford E. Church | Democratic | 214,352 | 49.57% |
| William L. Chaplin | Joseph Plumb 1791–1870) | Liberty | 3,416 | 0.79% |
1848 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Hamilton Fish | George Washington Patterson | Whig | 218,776 | 47.56% |
| John Adams Dix | Seth Merrill Gates | Democratic (Barnburner), Free Soil | 122,811 | 26.70% |
| Reuben H. Walworth | Charles O'Conor | Democratic (Hunker) | 116,811 | 25.39% |
| William Goodell | Robert Anderson | Liberty | 1,593 | 0.35% |
1847 special election results :
| Lieutenant Governor candidate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Hamilton Fish | Whig | 170,072 | 52.63% |
| Nathan Dayton | Democratic | 139,623 | 43.21% |
| Charles O. Shepard | Liberty, Anti-Rent | 13,429 | 4.16% |
Note:
* At the first judicial election under the Constitution of 1846, Addison Gardiner was elected in June 1847 to the Court of Appeals, to take office on July 1, 1847. To fill the vacancy, on September 27, a special election was scheduled by the State Legislature to be held at the annual state election.
* Result Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (1852)

### 1822-1846

Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1821. The term was two years. Until 1840, elections were held during three days beginning on the first Monday in November. Since 1841, until today, all regular elections have been held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The elected candidate takes office on January 1 of the following calendar year.
1846 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| John Young | Hamilton Fish (Whig) Addison Gardiner (Anti-Rent) | Whig, Anti-Rent | 198,878 | 49.07% |
| Silas Wright | Addison Gardiner | Democratic | 187,306 | 46.21% |
| Henry Bradley | William L. Chaplin | Liberty, National Reform | 12,844 | 3.17% |
| Ogden Edwards | George Folsom | Native American | 6,305 | 1.56% |
* Result Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1852)
1844 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Silas Wright | Addison Gardiner | Democratic | 241,090 | 49.48% |
| Millard Fillmore | Samuel J. Wilkin | Whig | 231,057 | 47.42% |
| Alvan Stewart | Charles O. Shepard | Liberty | 15,136 | 3.11% |
1842 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| William C. Bouck | Daniel S. Dickinson | Democratic | 208,072 | 51.83% |
| Luther Bradish | Gabriel Furman | Whig | 186,091 | 46.36% |
| Alvan Stewart | Charles O. Shepard | Liberty | 7,263 | 1.81% |
1840 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| William H. Seward | Luther Bradish | Whig | 222,011 | 50.29% |
| William C. Bouck | Daniel S. Dickinson | Democratic | 216,808 | 49.11% |
| Gerrit Smith | Charles O. Shepard | Liberty | 2,662 | 0.60% |
1838 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| William H. Seward | Luther Bradish | Whig | 192,882 | 51.39% |
| William L. Marcy | John Tracy | Democratic | 182,461 | 48.61% |
1836 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| William L. Marcy | John Tracy | Democratic | 166,122 | 54.24% |
| Jesse Buel | Gamaliel H. Barstow | Whig | 136,648 | 44.62% |
| Isaac S. Smith | Moses Jaques | Equal Rights | 3,496 | 1.14% |
* Result Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1852) (giving wrong number of votes for Smith, "2496" is a typo)
* see also The History of the Loco-foco, Or Equal Rights Party: Its Movements, Conventions and Proceedings by Fitzwilliam Byrdsall (Clement & Packard, 1842)
1834 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| William L. Marcy | John Tracy | Democratic | 181,905 | 51.84% |
| William H. Seward | Silas M. Stilwell | Whig | 168,969 | 48.16% |
1832 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| William L. Marcy | John Tracy | Democratic | 166,410 | 51.51% |
| Francis Granger | Samuel Stevens | Anti-Masonic, National Republican | 156,672 | 48.49% |
1830 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Enos T. Throop | Edward Philip Livingston | Democratic | 128,842 | 51.22% |
| Francis Granger | Samuel Stevens | Anti-Masonic, National Republican | 120,361 | 47.85% |
| Ezekiel Williams | Isaac S. Smith | Workingmen's | 2,332 | 0.93% |
1828 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Martin Van Buren | Enos T. Throop | Democratic | 136,794 | 49.46% |
| Smith Thompson | Francis Granger | National Republican | 106,444 | 38.49% |
| Solomon Southwick | John Crary | Anti-Masonic | 33,345 | 12.06% |
1826 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| DeWitt Clinton | Henry Huntington | Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) | 99,785 | 50.93% |
| William B. Rochester | Nathaniel Pitcher | Democratic-Republican (Bucktails) | 96,135 | 49.07% |
1824 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| DeWitt Clinton | James Tallmadge Jr. | People's | 103,452 | 54.29% |
| Samuel Young | Erastus Root | Democratic-Republican | 87,093 | 45.71% |
1822 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Joseph C. Yates | Erastus Root (Bucktails), Henry Huntington (Clintonian) | Democratic-Republican | 128,293 | 97.78% |
| Solomon Southwick | (none) | Independent | 2,913 | 2.22% |
* Result: The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1823 by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England, 1824)

### 1777-1820

Gubernatorial elections under the State Constitution of 1777. The term was three years, the election held in the last week of April or on May 1.
1820 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| DeWitt Clinton | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) | 47,445 | 50.78% |
| Daniel D. Tompkins | Benjamin Mooers | Democratic-Republican (Bucktails) | 45,990 | 49.22% |
Note:
* Tompkins was the sitting US Vice President.
* DeWitt Clinton was legislated out of office on December 31, 1822.
1817 special election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| DeWitt Clinton | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | 43,310 | 96.70% |
| Peter Buell Porter | (none) | Tammany Hall | 1,479 | 3.30% |
Note: Governor Tompkins was elected US Vice President in November 1816, and he resigned in February 1817. Article XVII of the New York State Constitution of 1777 said that "...as often as the seat of government shall become vacant, a wise and descreet freeholder of this State shall be, by ballot, elected governor,... which elections shall be always held at the times and places of choosing representatives in assembly..." This meant that, whenever a vacancy occurred, the Lt. Gov. did not succeed to the governor's office but administrated the state only until the end of the yearly term of the New York State Assembly on June 30, the successor being elected in April.
1816 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Daniel D. Tompkins | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | 45,412 | 54.02% |
| Rufus King | George Tibbits | Federalist | 38,647 | 45.98% |
1813 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Daniel D. Tompkins | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | 43,324 | 52.17% |
| Stephen Van Rensselaer | George Huntington | Federalist | 39,718 | 47.83% |
1811 special election results :
| Lieutenant Governor candidate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| DeWitt Clinton | Democratic-Republican | 32,747 | 50.37% |
| Nicholas Fish | Federalist | 29,046 | 44.68% |
| Marinus Willett | Tammany Hall | 3,218 | 4.95% |
Note: Lt. Gov. Broome died in August 1810, and the 1777 Constitution provided for new elections if a vacancy occurred either in the Governor's or the Lieutenant Governor's office. See 1817 general election.
1810 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Daniel D. Tompkins | John Broome | Democratic-Republican | 43,094 | 54.15% |
| Jonas Platt | Nicholas Fish | Federalist | 36,484 | 45.85% |
1807 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Daniel D. Tompkins | John Broome | Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) | 35,074 | 53.09% |
| Morgan Lewis | Thomas Storm | Democratic-Republican (Lewisites) | 30,989 | 46.91% |
1804 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| Morgan Lewis | John Broome | Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) | 30,829 | 58.20% |
| Aaron Burr | Oliver Phelps | Democratic-Republican (Tammany Hall) Federalist | 22,139 | 41.80% |
Note: Aaron Burr was the sitting US Vice President.
1801 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| George Clinton | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Democratic-Republican | 24,808 | 54.34% |
| Stephen Van Rensselaer | James Watson | Federalist | 20,843 | 45.66% |
1798 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| John Jay | Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 16,012 | 54.01% |
| Robert R. Livingston | Stephen Van Rensselaer | Democratic-Republican | 13,632 | 45.99% |
1795 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| John Jay | Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 13,479 | 53.14% |
| Robert Yates | William Floyd | Democratic-Republican | 11,884 | 46.86% |
1792 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | Democratic-Republican | 8,440 | 50.32% |
| John Jay | Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 8,332 | 49.68% |
Note: John Jay received more votes than George Clinton, but on technicalities the votes of Otsego, Tioga and Clinton counties were disqualified and not counted, giving Clinton a slight majority. Under the Constitution of 1777, the votes were canvassed by a joint committee of the state legislature, six members each from the assembly and the senate. The members were David Gelston, Thomas Tillotson, Melancton Smith, David Graham, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., David McCarty, Jonathan N. Havens, Samuel Jones, Isaac Roosevelt, Leonard Gansevoort, and Joshua Sands. The state constitution said that the cast votes shall be delivered to the secretary of state "by the sheriff or his deputy". The ballots from Otsego County were forwarded to the secretary of state by Sheriff Smith who was holding over in office until the appointment of a successor after his term had expired. The ballot box from Clinton County was delivered to the secretary of state's office by a person without deputation who had received the box from the sheriff. The ballot box from Tioga County was delivered to the secretary of state by the clerk of the special deputy appointed by the sheriff. The canvass committee disagreed on whether to allow these ballots to be counted. The question was referred to the U.S. Senators from New York, Federalist Rufus King and Dem.-Rep. Aaron Burr, for arbitration. King said all votes ought to be canvassed. Burr said that the ballots from Clinton County ought to be allowed, and the ones from Otsego and Tioga Counties should be rejected. Thereupon, a majority of the canvass committee (Gelston, Tillotson, Smith, Graham, Van Cortlandt, McCarty, and Havens) rejected the ballots from all three counties and declared George Clinton duly elected governor by a majority of 108 votes. The minority (Jones, Roosevelt, Gansevoort, and Sands) protested in writing. In Otsego County, John Jay had a majority of about 400, and discounting the small majorities for Clinton in Tioga and Clinton Counties, would have won the election. Clinton was accused by the Federalists of usurpation and the canvass committee of having made a partisan decision against the wishes of the electorate.
1789 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | Votes |
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | Democratic-Republican | 6,391 | 51.74% |
| Robert Yates | Pierre Van Cortlandt | Federalist | 5,962 | 48.26% |
1786 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Votes | Votes |
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | | 100% |
Note: Clinton and Van Cortlandt were re-elected unopposed.
1783 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Votes | Votes |
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | 3,584 | 75.50% |
| Philip Schuyler | | 643 | 13.55% |
| Ephraim Paine | | 520 | 10.95% |
1780 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Running mate | Votes | Votes |
| George Clinton | Pierre Van Cortlandt | 3,624 | 100% |
Note: Clinton and Van Cortlandt were re-elected unopposed.
1778 special election results :
| Lieutenant Governor candidate | Votes | Votes |
| Pierre Van Cortlandt | | |
1777 general election results :
| Governor candidate | Votes | Votes | Lieutenant Governor candidate | Votes | Votes |
| George Clinton | 1,828 | 48.44% | George Clinton | 1,647 | 47.15% |
| Philip Schuyler | 1,199 | 31.77% | Pierre Van Cortlandt | 1,098 | 31.43% |
| John Morin Scott | 368 | 9.75% | Abraham Ten Broeck | 748 | 21.41% |
| John Jay | 367 | 9.72% | | | |
| Robert R. Livingston | 7 | 0.19% | | | |
| Philip Livingston | 5 | 0.13% | | | |
Notes:
* The election began on June 1, but due to the Revolutionary War it took some time to collect and count the votes, and the official result was announced on July 9. George Clinton accepted the office of Governor on July 11 and assumed its duties immediately, pending taking the oath as soon as he could safely leave his military command.
* There were no parties yet; the Democratic-Republican and Federalist Parties appeared only in 1789, and until then the candidacies were personal. Besides, the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were not "running mates"; all candidates were voted for independently.
* The Committee of Safety (the governing body of the State of New York after the Constitutional Convention adjourned) endorsed Philip Schuyler for Governor and George Clinton for Lieutenant Governor, which led to Clinton's receiving votes for both offices and actually winning both. Clinton formally resigned the lieutenant governorship and Pierre Van Cortlandt was elected lieutenant governor in a special election in 1778.