1802 New York Governor Race

1802 New York Gubernatorial Election
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The 1802 New York Gubernatorial Election was held on November 5, 1802. 
Governor Robert R. Livingston had been a very controversial Governor, his standing was relatively unpopular, and he would lose much of the northern part of the state to New English invaders in 1800-1801. In the end Livingston was renominated by his party after promising William Aubrey, his main in party challenger, a senate seat. 
The Constitutional Democratic Party had run Andrew Kerry in the election prior, but with his appointment as Secretary of State they searched for another candidate, finding one in Secretary of the Navy Amo Gus, who wanted to become more involved in New York. They also secured the Federalist Party vote after promising Stephen Van Rensselaer the Lieutenant Governor seat. 
John Tremble, who had recently broken from the Democratic Union, tried for the Governorship in a longshot election with his new party the Farmer-Labour Party. 
==Results==
Amo Gus would win over incumbent Governor Robert R. Livingston, taking up the office of the Governor. Tremble predictably wind up in a distant third with his valiant effort. This would be the slimmest margin of victory in any New York Governor election up to this point. 
Candidate 	Candidate 	Popular Vote	Popular Vote
Candidate 	Candidate 	Count 	Percentage
Amo Gus 	Constitutional Democratic	21,182 	46.4%
Robert R. Livingston	Democratic Union 	21,045 	46.1%
John Tremble 	Farmer-Labour 	3,424 	7.5%
Total 	Total 	45,651 	100.0%