1912 New York state election

1912 New York gubernatorial election

← 1910 November 5–6, 1912 1914 →
 
Nominee William Sulzer Job E. Hedges Oscar Straus
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Alliance Independence
Popular vote 649,559 444,105 393,183
Percentage 47.69% 28.35% 25.10%

County results
Sulzer:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Hedges:      30–40%      40–50%

Governor before election

John Alden Dix
Democratic

Elected Governor

William Sulzer
Democratic

The 1912 New York state election was held on November 5, 1912, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer and two judges[1] of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. The voters were also asked if they approved a $50,000,000 bond issue for "good roads construction," which was answered in the affirmative, with 657,548 For and 281,265 Against.

  1. ^ to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of Albert Haight and Irving G. Vann who reached the constitutional age-limit

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