New York 1792 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- New York 1792 Governor
- Date:
- 1792
- State:
- New York
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- George Clinton, John Jay
| Candidates: | George Clinton[1] | John Jay |
|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist |
| Final Result: [2][3][4][5][6] | 8457 | 8325 |
| District of Eastern | 2465 | 1905 |
| Clinton County[7] | - | - |
| Columbia County[8] | 1303 | 717 |
| Town of Canaan | 264 | 224 |
| Town of Claverack | 168 | 41 |
| Town of Clermont | 71 | 2 |
| Town of Germantown | 20 | 12 |
| Town of Hillsdale | 321 | 27 |
| City of Hudson | 22 | 252 |
| Town of Kinderhook | 124 | 156 |
| Town of Livingston | 313 | 3 |
| Rensselaer County | 404 | 717 |
| Town of Hosick | 20 | 58 |
| Town of Petersborough[9] | - | - |
| Town of Pittstown | 50 | 82 |
| Town of Renssellaerwick[10] | 156 | 200 |
| Town of Schaughticok[11] | 46 | 49 |
| Town of Stephen Town | 8 | 214 |
| Town of Troy | 124 | 114 |
| Washington County | 758 | 471 |
| Town of Argyle | 71 | 36 |
| Town of Cambridge | 65 | 106 |
| Town of Easton | 11 | 63 |
| Town of Granville | 93 | 38 |
| Town of Hampton | 17 | 22 |
| Town of Hebron | 104 | 25 |
| Town of Kingsbury | 36 | 85 |
| Town of Queensbury[12] | 24 | 25 |
| Town of Salem | 203 | 24 |
| Town of Westfield | 23 | 44 |
| Town of Whitehall | 111 | 3 |
| District of Middle | 2249 | 1689 |
| Dutchess County[13][14] | 751 | 945 |
| Town of Amenia | 40 | 65 |
| Town of Beekman | 23 | 126 |
| Town of Clinton | 11 | 119 |
| Town of Fishkill | 85 | 98 |
| Town of Frederick Town | 54 | 85 |
| Town of Northeast | 136 | 33 |
| Town of Pawling | 94 | 105 |
| Town of Philips | 41 | 7 |
| Town of Poughkeepsie | 82 | 65 |
| Town of Rhinebeck[15] | 111 | 99 |
| Town of Southeast | - | 67 |
| Town of Washington | 74 | 76 |
| Orange County[16] | 551 | 90 |
| Town of Clarks Town | 70 | 16 |
| Town of Goshen[17] | 143 | 23 |
| Town of Haverstraw | 22 | 1 |
| Town of Minisink | 50 | 30 |
| Town of New Cornwall[18] | - | - |
| Town of New Hampstead | 109 | - |
| Town of Orange Town | 45 | 2 |
| Town of Warwick | 112 | 18 |
| Ulster County[19] | 947 | 654 |
| Town of Hurley[20] | 26 | 42 |
| Town of Kingston[21] | 156 | 196 |
| Town of Mamakating[22] | 46 | - |
| Town of Marbletown[23] | 42 | 118 |
| Town of Marlborough[24][25] | 13 | 82 |
| Town of Middletown | 5 | 45 |
| Town of Montgomery[26] | 182 | 55 |
| Town of New Paltz[27][28] | - | - |
| Town of New Windsor[29] | 110 | 2 |
| Town of Newburgh[30] | 35 | 29 |
| Town of Rochester[31] | 81 | 18 |
| Town of Shawangunk[32] | 65 | 42 |
| Town of Wallkill[33] | 163 | 6 |
| Town of Woodstock[34] | 23 | 19 |
| District of Southern | 2313 | 2175 |
| Kings County | 244 | 92 |
| Town of Brooklyn | 64 | 28 |
| Town of Bushwyck[35] | 32 | 15 |
| Town of Flatbush | 37 | 46 |
| Town of Flatlands | 29 | 1 |
| Town of Gravesend | 41 | - |
| Town of New Utrecht | 41 | 2 |
| New York County | 603 | 739 |
| City of New York | - | - |
| Ward One | 56 | 66 |
| Ward Two | 130 | 130 |
| Ward Three[36] | 93 | 56 |
| Ward Four | 69 | 113 |
| Ward Five | 97 | 123 |
| Ward Six | 64 | 66 |
| Ward Seven[37] | 94 | 85 |
| Queens County | 532 | 288 |
| Town of Flushing | 52 | 23 |
| Town of Jamaica | 60 | 24 |
| Town of Newtown | 112 | 39 |
| Town of North Hempstead | 68 | 60 |
| Town of Oyster Bay | 85 | 58 |
| Town of South Hempstead | 155 | 84 |
| Richmond County[38] | 106 | 4 |
| Town of Castle Town | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | 31 | 4 |
| Town of Southfield | - | - |
| Town of Westfield | 75 | - |
| Suffolk County | 481 | 228 |
| Town of Brook Haven | 50 | 93 |
| Town of East Hampton | 67 | 1 |
| Town of Huntington[39] | 47 | 64 |
| Town of Islip | 10 | 14 |
| Town of River Head | 21 | 16 |
| Town of Shelter Island | 8 | 2 |
| Town of Smith Town | 16 | 25 |
| Town of South Hampton | 146 | 8 |
| Town of South Hold | 116 | 5 |
| Westchester County | 347 | 824 |
| Town of Bedford | 8 | 158 |
| Town of Cortlandt | 66 | 8 |
| Town of East Chester | 5 | 36 |
| Town of Greensburgh | 25 | 59 |
| Town of Harrison | 27 | 31 |
| Town of Mamaroneck | 3 | 16 |
| Town of Mount Pleasant | 14 | 91 |
| Town of New Castle | 11 | 56 |
| Town of New Rochelle | 7 | 17 |
| Town of North Castle | 24 | 38 |
| Town of North Salem[40] | - | - |
| Town of Pelham | 6 | 3 |
| Town of Poundridge | 7 | 31 |
| Town of Rye | 24 | 47 |
| Town of Salem | 24 | 46 |
| Town of Scarsdale | 4 | 12 |
| Town of Stephentown | 15 | 31 |
| Town of West Chester | 18 | 54 |
| Town of White Plains | 16 | 27 |
| Town of Yonkers | 11 | 46 |
| Town of Yorktown | 32 | 17 |
| District of Western | 1430 | 2556 |
| Albany County | 444 | 1178 |
| City of Albany | 83 | 104 |
| Ward One | 31 | 47 |
| Ward Two | 15 | 16 |
| Ward Three | 37 | 41 |
| Town of Catskill[41][42][43] | 74 | 26 |
| Town of Cocsacke[44] | 13 | 59 |
| Town of Coeymans[45] | 44 | 16 |
| Town of Duanesburgh | 9 | 96 |
| Town of Freehold | 17 | 28 |
| Town of Rensselaerville | 15 | 296 |
| Town of Schenectady | 88 | 57 |
| Town of Schoharie | 70 | 75 |
| Town of Watervliet | 31 | 421 |
| Herkimer County | 247 | 401 |
| Town of German Flatts | 2 | 148 |
| Town of Herkimer[46] | 11 | 140 |
| Town of Whites Town | 234 | 113 |
| Montgomery County | 306 | 424 |
| Town of Canajoharie[47] | 36 | 78 |
| Town of Caughnawaga | 162 | 124 |
| Town of Mohawk | 82 | 53 |
| Town of Palatine | 26 | 169 |
| Ontario County[48] | 28 | 92 |
| Town of Canadaque | 28 | 92 |
| Otsego County[49] | - | - |
| Saratoga County | 405 | 461 |
| Town of Ballstown | 92 | 71 |
| Town of Charlton | 75 | 17 |
| Town of Galloway | 61 | 6 |
| Town of Halfmoom | 29 | 89 |
| Town of Milton | 70 | 106 |
| Town of Saratoga | 24 | 98 |
| Town of Stillwater | 54 | 74 |
| Tioga County[50] | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Returns from eight towns (totaling 552 votes) and the entirety of votes from Clinton, Otsego and Tioga counties were rejected for a variety of technicalities. Supporters of both candidates offered differing views as to what the result would have been had all the votes from rejected towns and missing counties been included. This debate raged through the summer and fall of 1792. Articles in The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY) on April 27, 1792 and in the Poughkeepsie Journal on July 12, 26 and August 1, 1792 attempt to project the election outcome with the rejected returns. It has been generally conceded that had all the rejected votes been counted, John Jay would have been elected Governor.
[3]"The counties of Otsego, Tioga, and Clinton had their suffrages burnt by the canvassers. The number of votes which will probably be taken in these three counties at this election, will exceed 2000--The friends of Mr. Jay calculate on a majority of at least 1000--In Herkimer and Onondaga, a Gentleman of the best information at Whitestown, writes the Printers of The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY), that they will take '2600 votes, of which Jay and Van Rensselaer will have 2100. It is at least certain the votes will be in that proportion.'" The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY), April 27, 1795.
[4]"The canvassers, as might be imagined, spent more than a few meetings struggling with the problem. Clintonian and Jay-ite alike knew the unofficial, if not the official, vote in the contested counties. If they counted the votes from all three, in all likelihod Jay would have won by a small margin. Clinton and Tioga were both Clintonian. Clinton in 1789 voted 42 to 3 for Clinton and in the January 1793 congressional contest voted 214 to 32 for a Republican. The score there in the gubernatorial election was perhaps 75 to 25. In Tioga, whose citizens were voting as a county unit for the first time and where there were perhaps 200 eligible voters, the vote may have been 100 to 50 in Clinton's favor. But even if these two thinly settled counties together gave the Governor a 100-vote majority - the most claimed by Clintonians - they would have been offset by heavily Federalist Otsego. The largest claim for Clintonian votes in Otsego was 150. Federalists claimed from about 700 to as many as 1200; Clintonians insisted the Federalist vote was no more than 550. The evidence is ambiguous but the vote Jefferson heard in Philadelphia - 850 to 150 - seems realistic. Even if the Federalist majority in Otsego were only 400, Clinton's majority of 100 from Clinton and Tioga, added to his 108 majority in the rest of the state, would not have been enough to overcome Jay's Otsego lead. Jay would have won by 200 or more votes." The Democratic Republicans in New York: The Origins, 1763-1797. p 307-308. For a fuller discussion of the election, the controversy and the lingering debate over the decisions, see the entire chapter from The Democratic Republicans in New York: The Origins, 1763-1797 titled "Federalists as Democrats: The Election Dispute of 1792", p 304-323.
[5]Votes Lost for Governor: Richmond County - Castleton and Southfield, 101. Westerchester County - New Salem, 65. Orange County - New Cornwall, 189. Ulster County - New Paltz, 72. Rensselaer County - Peterborough, 55. Ontario County - Genesee 59 and Jerusalem 11. Total 552.
[6]"During a decade of political power, Federalists learned to act both as governors and as mediators between the public and their governors. Thus in an election dispute like the New York gubernatorial contest of 1792, where John Jay's prospects hinged on the counting of votes from three disputed counties, public meetings were arranged, a Federalist committee was created in nearly every county, and the legislature was beseiged with petitions, which eventually prodded it into holding a hearing on the issue. (That the outcome of the legislative hearing was not what the Federalists wanted does not detract from the fact they had been able to mobilize public opinion throughout the state in a coordinated fashion.)" Linda K. Kerber, History of U.S. Political Parties Volume I: 1789-1860: From Factions to Parties. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., ed. New York, 1973, Chelsea House Publisher. 10.
[7]Votes rejected.
[8]The Poughkeepsie Journal, June 14, lists 617 votes for John Jay in Columbia County, though the votes given add up to 717.
[9]"Lost, having separate poll lists and ballots" The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) June 7.
[10]Some sources spell Renssellaerwick as "Rensselaerwyck."
[11]The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY), June 7, spells Schaugticok as "Schagticoke" and the Poughkeepsie Journal, June 14, as "Schaughticoke."
[12]The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY), June 8, lists John Jay with 35 votes in Queensbury.
[13]The Goshen Repository, June 12, and The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY), June 4th, and The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY), June 4, list George Clinton with 710 votes and John Jay with 971 votes in Dutchess County.
[14]The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY), June 5, lists 1045 votes for John Jay in Dutchess County.
[15]The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) and The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY) spell the town of Rhinebeck as "Rynebeck."
[16]Most sources list 80 votes for John Jay in Orange County, though the town votes add up to 90.
[17]The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY) June 4th lists 145 votes for George Clinton in Goshen County.
[18]Votes lost.
[19]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 883 votes and John Jay with 815 votes in Ulster County.
[20]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 23 votes and John Jay with 44 votes.
[21]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists Goerge Clinton with 148 votes and John Jay with 210 votes.
[22]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 30 votes and John Jay with 16 votes.
[23]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 40 votes and John Jay with 120 votes.
[24]The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) and The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY) list these votes as from "New Marlborough."
[25]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 15 votes and John Jay with 90 votes.
[26]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 160 votes and John Jay with 82 votes.
[27]Votes Lost
[28]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 29 votes and John Jay with 43 votes; all other sources report that votes were not counted.
[29]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 100 votes and John Jay with 7 votes.
[30]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 32 votes and John Jay with 38 votes.
[31]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 72 votes and John Jay with 30 votes.
[32]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 54 votes and John Jay with 55 votes.
[33]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 160 votes and John Jay with 10 votes.
[34]The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12th lists George Clinton with 15 votes and John Jay with 25 votes.
[35]The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY), June 1, spells the town of Bushwyck as "Bushwick."
[36]New-York Daily Gazette (New York, NY), June 2nd, The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY), June 1st, and The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY)., June 6, list 156 votes for John Jay in the Third Ward.
[37]New-York Daily Gazette (New York, NY) June 2nd list 64 votes for George Clinton in the Seventh Ward.
[38]"The Ballots from North Salem, in Westchester county, 65 in number; and also, those from Castle-Town and South Field, in Richmond county, 101 in number, were lost thro' want of legality in the return. exclusive of those lost votes, the whole number of votes in the Southern district are 4620 - of which Mr. Clinton has 2313, Mr. Jay 2175, Clinton Majority, 138." The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 2, 1792.
[39]The New-York Daily Gazette (New York, NY), May 31st, and The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY), May 31, list a town of "Washington" for the votes shown for Huntington.
[40]"The Ballots from North Salem, in Westchester county, 65 in number; and also, those from Castle-Town and South Field, in Richmond county, 101 in number, were lost thro' want of legality in the return. Exclusive of those lost votes, the whole number of votes in the Southern district are 4620 - of which Mr. Clinton has 2313, Mr. Jay 2175, Clinton Majority, 138." The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 2, 1792.
[41]The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) June 9 and the New-York Daily Gazette (New York, NY) June 12 list the town of Catskill as "Kats-Kill."
[42]The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY), June 9, lists 24 votes for John Jay in Catskill.
[43]The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY), June 14, lists 7 votes for George Clinton in "Cattskill."
[44]The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) June 9 and the New-York Daily Gazette (New York, NY) June 12 list the town of Cocsacke as "Cocksakie" and The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY), June 14, as "Coxsackie."
[45]The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) June 9 and the New York Daily GAzette Jun 12 list the town of Coeymans as "Cocjamems."
[46]Some sources list Herkimer as "Herkemer."
[47]The Daily Advertiser June 12th spells Canajoharie as "Conajoharry" and the Diary, June 12, as "Canajoxharie."
[48]"Genesee, 59 votes lost, poll lists not signed by the inspectors. Jerusalem, 11 votes lost, one poll list only." The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 13, 1792.
[49]Votes rejected.
[50]Votes rejected.
References:
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). April 27, 1792.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 12, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). May 30, 1792.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 30, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). May 31, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). May 31, 1792.
New-York Daily Gazette (New York, NY). May 31, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 1, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 1, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 2, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 2, 1792.
New-York Daily Gazette (New York, NY). June 2, 1792.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 2, 1792.
The Weekly Museum (New York, NY) (New York, NY). June 2, 1792.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 4, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 4, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 4, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 5, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 5, 1792.
The Goshen Repository, and Weekly Intelligencer (Goshen, NY). June 5, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 6, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 6, 1792.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 6, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 7, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 7, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 8, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 8, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 9, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 9, 1792.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 9, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 10, 1792.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 11, 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 11, 1792.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 12 1792.
The Diary; or, Loudon's Register (New York, NY). June 12, 1792.
The Goshen Repository, and Weekly Intelligencer (Goshen, NY). June 12, 1792.
New-York Daily Gazette (New York, NY). June 12, 1792.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 13, 1792.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 14, 1792.
The Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY). June 14, 1792.
American Spy (Lansingburgh, NY). June 15, 1792.
The Goshen Repository, and Weekly Intelligencer (Goshen, NY). June 19, 1792.
Onderdonk, Henry, Jr. Queens County in Olden Times. Jamaica, NY: Charles Welling, 1865. 80.
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. and Linda K. Kerber. History of U.S. Political Parties. Vol. I: 1789-1860: From Factions to Parties. New York: Chelsea House, 1973. 10.
Young, Alfred F. The Democratic Republicans of New York: The Origins, 1763-1797. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1967. 304-323.
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