Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. IIVarious
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This meeting was followed by the nomination of a ticket, intended to
represent these views, and those candidates only were selected, from
both the party nominees, who were known or believed to entertain them.
Mr. SEYMOUR (Dem.) was nominated for Governor; Mr. CORNELL (Whig) for
Lieutenant Governor; Mr. MATHER (Dem.) for Canal Commissioner; and Mr.
SMITH (Whig) for Clerk of the Court of Appeals. This movement in New
York City in favor of these candidates, caused a reaction in favor of
the others in the country districts of the state. The election occurred
on the 5th of November, and resulted as follows:
_Whigs._ _Democrats._
_Gov._ HUNT 214,353 SEYMOUR 214,095
_Lieut. Gov._ CORNELL 210,721 CHURCH 217,935
_Canal Com._ BLAKELY 213,762 MATHER 214,818
_Prison Ins._ BAKER 207,696 ANGEL 217,720
_Clerk_ SMITH 210,926 BENTON 217,840
From this it will be seen that Mr. HUNT was elected Governor, and all
the rest of the Democratic ticket was successful. Thirty-four members of
Congress were also elected, there being 17 of each political party. The
Legislature is decidedly Whig. In the Senate, which holds over from last
year, there is a Whig majority of 2; and of the newly elected members of
Assembly, 81 are Whigs, and 47 Democrats. This result derives special
importance from the fact that a U.S. Senator is to be chosen to succeed
Hon. D.S. DICKINSON, whose term expires on the 4th of March, 1851. The
vote on the Repeal of the Free School Law was as follows:
Against repeal 203,501
For repeal 168,284
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Majority against repeal 35,217
In NEW JERSEY a state election also occurred on the 5th of November. The
candidates for Governor were Dr. FORT, Democrat, and Hon. JOHN RUNK,
Whig. The result of the canvass was as follows:
FORT 39,726
RUNK 34,054
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Fort's majority 5,672
Five members of Congress were also elected, 4 of whom were Democrats,
and 1 Whig.
In OHIO the election occurred in October, with the following result:
WOOD, Democrat 133,092 Majority 11,997.
JOHNSTON, Whig 121,095
SMITH, Abolitionist 13,826
Twenty-one members of Congress were elected, of whom 8 were Whigs, and
13 Democrats.
In MASSACHUSETTS the election took place on the 12th of November, with
the following result for Governor--there being, of course, no election,
as a majority of all the votes cast is requisite to a choice:
BRIGGS, Whig 55,351
BOUTWELL, Democrat 36,245
PHILLIPS, Free Soil 27,811
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