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The 1822 New York state election was held from November 4 to 6, 1822, to elect the governor and the lieutenant governor, as well as all members of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly.

Candidates

The Democratic-Republican Party nominated State Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Yates. The anti-Clintonian faction nominated former U.S. representative and state assemblyman Erastus Root for Lieutenant Governor. The Clintonian faction nominated Henry Huntington for Lieutenant Governor.

Newspaper publisher Solomon Southwick ran as an independent.

Results

New York gubernatorial election, 1822
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican Joseph C. Yates 128,493 97.79%
Independent Solomon Southwick 2,910 2.21%
Total votes 131,503 100%
New York lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1822
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican (anti-Clintonian) Erastus Root 82,450 62.20%
Democratic-Republican (Clintonian) Henry Huntington 50,098 37.80%
Total votes 132,548 100%

Sources

Result: The Tribune Almanac 1841

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